Sunday, April 22, 2012

Make Up Store ~ Vanja

Make Up Store ~ Vanja
Deep, vampy purple with red undertones


This is my only Make Up Store nail polish. They are pretty expensive here – about US$22 for a bottle, which is a bit more than I’m usually willing to pay. But there was a small sale going on in my local mall a couple of months ago, which meant I could buy this polish half price. Count me in! I love sales :D

The formula was good, neither too runny nor too thick, and application was easy, even though I made a big mess. I was the only one to blame for that though, the polish was totally innocent! ;) It took two coats to reach opacity, which is great. I didn’t apply a top coat.

Here’s your pic:


It looks pretty good, don’t you think?

Next thing up was to apply a little something extra. You should know me by now – that’s the way I work.

Kleancolor has made a range of holo top coats. The Chunky Holo Purple looked interesting enough to suit Vanja. It’s a clear purple base with extremely holographic glitter. It was nice’n easy to apply, and then whenever I moved my fingers it was like a little rainbow kept turning up - red, orange, yellow and green! It’s amazing.

Here’s one coat of Chunky Holo Purple over Vanja and a layer of Seche Vite top coat:


I’m very pleasantly surprised over this mani. What do you think?



Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Durability: 7/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 8/10
Buy again: Yes 

20 comments:

  1. too expensive for nail polish, huh :-/

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    1. Way too expensive. But Denmark is quite expensive in general when it comes to nail polish.

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  2. I hadn't heard of this brand before reading this post but even if I had, it would be too expensive for me. I'm glad you got a bargain though :-) I really like this shade and I love it with the extra holo purple.

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    1. Full price is also too expensive for me, unfortunately.
      I was there again yesterday, and they have this lovely dark green holographic that I fell in love with. But seriously: 22 bucks?! No way!

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  3. I agree that the price is too high. The layering is lovely!

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    1. Thank you so much. :) I can tell you that we pay the same price for an ordinary OPI polish here. Crazy, no?

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  4. I like this purple and the combo is amazing!

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    1. Thank you, I was so pleased myself, and am happy that everybody else seem to like it too. :)

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  5. oh lordy I am drolling over that Kleancolour polish, that just adds a great dimension. x

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    1. I'm impressed with a lot of KleanColor's polishes, because lots of them are great, and at great prices too. Xx

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  6. These two look fantastic! I love that you went super expensive with pretty cheap as far as polishes go.

    Vanja looked great on its own but amazing with the KC.

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    1. Cheap and expensive can look so great together, so it's not the last time that these two go hand in hand :)

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  7. OMG! I am LOVING your new colorful banner. It's amazing! This purple is very pretty as well.

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    1. Thank you so much!! I thought it was about time to give this my own personal touch! :)

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  8. ohhhh!I love it with chunky holo purple over it!

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    1. Me too, it's amazing what KleanColor can do to a polish :)

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