Essence "Wake Up" feat. NFU OH 51

Me wearing orange?, might be gettin' crazy...anyway, this caught my attention at the drawer for being bright and crisp.  Formula is amazing! with the right density to glide smoothly the polish onto the nail, basically no mistakes!, and since i couldn't decide between two colors, i opted for both.

Yo y el mamei...debo estar loca...pero me llamo a la atencion por su vivacidad. Lo primero que me vino en la mente quando lo vi, fue ese jugo de "naranja" que solia beber de niña.

la formula es estupenda, se aplica muy facilmente, y como no sabia por qual color decidirme, los use a ambos.

こんにちはみんな. わたしは オレンジ が へたですが これわ とても きれいてす

から 私はそれを持って幸せです。

Debo essere impazzita: io e l'arancione!, Mi ha colpito la vivacità del colore, ed é un bene in piu' la formula densa e scorrevole al punto giusto. E siccome non riuscivo a decidermi tra due colori, li porto entrambi.

Hallo.Orange gefelt es mir nicht aber dieser Nagellack ist sehr lebendig. In diesem Fall konnte ich nicht zwischen zwei Farben entscheiden, so dass ich beide tragen.

Je ne le croix pas mais...moi avec l'orange! mais il est tellement joli et vif que il me plait beaucoup. Et puis  il y a une formule magnifique, tres facile a utiliser.

How to: Smooth Glitter Manicure (finally...)

Good afternoon. I want to share with you how to obtain a glass like finish on your glitter manicures.
Once i was visiting Essence.com and out of curiosity i read the "better than gel nails" section and thought to myself that if these sealers are meant to smooth a fake nail tip, they could be good to smooth glitters too.
I got the sealers and put them as indicated by the brand: after my manicure was done, i applied the base sealer and then the top sealer.
OMG! it works, and with a very, very good result. Those top coat- sucker polishes have to surrender against this combo.
For the purpose of this post, pictures were taken about 15 hours after application, and as you can see the surface of the nail is smooth and shiny, just be carefull to spread each sealer evenly to avoid little rough spots. I've worn this combo for four days on top of very thirsty glitter polishes (Wet 'n Wild coloricon polishes) and the surface is still smooth, you can just refresh the glossy finish with your regular top coat.
You can apply Seche Vite right after the top sealer to speed up the drying process or you can leave it as is, either way you'll obtain a smooth, glass like glitter manicure. (These pictures are without any fast drying top coat on top of the sealers).

Orly-Sweet Peacock

 

This blue by Orly is very bright, lots of pigment, but the polish needs a bit of thinner: is too dense. It has a metallic finish and a grainy appearance.

Un azul bien encendido y pigmentado, aunque necesita un poco de suavizante ya que es bien denso. Tiene un acabado metalico y una apariencia granulosa.

この 青い は  とても  ブリリアント です、ても すこし  欝蒼 ですよ。

Questo blu di orly é molto acceso, purtroppo con una formula molto densa: bisogna qualche goccia di fluido ristorativo. Ha un finish metallico e un aspetto granuloso.

Zoya -Isla and Comparisons

 

"Isla" is a glowy, blackened red. I dare to say that if you have her you don't need Zoya "Blair" or China Glaze "MKS", but to my eye Isla is the reddest, though, the prettiest.

Fyrinnae 2011 Swatches.

Good Afternoon. My new fyrinnae order. It was a long time since the last time i purchased from them, but finally they released some new products, but sadly i couldn't get the two new lip lustres and the silica gel primer i want to try: they were out of stock.
There are better swatches out there of these colors, but i am too excited to share. The colors on my monitor mostly match what i see irl, i hope descriptions can be also helpful in what pictures can't.

Row 1:

Book of the dead: A cool gold shade with rainbow-y sparkles, i think they are not that visible.
Steampunk: I got it just like so, because the definition of a "copper/brown" color is not my like, but i wanted to try it anyway, at 2 dollars a mini eyeshadow of course i could give it a try. Gladly it has pink shimmer: makes it more wearable for me.
Curioser and Curioser: Too pretty! a rich blue, somehow metallic with tons of blue sparks.
Raven's prophecy: WOW! a smooth black LOADED with purple, gold and green glitter. Now one of my favorites eyeshadows ever.
Wake not the dead: WOW, WOW! a satiny purple with what to my eyes are pink tones, and with an overload of that amazing super sparkly glitter in different well coordinated colors. Goes straight up to my favorites.
Bride of Franken: Medium teal shade, a lot more blue than green, just as i like. Sparse rainbow-y shimmer. Totally love this.

Row 2:

Purgatory. Oh man...a shimmery red, despite being too warm for what i prefer, is too beautiful to ignore.
Mephisto: a strong copper veil on top of a velvety purple, but i couldn't get the purple to show...
Alchemist curse: dark purple with amazing sparkle: how not to love?
Are you my mummy?: i got a full size of this because of the "strong pink shift", i twisted my hand in every possible angle and couldn't see any...i should have taken full size of "wake not the dead" instead.
Winter again: another shade i cherish. Icy, iridescent blue.
Nijiro: Buttery color, very smooth. The multi color shimmer is too hidden.

Row 3:

Bite me: a deep red, looks warm in here. For sure it will be bitten when i'll wear it as a lippy.
Sleepy hollow: Deep teal with gold shimmer.
Darling misfit: WOW!! a cool fuchsia/hot pink with an incredible turquoise shifting, freaking love this one.
Sugar skull (free sample): thanks God was free. Warm reddish hot pink.
Dorian grey: Dark charcoal with sparse blue sparkles.

Zoya Revisited.

 

 

Crystal and Valerie: two of my favorites from Zoya. Crystal has more foil finish than Valerie. Now i would like to have an icy blue like Crystal but with silver sparkles.

Dos de mis favoritos de Zoya. Crystal tiene un aspecto mas metalico respecto a Valerie, pero es un morado con una bellisima pigmentacion.

ベター  写真 を 撮 りました。 この ふかむらさき と あおい が とても すき です。

Crystal e Valerie sono fra i miei preferiti di Zoya. Crystal é piu' metallico rispetto a Valerie, ma quest'ultimo ha una ricchezza del colore fenomenale.

Zoya-Petra

Whatever color this one is, i truly like it. Visible purple tones in a base i don't know what is: brown? grey?
Another passepartout color, goes well everywhere. Ah! and the consistency: chimera of cream and jelly, Looove!