Catrice - Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy & Essence Confetti Circus

Hi girls !

I don't know what's the weather like where you live, but I think readers from around Belgium will understand what I mean ... We didn't have a real dry and sunny day since summer began :s It's one of the worst summer I've ever known, and not only it's rainy, but it's also cold ! We had 12° C today ... Looks like November yet !

So, to ward off that terrible weather, I decided to wear something very bright and fun: Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy, one of the lastest Ultimate Nail Lacquers by Catrice.
Don't trust the name, this is definitely not a lemon color. It's a kind of sour apple green with yellow in it. Not my usual type of color, but I have a dress that has exactly the same accents of color so I decided it was time to wear them together :)

There's nothing special to say about the application, it's like any other polish from that Catrice range, it applies easily and has an average drying time (I used two coats). The sad thing is the noticeable shimmer in  the bottle, it nearly disappears once on the nails :(

I wanted to add more fun to this manicure, and I just received Essence Confetti Circus, so I thought they would match together:

I love those multi-colored glitters ! Do you like them ?

What do you think of that combo ?

Have a nice day :)

Pink Wednesday: Revlon Bubble Gum

Hi everyone :D

I'm sooo glad, tomorrow will be our National Day here in Belgium, so I'm on a short holliday ^^ I really need some rest !

In summer 2010, Revlon brought us a collection of scented polish, Scents of Summer. They only arrived in Belgium some weeks ago, so for me that's something new :p
Though the shades are not unique at all, I was curious about wearing a perfumed polish ! I had one when I was 15 and it was funny, but never saw something like that 'til the Revlon collection.

As I just wanted to try one (don't want to have many basic shades dupes), I chose Bubble Gum. It's a hot and bright pink, very nice color for summer (and any other season for people who don't care, like me lol).

As you can see, it's sheer :( I used three coats and Seche Vite for the pictures, and you can still see vnl. You know how much I dislike that >< It doens't seem so important in the pics but in real, in full sunlight, you really notice it.

Anyway, Bubble Gum has a good and easy application but doesn't dry really fast. I prefered to add some Seche Vite before I go to bed :p

Now, what I'm sure you all want to know the most: what about the scent ? :D

I think it's really a funny thing. It has a sweet scent of bubble gum but not too loud, you don't smell it if you don't approach nails of your face. It also stays if you use a top coat, I was glad to note that :p

On the bad side, it didn't smell anything 24 hours later :s

Sooo, I wasn't convinced by this polish and won't buy the other colors, if I want another scented polish I'll prefer to try the Color Club Wicked Sweet 'cause they have more original colors (at least, shades I don't have a lot in my stash lol)

But it's still pretty and has a good quality, so if you want to give it a try, why not :)

What do you think ? have you ever tried scented polish ?

Have a nice day :)

China Glaze Hi Tek & Fault Line

Hi dear readers :)

Today's post will be a quick one as I'm very tired ! Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy it ...

For my first use of China Glaze's purple crackle Fault Line, I decided to go for a gold base. As I don't have China Glaze 2030, I went for Hi-Tek which is more bronze than gold, but I liked the combo with purple :)

First pic is without top coat, Fault Line is matte as almost every crackle polish, but it contains some pretty shimmer.

As I don't really like the matte effect of crackle polish, I added one coat of Catrice Quick Dry top coat. It's still hard to capture purples but you can see the shimmer is more present :)

What do you think ? I hope you like this combo :)

Have a nice week :D

Essence - Blue Ray

Hi sweeties !

I hope you're having a nice weekend ! Mine is fine, I saw the last Harry Potter yesterday and loved it ! I wanted to make a movie related manicure to go to the cinema but I didn't have time :(

Well, there was a lot of pink and purple these last days here, I love them a lot and I know a lot of you like them too, but what about some blue to change ? :)

Last month, Essence released a collection called Meet Me @Holografics.com with 5 new polish. They were not released in Belgium but a dear friend brought 3 of them back and offered me them ! <3
The most attractive to me was Blue Ray, a dark duochrome blue with purple reflects and beautiful shimmer. Here he is :)

 I used three coats and no top coat. The application was okay but i had some blank spots after the second coat, that's why I added the third one :)

Are you readyd for some picture spam ? :)

Isn't Blue Ray a stunning blue duochrome ? :)

There is only one mystery about this polish and the whole collection: why do people at Essence still call their duochrome make up "holographic" ? I knew at the second I saw the first pictures of this collection that it wouldn't be true holos, but I still feel like some deception about that ... We want more real holos !! :D

Have a nice day dear readers :)

Pink Wednesday: OPI Steady as she Rose & Konad

Hi dear readers !

It's wednesday again, time goes by sooo fast ! Sometimes I just can't believe it ... OPI collections come fast for me too, I just got the Pirates of the Caribbean minis and two new collections are already available for online shopping ... Well, I'll try to catch up soon with these collections ;)

I like the PotC collection but I didn't fell totally in love, so I preferred to get only the minis, but I also bought a full bottle of Steady as she Rose because I'm still looking for my perfect pale pink <3

This one is great, it's a dusky pink with a hint of purple in it and a creme finish. Application was good as usually with OPI. I wanted to make something sweet and delicate, so I tried stamping the ribbon pattern from Konad m63 with OPI Rally Pretty Pink.
I was affraid that RPP would be too sheer for stamping, but it turned out exactly like I wanted !
It's discreet, like a tone on tone with all the shimmer from Rally Pretty Pink. Lovely, isn't it ?

Do you like that ?
Have a nice day :)

OPI Steady as she Rose, Pirates of the Caribbean Spring 2011
OPI Rally Pretty Pink, Serena Williams Glam Slam Spring 2011
Konad plate m63