A England - Tristam

Today I wanna show you a polish from A England.

Tristam is a beautiful deep blue polish with lots of scattered holo from The Mythicals collection. It looks like a sparkly sky at night, it’s just an amazing color and I love it *swoon*

“Tristam The Courteous Knight: The symbol of the knightly virtue, and romantic love. When Tristam and Iseult accidentally consume a love potion, fall helplessly in love. Despite facing numerous trials to test their secret affair their love was never known to fade.”

Like the other polishes from A England the formula of Tristam is just great! Applies smoothly and evenly, and is opaque in 2 coats. Furthermore the drying time is nice too. All in all another great polish from A England.

I used 1 layer of top coat for the photos.

So pretty!

What do you think?

Application: 10/10

Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
Buy again: Yes!

PiCture POlish - Altered State

Today I have a beautiful polish from the Australian brand PiCture POlish to show you.

Altered State is a  gorgeous duochrome polish that shifts from blue to a few different shades of purple. It has a scattered holo effect that really makes it pop in sunlight. It's from the LE collection that was release in the start of the year with 5 different duo-/multichromes. These polishes have been made in small amounts and will there for only be available for a short amount of time. Actually they are sold out most places already, which is quite understandably since they are the most gorgeous polishes! I was fortunate enough to get my hands on all 5 of them and I can't wait to get to show them all off here on the blog. *yay*

The formula on Altered State was great. It was easy to work with and applied smoothly onto the nail. Due to it being quite transparent I chose to layer it over a black base, which is also what the manufacture suggests since it really makes the colors look great! I used 2 coats over the black and finished it of with a top coat.

This one I took out of focus so you can get a good idea of the holo effect in it.

I love the color it has in this photo!

This one is in the shade.

On my swatchstick I only covered it half with black before applying Altered State so I can see the difference between it with and without black. It makes quite the difference!

What do you think?

Opacity: N/A
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 8,5/10
Buy again: Yes (if possible)

Norway Nails seem to have the whole collection still if you are interested in buying it.

Musical Mani Monday, week 9: Adele - Set Fire To The Rain

This weeks song is Set Fire To The Rain by Adele. A song I really like.

I got my inspiration for this one in the title. Although I didn't quite set fire to the rain, there is still both fire and rain involved.

I started out painting my index- and ring finger with Nailmania - Morning Light and my middle- and little finger with China Glaze - Lemon Fizz.
For the middle- and little finger I then sponged the gradient using (from the top): Manhattan - 45P, China Glaze - Papaya Punch and China Glaze - Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. I gave all of them a layer of top coat and then I painted on the details with acrylic paint and finished off with another layer of top coat.

What do you think about the mani?

Next weeks song is Whomadewho - The Morning, so tune in and see how I get inspired by that! And don't forget to check out the other talented bloggers Musical Mani Monday designs:

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Musical Mani Monday, week 8: Timbaland - The Way I Are

This weeks song is The Way I Are by Timbaland. Not really a music number for me...

After watching the music video a few times and thinking a lot I ended up getting inspired by the video.

At 0:48 in the video you see 3 guys in white shirts playing ball. I wanted to recreate that.

The mani I created:

For this mani I painted my pinky, middle- and index finger with OPI - Alpine Snow and my ring finger with OPI - Black Onyx as a base and then I painted the rest on with acrylic paint.

What do you think about the mani?

Next weeks song is Adele - Set Fire To The Rain, so tune in and see how I get inspired by that! And don't forget to check out the other talented bloggers Musical Mani Monday designs:

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OPI - Tiffany Case

Today I wanna show you another OPI (I swear the next one won't be OPI!)

Tiffany Case is an icy blue metallic base liquid sand with silver glitter from OPI's 2013 Bond Girls collection. It's such a gorgeous color and I just love the sparkles.

The formula is much like most of OPI's Liquid Sands easy enough to work with and it's opaque in 2 coats. Drying time is ok for a texture. Although I sprayed on a bit of OPI's rapidry spray in hopes that it would dry faster than normal. It did dry a little faster, but I'm not sure it made much of a difference to be honest.

I didn't apply top coat for the photos.

Sooo beautiful *swoon*

What do you think?
Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 8,5/10
Buy again: Yes

OPI - Don't Pretzel My Buttons

Today I have another OPI to show you.

Don't Pretzel My Buttons is a light beige nude from OPI's fall 2012 Germany collection.

I have been looking for a nude for a while that suits me and I like DPMB because it's doesn't look as pink as many of the other nudes does. I can't really decide if it fits my skin tone though. So you are very welcome to comment if you think it looks good on me or no, and please be honest if you do.

Application was fine. The first layer was a little patchy, but the second layer smoothed it out nicely. It took 3 thin coats to get opaque, but it dried fairly quick.

I didn't apply top coat for the photos.

The sun was out, so I took one in sunshine as well. I think it looks really good in the sun.

My plan for this polish was to make a glitter gradient with a nude background, so I took my Wet 'n Wild - Cost Is No Issue and sponged on the tips and then I took Essie - Stroke of Brilliance and dapped on top of that and finished it all of with 2 layers of Poshé top coat.

I'm not really satisfied with the result though...

What do you think?

Opacity: 7/10
Colour, prettiness: N/A
Value for money: 7/10
Overall: 7/10
Buy again: Maybe

Musical Mani Monday, week 7: Eminem ft. Rihanna - The Monster

Sorry it's late again *sigh*

This weeks song is the Monster by Eminem ft. Rihanna. A song about being friends with the monster under your bed and the voices in your head. I really like this song and can relate to it a lot, so I wanted to make something with a deeper meaning to it, but to be honest I was in a bit of a hurry to make the design so I ended up just using the title and making cute monsters.

The polishes I used for coloring the monsters are (from left to right): OPI - Suzi Says Feng Shui, Essie - The More The Merrier, China Glaze - Papaya Punch and China Claze - Flying Dragon.

For the hair, the eyelid and all of the white and black I used acrylic paint, a brush and dotting tools.

I finished them off with a matte top coat.

I'm really happy with the design. I think they look very cute.

What do you think?

Here is the music video if you feel like watching it:

Next weeks song is Timbaland - The Way I Are, so tune in and see how I get inspired by that! And don't forget to check out the other talented bloggers Musical Mani Monday designs:

An InLinkz Link-up