Nail Polish Collection Part 1...

Hey Sweethearts!

Today I am bringing you Part 1 of my nail polish collection/stash.
Part 1 contains the more expensive ones like OPI, Chanel, etc. or brands that are quite hard to get over here.

Very pic heavy, just to warn you... ;)

OPI:

Teenage Dream, Last Friday Night, Glow Up Already, It's totally Fort Worth it

Don't mess with OPI, Unrippened, Guy meets Gal-Veston, I'm Suzi and I'm a Chocoholic

ORLY:

Life's a Peach, Rage, Pure Porcelain, Winter Wonderland (all mini)

Ancient Jade, Meet me under the Mistletoe, Sapphire Silk, Royal Velvet (all mini)

Gilded Coral, VIP, Grape Glitz (all mini), Pink Chocolate

CHINA GLAZE:

LOL, DV8, Diva Bride, Life Preserver

Midnight Mission, Emerald Fitzgerald (both mini), Ruby Pumps, Meteor Shower

ANNY:

Whipped Cream, Pillow Talk, Wicked

NUBAR:

Earthen, Dewdrop, 2010

COLOR CLUB:

Snakeskin, Alter Ego, Revvvolution, Alias

ZOYA:

Charity, Gemma, Edyta

AMERICAN APPAREL:

Mouse, Rouge, Passport Blue

ESSIE:

Topless & Barefoot, French Affair, Nice is Nice, Coat Azure (all mini)

Miss Matched, Demure Vixen, Eternal Optimist, Angora Cardi

Haute as Hello, Vermillionare, Limited Addiction, Hot Cocoa

Sew Psyched, Trophy Wife, Dive Bar

Deborah Lippmann/Chanel:

DL Ruby Red Slippers, DL Across the Universe, Chanel Black Pearl

Miscellanious:

MAC Frayed to order, Artdeco 225, Gosh Golden Dragon, Urban Outfitters Khaki 1

Stay tune for Part 2...

Stay beautiful...

NOTD: Essie Eternal Optimist

A quick NOTD for you beauties:
This time it's Essie Eternal Optimist.
A light rosy nude. A little to warm for my skin tone.

2 coats with topcoat, sunlight without flash

Stay beautiful...

Makeupalley Swap-Haul...

Hey Sweethearts!

Some time ago I started doing swaps on Makeupalley.com. So my first swaps have arrived and I and I wanted to show you what I got.

My first ever swap I did with the lovely Minta aka mintac. She was so genorous to send me so many extra goodies and some candy too. I love american candy! ;)
I think I actually asked for the Lipsticks and some of the polishes. Everything else were the extras she put in. She also has a blog which is worth reading.
www.adventuresinmakeupandjewelry.blogspot.com

I got: some candy, Wet 'n Wild Palette in Petal Pusher (which was fine when I got it but unfortunately I broke one of the colors), Wet 'n Wild Blush in Pearlescent Pink, Maybelline Color Sensational Lipsticks in: Pink Please, Born with it & Warm me up, Wet 'n Wild Polishes in: Gray's Anatomie, Party of Five & Dasher, Color Club Revvvolution, China Glaze LOL & DV8, and Revlon Polishes in: Cherries in the Snow, Pink Ice & Rock Star

A couple days later I recieved another package. This one was from the lovely Emily aka squarednails. I sent her some local ploishes and she got me some Sinfuls:



colors are: Bali Mist, Vacation Time, Hazard, Unicorn, Rise & Shine and Mint Apple

The next is a mini-swap with the sweet Stace aka staceisace. I send her my Essie Coat Azure and got Haute as Hello back. She also included a Marks & Spencer Polish in Emerald.



The latest swap I recieved a week ago was with the oh so lovely Emily K. aka wrackmybrain. She went way over board with all the extra goodies she send me!!! And I love every single one of them!!! :)

Here's what she sent me:

Bath & Body Works Travel Lotion in: Black Raspberry Vanilla, Dark Kiss & Orange Sapphire, Maybelline Polishes in Violett Water & Brilliant Sparkle, Sally Hansen Loyal Lavender, Sally Hansen Purple Fiesta, Sally Girl Pink Glitter, Sally Hansen Sequin Scandal, Sally Hansen Black Diamond, Essie Dive Bar, Essie Trophy Wife, Pure Ice No means No, Pure Ice Kiss me here, a pigment sample, Urban Decay Primer Potion sample and a cute nail file.

Thank you all you lovely ladies for these great swaps!!!!!
Hope to swap with you all again!

Have you guys ever done beauty swaps?

Stay beautiful...

NOTD: American Apparel Rouge

Hey Sweethearts!

