My NOTDs of the week part 2

Now on to a new brand in my collection - I am so happy to have been able to snatch up Colors by Llarowe Paradise Found. I was so looking forward to this polish as I associate it with my latest favorite TV series Death in Paradise which is set on the imaginary Caribbean island Saint Marie. It reflects the blue of the sea wonderfully - though I think the inspiration was the Sea of the Southern Pacific.

I took the above picture indoors in daylight and I am quite proud of the accuracy of the color - those blues are really hard to capture for my iPhone camera. Also the VNL (visible nail line) is about as strong as seen above. But the shimmer that is glowing from this polish gives it that "je ne sais quoi" that sets Paradise Found apart. In the picture below I managed to capture some of the glow. In artificial light the blue looks a lot "colder" but I absolutely wanted to show you the glow.

I applied four very thin coats of Colors by Llarowe Paradise Found over Zoya Anchor Base Coat and finished the mani with Butter London Hardwear Top Coat. I would really advice to also go for very thin coats. Due to the consistency of Paradise Found you easily end up with a Hide Tigh of polish on your nail and there is no way you can get an even distribution of the extra polish on your nail. While Paradise Found is sheer the formula is excellent - each of my thin coats was even and perfect to build up as much opacity as you prefer. The wear of Paradise Found was excellent, not tip wear or any other signs of wear to report AND - absolutely no staining upon removal!!! However due to the myriads of glimmer particles it was quite firmly attached to the nail and required some elbow grease for removal.

This mani is for Jezz from Little Miss Nailpolish - I hope you like it!! I had to wait patiently for my Lush Lacquer Clowning Around to arrive - apparently also the post office has summer hours in processing mail - nailpolish mail should ALWAYS get priority - to have to wait for polish for so many day is a real anxiety accelerator ;-)!!!

I applied one coat of Lush Lacquer Clowning Around over Butter London Fruit Machine. Now despite having turned Clowning Around upside down for at least 30 minutes the application was so-so. On some nails there were barely any neon pieces, others loaded. On top of it the brush was always highly loaded with the clear base and I ended up dabbing Clowning Around on a piece of paper and dab on the matte neon pieces from their to my nails. Still, I like the end result a lot and have already so many ideas what to layer it over next.

If you are still with me - thank you for being patient and reading/scrolling through this divided post!!! Anything from the above you like in particular?

I ordered Emily de Molly Cosmic Forces with MeiMei Signatures. Colors by Llarowe and A England Excalibur (revamped) with Llarowe and Lush Lacquer Clowning Around with Pshiiit Boutique.

I look forward to reading your comments - thanks for visiting!!!
Christine

Saturday Skittelette featuring Cirque Bejeweled

I think I already admitted that I went a little bonkers over Cirque's recent Arcus Collection and ordered myself nearly the whole collection :-S! Bejeweled was along with Vesuvius on the top of my wishlist so this was one of the first to receive.

Lovely Marta from ChitChat Nails has shown an awesome Peter Pan mani with Cirque Bejeweled on center stage and this got me thinking into using Bejeweled as part of a Skittelette.

The ingredients:

From left:
Essie Lovey Dovey, Lush Lacquer Mr. Bubble, Cult Nails Faded, Cirque Bejeweled

The recipe:
Pinkie: two coats of Essie Lovey Dovey
Ring: one coat of Cult Nails Faded (this polish applies SOOOO well) and one coat of Lush Lacquer Mr. Bubble
all others: two coats of Cirque Bejeweled

indoors in daylight:

 outdoors in the shade:

 in artificial light:

To make the long story short about Cirque Bejeweled: while this polish has a holo that might not make you reach for your sunglasses it is VERY visible in any lightning and the saturated base color NEVER looks dull or flat as with those blinding holos. The formula is like the one of a cream, just slap, slap, done and drying time is that of a hole, i.e. within a blink of the eye. The wear is like with Vesuvius - again nothing like your regular holo, but more like a cream.

What do you think of integrating a holographic polish into a Skittelette?

I ordered Cirque Bejeweled from Cirque's own website. But you can also order with Harlow & Co and Pshiiit Boutique and MeiMei Signatures.

I look forward to reading your comments - thanks for visiting!!!
Christine

Lush Lacquer Seas the Moment

I wore this polish as a NOTD this week but instead or as well as just including it in my weekly summary I decided this polish totally deserves its own post.

Photo taken indoors in artificial light

Lush Lacquer Seas the Moment is incredibly dense and you get excellent coverage of the white and green glitters by applying one coat. Just the green hex and blue square glitters were a bit shy to leave their bottle and had to be dabbed on a few nails. The base of Seas the Moment is a bit on the thick side but easy to apply and the glitter lays nice and flat, no poking or curling of any of them.

Photo taken indoors in artificial light:

This is one coat of Lush Lacquer Seas the Moment over Chanel Frenzy. I love to "glitterize" my nude shades - it provides such a lovely canvas for so many glitters!!!

Lush Lacquer is available with Harlow & Co and Llarowe. They both ship internationally.

Have you ordered any Lush Lacquer? Do you also like to "glitterize" your nude mani?

Looking forward to reading your comments!!!

Thanks for reading!!

Christine