Gewinnspiel bei PicturedTinsel

Die liebe Elena von PicturedTinsel verlost noch bis 9. März einige ihrer Swatch-Lacke, da sie ihr aus mehrerlei Gründen nicht so ganz zusagen. Ich finde das eine tolle Idee. Es ist doch schade, wenn sie nur so herumstehen würden ^^ Ich würde mich selbstverständlich gut um die Lacke kümmern, sollte ich zu den beiden glücklichen Gewinnern gehören!

Zu gewinnen gibt es insgesamt zehn Lacke, die Elena in zwei Sets aufgeteilt hat:

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essence Colourbration & Confetteria

Hm, I'm a bit late with these... This trend edition is long gone from the stores, but I just recently stumbled upon them. I looked for ages. I don't know, but my city seemed to be the last to sell these polishes... and they were quickly gone too.

Anyway, I got myself three of the polishes. I swatched two of them so far and took a few pictures, that I want to show you today. I don't like my pictures though... ^^;

This is Colourbration. I knew I want this as soon as I saw the promotion pictures. It's a bright lime green with golden glass flecks, that make the polish very shiny. I really like it, even though I'll probably not wear it very often...

Second is Confetteria. It looks so beautiful in the bottle. Like a slightly different version of blue addicted. But honestly... I don't dig it. I wanted to remove it right after I took pictures. I didn't because my grandma came in and asked me to drive her to a friend's house, but I really hated this polish on my nails. Seriously. But I remember that I added Nubar 2010 on top when I came home, and I liked that combination. I just never took pictures. Hm.

Application was a bit tricky with both of them. They are a bit goopy, but it's managable. Both need at least two coats. Drying time was a bit slow though. I smudged my little finger's nail while taking pictures...

But the funny thing is, I don't know where I put these polishes. I wanted to use Colourbration for my Karneval's mani and couldn't find it anywhere in my stash. Neither Confetteria or the third polish I got from the collection. Weird, really weird... :(

MNY 673

Just a swatch today. I realized that I have a lot of polishes in my collection that I have yet to use for a whole manicure. So I'll try to only use those in the next weeks.

First is MNY 673. It's a black polish with silver flecks that looks really awesome in the bottle. The effect is way less prominent on the nails, but looking from the right angle, it is still clearly visible. This polish definitely needs a top coat or the flecks will not pop at all.

The silver flecks kind of look grey, not silver anymore. I still like it, because the flecks make the black look softer. I wish the silver was more visible though... but I don't know, MNY polishes sometimes tend to look totally awesome in the bottle and are way less awesome on the nail. This is not the only one...

Oh well. I don't know where I could buy MNY polishes from now on anyway. dm drugstore removed MNY from their range of products recently to make room for Catrice and essie.

Misslyn Royal Desire

Today's turn is a layering combo that I looked really forward to wearing... but which failed me :(

After my post aber Misslyn Queen of Hearts, I actually went to the city to get its sister polish Royal Desire. Royal Desire is just as sheer as Queen of Hearts, but from swatches I had seen earlier, I already knew that it would show its beauty layered over another polish. I chose essence Hot Stuff from the discontinued Multi Dimension XXXL series. I had received this in a box of polishes I won at ebay and hadn't used it yet.

Well, Royal Desire really is a beauty, but I will choose a different polish next time. It looks nice over Hot Stuff, but what the hell was that!? I never ever had a polish bubble this badly on me! I didn't shake the bottle, didn't go over the same spot multiple times and still, bubbles galore! It ruined my whole mani.

I prepared this mani in the early evening hours and went to bed like 4-5 hours later and I still got sheet marks! Since I know that Queen of Hearts dried rather quickly, I'm blaming the essence polish here. :(

But well, aside from the bubbles and sheet marks, you can still see that Royal Desire is a nice shade released by Misslyn which is why I'm posting these pictures nevertheless. Royal Desire is a reddish pink shifting rose pink to orange. It definitely needs a matching polish underneath, since it is very sheer. I'm glad I got it and I will wear it again... in a different combination. Maybe I'll try black next time... :D