Grape Escape

Early autumn.. Grape time, no? :) We have crazy low prices for grapes now and I seriously think I got grape overdose in my nutrition plan :) Whatever, I'm never sick of them, neither of the grape colour in polishland. Well, conditionally "grape colour". Just as the creators of the polish below imagined a grape colour. The creators of Barielle Grape Escape: 

I don't have much to add, you see everything yourself at the pictures. Flawless application in 2 coats with Barielle thin brush (❤). At some point I saw the bubbles, but it might have been my fault - sometimes I apply basecoat, go eat a slice of pizza and then continue with polish : {

And some fruit bonus :) I'm not really fond of swatching with fruits, but because of the name of the polish I couldn't but make an exception :)

If the grapes were really the same colour with the polish, I would assume that they are too toxic to be eaten. But look at OPI Grape Fit, China Glaze Grape Pop, Grape Juice and A Grape Fit!, etc. - they are all the same. Somehow THIS is the grape colour in the perception of the polish makers. Not in mine though: my grandpa used to make wine as his hobby, and I saw a looot of grape types of different shades, but of this one. Whatever, I still like it! :)

Berry Jelly & Sparkles

The polish I'm showing today is one of my favourites in the whole stash. Although I already posted the swatches of it, I think it fully deserves to be reswatched and also shown on shorter nails. MNY #265 is a berry jelly packed with holographic shimmer, which looks like subtle sparks on nails although the particles seem to be rougher in the bottle. 

The shade is so squishy, so juicy...mm love it! And for a jelly, the formula is super nice - 2 coats and that's it. Here are some pics under the sun:

And a close-up. I'm not a fan of VNL, but although you can see it on the pics, it's not so visible in reality, so no problems with that.

And now the saddest part: this beauty is obviously discontinued : ( It's just MNY, the whole brand, disappeared from German drug stores for unknown (to me) reason. I'm already upset in advance when I think that this bottle may end someday : ( On the other hand, I saw something similar within new Maybelline Color Show lines, but I'm afraid it's not the same. 

Uf, I definitely need more jellies in my life. Houston, we need a jelly! : )

P.S. If you want to see this polish on my looooong nails, klick here : )

UPD: One of the readers, Maria (thank you!), just told me that Maybelline relaunched this colour in their new ColorShow line, just like I thought. In Germany, the colour is called Wine Shimmer (#265!). Maria wrote that in Russia this shade is called Colorama #54 *facepalm*! BUT all three polishes are the same, check Maria's swatches to see :)

Navy Jelly

Girls, I urgently need to share this awesomeness with you - Layla Ceramic Effect #13! I bought it during my trip to Italy with a bunch of other cool Italian polishes : )

Look, look at this 'syrup effect'!!

Layla #13 is a fantastic navy blue jelly that creates a glossy glass look on your nails. What I didn't like was the brush - too wide and quite hard to manipulate whereas with dark shades it's especially important to be as precise as possible.. But the formula is nice - 2 coats are enough. 

And a couple of illustrations from "how I wore it" series : )

So, if you are lucky to live in Italy, I really recommend you to grab this one. If not, you can ask our Italian nail bloggers for a swap : ) Oh, I wish I could come back to Italy soon to get my hands on their local polishes.. : )

Forget-Me-Not

A blast from the past. The manicure I was wearing last December. Either the time goes very fast, or I am very slow in posting.. : ) Regardless, the polish is still pretty, a periwinkle shade by Essence - Forget-Me-Not. 

Essence Blossoms Etc. was the only collection (limited edition, actually) which I bought whole, as it was. I still don't regret about it - those pastels are so pretty. Essence Forget-Me-Not was a part of that collection - slightly dusty periwinkle creme with blue nanoshimmer, which is not any visible in reality but still makes the colour less flat. No issues with application, 2 easy coats.

And some stamping I did back then using Konad white polish and m63 plate..

Red Holo Perfection

If you happen to search for a perfect red holographic and if you prefer scattered holos over linear ones - this is THE ONE, Ozotic Pro #621. When you look at it, it's like fire burning inside the red shade... I am wearing it for the 4th time already (says a lot!), and just yesterday there was a perfect weather to swatch it in all its beauty. First set of pictures are taken in the sun:

Now I MUST tell you, how awesome it is in terms of application: first of all, it's a one-coater (!!), it applies like butter and has a thin brush so that you won't have to clean up anything afterwards. I usually hate red and dark colours because you have to be extra careful with application, but this is totally not the case. Normally I wear 1 coat of Ozotic for a day, and then apply the second coat next day to prolong the manicure. Oh, I almost forgot: it dries in a snap!! You paint&you go, that's it. Surely, it's one of the stars in terms of formula in my stash.

For objectivity reasons I also took some pictures in the shade, to show that it does not become a boring red even then, and preserves its depth and beauty.

Even the photographer aka bf was in the mood to help me with the pics yesterday : )

*The polish was provided by the piCture pOlish company without any terms or conditions. Be sure that my opinion about the product was not influenced by anything or anyone apart from my alter ego or imaginary friends :) 

Do You Lilac It?..

...I do, sometimes. My passion for lilacs has gone down over time though : ( I remember the times when I wanted to own each and every lilac polish shade.. well, in the end I happened to have just the chosen coolest ones : ) Like this OPI Do You Lilac It?:

Not much to say about the polish, there's so much posted and written about it already.. I'm sure every decent polish collection includes OPI Do You Lilac It?, or at least its dupes : )

The texture is a lilac creme, very glossy one though, usual coverage in 2 coats, no problems with drying. Nothing negative, really.

This polish is very sun-friendly, too :)

Oh, and a little sneak from the past: from the times when I had crazy long nails :)

And then I decided to decorate the tips - the image in my head was so nice, and the implementation is so failed in the end : ( Stamped with Catrice Plum Play With Me and Konad plate m45, and then freehand painted with an Essence Nail Tip Painter.