WingDust Season of Change Trio - Review and swatches of colour-shifting topcoats!

Hello lovelies,

Happy Easter! I've got such beauties to show you today! They are WingDust Season of Change trio, three colour-shifting topcoats.

Autumn Fire - magenta to orange duochrome shimmer with holographic glitter. I have applied one coat of Autumn Fire over black nail polish (A England Camelot) and it truly brought out the gorgeous duochrome effect. The colour shifts from dark blues through purple to burnt orange shades. The holo glitter makes it really unique and interesting and it shines with rainbow colours in the sun. It looks beautiful over other colours as well but today I'll show you swatches just over black. It applied very easily and dried fast, I've had no problem with the formula.

Aurora Sky - blue duochrome shimmer with holographic glitter. Again, I have applied one coat of Aurora Sky over black A England Camelot and it caused the colour to be dark and vivid. The result is stunning as the colour shifts from dark blue to teal. It has the same great formula as the previous polish, I've had no troubles with application or removal.

April Showers -green duochrome shimmer with holographic glitter. This emerald green shimmer is a must-have for all the green-loving polishaholics! I'm usually not keen on green but this is just so pretty! The colour shifts from blue-tinted green through emerald to golden green. I mean how can you not love this! I've applied the april Showers over A England Camelot. The formula was great and removal easy.

 

Just WOW! When I was given the chance to review some WingDust polishes, these were on top of my wishlist but I could have never imagined they would be so beautiful! They are even prettier in real life, trust me! There are colour shifts that I just couldn't capture as they are visible only in certain angles and light. 

The formula of all three was great too, I've had no problems with it. I can honestly recommend these three polishes and I'm sure you'll absolutely love them!

You can buy these polishes at Stephanie's WingDust Collections Etsy Store.

*These were provided for a review

Bad Apple Cosmetics - Review and swatches of polishes and Top & Base Coat

Hello lovelies,

I'd like to introduce you to a British brand called Bad Apple Cosmetics! I've discovered them just recently when I saw one of their pretty duochrome colours. I was fortunate enough to receive some samples for review so now I can show them to you!

Something about Bad Apple Cosmetics: 'The Bad Apple design was developed by Darren Woods who prides himself on being the sole designer of these exclusive colours. By drawing upon his extensive experience within the industry and from all the advice he has given to others about colours, he has finally been able to design and develop his own range of stunning nail varnishes. This Bad Apple range is based on 70s cars such as the TVR. Bad Apple nail varnishes are no drip, no chip and high gloss. Bad Apple Cosmetics do not contain Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP or Parabens.'

Come on, click on the Read more link, you know you want to see more!

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Matte & glossy tape nail art manicure feat. Catrice, A England And MASH

Hello lovelies,

This is one of my older manicures that I didn't show you yet. I've got few gorgeous Catrice polishes and this is the result!

I've used Return Of Space Cowboys over A England Camelot, next I've applied one coat of ¿Holo Qué Tal?! and mattified with MASH Matte polish. When everything dried I've cut strips of tape and applied them to the nails. I've painted over with A England Camelot and removed the tape. I haven't applied topcoat to keep the matte - gloss contrast.

Catrice Return Of Space Cowboys over A England Camelot

Catrice Return Of Space Cowboys over A England Camelot and one coat of ¿Holo Qué Tal?!

Nicole By OPI Mer-Maid For Each Other - Review and swatches

Hello lovelies,

Hope you're all well! It's very cold, rainy and windy here in UK but at least it's not snowing...  today I have here a Nicole By OPI Mer-Maid For Each Other which is one of the Target exclusives for this Fall. It's available now for $7.04 each at select Target locations nationwide and online at Target.com

Mer-Maid For Each Other - duochrome green shifting to golden-green and blue. I really like duochrome polishes and this one is not an exception. The colour change is bold enough which makes the polish interesting. Application was easy but I did experience streaks. I had to paint carefully to get a reasonably nice finish. The strong streaking ruined the whole experience for me a bit but if you can get over it you'll have a lovely polish. The pigmentation was really good as well, I'm wearing two coats. It dried fast and the removal was easy and I'm not wearing topcoat.

*This product has been sent for a review

My preciousssss Deborah Lippmann Mermaid's Dream - review and swatches

Hello lovelies :)

I've been wanting to own this polish for a very very long time. And now I HAVE IT! I couldn't stop staring on my nails, it's such a gorgeous colour! I love you Deborah Lippmann for creating this awesomeness!

Mermaid's Dream - aqua green glitter base with blue glitters. I just can't describe this polish correctly. It's gorgeous! The combination of small glitter particles creating almost foil base, with bigger blue glitter is simply amazing! I'm wearing two coats and they were enough for a good coverage. Mermaid's Dream dries fast and gritty so I've also applied two coats of Seche Vite. The first one was quite ok but did not create the smooth glossy layer.

I couldn't resist playing with the pictures of DL Mermaid's Dream and applied some filters over some of them. Just for fun...

MASH Matte polish on some of my manicures - review included :)

Hello lovelies,

A while ago I've received a MASH Matte Polish so I've been playing with it for a bit. I was quite excited to try it because after using up my Essie Matte About You I was looking for the best matte topcoat.

MASH Matte Polish comes in a bottle with silver cup and the bottle has 15ml. This is the first time I've tried something from MASH Nails.

MASH Matte Polish provides very good matte effect. If I would compare Essie and MASH matte topcoats I'd say Essie creates a bit stronger matte finish. But if you will look at the pictures you'll see that MASH Matte Polish does the job too! I actually like it very much. It is not thick like Essie and it applies very well.

The matte effect doesn't show at first but as the polish dries it starts to dry matte.  So let's have a look at the matte effect on some of my manicures:

Overall, it's a very good matte topcoat, certainly better than ELF one (absolutely horrible!). To check out the MASH Matte polish or any other MASH products visit their website.

*This product was sent for a review

Hits Trend beetlejuice duochrome polish from Mari Moon MODERN set! Review and swatches

Hello lovelies,

I have a gem to share today! I was very lucky to do a big swap with Luciana from Brazil and amongst other awesome polishes I got Hits Mari Moon sets. Shame they are only 6ml per bottle. Trend is the first polish from these sets I'll show you.

Trend - metallic duochrome beetlejuice green changing from yellow-green to dark green. Absolutely stunning colour, much nicer in real life. I'm wearing two thicker coats which were enough for a full coverage but the polish was quite streaky so I had to be very careful with the application. It lasted on my two days, after that I've experienced some chipping. Unfortunately every single imperfection of the nail will translate to the polish :( But this colour creates really eye-catching nails!

Here are quick swatches of the whole Hits Mari Moon collection, some polishes are just stunning!