Aurelia ~ #222

Aurelia ~ #222

Lilac/grey with holo shimmer

I think it was hard to describe the colour of this polish. It’s grey, but it’s got a lilac tone too and when I look at the bottle it looks as a colour shifter. I can see both purple and green/gold in the bottle. Those colours didn’t show up on my nails though.

I used two easy coats for my mani. The drying time is relatively slow.

I made stripes on my pointer and my pinkie and added stars on the remaining nails. I topped it all with topcoat and here’s my final mani taken with flash:

 

I wanted it simple and I really like the way the grey/lilac loves the black addition.

Here’s what it looks like in lower lights.

It’s not very often I wear grey, but I must admit that I really like this. I imagine this polish would be cool as an effect polish over a base colour so I’ll definitely try that out shortly.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: relatively slow

Finish: Holo shimmer
Overall impression: Nice polish, works as base colour for lots of nail art

Buy again: Yes

Aurelia ~ 405

Aurelia ~ 405

Purple/blue/teal/green/golden multichrome

I received this amazing multichrome in a swap with my dear friend Anastasia from Little World of Coloured Nails. I am not familiar with the Aurelia brand, but if this is a “standard” polish from their assortment, then you can definitely count me in for trying more of them. The colour shift looks amazing in the bottle – so I was excited to see if all the prettiness would transfer onto my nails.

I prepared my nails by adding a layer of Essence “Black is Back”, a regular black crème. It was pretty obvious that Aurelia needs underwear, so I went for the “safe option”, black.

I applied one easy coat of Aurelia over the black, and the magic happened instantly and right before my eyes. The black transformed into a multicoloured rainbow of beauty! I’ll do my best to show you what I saw, but believe me: It was much prettier in real life!

This is an ordinary daylight picture:

I had to take my camera with me into the bathroom. That seems to be the best room for me to photograph duo- and multi-chromatic polishes in!

Look at this, and yes, it’s only one polish:

Magenta, teal, blue… amazing!

The colourshift is really good, and I love all the colours it flashes!

Look at the colour when I flip my fingers like this, whoa, right?:

  

And if I change the angle a lot, it shows all the purple:

This picture shows some of the golden that the polish also contains:

I am not kidding: I’m seriously impressed by the colourshift! I am so impressed that I left the polish like this. That proves how impressed I really am.

Opacity: N/A/10
Colour, prettiness: 10/10
Durability: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9.5/10
Buy again: Yes

Nail Mail from Russia again - and with love ♥

Once again I've swapped with my dear friend from Russia, Anastasia from Little World of ColouredNails.  The waiting time wasn't as long this time as it has been before. I think it took about 5 weeks this time. So yes, I was thrilled when the mailman arrived with my Russian goodies!!


Here's one half of the polishes: 

And here's the other half: 

 Let's take a closer look at them, shall we. 
First three up are Dance Legends. Lots of glitter, yay!

Dance Legend: 917, Aztec 8 and 920

Two more Dance Legends. I love the brand so I was happy to see five of them in this swap! These two are colour shifters - the left one is textured, and the right one is a flakie! 

Dance Legend: Sahara Crystal 15, and 529

Then there's a couple of brands I also recognize, Pupa and Jeanmishel. Pretty shimmers both of them: 

Pupa 726 and JeanMishel (name is in Russian :) )

Here's a pretty couple too, Eva and Bell. Eva is pink hologlitter and Bell is a blue/purple glittertopper: 

Eva 085 and Bell Glam Night sparkle 03

Then there's a brand I've been wanting to try for a while: El Corazón. This is a pretty pink with black "dots" that look like tiny poppy seeds. And Seventeen - a beautiful duochrome called 539

El Corazón Dotty Girl and Seventeen 539

Divage is a brand I've received from Anastasia before. They're so pretty, so I welcome another member of that family. It's a blue/red/purple/golden duochrome. Aurelia is new to me, but wow! She's absolutely gorgeous. I love the colour shift in her! 

Divage Special effects 4908 and Aurelia 405

Holo and glitter is always welcome. Dona Mirella is a silver holographic glitter. I can't see the name of the Max Factor, but it's black with silver shimmer.

Dona Mirelle 010 (I think) and Max Factor unnamed

The last polish of them all is very special to me already. It's a multicoloured glitter leaning green. And the best of it is that it's a frankenglitter made especially for me. I'm thrilled! ♥

Frankenglitter

 I also received a new handcream - perfect timing, because the one I got last time we swapped is almost empty. Then there's nail wraps and what I believe is a lip balm with cherry. It's something with cherry anyway :D

Handcream, nail wraps and maybe lipbalm

Anastasia also sent me a necklace with a cute pendant. 

There was also candy, but I didn't get to photograph that, sorry! 

That's my great Russian swap. Thank you so much, Anastasia for making this a great one! ♥