essence – new show your feet polishes

Hi there! You know what the best is about today? Tomorrow. Fridays. Full of hope and expectation what the weekend may bring. (lots of sleep in my case…!)

Anyhow, essence released new “toe nail polish”. I have zero idea what the difference to “finger nail polish” may be, but what shall I say, it is a marketing trick. So I decided to exercise some civil restistance and show them on my fingers, not toes.

The gladiator (they are all named after certain shoe types, cute I think) is a lime green creme, very vivid and a color I really like. I used two coats, the application was ok.

The peeptoe is a very vivid almost neon coral. 2 coats again, application ok.

The pump is a chalky barbie pink. The application was a bit streaky but ok to handle. 2 coats.

The stiletto is a shimmery medium purple, it has a blue shine which is more apparent in the bottle than on the nail. I don’t like this color at all. Application was ok, 2 coats.

The wedge looks like a very vivid medium blue creme, but there is just a hint of shimmer in there, so it looks more glossy. I don’t wear blues like this on my nails, but I like the color itself. 2 coats, it was a bit difficult to control while applying it.

All in all this collection has really nice colors, but nothing breathtaking. I assure you my nails felt fine after wearing this polish, so it’s safe to say it isn’t toe nail polish only!

How I wore it: W.I.C. by Herome Pune

Check out my Giveaway!

I love my trips to Amsterdam for many reasons. One particular one - not the main one, but definitely a plus – is the easy availability of WIC by Herome polishes. I’m drawn to slim high bottle shapes, I assume. Let’s leave it to Freud to interpret that. Anyhow, WIC by Herome launched an India Collection a while back, and I absolutely had to get Pune, where my friend M. lives (yes, yet another M in my life).

Pune (or Poona) is  a city close to Mumbai. You can reach it in approx 4 hours by car from Mumbai, depending on traffic of course. The drive to Pune takes you over a couple of hills, which are full of lush green trees. If you drive by night however, you’ll be racing through slow heavy lorries that toil long and hard to make it to the mountain tops.

The color of Pune, the nail polish, is very versatile. It reminds me of one of the OPI James Bond collection polishes as well as of one of the winter IsaDora polishes, silk road I think? Anyhow, I love the mix of blue, pink and gold particles – that’s what it comes down to – because the polish looks different at every angle. 

I decided to wear this polish with a blue outfit, so I picked my light blue work blouse (Montego, Peek & Cloppenburg), and a light sweater from WE that has sort of a waterfall collar . 

I matched that with purplish-blue pants from GAP, which have a medium blue stripe on the side. The shoes are from Humanic I think. Edit: Cate Gray or Grey. The thingy in front came off and they aren’t nearly as comfortable as I thought they would be when I tried them on, so I don’t think I’ll be buying those (aka from that brand) again.

As these lip lacquers or glossy stains or whatever they are called are so super hip at the moment, I decided to try some too. I received 6 testers from Shiseido, so I could make up my mind about the colors and consistency. Here I am wearing Shiseido Rouge Parfait in the color Tourmaline. I am certain that many people will wear and love this color, but I absolutely hate it on me. I will talk more about the product when I’m showing you a color I like, otherwise I can get so bitchy

PS: Enjoy this picture of me when I don’t feel like posing anymore.  

I’m 2! Giveaway-time!

So, if you’ve been following me on facebook you already know that my blog turned 2!!

I will therefore offer you a couple of giveaways of stuff I love and want to share with you. This particular one holds one of my favorite nail polishes of all time, Chanel Diwali. At first I thought I would not get my hands on this, but then it turned out that two found their way to me. One was gifted to me by M. and the other I received as a “Sorry we won’t put you on our PR-List”-gift from Chanel. I assume you can understand that I don’t want to give away the gift, but then I most probably would get into troubles with the Chanel-people. So I’ll just leave it open where I got it from.

The other stuff in this Giveaway was sent to me from the Douglas PR. I thought as it is summer you’d love the marine-themed eyeshadow “poseidon’s pacific” and matching lipgloss “aquatic touch”.

Rules!

Entering this Giveaway is really simple. You’ll just have to post a picture of your (current/most/foreverandever) favorite nailpolish on instagram and add this sentence:

“This is #myfavoritenailpolish for the @goodlacknail #giveaway!”

 You can only enter the Giveaway once otherwise you’ll be disqualified. You can also follow me on instagram, that’s always fun

Terms and Conditions

The deadline to enter the Giveaway is April 29th. This Giveaway is open internationally. I cannot be held liable for your parcel. The winner will be announced on instagram and must email me his/her adress within 48 hours or I will choose another winner. To enter the Givaway you must have reached the age of majority in your country or provide consent from your parents.  Void where prohibited by law.

*Some of this was sent to me from PR agencies. Special thanks to Douglas.

How I wore it: Pretty Serious BSOD

Whenever T. and I meet, we exchange polishes. This is a fun thing to do – we each get to wear new nail polishes without having to buy them, so it is great to find out if we like something or not. This time she borrowed me Pretty Serious BSOD, which is quite sparkly and blue!

