Weekly Polish Haul - Week 17

I am so happy about this lot I manage to snatch from a sale at Facebook. I have been eyeing the exclusive duo "Spark and Fever" from Glam Polish from this seller for a while now and suddenly she decided to sell them off for cheap. Adding a couple more to the purchase didn´t hurt at all (aside from in my wallet).



Glam Polish "Fever", "Spark" and "Spring Is In The Air" + Dreamland "Everything I Do" and Cupcake Polish "Row Me To The Gold".

Gina Tricot - Ocean Depths

 

Manicure: Two coats of "Ocean Depths" + Seche Vite.
Application: Awesome. Stains a lot however.
Grade: 4

Gina Tricot - Lemon

 

Manicure: Three coats of "Lemon".

Application: A disaster.
Grade: 2

Gina Tricot - Konfetti

 

Manicure: Two coats of Gina Tricot "Ocean Depths", one sponged coat of "Konfetti" + Seche Vite.
Application: Must be sponged.
Grade: 4

Gina Tricot - Crushed Pink

 

Manicure: Nail Pattern Boldness "Glitter-a-peel", two coats of O.P.I "Italian Love Affair", a sponged coat of "Crushed Pink" + Seche Vite.
Application: Very hard to apply with the brush and with the sponge too.
Grade: 2

Brand Presentation - Gina Tricot

Gina Tricot is a clothes store. I don´t know if it is exists in other countries outside of Sweden, but it has been around here for a long time. At the mall were I usually go shopping they have a pretty big bin at the check out counter filled with nail polish. They always have some kind of deal on them; like buy "three pay for two".

The past year or so the brand has changed their nail polishes drastically. From making happy colors and lots of fun glitters they have started selling more classic polishes. I honestly haven´t been in there to look for polish for a long time after getting tired of their selection. The bottles I represent here are the old style ones.



Oriflame - Blue Iridescence

 

Manicure: Nfu Oh "Aqua Base" and two coats of "Blue Iridescence".
Application: Awesome. A one-coater!
Grade: 4

Make Up Store - Greta

 

Manicure: Nfu Oh "Aqua Base", two coats of "Greta" + Seche Vite.
Application: It drags even with an Aqua Base.
Grade: 2,5

Layla - Emerald Divine

 

Manicure: Nfu Oh "Aqua Base", three coats of "Emerald Divine" + Seche Vite.
Application: As always with the Laylas; Aqua Base is essential.
Grade: 5

Mainstream Holo Polish Week

Easter weekend is over and it´s time to go back to reality tomorrow. It will be nice with a short week of four days though. My Darling and I spent most of our time at our cottage making it fit to live in again after the winter break. I felt so good to kick of the season! We took a couple of very cold but very nice walks with the little doggie and spend some time in the yard burning twigs and leaves and shooting some bottle rockets.

This wee the theme will be Mainstream Holos. Though nothing compares to the holos the indie makers make I can´t help to think it´s fun to collect and try out some of the mainstream ones as well. So, here are a few of the brands I own which have created holographic polishes. And I am always looking for more!



Ztiz - 307

 

Manicure: Two coats of "307" + Seche Vite.
Application: First coat was good, the second very hard. Smells bad.
Grade: 2

Sensinity - 103

 

Manicure: Two coats of homemade peel-off and four coats of "No. 103".
Application: It was hard to get even. Needs 3-4 coats to cover.
Grade: 2

Nordic Cap of Sweden - NP38

 

Manicure: Two to three coats of "NP38".
Application: Impossible.
Grade: 1

 

 

Kubiss - No. 66

 

Manicure: Two coats of "No. 66" + Seche Vite.
Application: Like most cremes; hard to get even but ok.
Grade: 2

Pink Budget Polish Week

Although most budget polishes aren´t worth looking twice at, I am having a very hard time to keep away from them. It is fun to try to get a real bargain on a polish which is quite useable, if for nothing else as undies. I have quite a few in my collection and I am trying some of them out to determine weather they are worth keeping or not. Here are a few different brands and they are all.... pink!



Weekly Polish Haul - Week 14

It´s been a hard break for me not to get any nail polishes for a while. I have bought some online but since the shipping to the US is way cheaper and I will not have to pay customs that way, I ship them there. And then my hubby brings them back with him after visiting there. Which means that sometimes I wait about eight months to get something I ordered... Torture!



 Cupcake Polish "Chicago", "New York" and "Los Angeles".

 

Cupcake Polish "Imagine", "Believe", "Magic" and "Wish".

Oriflame - Green Crumble

 

Manicure: Two-three coats of "Green Crumble".
Application: Very sheer but oh! so worth the work it takes.
Grade: 4

Oriflame - Galactic Fantastic

 

Manicure: Isadora "Peel Off Base", three coats of "Galactic Fantastic" + Seche Vite.
Application: Ok.
Grade: 2

Oriflame - Fuhsia Palladium

 

Manicure: Nfu Oh "Aqua Base" and two coats of "Fuchsia Palladium".
Application: Amazing. A One-coater.
Grade: 4