picture polish winter (winter 2015)

it is only fitting to start the year with a proper winter polish, and i chose winter, from  winter 2015 picture polish collection.

winter is a gorgeous shade of medium grey, combined with one of my favourite finishes: holographic flakies. it is very easy to work with and it's perfect for sweater weather!

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new in and empties: 2023

 i would call 2023 a good year, for sure. even though i am not on a specific no-buy, i still try to minimize my nail polish buying, resulting in only two purchases, both of them catrice, and with 5 empties (with a couple more that were close to being finished). all in all, solid year.

new in: 

catrice koala-ty time

catrice - i kinda lilac you

empties:

a england - jane eyre

china glaze - let's groove

china glaze - cast a spell

china galaze - blue iguana

china flaze - passion in the pacific

chanel april (harmonie de printemps )

since i'm in the more "serious phase", i will show you chanel april, from their harmonie de printemps collection for spring 2012, paired with may and june.

i have to say that april is among my favourite "grown up" polishes. i am a fan of everything green, blue, holo and glitter, but even i have it in me to go for more appropriate colours for some special work related situations. i got april solely for these occasions, and it became my go to polish together with another chanel, rose confidentiel.

it is one of those hard to describe beauties. i'm not sure whether to call it a berry red, muted red, reddish plum, so i will go with all of the above. it has amazing formula, i'm sure it suits every skintone and it is one of those polishes every girl has to have.

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ysl vert d' orient (summer 2013)

one my favourite polishes is vert d'orient from ysl summer 2013 collection.

i guess i could just write ysl and teal and it would be obvious how much i love this polish. jokes aside, it is gorgeous. the colour itself may not be the most unique in the world, but for some reason it feels like it is. 

i love teal cremes, and this one has an amazing formula and brush, so it is perfect. the teal is leaning a bit more to the green than what my photos show. it it is one of those hard-to-capture shades.

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picture polish bridget (opulence)

the time has finally come to share gorgeous picture polish bridget from the opulence collection, launcehd in 2014.

i already showed eyre, pandora,  gala,  chameleon and glitch,  from the collection, so it is about time to bring out the modern part of the sub-colection that was a pride and prejudice/bridget jones-mash up.

the  red scattered holo polishes tend to lean more on the pinkish or burgundy side. this one, with some burned orange undertones, is not that usual. it is a saturated, gorgeous red with an amazing formula.

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opi live and let die (skyfall)

skyfall might still be my favourite opi collection, and one of awesome polishes released in it is live and let die. i already wrote about on her majesty secret service, moonraker, you only live twice and tomorrow never dies.

live and let die is a blackened green shade filled with green and gold tiny glass flecks. this shimmer is not too dense, just the right amount.

the formula is awesome as well, it's almost a one-coater. i can't get enough of these shades and i really hope everyone got their bottle of this polish, because it is one of the prettiest shades of this kind.

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ysl parme graffiti (core)

my choice for today is a gorgeous ysl polish from their core line, parme graffiti.

my love for ysl polishes is a well known thing, so parme graffiti was my first choice when i finally decided to get a lilac polish.

parme grafitti is a standard ysl perfection. a beautiful lilac creme, almost pastely. one of these colours i thought are too girly for me, but somehow turned out i liked them. it is more pastely in real life, the strange light kind of changed it, so i will have to redo this post once i wear it again in a more sunny weather.

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picture polish eyre (opulence)

it's time for this absolute stunner: picture polish eyre, released as the addition to their opulence collection in 2014.

it is a metallic blurple shade filled with holo flakes, which is probably in my top 3 favourite finishes. everything about it is amazing, it was so hard to limit the number of pictures. the formula is also great, two regular coats.

eyre is gorgeous in every light, but i just adore it when it's gloomy because, even though it doesn't show all of its sparkle, it becomes so misterious. i will update this post with pictures in direct sun at some point.

chanel vendetta (bohemian fantasy)

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.

it used to be a popular opinion that it would benefit from being lighter or with more shimmer, but after we got taboo, it was admired from what it is. out of all the similar shades i owned over the years, this one has the best formula.

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china glaze 2nite (omg)

it has been 14 years (wow, time flies!), but china glaze's omg collection still feels fresh and current. after fyi and bff, i am showing arguably the biggest star, 2nite.

this polish is a true blue perfection. the holo effect is linear and one of the prettiest i ever saw. it looks a bit dull in the shade, but the second it gets a spark of light, it turns to magic. i included some pictures from the archive, just because i love it!

application is perfect, but i always use the aqua base for my linear holo polishes, so i don't know how it behaves with a regular base.

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