S-he ~ #370

S-he ~ #370

purple and holographic microglitter in a purple tinted base

Yesterday I showed you S-he #380, a lovely blue microglitter in a tinted base. Today's polish is a sister - it's #370 and it's a mix of purple and holographic microglitter in a purple tinted base. #370 is also a topper, just like #380 is.

I started out with two coats of a lovely purple shimmer from Golden Rose, #37. Then I applied a single coat of S-he's #370. The drying time was good.

I applied a sticker on my ring finger and the middle finger. Here is the final result, including a layer of topcoat. The stickers are from Aliexpress. They look like studs/stones on the pictures, but they're plain flat stickers.

S-he #370 over Golden Rose #37

I like the simplicity of this.

S-he #370 over Golden Rose #37

Here's all the stuff I used today.

I like this. #370 isn't quite as "dense" as its sister - it's more discrete.

Number of coats: 1 over a base
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Microglitter in tinted base
Overall impression: Great topper

Buy again: Yes

S-he ~ #380

S-he ~ #380

Light blue and silver microglitter in a blue tinted base

I bought this glittery topper on my latest vacation in Hungary. I had hoped that it would work on its own, but no, this is definitely a topper. Anyway, it's a lovely topper and I have got suitable underwear for it.

I started out with two layers of a lovely turquoise creme from Bourjois called "Succes Azure". Then I applied a layer of the glittery topper.

When that was dry I tried a new (to me) technique. I rubbed magenta glitter onto a stamper. Then I applied white stamping polish onto my Moyou London stamping plate "Pro collection-09", scraped and picked up the design with the stamper with glitter on it. I applied the design onto the nail and in the perfect world it would have given me a perfectly sharp, glittery design on my nail. It didn't quite turn out like that in real world, haha! The glitter didn't just stay on the design but transferred over to most of the nails.

Oh well, I still really like it even though it's not perfect. Here it is, including a layer of topcoat.

You can probably see the heart design if you look carefully :D

Here's my base. 2 coats of "Succes Azure" from Bourjois, followed by one coat of glitter #380 from S-he.

Here's all the stuff I used today.

I really like the end result even though it didn't turn out the way I originally planned.

Number of coats: 1 over a base
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Microglitter in tinted base
Overall impression: Great topper

Buy again: Yes

Iridescent glitters comparison

It's not a secret that I like shiny things - and shiny nail polish is no exception! That's probably the reason I love iridescent glitters so much. They can spice up any dull mani, IMO! I've got quite a lot of them by now, and I thought it would be fun to compare them. 

Here's first part of the collection:

Mac: Unconditionally Fabulous, China Glaze: Snow Globe, KIKO: 231

and here's the second part of the collection: 

Sally Hansen: Disco Ball, S-He: 110, Jesse's Girl: Opal Glitter,
ELF: Twinkle, Gosh: Magic Star, Max Factor: Extra Glitter

So that's the polishes we're looking at today. Pretty impressive, huh? 

I've heard that MAC and CG's Snow Globe are often compared, so it's not a coincidence that they're next to each other here. Let's have a look at the first three:

MAC, China Glaze, KIKO

There's no way any of these three are dupes. MAC is obviously much more blue in its base, and the glitters are more dense. China Glaze's base is more orange, and comes in second when it comes to density, plus it has large multicoloured hexagons. And KIKO is different than the two others - the base is more green, and the hexagons are more sparse. It's the least dense of the three. 

Next three up:

Sally Hansen, S-he, Jesse's Girl

These three are closer to each other than the first three. All three's most prominent colours are blue, green and orange. Sally Hansen has the smallest glitters, and Jesse's Girl is the least dense of the three. They are not dupes, but they're so close that you can only see the difference when they're seen next to each other, like here. 

Last three up:

ELF, Gosh, Max Factor

When I look at these, the main difference is that ELF looks more blue and orange in it's base, and Gosh and Max Factor are more green and orange. But you really have to look closely to see that. ELF is the one with the least glitter, and Gosh has the most of it.

Here's the whole bunch. As you can see they're all pretty close.

MAC, China Glaze, KIKO, Sally Hansen, S-he, Jesse's Girl, ELF, Gosh, Max Factor

And here's  a more blurry pic to show more of the glitter effect.

MAC, China Glaze, KIKO, Sally Hansen, S-he, Jesse's Girl, ELF, Gosh, Max Factor

My conclusion is that if you want different iridescent polishes, you really only need four of the nine.

I personally recommend that you get the MAC, the China Glaze and the KIKO. And then just one of the other six - I'd probably go for the Gosh myself, because of all the others it's the most glittery.

