Ludurana Supremo

Hello!

How are you all doing?
Today I´m showing you a holo Ludurana polish. And OMG, this is soooo gorgeous!! It´s a lavender holo. The first pic shows its true color best. This is really in my top 3 favorite holos right now.

It is a bit sheer, so I did use 3 coats. But no application problems at all. To keep the holo as strong as possible I used my OPI DS topcoat instead of a quickdry topcoat.

In the last 2 pics it looks a lot more purple, but it really is lavender and sooo beautiful!

Have a great day and thanks for watching!

Catrice Dirty Berry

Goodmorning!

Today I´m showing you a Catrice polish. Catrice is a brand that is widely available here in the Netherlands. And still I´ve only got 2 of them. No you wonder why of course. Well... let´s see... a lot of you will probably not agree with me on this one, but I don´t find their colors very special. Every once in a while I take a look in stores to see all the colors. The ones that do appeal to me, are colors that are very similar to stuff I already own.

The one I picked up recently and I´m showing you today is a color I actually bought for a friend. While buying it I decided it was actually pretty awesome. In the bottle Dirty Berry looked like a dusty lilac/purple, but on my nails it looks more like lavender. I think that has to do with skin tone. It´s probably more lilac when you have a darker skin tone.
The special surprise in this one is that the silver shimmer turns out to be a very very very subtle holo. Unfortunately it wasn´t sunny enough the day I wore this to show up in the pictures.

Application was ok. Not bad, not extremely good either. The brush is a little short, but nothing unmanagable. Opacity was good, just 2 coats needed.

Do you own a lot of Catrice? And did you just buy them because they are cheap? Or did you buy them because you adore the colors?

Thanks for watching and enjoy your day!

Finger Paints Hue Rang

Hi ladies!

Todays polish was an extra in my last swap with Cat. At first I wasn´t all to sure about it. But it really is a very nice shade! It is a light purple with a hint of lavender. And another advantage, I don´t have anything like it. Application was great and a lot more opaque than I expected. I was ready to apply 3 coats, but it only needed 1. The brush on FP is really good!

Pictures!

Do you have any Finger Paints? And maybe you know a color which I should really try to get?

I really hope my transdesign order will come in today so I can start the giveaway I promised you.

Have a great day!

Lippmann Wicked Game

Hi guys!

My very first time showing you a Lippmann, yay!! I finally got my hands on some of them thanks to a very nice MUA lady. She got me the Layer Cake set. It consists of 3 mini Lippmann polishes and Wicked Game was one of them. I´m also waiting for the All That Jazz Trio which another MUA lady sent me but hasn´t arrived yet. That one does have the big bottles which I really like.
But for people who would like to try Lippmann first before they buy their expensive bottles, the Layer Cake set is perfect! Three very different shades.

Ok, so today I´m showing you Wicked Game. It is quite sheer. I used 3 coats, but maybe a 4th would have been better. It reminded me of Koh Glamourous Purple, but with a lot better application. Remember when I showed you that? It was horrible. Although I still have the idea it was me to blame, since I know many ladies that love Koh and their application.

Wicked Game is lavender/lilac purple with a green and silver/grey duochrome. Very nice and not too edgy for work.

It is some sort of frost, that´s why it´s a bit streaky, but really hardly visible. I like this shade! But hey, how could I not like it, since I´m a duochrome lover.

Just a few days ago I found out there is a dupe for this pretty, it´s Wet ´n Wild Gray´s Anatomy. I see a lot of bank accounts smiling now. For the price of a full size Lippmann you can buy 8 bottles of the Wet ´n Wild. Unfortunately Wet ´n Wild is not available overhere, but for the US ladies this is good news.

Have a great day!

Kleancolor Holo Chrome versus Wet ´n Wild Wild Orchid

Goodmorning ladies!

Another comparison today. I hope you´re not getting sick of it yet. I really like comparsion and they can be very useful.

The two polishes I´m comparing today don´t really look a like. They are both purple leaning a bit towards lavender. And they both have holographic glitter. But the glitters have very different structure. Kleancolor Holo Chrome has bigger and much more glitter and is much less smooth than the glitter in Wet´n Wild Wild Orchid. Because the glitter in Holo Chrome is bigger, it is also a lot more holographic.

Index and ring = Wet ´n Wild Wild Orchid
Middle and pinkie = Kleancolor Holo Chrome
Both 2 coats or maybe 3. I don´t remember, it´s been a while since I did this comparison. And I forgot to write it down.

I can´t really decide which one I like better. They are both pretty awesome. Which one do you like better?

Enjoy your day!

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Pastel Skittles

Hello!

Last week I did my first skittle manicure. In spring we saw a lot of these manicures in pastel colors, but since the sun was shining I was in the mood for something happy, colorful and just like spring, so I made pastel skittles in autumn, haha.

Here´s the picture

Thumb: Models Own Peach Sherbet (3 coats)
Index: Models Own Lemon Meringue (3 coats)
Middle: OPI Hey! Get in Lime! (3 coats)
Ring: Orly Snowcone (2 coats)
Pinkie: Nubar Lavender (1 coat)

I actually bought the Peach Sherbet only to do a skittle mani, there´s no way I could ever wear a color like this on its own, and still in the skittle I don´t really like, haha. Actually, I don´t think I´m a pastel girl at all! Although I do like the colors, but they are just not me or something.

Well, it did turn out lovely! Very sweet! But probably more a combination that I will use on my daughter. But it was definitely nice to have some spring in autumn.

Bye ladies!

2 swatches for my 2 months anniversary: Massini & Nfu Oh

Hi ladies!

Today is my 2 month blogging anniversary. And I love doing this! Although I don´t have a lot of followers yet, I do want to thank you ladies for reading my blog!!

Since the last few days it has been mostly dark colors that I´ve showed you and since we have something to celebrate, I thought it would be good to show you something more fun today. And because of the anniversary I´m showing you two of my recent swatches. I did both of them last friday.

First up is Massini Fast Play, 2 coats over 1 coat of Nubar Lavender (lavender/lilac creme). Fast Play is hard to describe. It´s not really a flakie, but also not really a glitter. But it is FUN!

The flakie/glitter is gold duochrome. It´s awesome! I got this in a swap with KarenD. I found this 2 weeks ago or something when I was looking for more Massini polishes since I think they are awesome. At first I had no clue what it was called, but the ladies on MUA helped me out.

 
And the bonus for today is Nfu Oh 53. This is a polish that is mostly used for layering. Since I think the color in the bottle is just so awesome, I wanted to show you this pretty on its own. It is a jelly which is very sheer, so I used 4 coats. Application was good though.
 

 
Beautiful, isn´t it?! Why layer this beauty while it´s so gorgeous on its own?
 
Well, that´s it for today. Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again tomorrow.
 
Take care,
Miranda

Hologlitter goodness!

Good afternoon!

My third post of today contains my NOTD. It´s one I recently received in a swap as a total surprise and it´s absolutely me! I did not know the brand, but really need more of this. This pretty has great hologlitter. The base looks lavender inside, but purple outside.
On to the pics of Kleancolor Holo Chrome.

Outside in the sun

Blurry pic to show you the holo glitter even better

Inside: lavender

This is so awesome!! And you don´t feel the glitter through the topcoat. The holo is actually better than my camera likes to show you.

Well, that´s all for today.

Enjoy your day! Only one more to go before the weekend.

Miranda