Fashionista: Jet Set

Fashionista: Jet Set
Denim blue with metallic shimmer

This is the last of four Fashionista polishes I bought on a holiday in London years ago. It's a lovely denim blue polish with metallic shimmer.

The formula is on the thick side, but it's smooth - and it is super easy to apply. I used two coats on my nails today, but I do think that one could have been enough. The drying time is good.

I topped it with a layer of "Djinn In A Bottle" from Enchanted Polish. "Djinn In A Bottle" is a holo topper, and it's a good one. It doesn't create the strongest holographic flames, but it doesn't grey the colour underneath it either. It's a great holo topper!

I stamped on top of that. The design is from the stamping plate "Born Pretty-Decoration-L003". I stamped with a plain white stamping polish from El Corazón.

Here's the end result, including a layer of topcoat. The photo is taken in the morning sun.
 

Fashionista: Jet Set

I think this is super pretty.

 

Fashionista: Jet Set

Here's two coats of "Jet Set", topped with one layer of the holo topper from Enchanted Polish "Djinn In A Bottle".

Fashionista: Jet Set wit Enchanted: Djinn In A Bottle

This is Fashionista's "Jet Set" alone; two coats and no topcoat yet.  

Fashionista: Jet Set

Here are the things I used today.

 I love both "Jet Set" and "Djinn In A Bottle", they're great polishes.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good
Finish: Metallic shimmer
Overall impression: Very beautiful colour, awesome effect, thick but great formula
Buy again: Yes

Fashionista: Jezebel

Fashionista: Jezebel
Full coverage green microglitter

This polish is bought in the UK a whole bunch of years ago. It's a lovely green metallic microglitter. The polish is a full coverage glitter, so it covers in two coats. The drying time is good.

I made white and yellow stripes from the base of my nails and approximately halfway down on each nail. I topped it all with topcoat and this is the end result: 

Fashionista: Jezebel

I love this mix. 

Fashionista: Jezebel

I think this glitter is adorable. 

Fashionista: Jezebel

Here are the things I used today. 

"Jezelbel" is a really cool, full coverage microglitter. I love the fact that it works on its own in two coats without problems.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good
Finish: Microglitter
Overall impression: Great formula and coverage, beautiful colour and effect
Buy again: Yes

Fashionista: Mystical Dragon

Fashionista:  Mystical Dragon

Green glass fleck polish

I bought "Mystical Dragon" on my latest trip to London quite a few years ago. It's an amazingly beautiful green packed with glass flecks.

The formula is really good and it covers easily. I used two coats and the drying time between the coats is good.

I stamped a golden swirl by the base of each nail. The motif is from the stamping plate from Moyou London: "Deco Collection-03". I stamped with "Fragrant Mimosa" from El Corazón.

This is the end result, including a layer of topcoat.

Fashionista:  Mystical Dragon

All the glass flecks in the sun made my camera freak out :D

Fashionista:  Mystical Dragon

Here's "Mystical Dragon" on its own; two coats and no topcoat.

Fashionista:  Mystical Dragon

Here are the things I used today.

"Mystical Dragon" is a truly amazingly beautiful polish. I love the colour and the flecks and the formula. It's perfect!

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Glass fleck
Overall impression: Wow, everything is great about this polish: Colour, formula, effect!

Buy again: Yes

London haul

I spent a week in London recently, and I enjoyed every minute of it. I visited a lot of different sights, saw a lot of things and did also get time to do a bit of shopping. I was asked to show my London haul, but it has taken a bit of time to get the polishes I bought sorted out, since I also bought polishes for swaps and for a couple of friends. 

But - here's the haul that I think I'm going to keep: 

The haul

There's a lot, isn't there?! Let me show you a bunch of them up close.

First there's four Fashionista polishes. It's a brand that's new to me, and I loved these four colours:

Fashionista: Ruby Slippers, Laila, Jet Set & Mystical Dragon

Invogue is another brand I haven't tried before. This is a series of suedes, and I've seen beautiful swatches of these on other blogs.

Invogue: Hot Gossip, Sophisticated & Emerald Dust

Kiko! These five are from their collection of mirror-polishes. They're highly pigmented and no less than perfect for stamping.

Kiko Mirrors: 616, 618, 621, 622 & 625

Kiko Sugar Matt! I bought all the shimmery ones except for the pink one. I regret now that I didn't buy that as well! :/

Kiko Sugar Mat: 643, 644, 645, 646

And three more Kikos. These three are from their Celebration LE series. Again, these are the shimmery ones from the collection.

Kiko Celebration: 621, 623, 624

Nail Pop. I have never even heard of this brand before, but look at how pretty they are! There's a blue and a orange/green flakie on top of the row, and the other four are glitters.

Nail Pop: Top row: Pearl Effect, Sequin Effect
Bottom row: Catsuit, Dazzle, Glamrock, Dorothy

Two holos from Topshop and a green flakie from Inglot. I already have holos in pink and blue, but can a girl really have too many holos? I think not!

Topshop: Wistful & Moondance. Inglot: 203

The last miscellaneous polishes. Two from No7, which is a brand I haven't tried before, but I've heard that it should be good, so I couldn't leave the purple and the burgundy shimmer alone. And three polishes from Miss Sporty - two glitters and a metallic-ish polish.

Misc No7 and Miss Sporty

That's the polishes that I decided to give you a closer look at. Do you see anything you like? Do you think it's a nice haul? :)

Have a great Sunday, everybody! ♥