All swatches are made on a black creme base and with a Rimmel top coat. 

I hope you found this useful. Please feel free to comment below :)

s-he ~ 290

s-he ~ 290

Metallic blue

and

NYC Color ~ Lights-Camera-Glitter

Clear base packed with silver glitter, and larger silver and light blue hexagons

This is my first s-he nail polish, and I can’t believe I had to go all the way to Hungary to lay my hands on it. :D It’s a metallic blue, and the formula was very good and smooth to work with. It pulled a little bit on the polish if I worked to slowly on a nail, but working faster solved that perfectly.

Here’s two coats – no top coat:

I never understood the concept of giving the polishes numbers instead of names. Who would ever guess that number 290 is a blue? <shakes head>

Anyway! I had glitter in mind with this polish. I went for NYC Color’s Lights-Camera-Glitter, which is a clear base full of silver glitter bits, along with larger pale pink and light blue bits in it. This is also my first NYC nailpolish, and I also bought it in Hungary.

It went on very smoothly – no need to push the glitters around with the brush to make it cover the entire nail! 

Here’s one coat plus one coat of Seche Vite top coat:

It’s even prettier than I imagined! What do you think?

s-he ~ 290

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

NYC Color ~ Lights-Camera-Glitter

Opacity: -/10
Colour, prettiness: 8/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 8/10
Buy again: No

My Hungary Haul

Hi girls!

I was in Hungary for five days over Christmas, and man did I buy a lot of polish. It was so cheap there - it was impossible to say no. :D I have sorted them all out, photographed them and named them, all for you. ♥

Here they are:

Aden Cosmetics

This brand doesn't name their polishes, and they don't give them numbers either. So from left to right it's a magenta/purple glitter, a metallic light blue, a purple glitter and a red/silver glitter. These were ridiculously cheap!

Be-Yu: 326, 329. Miss Sporty: 060, 313, 311.

I already knew Be-Yu from last time I was in Germany, and I like the brand.

I bought a dark shimmery blue and a dark shimmery purple. 

Miss Sporty is new to me - the polishes are: an greenish blue, a very dark purple and a foily silver.

Catrice: Alluring Night, Forget me not,  I Wear My Sunglasses At Night, After Eight.

These are my first Catrice polishes. I've heard so much good about them, so I chose these four: A dark blue, a glittery purple, a black with various colours of shimmer and a dark green. They all look beautiful.

Glitter polishes from Claire: Minis: Purple, red, blue and pink. Normal sizes: Green and pink.

Can you tell that I'm a glitter addict? The mini bottles were a set of six - I already gave the gold and silver glitter away. The others are purple, red, blue, magenta, green and another purple. All glitters.

Lovely: None of these polishes has names or numbers on them.

Lovely is another brand I've never heard of before. I'm looking forward to trying them though, and if they're not like they look, I'll use them for frankenpolishes. :D

Essence: Stamp me! Silver, Time for romance, Choose me!, Where's the party?

Essence! I'm so sad that I don't have access to Essence polishes in Denmark. I went crazy, and bought a whole lot of them...

Here's silver stamping polish, a brownish pink with glitters, a blueish green with glitters and a green/purple duochrome. 

Essence toppers: Circus Confetti, It's purplicious!, Hello Holo, It's purplicious, Vampire's: Hunt me if you can!

More Essence polishes, toppers. 

Multicoloured, purple, holographic, pink/purple and black with glitter.

I'm puzzled that two of them have got the same name even though they're clearly not the same colour...?!

Essence nail art twins: Edward, Blair, Julia, Gabriella.

I would have bought the entire set of Essence twins, but these were the only ones available.

Flormar: U06, U26, 431, U13.

Flormar. Never heard of it before. But the colours look so pretty!

NYX: Pink Avenue, Max Factor: Extra Glitter, Blue Energy, Silver.

I am all excited about the NYX flakie and the top glitter polish from Max Factor. The blue is so vibrant looking and I thought the little charcoal would be fun to play with.

NYC: Disco Ball and Lights-Camera-Glitter. Maybelline: Electric Blue. Manhattan: 78S

My first NYC polishes, silver glitter and pink/blue glitter. And two pretty blues from Maybelline and Manhattan.

s-he: 290, 110, base coat, 280, 255.

S-he. Another brand that's completely new to me. But pretty indeed! :)

So, that was the huge haul I filled my poor suitcase with. 

What do you think?
Are there any of them you'd like to see before the others, or...?

Xx