BB Couture ~ Sexual Space

BB Couture ~ Sexual Space

Magenta packed with holographic microglitter

This is the other BB Couture polish I bought. Yesterday I tried Sea of Cortez on, and was a bit disappointed, so I thought I might as well try this too and get it out of the way. You can read my Sea of Cortez post here 

Sexual Space is from the L  I  P Collection (Ladies In Polish) from autumn 2012.

I was surprised over how nice the formula was on this polish compared to the other BB polish. It was easy to apply and much more opaque too. It took two easy, fast drying coats to make this look fantastic!

Here’s a pic of two coats and one coat of BK topcoat to make this even shinier:

And a picture from another angle:

Do you understand why I really love this?

The holo made this baby come alive in the nicest possible way:

It smells as if it’s scented! I haven’t seen anybody else state that fact in their blog posts, but it definitely smells like sweet berries of some kind. Sugared strawberries perhaps. If anyone can verify that I’ll be very grateful, thanks!

I stamped on it. I used the plate Apipila Mix and a black no name stamping polish. And then I sealed it all up with my all time favourite top coat Poshé. Here’s a picture in the shadow:

And here’s a sunshine picture. Oh how I love when the sun shines on me!

The mandatory blurry pic so the hologlitter can show off :D

I am so satisfied with this polish, it’s totally worth the price!

Now I wonder: Which one of the two polishes is the “typical” BB polish? Is it the blue, sheer and averagely drying polish or is it this magenta, opaque and fast drying polish? Please enlighten me so I don’t have to buy a third one to find out :D

Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 8.5/10
Buy again: Yes

BB Couture ~ Sea of Cortez

BB Couture ~ Sea of Cortez

Seablue jelly base with glitter

I’ve been wanting to try BB Couture for a while, and now I’ve finally got my hands on two of them. Sea of Cortez is the first one I try on.

"Sea of Cortez" is from BB Couture's Spring 2009 Collection.

The formula is a bit on the thin side – and it’s pretty sheer too. It took three coats to make it look reasonable, and a fourth would probably have made it perfect, but hey, I’m not that patient, really! The drying time is average, so I found it very boring to sit through three layers of polish. Talk about watching paint dry! :D

Anyway, it’s a pretty polish – I love this shade of blue, and I am obviously in love with the glitter! Here’s what two coats, and no top coat look like:

BB Couture ~ Sea of Cortez

I think Sea of Cortez is a great name – this colour and finish remind me so much of water and the deep, blue sea:

BB Couture ~ Sea of Cortez

I wasn’t seriously impressed with this polish on its own though, so I decided to add some more glitter! I applied a layer of Alix Avien #110. It’s a fantastic glitter that can make pretty much any mani way prettier! It’s a mix of various sizes of holographic glitter.

Here’s what the mani ended up looking like:

The sun had gone down so the holo glitter got a little bit shy but I love it anyway:

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Opacity: 6/10
Colour, prettiness: 8/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 4/10
Overall: 6.5/10
Buy again: No

Invogue Suede ~ Hot Gossip

Invogue ~ Hot Gossip

Pink suede

Here’s the second of the three Invogue suedes I bought in London. The third one is coming up shortly :)

I had experienced dragging and bald spots with the first one, so I made an experiment with this one: I used aqua base coat instead of my regular base coat. And it worked! The polish acted as a perfectly normal polish: No dragging, no problems with application, not even on the second coat. So I’ll remember to use that trick in future!

The polish is almost opaque in one coat, but the second layer made it all look just a little bit better. Drying time is amazing, it didn’t take many minutes before I was able to apply coat number two.

Let me show you what it looks like! Two coats, no top coat:

Invogue Suede ~ Hot Gossip

The picture is taken in direct sunlight. I’m in love with these suede polishes, I think they look amazing. I’m looking forward to trying the last one of them on too.

Invogue Suede ~ Hot Gossip

These are the pictures you’ll get for today. I did try and make a glitter gradient, but I picked the wrong glitter (Ruby Kisses “Crazy Night Out”), but it looked horrible! The purple glitter had exactly the wrong colour for this pink, and it looked downright messy. So I honestly don’t feel like posting pictures of that – and I also removed it right after having seen how it looked. 

 

I hope you enjoyed the post, even though it’s short of pics :D

  

Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 8/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 8.5/10
Buy again: Yes

China Glaze ~ Take a Trek

China Glaze ~ Take a Trek

Denim blue holographic

Do you sometimes change your mind at the last minute about which polish to wear? I did that today. I was going to wear another one of my Invogue polishes, but the sun was shining like crazy, so I decided to air one of my new holos instead!

Take a Trek is from the Hologlam collection from Spring 2013. I can’t resist a good blue polish, and I love holos, so this was pretty much a must have for me. I hadn’t started collecting polishes when China Glaze’s OMG collection came out in early 2009 (or possibly late 2008), which is a shame, really. I have managed to get my hands on a few of them, but that’s a completely different story. Anyway, when I heard about the Hologlams, I just knew I had to have some.