I used two coats of BSOD alone, which is sufficient to cover completely.  I loved how sparkly it was, and that the blue was so vibrant! I tried one of the red polishes from Pretty Serious already, and I didn’t like it as much.

As Pretty Serious is an indie brand that entered the market recently (compared to OPI and China Glaze and such), I didn’t expect the packaging and bottled to be so professional! I must say I was quite positively surprised. The caps are rubberized and the glass bottles dont have the label stuck-on, but it is printed. The name of the polish is clearly written in the bottom of the bottle.

I wore this polish on a Sunday, because I don’t wear bright blue glitter to work. That left me with more work-inappropriate dressing choices, so I went ahead and wore my old adidas jacket again. I bought this so long ago that it could be hip already again.

The jeans are from a brand called 8mm. The brand name refers to the needle spacing (the distance from one needle puncture to the next). The shoes are my beloved chelsea boots from asos. If I keep on wearing them that often, they won’t last until next winter.

I’m also trying new poses. What do you think of this one? I call it “the musicle star before singing the last, heart-breaking solo before the last, heart-breaking duet”.

How I wore it: China Glaze Love’s a beach

Get ready for some eye-searing uber-neonity! Today I am showing you one of the polishes I absolutely adore, but can’t look at too long: China Glaze Love’s a Beach.

What you see here (do look away every couple of seconds, for your retina’s sake), is a super pink neon shimmer polish.

It applies well, is neon, is pink, has shimmer. What more do I want? A matching lipstick. Oh, wait, I have one: Bobby Brown Neon Pink.

I also have sunglasses, just so you know.  And a matching ring with neon pink and neon yellow glass stones (from Pieces or something like it). Check out how that pink pops in the shadow! Amazing!

And of course, I have pink Converse, and this slightly big pink cashmere pullover (from Nice Connection, well, whatever, I didn’t choose their brand name). 

The pants are, as most of mine seem to be, from WE. So, either  I make a lot of advertising for WE, or I keep on wearing the same pants. You can pick

And last, but definitely not least, here’s a piece of very useful information for those of you that like stamping! The essence polishes of their color changing line are amazing for stamping. Thank you M. for telling me, I tried them all: they all stamp amazingly. And they do slightly change their color if you add topcoat! (all of the 4 available polishes stamped over Love’s a Beach, no topcoat added).

Catrice Candy Shock LE

 Good morning, nail polish fanatics! Today I will still your hunger for colors with the Catrice Candy Shock LE. I didn’t find the pearls anywhere (you know, big thing, pearls on your nails, texture, fun 3D nail art, etc, etc, ugly.), so I can only show you the polishes.

Bring me Peach is a somewhat sheer orange at first. It’s a darker egg yolk color, but then pastel and somewhat color-drained. It’s, as you can guess, not my favorite. It took three coats for opacity, and dried satin-y. No idea if that was the intention.

Play it blue is a pastel light blue. It also dries with a satin finish and needed three coats. It’s cute, and somewhat happy and spring-y, but you can take any other light blue and add a matte topcoat.

Vanilla Love looks like vanilla pudding. I hate pudding of any flavour, but I do like soft yellows. This was patchy and difficult to apply, but that was obvious. I only have 2 yellow cremes that apply good… 3 coats.

I scream Ice Cream is such an old joke a pastel lilac, which has awesome shimmer in the bottle, but that doesn’t transfer on the nail. You can see it in the sun, if you look really closely, and really want to see it. Bummer. 3 coats.

All in all, I think pastel colors aren’t necessarily Catrice’s great strength. I like the blue, but for the rest I am not so amazed by the colors.

Sunday Spam: essence polishes

Welcome to another edition of Sunday Spam, featuring essence polishes.

EDIT: Something happened here with the text. As I don’t remember the witty comments I made, but I assume it was a hilarious read, let me just tell you what the polishes are called.

Essence Bioho Chic, 2 coats.

essence chic reloaded, 2 coats.

 essence cookie love, 2 coats. (HATED this on me.)

essence cool breeze over date in the moonlight. generic, if you ask me.  1 coat

essence date in the moonlight, 2 coats.

essence glitter on me over that’s what I mint. 1 coat.

essence love’s recipe. 3 coats. WORST FORMULA EVER.

essence pom-berry. 2 coats.    

Sunday Spam: Catrice new blues and greens

For this sunday, I have some of the new(er) Catrice polishes to show you. I saw some on other blogs, but some of the colors look rather different on me. I wonder if that is because of my skintone, or if there’s a difference in some of the colors, but I doubt the latter. It’s not my lightbox settings, I swatched other polishes, and they match! Well, onto the polish, before you loose interest.

Overall information: I used two coats for each of the polishes. The new Catrice bottles have “Catrice” written on top of the bottle, in 3D lettering, so you can easily scratch yourself. Also, the bottle cap has pretty rough edges, so there’s even more chance of scratches. The new brush is, to be diplomatic, unfortunate, as well as the formula. Either the polish was too thick or it decided to take a vacation under my cuticles. All in all I wasn’t impressed.

