sparkling shine from dior was such a beautiful collection, so after spring ball, i am showing delice.
i always loved opi's germany collection. after nein! nein! nein! ok fine! and every month is oktoberfest, it's time for germanicure!
german-icure and every month is oktoberfest have been lumped together from the start, as kind of sister polishes. while oktoberfest leans to purple, this one is more of a burnt orange-red. they described it like this: "it proves that burgundy is the new black, inspired by the vibrant street art in berlin."
it is gorgeous and vampy, and the shimmer even gives it a bit of a metallic look. the first coat is a bit sheer, but it builds up nicely after two coats.
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opi ink is from the legendary 2007 collection, night brights, that gave us my private jet, and a later suede version.
this polish was kind of iconic when it first appeared, and it feel so strange that this was 17 years ago! damn, the time did pass quickly. it is a blurple shade, dark but fun. the shimmer is subtle but not drowned.
even though it's ridiculously old, the formula is still great!
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my nail polish-buying has reached the bare minimum in the last couple of years, as i do believe that i have more or less every shade under the sun, but sometimes i like to indulge and buy a polish i know i would wear a lot. catrice's pastel please collection immediately caught my eye, and i decided to start with cloud nine.
i think it's obvious why this polish had to be mine. it is a gorgeous periwinkle-type of blue shade, saturated with this sugar-like shimmer, the signature of this collection. it is essentially a pastel shade, meaning, the colour really changes whether you wear it on a sunny or a rainy day, and i did both.
the formula is solid, builds up nicely and it definitely convinced me to get at least one more.
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opi's swiss collection from autumn 2010 was brilliant. after ski teal we drop and yodel me on my cell, it's time for one of my favourite polishes ever, cuckoo for this coulor.
opi's muir muir on the wall is one of thehidden gems from san francisco collection for autumn 2013. another polish i own from this collection is alcatraz...rocks.
china glaze's vintage vixen is a really awesome collection back in the autumn of 2010. i the only other polish i had was ingrid, and finally the time has come to show off foxy.
funnily enough, foxy is one of my first china glaze polishes and it got a chance on the blog only now.
it is kind of a burned red, dark orange sort of shade, perfect for autumn. the shimmer is rich and formula smooth and nice.
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my pick of the day is the gorgeous yodel me on my cell from opi's swiss collection back in fall 2010. another gem from that collection is ski teal we drop.
another day, another ysl, and this is one of my personal favorites, bronze aztec from their starting core collection.
time for a classic, chanel vendetta from bohemian fantasy collection back in the summer 2009.
this polish is so well known, that i find redundant to even write about it. it is a dark, blackened purple with the not that abundant shimmer. it really needs to be hit with light to really shine.
what is left to say about chanel paradoxal, that haven't been said already? it was released as the only polish in their autumn 2010 collection, and it is still one of the best known chanel polishes, together with particuilere that was released one year earlier. at that moment, both of these polishes were truly unique, with nothing even close to being a dupe.
it's about time i posted about night escape from ysl's savage escape collection for summer 2016.
a england avalon is yet another amazing polish from a england's classic collection, the mythicals. avalon follows lady of the lake, excalibur revamped and tristam.
i am not sure if there is such a colour as royal purple, but if there was, this would be its best example. avalon is metallic, vibrant purple, with saturated iridescent shimmer. it is absolutely gorgeous.
a englad formula is, as always, amazing. one of those one-coaters, if you do it right. i wear this polish a lot.
new world purple, otherwise known as aztec chocolate, is dior polish from their autumn 2010 collection nail bar. graphic berry was featured quite recently.
bleu cobalt is one of my favourite ysl polishes, that was part of their core collection back in 2009.
i adore the shades of the "rich, inky blue"
types, especially when they are paired with amazing shimmer as this one.
it never looks just black-dark, and has a real depth about it, although
it's a bit too dark to be called cobalt.
formula and brush are perfect, as usual, and that's what i find to be
the thing that amazes me the most about ysl.
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i remember started drooling when i saw the five polishes in picture polish limited edition collection, and managed to snatch all of them. after altered state, ilusionist and gravity, the time has come for aurora.
i'm fondue of you is from opi's france collection from back in 2008 and, very very strangely, the only one i have from it.
fondue is a really strange polish. i have days when i wonder why did i get it, and days when i love it. it is a weird chocholate brown, pointing towards this type of fondue instead of cheese, but with very strong red undertones. the shimmer is quite understated but much more prominent in the bottle.
the formula and application were great, but i understant that it's not everyone's cup of hot chocolate.
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it's time for yet another of my frankens of the green-ish variety, against the grain!
against the grain (named after a bad religion song linked at the bottom) is an olive green, muted and earthy but with the shimmer that makes it more interesting. i seriously don't think i have anything quite like it in my collection.
the picture taking day was a bit overcast:
bizarre blurple is a china glaze gem from their wicked collection for halloween 2012. i already showed cast a spell, one of my favourite polishes.
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