Colors by Llarowe: This Side Of Heaven

Colors by Llarowe: This Side Of Heaven

Turquoise jelly base with original UP pigment and Aurora pigment that shifts red to gold to green

"This Side Of Heaven" is from the Let's Head To The Beach-collection from April 2018.

The formula is really good for a jelly and I used two coats for my nails today. The drying time is good.

I added water decals onto my nails. I actually thought that these were more than a black outline so they would be more visible on the nails. Also I turned the one on my pointer upside down by accident :D

I dapped a tiny bit of glitter here and there. I used W7's "White Wedding" for that.

Here's the final result, including topcoat. I really like that shimmer!

Colors by Llarowe: This Side Of Heaven

I have become very fond of adding just a bit of glitter on my nails to spice everything up a bit.

Colors by Llarowe: This Side Of Heaven

This is "This Side of Heaven" alone; two coats and no topcoat yet. Look at that pretty shimmer!

Colors by Llarowe: This Side Of Heaven

And here's the stuff I used today.

I really like the shimmer in this polish, it's really pretty.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Shimmer and shifting pigment
Overall impression: Pleasant colour and really impressive pigment

Buy again: Yes

OPI: Ate Berries In The Canaries

OPI: Ate Berries In The Canaries

Pink berry crème

Today's polish was a gift from a dear friend. It's a lovely dark pink créme with an amazing formula. Application was super easy and I used two coats for full opacity. The drying time is good.

I applied a layer of Polished For Days' flakie topper "Pixie Dust", which is described as a clear based topper with scattered orange to green shifting iridescent micro flakes, pink-purple-aqua-green shifting iridescent flakes and holographic flakes. It's dense and super pretty and can be used over a great variety of colours.

I also stamped a tiny flower by the base of each nail. I found the flower on the stamping plate "UR Beautiful-02" and I stamped with El Corazón's stamping polish "Restless Night".

Here's the final result including topcoat.

OPI: Ate Berries In The Canaries & Polished For Days: Pixie Dust

Isn't that just pretty? :)

OPI: Ate Berries In The Canaries & Polished For Days: Pixie Dust

Here's OPI "Ate Berries In The Canaries" topped with Polished For Days "Pixie Dust".

OPI: Ate Berries In The Canaries & Polished For Days: Pixie Dust

This is OPI "Ate Berries In The Canaries" alone; two coats and no topcoat. It's quite squishy, even without the topcoat.

These are the things I used today.

"Ate Berries In The Canaries" is a super pretty polish and it didn't appear less pretty with "Pixie Dust" on top. What a great gift this was!

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Crème
Overall impression: Great formula and colour

Buy again: Yes

Butter London: No More Waity Katie

Butter London: No More Waity Katie

Grey jelly with lavender microglitter

I'm trying to work my way through the stash of polishes that I consider rehoming. "No More Waity Katie" is actually quite pretty. I like the lavender microglitters a lot. The grey base is a jelly though and jellies aren't my favourites - you probably know that by now :D

Today I'm wearing it for the first and probably last time. I used three coats for full opacity. I tried to get away with two but it didn't look amazing. The third coat made a huge difference. The drying time is good.

I decided to perk it up a bit with some colour. I stamped on it with Colour Alike's stamping polish "Tainted love". I found my design on Chez Delaney's stamping plate "Water Marble". I topped it all with Orly's holo glitter topper "Shine On Crazy Diamond".

Here's the final design:

I think this is quite pretty!

Here's "No More Waity Katie" alone; three coats and no topcoat.

Butter London: No More Waity Katie

This is the stuff I used today.

"No More Waity Katie" has been sitting in my box of untrieds for quite a lot of years. It's quite funny now that I think of it: Today it's no more waity for "No More Waity Katie" :D 

This polish will be rehomed.

Number of coats: 3

Drying time: Good

Finish: Jelly with microglitter
Overall impression: I like the cute microglitter. I'm not fond of the jelly finish.

Buy again: No

Lacquester: Dragon Shield

Lacquester: Dragon Shield

Blue base with bronze/copper/gold/red/fuchsia and green UCC flakies

"Dragon Shield" is a Facebook custom that came out in 2016. It's a really spectacular polish - it has got so much going on. I haven't worn it before now though, mostly because I can't help but thinking that this polish is mostly brown/copper - colours that aren't one hundred percent mine. Today I'm wearing it to find out whether I'll keep this polish or not.

The formula is good. I used two easy coats for my nails today and the drying time was really good.

I added a golden nail stud by the base of each nail.

This is what "Dragon Shield" looks like in daylight.

Lacquester: Dragon Shield

Here's the same thing photographed with flash. This actually shows that the base is blue.

Lacquester: Dragon Shield

Here's "Dragon Shield" alone; two coats and no topcoat. The photo is taken in daylight.

Lacquester: Dragon Shield

And here's "Dragon Shield" alone again; two coats and no topcoat. This photo is taken with flash.

Lacquester: Dragon Shield

Here are the things I used today.

"Dragon Shield" was limited edition and is no longer available. Like I said: The colour isn't completely me, but I think I'm going to keep my bottle anyway because I do actually think it's really pretty.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Holo and flakies
Overall impression: Really nice effect and good formula

Buy again: Yes