Nicole by OPI Canadian Star

Hi ladies!

Todays polish has been on my wishlist for ages!! It was really hard to get my hands on it for a decent price, but now I finally got it. Yes!!

Canadian Star is pretty sheer though. I used 4 coats... But still, I love the color soooo much! Blue purple duochrome. And yes, I know, I own lots of those by now, but this one is definitely different from the others I have.

Let´s have a look.

Excuse the horrible tipwear. I had been really busy and almost forgot to take pictures. In real life it´s a bit more purple and bit less blue. But hey, you all know what happens when blue/purple meets camera...

Hope you like it! I definitely love it!!

Have a wonderful day!

Nicole by OPI One Big Happy Fame-ily

Hello!

I`ve got a new Nicole by OPI shade. It`s lilac with a silver shimmer. I know I hardly ever show you soft or light colors. I`m just not really into that. But when I saw a swatch of this one I knew I had to have it.

The color is much less blue than my pictures show, but you can imagine how beautiful it is.

At the first coat I thought it would never be opaque. And let me tell you, if you need a nice lilac sheer shimmer, just use 1 coat of One Big Happy Fame-ily. But with 3 coats it was opaque and beautiful.

Perfect for spring!

Thanks for watching and enjoy your day!

Nicole by OPI Me + Blue

Merry Christmas to all my dear readers!

Today it´s Christmas Eve. Not a lot of people celebrate that here in the Netherlands, since we have 2 Christmas days. But I have a huge family and also work both Christmas days, so I will be celebrating Christmas Eve with my daughter, mom, stepdad, sister and brother in law.

This is an old mani, not the one I´m wearing for Christmas. I really like it although I´m not really into bright blue shades. This one has an almost metallic look with holographic glitter. I had a hard time capturing the holo though.

Application was fine, although I really don´t like this new brush it has. Too wide for me.
I used 2 thick coats to make it completely opaque.

I hope you will all have a wonderful Christmas!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Holiday shopping, BIG TIME!

Hi ladies!

I´ve been home now for a few days and what an amazing holiday it was! I loved Miami, I loved the Bahamas and I loved the cruise ship. And of course I did "some" shopping. I´ve read about all these stores in the US that lots of you ladies visit frequently. For me it was awesome! Walking right into Ulta while up till then I had only read about it. And Walgreens, Forever21, CVS, Ross, Icing, Del Sol and more. Just seeing all these great brands that I love displayed right in front of me. Some stores I haven´t found unfortunately (like Sally´s, Target, Walmart, Rite Aid) but I did some big time hauling. I tried only picking the ones that I had on my wishlist but I failed miserably. Bought a total of 31 polishes and 2 of the newest Konad plates, ooooppsss!

So here we go, this is what I got.

 Butter London No More Waity Kaitie + remover

 Color Club Back To Boho set (yes, the cheap 8 dollar sets are really sold at Ross)

Boho Mojo, Nouveau Vintage, Voodoo You Do, Artsy Crafty, Blue-topia, Rebel Spirit

Icing: Chrome Navy Blue, Irish Gold, Epic Winning, Vampire Blood, Witches Brew, Starlight

Orly Fowl Play, Orly Nite Owl, Orly Out Of This World, Zoya Neeka, Zoya Yara, OPI It´s My Year, OPI ds Top Coat

Sinful Colors Let Me Go, Wet ´n Wild Back Alley Deals, Wet ´n Wild Teal Of Fortune, Piggy Polish The Right To Bare Feet, Milani Blue Lightening

Nicole Me + Blue, Sally Hansen Icequeen, L`oreal Owl´s Night, Confetti Ice Ice Baby, Love & Beauty Shimmering Grey

M84 and M85

Besides all these brands I´ve seen many more and mostly at places I didn´t expect them. 

The Piggy Polish is unlabled, so I´m not sure it´s the right name... I actually found another one that looks a lot like it.

So what do you think ladies? Ready to see swatches? I´ve already used No More Waity Kaitie while I was on holiday. And OMG, the worst application ever!! Did I get a bad bottle or did you guys experience it too? I can´t even describe all the problems I had. I really hope some thinner would do the trick. I haven´t even made pictures of it.

I also used Blue Lightening, which I think is pretty close to OPI ds Magic. Will make a comparison some day. I did take pictures of this, so you´ll see that one soon.

Thanks for visiting!

Nicole by OPI Leave Me Alone, no, it's not me

Goodmorning!

Today I have a polish for you that actually is quite disappointing. Just a few weeks ago I found some swatches of this one and in each picture it showed duochrome, so of course I had to have it, hahaha. When it arrived I was already getting less excited, hardly any duochrome visible in the bottle. This is a discontinued and very hard to find polish, so it wasn't the cheapest to get.
And then the day came that I wanted to try it out, like a week ago now. The duochrome just isn't there and to me it's sort of a plain bronze shimmer. Looks truly boring on me. Oh well, they can not all be winners, right?! It does look like leafs in autumn, maybe on some girls this looks better, but for me, no... straight into my swap drawer.

But then something strange happened. I decided I did need to take pictures and when I put them on my computer I saw duochrome. How´s that possible?? I mean, I take all my pictures with my cell phone and now it shows the duochrome I was looking for all day. It´s not huge, it´s just a slight duochrome, but it is visible on camera.

Well, this is Nicole by OPI Leave Me Alone 2 coats

Excuse the tipwear.

I like it better in the pictures than in real live.

Well, that´s all for today. Thanks for stopping by!!



Funky Fingers Bella´s Boy over Nicole by OPI It´s Up To You

Hi ladies!

Enjoying your weekend?

Today I want to show you a polish from the eBay store I recently mentioned (prettythingsforyouandme). I promissed to show you a polish that is hard to find. Ok, maybe not for some US ladies, but I hardly ever see this brand on blogs, so I assume it´s not just at any drugstore. I´m talking about Funky Fingers.

Funky Fingers is from the Forsythe Cosmetic Group. Other brands FCG has are Color Club, Massini/Studio M and Cosmetic Arts. Most of you probably already figured that out, since they make quite a few of the same colors:
Funky Fingers bourbon street = Color Club wild and willing
Funky Fingers kenyan sunset = Color Club wild at heart = Funky Fingers jester
Funky Fingers hyper = Massini fast play

And sometimes even with the same names:
Color Club magic attraction = Massini magic attraction
Color Club tru passion = Massini tru passion
Funky Fingers snakeskin = Color Club snakeskin
Funky Fingers fashion addict = Color Club fashion addict = Massini fashion addict

I don´t know anything yet about Cosmetic Arts, since it seems to be a quite new brand (correct me if I´m wrong)

The polish I´m showing you today is one I´ve definitely seen in a Massini bottle as well, but since both Massini and Funky Fingers seem to bring out their polishes named "Promo Shades" quite frequently at first and then name it later, I have no clue what the name of the Massini is.
Bella´s Boy is sort of the blue/green version of Massini Fast Play, which I totally love. It has some kind of flakie/glitter. Pretty cool and unique (well, accept for the dupes within Forsythe Cosmetic Group)

This is 2 coats of Funky Fingers Bella´s Boy over 2 coats Nicole by OPI It´s Up To You

You see the gorgeous gold flakies/glitters that change to blue and green? Awesome!
It´s Up To You is a medium blue shimmer with a slight purple flash. The purple flash was of course impossible to catch on camera, but I still wanted to show you the Nicole on it´s own as well.
2 coats.

Well, that´s all for today. Hope you enjoyed it. Sometimes I like to give some extra info on polishes too, I hope you appreciate that as well.

Thanks for reading!