Catrice Denim Moore is a periwinkle blue with intense silver shimmer – in the bottle. The shimmer doesn’t translate intensly on the nail, but only slightly.

Catrice Mint Me Up was the weirdest color change for me. In the bottle it looks softer and more minty, but on me it dries quite a bit darker. Check out Oooh Shinies swatches for Mint me Up. This was my favorite by color, especially because of the awesome golden shimmer.

 

Catrice Petrolpolitan is a very dark teal with blue microglitter. I’m not too fond of the color itself, also this was the only one that really needed 3 coats for opacity.

Catrice Goldbusters over Petrolpolitan – Goldbusters is a sheer polish filled with golden glitter specks. It’s pretty, if you want to “pimp” your polish – the silver pendant would be Orly Twilight.

Catrice Purple Reign – now that’s a real purple, not one of those aubergine or plums that call themselves purple. It’s packed with blue glitter, which makes the polish dry not completely smooth. You all know how I stand towards purple, so this one wasn’t for me.

Catrice Squeeze me is a bit difficult to describe. I’d say it’s a very dark iron-blue color, with quite some shimmer in it, that I didn’t think would be visible that nicely on the nail.

Last a little bit of an “extra”: I found this polish from a recent Catrice LE called “Neo-Geisha”. It is called Planet Tokyo and it is a frog-creme nail polish. The cap, formula and brush are “old”, so the application was a bit better. I don’t really like this kind of green, but for the green lovers out there, this might be of interest!

How I wore it: p2 confidential

Happy Friday everyone! Those of you who celebrate it, Happy Easter, and for the rest: Happy Pascha, happy Holi, happy equal marriage facebook profile pictures.

I will be searching for easter eggs in the snow I’m sure, as the weather here in Austria stays the topic of everyday conversation. It is a surprisingly long winter, and thanks to glasshouses and other great inventions, we can now eat strawberries in the snow. Luckily, inbetween the snowy days every once in a while there’s a day like the day I wore p2 confidential, a Sand Style polish. 

The color of confidential is awesome. It gives an overall look of grey blue, but it sparkles pink, gold and green. The dry time was slightly longer for me than the dry time of the OPI Liquid Sand polishes. The wear time was great - I expected tip wear, but I didn’t have any, even though my nails were long (maybe too long for my taste), and I wore this for two days including typing and regular housework.

I must admit that I find the gritty finish  still unusual. I adore polishes with this glass-like finish, so I had to get used to this matte-but-sparkly finish. Some of the Sand Style polishes look more like an accidential gritty drying glitter. Some of the KIKO Sugar Matte polishes look as if someone just poured sugar into polish. So, it’s an unusual finish one has to give a try before judging.

I wore confidential with a blue dress I had made from a pattern from burda (which is a sewing magazine that has patterns for people with different sewing skills, and also they have decoration and DIY tips, it’s a magazine I really enjoy reading), but it is now a bit big, so I wear it with a belt.

I made that belt from left over curtain cloth . Mainly I wanted a belt that I could bind in a big bow tie, or wrap it around twice and have it look a bit like a Kimono-belt. As I didn’t find anything that I liked, I resorted to taking things into my own hands! The scarf is from Nepal, it’s really soft and warm! Shoes are from Camper.

All in all I can’t wait for spring to arrive! I don’t want to be freezing anymore, making pictures for you guys

essence Sun Kissed TE

 Perfectly timed for the easterly snow-fall in Vienna, essence released a new Trend Edition called sun kissed. I absolutely love this Trend Edition, because it is the most funny TE ever.

essence my sunny side is a very warm gold metallic/shimmer nail polish. I associate the sunny side of something with a smile, or a soft sunny hue, or plainly something that makes one happy. This polish is the opposite of all of that. It doesn’t make me happy (it’s much too thin and runs everywhere), it’s not a soft sunny hue, it’s like the light at sundown in a 50-year-old Polaroid picture.

essence Wild Summer is an orange creme polish with a tint of yellow. Is it wild? hmm. It’s orange. If you consider orange wild, then yes. Is it summer (aka summer of 2013)? no. Orange was not only the Pantone color but also the summer color of 2012. I don’t really want to spell it out, but this might be another great ___ of essence when it comes to naming their polishes (the word we’re looking for here starts with an “f” and ends with “ail”!). About the formula: not the best, a bit too sheer, a bit streaky too.

essence soak up the sun – a very dark aubergine creme polish, with a strong brown hint – is a really pretty polish. I think the color would be great for many occasions, but the name? Soak up the sun? If you have this color (and you didn’t start out with a dark skin color, obviously), you have soaked up the sun too much! By far! So consider this: if this is your go-to nude, you might want to see a specialist (and by specialist I mean both an oncologist and a psychiatrist). 

essence sunset paradise is a darker blue creme. The color itself is nice, very calm and all, but sunset paradise? Trust me, if the sky has this color, you have missed the sunset. This is just your plain, old, regular nightfall.

 

Well, tell me, did you find the names of this collection as absurd as I found them?