Forever Polished - Blood Moon

HI! I am -finally- back with a Forever Polished swatch. Forever Polished is an awesome indie polish brand ran by the lovely Ashley. I still have one Forever Polished lacquer laying around and I'll be showing you that one verrrrry soon. OK, onto some macros and pictures!

As you can see, Blood Moon has various sizes of square red glitter and burgundy hexes It also has red hearts and silver holo moons! This mix sits in a clear base, so it makes a great topper.

I layered Blood Moon over White French by Only You. I really don't know how many coats this exactly is, since I dabbed it on my nail. That is the only issue with this polish, it needs a lot of dabbing and fishing, especially for the bigger glitter like the hearts and moons.

Besides the dabbing and fishing, it is a beautiful polish. I'm a big fan of Forever Polished because the lacquers are always chock-full with glitter and practically glide on the nail. That is why I probably had some high expectations for this one! But, like I said, it is a beautiful polish and it adds something special to your manicure.

You can buy Forever Polished here. Keep up with them on Facebook!

Forever Polished lacquer was sent to me for my honest review.

The Dexter Collection: Slice of Life

Hi guys! Today I will be showing you polish number 6: Slice of Life.

Slice Of Life is a bright red jelly base with a gorgeous blue shimmer, which is very noticable.

This one reaaaally glides on like butter! The formula is absolutely flawless. I also find this one to dry a bit quicker than the rest of the collection. This is 3 coats.

Look at that shimmerrrrr! It is so so beautiful! And I think it matches my skintone pretty well. :-)

Cadillacquer polishes are available through Etsy and Llarowe. Don't forget to like Cadillacquer on Facebook to get all the updates.

Cadillacquer polish was sent to me for my honest review.

The Dexter Collection: Masterpiece

Yep, I know I didn't post anything yesterday. I had a super busy week, all my blogs were post-ready, except for this one.. SORRY! So with a little delay, here is Masterpiece by Cadllacquer.

Masterpiece has a green jelly base with small red glitter and different sized matte hot orange hex glitter.

Shown in my swatches is 3 coats. The polish is rather thin and a bit sheer, but it builds up really nice. It is easy to apply and drying time is normal.

I feel Masterpiece is kind off the outsider of the collection, but that is what makes it stand out of the crowd. It's not as intricate as the other lacquers of the Dexter collection, but when applied it looks so so good. I was pleased to see how unique it looked on my nails!

You can still buy your own Cadillacquer on Etsy and Llarowe and you can still find Cadillacquer on Facebook! ;-)

What is your favourite polish of this collection so far?


Cadillacquer polish was sent to me for my honest review.

Max Factor Fantasy Fire

A while (MONTHS) ago Kruidvat started selling the Max Factor polishes again and they had (and still have) Fantasy Fire. I was like 'yay yay yay yay yay' and went to the store as fast as I could and picked up a bottle. Yep, just one bottle. So let's move on and let the pictures to the talking.

 

Shown above is 2 coats of Fantasy fire over Essence Passion for Fashion.

 

Fantasy Fire is definitely one of those polishes you have to own. It is a dupe for Clarins 230, but you'll only pay a fraction of the cost.

Fantasy Fire is available in Kruidvat in Belgium and in The Netherlands and sells for €4,99 (not sure, woops!).

What do you think is the best base colour for Fantasy Fire?

IT'S MA BIRTHDAAAAAAAY WHOOHOO!

Happy birthday to me, yay yay yay! Exactly 21 years ago, my mom and dad got the best present ever: MOI! And special occasions, ask for special manicures and this one is pretty special.

Two days ago I received a package all the way from Grenoble, France! One of my bestest besties ever, Lara (HI LARA!!) got me a Ciaté Caviar mini bar!! I was ecstatic when I opened the box: 4 mini nail polishes and 4 different caviar pearls! I think I died and went to nail polish heaven, because that is what it is! And ofcours, this had to be my b-day manicure.

For this caviaricure I used Knickerbockerglory and Candyshop and clear nail polish. I will probably review the whole box, so keep an eye out!

THANK YOU LARA AHHHHHHHHHH HAPPY HAPPY LOVE LOVE

Ooh La Lacquer - Regulation Hottie

Hi guys! Today I have another indie polish swatch for you. This time it is Regulation Hottie by Ooh La Lacquer.

Regulation Hottie is a red jelly base packed with multicoloured shreds. The first thing I noticed about this polish, is that it has a LOT of shreds in it, but the base is a bit on the thin side. And because it is on the thin side, it can't hold the shreds as well as it should. But no worries, with some fishing and dabbing you will get this pretty polish on your nails!

I layered two coats of Regulation Hottie over Kiko 236. I think you can build it up on itself, but the jelly is very sheer, so you'll probably need 5+ thin coats. It applied well, but you surely need some dabbing, otherwise you will drag the shreds off your nail.

Regulation Hottie is something different. I can honestly say I have nothing like this. Not even close.

You can find Ooh La Lacquer on Facebook and Twitter and you if you want to treat yourself with a unique and affordable indie polish, go the their Etsy store. Polishes retail for only $ 5!


Ooh La Lacquer polish was sent for my honest review.

12 Days of Christmas: Christmas Tree

So this happened, I joined a Christmas Challenge. I never did a nail art challenge before, so it was about time! And I really wanted to do a Christmas Challenge so.. Perfect!

Today's the first day of the challenge and the theme is, as you obviously can see, Christmas Tree. And here's my creation!

This is what I used for this manicure:
  Only You - Geisha
  Acrylic Paints
  H&M - Cherry
  Catrice - Golddigger
  Round rhinestones from Born Pretty Store
  Nail art brushes from Born Pretty Store
  Essence - Top Sealer

Wednesday is the next Challenge, EXCITEMENT!

Oh by the way, if you want to buy some nail art brushes or rhinestones yourself, don't forget to use my Born Pretty Store coupon code AYJ61 and get 10% discount on your order!

Are you participating in a Christmas Nail Art Challenge?

Only You Swatches

 About three weeks ago I submitted one of my nail designs in a nail art contest. And guess what! I won three polishes!

And here they are! As you see, they're Only You polishes. Only You is a new brand of nailpolish, sold at Ici Paris XL.
You can compare these polishes to Catrice's. It's more or less the same quality and they got exactly the same brush!

I won (from left to right) Geisha, Stormy Monday and Fabulous. And I swatched them for you:

First up is Geisha.

3 layers of Geisha

I used 3 layers of this milky, sheer pink polish. There's no full coverage possible, I guess. But you can use it as a base colour when you are doing a classic French.


Next is Stormy Monday.

2 layers of Stormy Monday

Stormy Monday is a grey polish, but it has tiny pink and purple glitters in it. So at first I was like: "Hmmhmm", but after the second layer I was like "Yay-YAY-YAAAY!"
P.S.: it's similar to chanel paradoxal! :-) only a tad greyer.


And last but definitly not least: here's Fabulous!

3 layers of Fabulous

This is the colour I got after a third layer of Fabulous. When I got the first layer on my nails, the colour was red! Just simple red. Something I didn't expect when I saw the bottle.

I really think this polish is fabulous, it's a classy colour and it has a shiny finish.
One thing, it's really hard to remove it, my fingertips were bright red and I didn't get it off, ahhhh.
But still, I love it, yay! 

Do you have any Only You polishes?