Claire's Mood - happy/earthy

I really love the idea of Mood polishes, but they just don't seem to love me back. I almost begged this one to treat me nice, but it didn't. Darn.

I think this is five or six coats, I have no idea what happened. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get it to even out. And then I tried thinning it, and I thinned it too much, and it became runny, and now it was blah. I've unthinned it sice, by opening the bottle for about half an hour and mixing it a lot. Now the formula is sort of ok.

Anyway, a pic in the sun and two pics with flash. Yes, it's that neon:)

S-he - 437

Now beware, this is Christmas in a bottle :))

Two coats of loveliness, dark red base with red and gold shimmer. Love. Will wear during the holidays.











I can't wait till it's the end of December, the Christmas decorations all around me, the smell of cinnamon and spruces... Ah, memories. I just know I'll be stuck at home or at college and not be able to enjoy the holidays. Yuck.

Essence Metalics

They're finally here! another novelty I had to have, of course. I jumped with joy today as I saw the stand:)

I guess you've all heard about magnetic nail polishes - they have small metal particles in them, and you apply them and put a magnet next to your nails. And tatatara, a nice pattern appears:)

I just had to swatch these as soon as I got home. They're rushed swatches, but what the hell, they'll give you an idea of what I'm talking about anyway.

These are, from left to right: Steel Me, Iron Goddess, Nothing else Metals and Copper Rulez. There is a fifth polish in this LE, but I wasn't interested in it because it's not magnetic:) I used the Essence magnet that comes in the LE for the first three nails, and I like the pattern a lot! And on my pinky I used a kitchen magnet. FAIL!






And a couple of advices:
* if you use the Essence magnet, paint one nail at a time. Be ready - you'll have to work fast as lightning. Put one thick coat of polish on your nail and immediately put the magnet next to your nail, just milimetres away. Hold as still as possible for 20-30 seconds, and there you have it:)
* shake the bottle before you use it! And i don't mean roll it in your hands, I mean vigorously shake it. A lot, and often.
* of course you can use other brands of magnets for polish - I know Alessandro and L'Oreal did something alike.
*if you're going to use kitchen magnets, expect some trial and error. You'll have to see for yourself which magnets work best. I do believe you can make some great designs with those too, but I still suggest buying the Essence one too (unless you have the Alessandro one, that one is supposed to be much better).
* be patient, and don't give up!

Swap?

Hey all of you lovely readers:) It's turning out to be a great day here, there's actually some sunshine and it's supposed to be quite warm during the day, so yay! I just wish I had chestnuts to roast...

Anyway, I have a wish/request/proposal/idea/whatever. I've been seeing lots and lots of magnificent Halloween themed polishes from the USA on blogs lately, and I have huge lemmings now! So I'm wondering - would any of you super pretty and lovely ladies from the USA be interested in a swap? I think I *need* some coffin shaped polishes and some pumpkins, or I'll just die :))

Please email me or leave a comment if you're up for it!

Giveaway winner!

I'm really happy with the amount of entries, I never thought so many of you would be interested in my used polishes :)

And since I was good and sorted through the entries as they came, I can announce the winner 10 minutes after the giveaway is closed:))

I let The Hat choose a winner, and it chose...



You nailed it! (no, not an exclamation, the owner of You nailed it! blog won:)

Congrats, I'm going to contact you as soon as I finish this post!

And as for all of you other gals who entered, don't be sad you didn't win. I have plenty more where this came from:)

Wet'N'Wild - Buffy the Violet Slayer

Seriously, I love this name. I never watched the Buffy TV show, I guess I'm too old or something. But this name made me laugh, and that's all that counts. I wore this to my second thesis defense, and I rocked it - and I smiled every time I remembered I have a slayer on my nails. Yeah, I'm weird like that sometimes:))

Three coats. See the purple and pink shimmer?

Models Own - Emerald City

I was sure I'd love this one. But guess what? I don't. And I have no idea why:)

This is three coats, one of the fingers is with Matte Magic TC to see if I like it better matte. I do, but still not enough to hold on to it. This polish already found a new owner, hope she likes it better than me:)

I have to tell you, these pics are slightly edited, to get the green to show. My pics were too blue, and I tried to correct that. Will need some more practice though :)