Colour Alike ~ Samba

Colour Alike ~ Samba

Magenta prismatic holo flake

Magenta seems to be my to-go colour when I don’t know what else to wear. Samba is a beautiful magenta with a great finish.

The formula is good and easy to work with. The drying time is good too. I used two coats for full opacity.

The stamp is from Marianne Nails No. xx. I don’t use my Marianne Nails stamping plates very often, but today is the day. I found a swirly design and I love swirls. I stamped with Colour Alike’s stamping polish “B. a Raindrop”.

Here’s my final manicure including topcoat. The photo is taken in sunlight. Hooray for the sun!!

This is what it looks like in my lightbox. This way you can see the swirls and the finish of the polish better.

And here’s Samba on its own; two coats and no topcoat just yet.

These are the things I used today.

Magenta makes my nails feel good :D

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Holo flakes
Overall impression: Great finish and colour, I love the effect

Buy again: Yes

Sephora Formula X ~ Beacon

Sephora Formula X ~ Beacon

Dark blue metallic with glass flecks

I think I bought this beautiful blue polish when I was in Poland. It’s a really gorgeous colour packed with glass flecks and the metallic finish gives it an amazing shine.

I used two coats for full opacity. The formula was great and the drying time was good.

I made the stripes with Color Club’s “What’s Your Sign”, and topped it all with a layer of El Corazón’s holo flakie topper 421h/25.

Here is how shiny it all turned out.

The photos are taken in sunshine.

This is Beacon on its own; two coats and no topcoat yet.

Here are the three polishes I used for my stripeecure.

Sephora Formula X: Beacon; Color Club: What’s Your Sign; El Corazón: 421h/25

I like this polish a lot. The colour is beautiful and I really like the finish too.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Metallic/glass fleck
Overall impression: Great colour and shine

Buy again: Yes

El Corazón ~ 418/291

El Corazón ~ 418/291

Sexy red shimmer

Today I did something I don’t usually do: I planned ahead. That means that I decided which nail art to add to my nails beforehand. I don’t often do that – usually I see where a polish takes me once it’s on the nails.

That turned out to be a bit of a mistake, haha!! Let me get back to that in a moment.

I started out with two layers of 418/291. The coverage is good and so is the drying time. The smell is odd, which is unusual for El Corazón. I think it has only happened once before, so I wonder if it’s a pigment that smells a bit weird. It can’t be the base for sure. Never mind, it doesn’t smell bad, just different than the rest of them.

Then I stamped on it. I went for a very discrete stamp today. The design is from Moyra’s stamping plate “27-Dreamology”, and I stamped with El Corazón’s stamping polish “First Kiss”.

And then I made my mistake: I added more shimmer and that turned out to cover up my stamping completely :D The shimmer I used is from Catrice’s “Shake & Seal” topcoat collection, and it’s called “Coral Bay”.

Let me show you the final manicure so  you can see what I’m talking about:

Can you see the stamping? No? How about now? :D

This is two coats of 418/291 all alone.

And here’s the stuff I used.

I am still really happy with my nails, even though I made the stamping disappear.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Shimmer
Overall impression: Great colour and effect, great quality polish

Buy again: Yes