I used an aqua base coat, because I’ve read that Hologlams like that underwear. The formula is a bit on the thick side, but pretty easy to work with anyway. It looks like a polish that needs thinner after a couple of manis, but we’ll see about that. It pretty much covered after the first coat, but I applied two to even out the last imperfections.

Here it is in all its glory. Two coats, no topcoat, and in direct sunlight:

The holo isn’t as prominent as in the OMG collection – but I wish it was, LOL! It’s pretty nonetheless though, and I’ll also try and stamp with this. It feels like a polish that’ll work for stamping too!

There are rainbows on my nails, hurray!

I decided something discrete on this pretty holo: Flakies! I used Golden Rose Scale Effect #2, which is a version of “Unicorn Pee”, as far as I’m informed. The flakies are blue, red, orange, pink and green.

I applied one single coat of the flakies and sealed it all up with a layer of H. K. Girl topcoat, and here’s what that ended up looking like in the sun:

The holo effect was dulled a little bit but not much, and I am very pleased with this!

The cool thing about this is that the flakies really show up in low light, where the holo doesn’t show much of itself. Win!

 

How do you like this, girls? Please let me hear your honest opinion. Would you have applied flakies over a holo?

Opacity: 10/10
Colour, prettiness: 8/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 8.5/10
Buy again: Yes

Invogue ~ Emerald Dust

Invogue ~ Emerald Dust

Acid green suede

This is one of the polishes I bought when I was on vacation in London. I bought a lot of polishes there, and this one was actually on my shopping list, so it was one I was looking for.

I love suedes with shimmer – it never fails to amaze me how it’s possible to have a matte shimmer, but it works!

The formula is rather tricky! I had lots of bald spots after the first layer, and if I put the brush down on the same place twice, it would pull the polish right off, grr! The second coat was slightly easier, but not much. I still had to be careful to use as few brushstrokes as possible. I failed on my thumb, and had to give that a third coat to even out irregularities. It dries superfast though, which is a huge plus! 

Edit: This polish gets very easy to apply if you use an aqua base coat!

Enough talk! Let’s look at the pictures. Here’s a pic of two coats, no topcoat. Picture in taken in the sun:

On this next picture you can see the shimmer in the matte, it’s sooo pretty!

And here’s another shot because I really like how this polish looks on my nails:

I stamped on it! I used a stamping plate called “H22” which I believe is a Fauxnad plate. I stamped with a no name black stamping polish and I used my XL stamper. There’s one layer of Poshé top coat to really make it shine:

The pictures with the stamped designs are all taken just before the sun went down, so there’s no direct sun on them.

One last picture, because I can :D

 

That’s it! Did you like what you saw? Have you heard about Invogue before?

Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 8/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 8.5/10
Buy again: Yes

Dance Legend ~ #40

Dance Legend ~ #40

Red with fine holographic microglitter

I really like Dance Legend polishes, so I’m happy every time sweet Anastasia from Little World of Coloured Nails sends me some of them. This is really special – it’s not a holographic red as such – it is more like a red with holographic dust in it. I was eager to find out if the glittery effect would transfer onto the nails.

The formula is good, and the polish is really easy to apply. It smells a little bit odd, but it dries quick and it covers in two easy coats, so who gives a damn about the smell :D

Here are the pictures! They’re all taken in the sun today. Two coats, no topcoat:

Here’s a pic that shows the holographic “dust” more:

The polish looks as if it glows – I really like that!

 I was a little bit stunned over how pretty I think this polish is, so I sat for a while, trying to decide what to do with it. I haven’t been super inspired lately – so I need to figure out how to get my muse back!

I ended up with stripes. I used an ordinary striper from Claire’s and made three vertical stripes on each nail. I sealed it up with a layer of topcoat from Miss Sporty, and here’s the result, still in the sun: 

And a final picture for ya:

It’s simple, and maybe a bit too simple for what I was in the mood for today, but it’ll have to do until tomorrow. What do you think, girls? Is this looking alright? And are you the lucky owners of any Dance Legend polishes?

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

Linda Johansen ~ Razzle Dazzle

Linda Johansen ~ Razzle Dazzle

Deep purple with scattered holo

This is my second Linda Johansen polish. I was well impressed with the first one, even though it was grey :D You can see it here if you are interested!

Anyway, when I saw Razzle Dazzle I just knew I had to have it! It’s purple; it’s got holographic effect – what is there not to love?! I bought it on the spot!

The formula is great! It applies very easily, it dries fast and it’s basically just a great quality polish! It’s a jelly and I applied two coats and was satisfied with it, but when I look at the pictures I can see that I should have applied three. Anyway, two will have to do for this time. Here is a picture of two coats, no topcoat. The picture is taken in the sun:

The holo is gorgeous, I absolutely love it! And it even works in low light – here’s a picture taken in my lightbox:

Can you see how it looks as if it glows from within? I really love that! 

I went for some dots to make it come more alive. I used a bright turquoise polish from Ma.nish.ma. called “Bolts of Blue” and made four dots on each nail. I sealed it all up with a new top coat I’ve bought in a blog sale: H. K. Girl. I’ve heard so many good things about it and have been dying to try it myself, so I was happy to finally get my hands on it.