Today I bring as NOTD American Apparel Rouge. This applied very well, it was even a one-coater, though I still uses 2 coats.



2 coats + Topcoat, no flash, indoor light...

Stay beautiful...

NOTD: Zoya Charity

Hey Sweethearts!

I don't have much time to blog at the moment, cause I am moving tomorrow and I don't know how long I will be without the world wide web.
So for now, it's just a quick NOTD.

Today I bring you Zoya Charity. A pinky-mauve creme with goldish-copper shimmer.




2 coats & topcoat, natural light without flash


Stay beautiful...

NOTD: Anny "Wicked"

Hey Sweethearts!

Todays NOTD is Anny in Wicked:




A "dirty" mint green creme with a hint of grey.
2 coats with topcoat, natural light without flash

You can get Anny Nail Polishes in Douglas stores or online at douglas.de. They retail for 9,50 €.


Stay beautiful...

major haul (drugstore, ebay, nail polish,...)

Hey Sweethearts!

Coming to you with a major haul today! Well this is not from only 1 shopping trip, this is the stuff I bought over a couple of weeks time. I bought them in the drugstore and on ebay. Oh and be prepared, there are more hauls coming up, cause I have some more orders from ebay and some other online stores coming in...

So let's get started:


Here's what I got from the drugstore yesterday and what cam in from ebay.

I actually bought the Garnier 2 in 1 Roll-On two days ago in th wrong shade, which was way to dark for me. So I gave that one to my mom and got another one in light/medium for myself. it was 8.45 €.

The Balea shower gel in Sparkling Grapefruit was only 0.65 € and it smells like a delicious lemonade. :)

The double-ended eyeshadow brush and the loose eyeshadow are from the new P2 summer limited edition called Sun City which will remain in stores during the whole summer. The brush was 3.49 € und the pigment about 2,95 €.

The Etude House Peach Tea cleansing Foam I ordered on ebay. it was about 3,50 $.

The Essence 50s Fever blush I also found on ebay. It's from a very old collection from Essence and I wanted it for a long time.

I was looking for this Essence Better than Gel Nails set for the longest time and yetserday I finally found it. It comes with a Base & Top Sealer, Nail Glue, white Nail Tips, a special nailphile and Nail Tip Glue. It was 9,95 €.

I would do a review on this one, but I am not really sure if I wanna use it. The tips are really really small and they don't really fit my nails. But I've heard that Fingr's are coming out with nearly the same nail-system but with different size Tips. Maybe I'll look for those first.


So and here's allllllllllll the nail polish I got, which was quite a bit.
The first row are: Essie Vermillionaire, Essie Hot Cocoa, Essie Angora Cardi, Essie Coat Azure and a backup of my Misslyn 60 Sec. Top Dry

Second Row: Essence Blossoms Bloom-A-Loom, Essence Blossoms My Yellow Fellow, Essence Blossoms Forget-Me-Not, Essence Blossoms I Like, Essence Color&Go Mellow Yellow & Essence Multi Dimension Wanna Kiss?

The Essence Blossoms polishes are limited edition and were 1,75 € each. The Color&Go one is 1,25 € and the Multi Dimension is 1,75 €. The Misslyn Top Coat was on clearance for 4 € but when I checked my recipt it actually said 3,50 €. So that was even better. :)
The Essie polishes were all 3,99 $ on ebay.

So that was my "small" haul for today. Hope you liked it. What have you been shopping for lately?


Stay beautiful...

NOTD: China Glaze Life Preserver & possible Dupe

Hey Sweethearts!

Coming to you with a NOTD. This time it's China Glaze Life Preserver. A coral-red creme. This was 2 coats with topcoat in natural light without flash.


And when I went to the drugstore last week, I picked up a polish from Manhattan, which looked really familiar to me, but I liked the color so I had to pick it up anyways. ;D
At home I went through my stash and stumbled over the China Glaze. They look pretty identical, don't they?


left: Manhattan Collection No. 34U
right: CG Life Preserver

I swatched them both, and on the swatch you can see that the Manhattan is a bit darker and has more red in it. But they are really similar anyways and definately in the same color family.



pinkie & middle finger CG - index & ring Manhattan


Stay beautiful...

NOTD: P2 Charming Secret

Hey Sweethearts!

Coming to you with a Nail of the day:
It's P2 Last Forever Nail Polish in *Charming Secret*
It's a pale cream pink. Perfect for spring!




P2 is a german drugstore brand known for it's cheap nail polishes that are great quality!

By the way, please don't look at my cuticles. They look horrible I know, but I still haven't found a proper hand care product that really works.

Stay beautiful...