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.

Green Chai

Really, really I couldn't wait to show you this polish! Firstly, because it's a cool one and secondly because it's a part of a limited edition, and after it's sold out the swatches won't be so important anymore. All the fuss today is about Manhattan 07S Green Chai from Style Proof Blogger Edition LE.

Manhattan Green Chai is composed of light green creme base and small multicolour glitter particles. The consistency of the polish reminds me of a sour cream with sugar, it's pretty thick but you have to be careful to spread it evenly on the nails without bold spots. For me, 2 coats were enough to do so. Photos are without top coat. The surface of the polish is not very gritty, but those who don't like it may sink it in a top coat.

I fell for these pretty glitter dots immediately after seing Maki's swatches, you can also see great pictures of it in Natalia's blog. It took me 2 days running around dm's, Rossmanns and Karstadts in Frankfurt and Berlin before I finally got it... If you also like it - don't procrastinate, get it now, because this collection is being sold out super quickly! 

Hellenic Duo

Soo I'm back from holidays again, this time from Greece :) Amazing country with amazing landscape, delicious food if not swimming in olive oil and nice maybe a bit too loud people.. I wish could go there again and again!

Knowing that I'll have no time for stamping, sponging, dotting and even proper manicure routine, I decided to go into duo colour manis, because I still wanted something more special than just plain polish. So I did: version 1: yellow and lilac Essence polishes flom Blossoms LE. 

And version 2: pink and fuchsia baby Alessandros, here you can see the bottles and the pink one alone.

Excuse me the quality of manis and photos: my personal photographer has a lot of space to improve his art skills :)
What can I say? I loved doing duo manicures! Silly me not to try it earlier :)

What about you? Do you like duos?

Seventeen

Not so many pictures today, neither words, although the polish I'm showing, Seventeen #271, is one of my favourite "calm shades". 

Seventeen #271 is a dusty beige with a drop of lilac in it, the texture is light semi-jelly. It was my first experience with this Greek brand - [it's where I am at the very moment actually :)] - and I should say I'm very pleased with formula and application - 2 easy coats. And Seventeen has a great colour pallette, so if you occasionally have access to Seventeen polishes - check them, they are worth it :)

Note: I saw many people writing in their reviews that Seventeen polishes smell very strongly, almost unbearably. In my case, I didn't feel anything special, just an average polish smell, but maybe it's because I was polishing my nails in front of an open window. 

Custom Stars

Shame on me, but I have gigabytes of swatches and photos of manicures that I never posted.. It's time to catch up and change this bad habbit of stocking pics and not showing them. Today - a manicure that I was wearing about a year (!!!) ago, therefore a bit 'unusual' photos maybe. I really see how my way of photographing nails changes over time.. Do you? :) 

What you see above is China Glaze Custom Kicks stamped with CG 2030 and Shirley's plates. The base colour is a very pretty teal with rich, but barely visible IRL gold shimmer. Very opaque coverage, 1 coat is enough. Below the photos of the polish alone.

Seriously, I have to stop swatching and start posting :)

Stupid Google

Hey girls!

Recently I've been receiving emails saying that it's impossible to open my blog and that it says that the blog was deleted. Thank you all for your concerns, now the issue has been resolved.

What happened?

Google thought that it's VERY suspicious that I went to Greece for holidays and logged in to my e-mail from there, so Google blocked my account without bothering to inform me. Period.