Here’s the final mani in the sun:

And in my lightbox:

The polish still glows underneath the dots! :)

  

I can’t tell you how glad I am to have this polish in my stash. Linda Johansen is a Norwegian brand, and it deserves much more credit than it actually gets. Lacquered thumbs up from me!

 

Opacity: 7/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Durability: 10/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 8.5/10
Buy again: Yes

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piCture pOlish ~ Tease

piCture pOlish  ~ Tease

Bright fuschia pink with silver glitter

I might as well say right away that I love all my Picture Polishes and that Tease is no exception to the rule! I love the bright fuschia, but even more, I love the silver glitter that makes the finish look a bit like a foil.

The formula is great, I had absolutely no problems with the application at all. It is so opaque that it can be categorized as a one coater, but giving it two makes the colour deeper. Drying time is really good too!

Here is a picture of two coats, no top coat. The pic is taken in my light box: 

Isn’t that just pretty? I simply love the silver glitter look!

Here’s a picture taken in the sunshine. The glitter shines like crazy!

I stamped on it using a no name polish called “Suzi skies in the Pyrenees”, which is a deep matte purple, and used my Apipila 02 plate. I sealed it up with a layer of Poshé top coat, and here’s a picture taken in the sun:

 

And here’s a shot in my light box. This is crazy shiny, I love it!

Another shot because I really like this:

Some of the stripes of the design didn’t show up on the nails. That’s weird, and there can be two reasons for this. Either the design hasn’t been cut deep enough, or else it’s because I’ve tried to only dap polish over half the design and then use the scraper to spread it out with. I shall do this design again and test out what went wrong.

But anyway, that was just for the record so I remember it next time.

What do you think of this?

Opacity: 10/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Durability: 10/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9.5/10
Buy again: Yes

Joss ~ Sudden Impulse

Joss ~ Sudden Impulse

Crimson linear holo

Here’s one more of my Joss holos, this time it’s Sudden Impulse. It’s a crimson, very strong linear holo, and it’s just as cool as the other ones I’ve got.

Again: I just used my regular base coat, and the polish doesn’t streak or pull. It’s almost a one coater – but I applied two anyway, to give this beauty good conditions to impress!

Here is a picture of two coats, no top coat, in low lights:

Mmm… I love when my holos flash rainbows even in low lights!

The sun went up, and I caught a bit of it:

Now the polish flashes both pink, red and orange – I just love that colour mix!!

More pictures, just because this is a wild holo:

Rainbows! On my nails! Yay!

Isn’t this impressive?

Here’s a bottle shot. At this point I just couldn’t stop taking pictures, haha!!

Then I made some dots on it. At first I used China Glaze’s Galactic Grey from their newest Hologlam collection. Here’s what that looked like:

It looks alright in the sun, but I must admit that I found it a bit boring because the contrast between the two colours isn’t big enough. I took my Kiko Sugar Matte #646 Starry Black and dotted over the Galactic Grey, and I liked that result much better!

There’s not much difference on the two pics I’ve taken, but I can assure you that there’s a huge difference in real life! I’m glad that I changed the dots!

So – are you also going crazy in holo polishes when the sun shines, or are you totally over the holo hysteria?

Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 8/10
Buy again: Yes

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Intensive Rejuvenation for hands

Hand pack – Intensive Rejuvenation

”Helps soothe & soften dry, rought and chapped hands”

I got this pack of rejuvenating gloves in a swap. I’ve never seen anything like it here, but I’m always up for trying something new!

Here’s what the package looks like:

And here’s the instructions:

• Wash hands
• Put on gloves (a picture of a clock indicates “for 20 minutes”)
• Rejuvenated hands

That sounds really easy, and who doesn’t want rejuvenated hands! :D

I washed my hands and opened the package. The first thing I noticed was the strong scent of rose perfume. It’s not my favourite scent, and I definitely would have preferred a more discreet perfume.

I pulled the gloves out of the package, and man, they were big!

Here’s a picture where I’ve put one of them on.

I must admit that I didn’t like wearing them, and that I counted every one of the 20 minutes. Imagine to pour out a portion of conditioner in your hands, and then wipe a cold, wet shower curtain around them, and then sit with that in 20 minutes. I haven’t tried sitting with a cold shower curtain, but I that’s how I imagine it feels. The gloves are made of plastic and there’s a lot of the moistening stuff inside. I did not like wearing them at all!!

When the 20 minutes had passed, I pulled the gloves off. My hands were really wet and they looked as if I’ve been sitting in a tub for a couple of hours :D

It didn’t say anything on the package about whether you should wash off the moist or to try and rub it in, so I tried the latter. It took half an hour before my skin had soaked it all up!

Does it work?

Yes, it works! My cuticles did definitely like this treatment and my hands did feel softer too.

But I keep getting the thought that a dense hand cream and a pair of cotton gloves would have done the same trick.

Have you girls tried anything like this? Did it work for you too?