Walking down Memory Lane with Anny: Absolutely Fuchsia

Walking down Memory Lane with Anny: Absolutely Fuchsia

Magenta shimmer

I want to wear my old pretties more! So I’m going to start this little series of “Walking Down Memory Lane with...”-posts.

“Absolutely Fuchsia” was my first Anny-polish. I bought it on a vacation in Germany in 2012. I remember that I thought it was ridiculously expensive: EUR9.50. That’s approximately US$11.75. It’s expensive, but the prices of indie polishes seem to have made it a more reasonable price than it seemed at the time. After about half an hour in the shop, debating back and forth, my boyfriend nudged me to buy it. I love it, it’s a gorgeous polish so I’m happy that he did.

Today’s it’s going to shine again, and I am very happy that my photographic skills have improved a lot since 2012.

I used two coats for full opacity. The first coat dried fast; the drying time was average on the second coat.

The stamp I used is from the stamping plate “Mezerdoo39” and I stamped with a dark purple stamping polish from BornPrettyStore.

Here’s what it all ended up looking like. This picture is taken in daylight. Isn’t that shine just amazing??

Here’s the same thing in the light box. I just love the finish of “Absolutely Fuchsia”. The colour is so pretty too.

And here’s “Absolutely Fuchsia” alone. Two coats and no topcoat.

This is the stuff I used today.

I am so glad that I bought this polish back then. It’s a super pretty beauty and now she’s got several of her Anny sisters side by side with her in my Helmer. Anny is a great brand!

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Lots of shimmer
Overall impression: Great colour and shine, good formula

Buy again: Yes

Lilypad Lacquer ~ Nature’s Calling

Lilypad Lacquer ~ Nature’s Calling

Depending on the light, it is bronze, purple, green, blue or black. Holographic and with flakies.

Today’s polish is from something called “The Holo Grail”-box from march 2014. The concept is known today but it was fairly new back then: You subscribe to a monthly box of limited edition holographic polishes. “The Holo Grail” had numerous makers, take a look at this description taken from the press release:

Brands: Aly’s Dream Polish, Emily de Molly, Foxy Paws Polish, Lilypad Lacquer, Literary Lacquers, NailNation3000, Philly Loves Lacquer, Too Fancy Lacquer

Each box will contain 4 polishes, Too Fancy Lacquer is the core brand of the box with 3 other brands rotating.

There will be a theme each month and it will be announced when the box is available for pre­order. The shades will remain a mystery until customers receive their box, however, there will be a collage of photos showing the inspiration from each brand.

“Nature’s Calling” is from the very first box and was a total surprise for me. It is dark, murky – not exactly a spring colour in my opinion. That’s also why it has now been sitting in a box here for over four years.

The formula is good though and so is the coverage. I used two coats for full opacity and the drying time is good.

The stamping design is from the stamping plate “BP-L005” and I stamped with Superchic Lacquer’s “Dart Thru the Heart”.

Here’s the final manicure in the sun:

And here’s the same thing in my lightbox so you can see the design.

“Nature’s Calling” alone; two coats and no topcoat; photographed in the sunshine.

“Nature’s Calling” alone; two coats and no topcoat; photographed in my lightbox so you can see both the colour shift and the flakies.

Here are the doohickeys I used today.

I must admit that I’m not a huge fan of this polish. It’s way too murky and dark, also bearing in mind that this was a Spring release.

“Nature’s Calling” was limited edition and is no longer available.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Scattered holo and flakies
Overall impression: Murky and dark. Good formula though.

Buy again: No

Urban Outfitters ~ Tiny Shorts

Urban Outfitters ~ Tiny Shorts

Neon orange crème

Today is a bright day! I wanted to wear something really bright on the nails as well, so I dug out “Tiny Shorts”, which is a neon orange polish I bought when I was on holiday in New York. What a great vacation that was!

The formula is really good and easy to work with. It took two coats for full opacity and the drying time was really good too.

I added neon yellow and neon green studs by the base of each nail and sealed the whole thing up with topcoat.

Look how bright it all turned out in daylight.

This is “Tiny Shorts” alone – no underwear or topcoat; it’s two coats.

Here is the polish and the studs I used.

I really like “Tiny Shorts”. It’s a bright polish with a great formula. I wish the local Urban Outfitter shop here would sell the same sort of polish, but no. They only sell really boring polish!

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Neon creme
Overall impression: Fantastic colour and great formula

Buy again: Definitely!