Masura: Frosty Cowberry

Masura: Frosty Cowberry

Red with metallic red flakes

Today's polish is red packed with metallic red flakes. It's absolutely gorgeous!

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

I made dots by the base of each nail with another metallic polish from Mara. It doesn't really seem to have a name but it's pretty nonetheless.

I topped it all with topcoat and here's the end result:

Masura: Frosty Cowberry

I like the simplicity of this and the colours are really nice in my opinion.

Masura: Frosty Cowberry

Here's "Frosty Cowberry" alone; two coats and no topcoat.

Masura: Frosty Cowberry

Here are the two polishes I used today.

I was a bit disappointed when I unwrapped "Frosty Cowberry". I thought it looked a little bit boring in the bottle. Fortunately it really sparkles when applied to the nails so all disappointment has now disappeared.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Metallic flakie
Overall impression: Nice formula, colour and effect. I love it on the nails.

Buy again: Yes

Mystery Polish: Paola

Mystery Polish: Paola

Described as a green/blue shimmer base linear holo polish

First of all: I don't see this polish as a linear holo - to me it's scattered. The formula is good though. I used two easy coats for my nails and the drying time was good.

I added floral stickers onto my nails and then I sealed it all up with topcoat and my nails were done.

Here they are:

I think the silvery flowers look really cool on this base.

Here is "Paola" alone; two coats and no topcoat. The photo is taken in daylight.

Mystery Polish: Paola

And here are the two things I used to decorate my nails today.

"Paola" is really pretty, I like it. I do wish that it really was a linear holo though.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Scattered holo
Overall impression: Good formula and drying time. Nice classy colour

Buy again: I probably would

Essie: Surprise & Delight

Essie: Surprise & Delight

Red metallic

Essie has made another great collection of Valentine's polishes this year. I bought four out of six.

The formula is really good and easy to work with. The brush is wide and flat and fits my nails just perfectly. I used two easy and fast drying coats for full opacity.

The stamp is from the stamping plate "Nicole Diary-L07". I stamped with a baby pink shimmer stamping polish from Born Pretty Store.

I topped the whole thing with El Corazón's holo flakie topper 421h/25 and finished the whole thing with a layer of topcoat.

This is the result of the day:

I love the look of this.

Here's "Surprise & Delight" alone; two coats and no topcoat. Look how beautiful it is.

Essie: Surprise & Delight

Here are all the things I used today.

I am so impressed with "Surprise & Delight". It's super pretty and the formula is great.

Number of coats: 1
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Metallic
Overall impression: Awesome formula, colour and finish

Buy again: Yes!

Claire's: Virgo

Claire's: Virgo

Champagne gold with metallic shimmer

Virgos are loyal, kind, and hardworking. If your birthday is between August 23 and September 22, then this is you!

The formula is great and super easy to work with. I used two coats for my nails today and the drying time was really fast.

I made three neon pink stripes on each nail with Lady Rose's #746. Then I placed a butterfly nail sticker on top of the stripes.

This is what it looked like, including topcoat.

I really dig this!

Here's "Virgo" alone; two coats and no topcoat yet. Look how shiny the metallic effect is.

Claire's: Virgo

This is the stuff I used today.

Claire's Virgo and Lady Rose #746

"Virgo" is from Claire's collection of Zodiac sign. I only found some of them but am really happy with the ones I've got.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Really fast

Finish: Metallic shimmer
Overall impression: Super shiny and really great formula

Buy again: Yes