Hope your Christmas was wonderful1 Now let’s move on to the end of this year. I am still enjoying being in Lower Saxony. So peaceful and quiet here, swimming bath every day … although less Pokéstops than in Hamburg! 🙂
Rose Scabiosa. I’ve had this in my stash for ages. It’s light pink – no pastel – with a hint of lilac. Looks very feminine in the bottle but often these pinks clash with my skintone, which is probably why I had put Rose Scabiosa on hold.
Two coats shown below.
Merry Christmas to all of you. I don’t have a nail polish to show today (I’m wearing Rouge Puissant) but this lovely photo of Bäri:
My favourite season of the year has come. 🙂 Have a wonderful time.
I haven’t shown a matte colour for, like, ages. Combat Blue-ts is bright blue with a hint of indigo. Although its shimmer is visible in the bottle, it is rather suble after application.
Shown below is two coats.
Close-up view.
Don’t Mesh With Me. In the first place: Cool name. It’s mainly glitter, lilac bits in a slightly blue-tinted base. Thus the effect is a bit iridescent.
However, Don’t Mesh With Me needed three coats to look opaque. It would be great for layering – will probably try this too, because overall, I like this colour.
Outdoors; we were on the way to “Japan Xmas”, a first-time Japanese Christmas market. They had so much Japanese stuff, everything ranging from sweets to DVDs, cute plushies, cosplay stuff (many people wore their cosplay outfits, there was even a competition), tons of food … which was popular, so very long queues. I would have loved a BEnto box or Japanese Crêpes, but no chance to get through. Thus we had mashed potato in a nearby deli, haha!
Close-up view.
Heroine Chic. Base colours are brown and grey – combined with red shimmer and a metallic finish.
Two coats shown below, and I wish the wheather had been better, more direct sunlight. Because Heroine Chic is really kind of chic.
Close-up view.
I’m posting tons of China Glaze these days. 😉 Still trying the Rebel Collection, so thank you for stopping by. Y’all Red-y For This is a cherry red shade containg small glassflecks. At first, I thought it was similar to Ruby Pumps (which is beautiful too), but Y’all Red-y … is a bit lighter and less jelly-like.
This is two coats – first two pictures taken under artificial light.
Daylight. Although Y’all Red-y … was released for autumn, it would surely make a pretty Christmas mani.
Close-up view.
I was eager to try Pearl Jammin’, which seems to be unique in my stash. It’s dove grey (or blue-grey) with golden shimmer, the shimmer also being slightly iridescent.
As for the formula, I wasn’t sure, since I had read that Pearl Jammin’ is a bit on the sheer side. But I was happy with two coats.
Artificial light.
Macro photo.
I’ve got the Essence advent calendar for this year, which is packed with beauty items. So this is where I got Do You Speak Love from, classic cherry red with jelly finish.
Despite being a jelly, it’s opaque with two coats – shown below under artificial light.
Natural light.
Everglades is a green metallic with silver shimmer. Very pretty for the season to come; I got this (ages ago) from C.M. of ChaHeVu – again many thanks! No idea what took me so long to apply this shade, which is so very Christmas-y.
Two coats shown below.
Close-up picture.
A real stunner; I have not tried all of the “Rebel” collection colours so far but Purple Fiction is a favourite, that’s for sure. Purple with metallic shimmer; it got me instantly. Beautiful in the bottle and amazing on the nails, especially in direct light.
Two coats shown below. Artificial light.
Purple Fiction exposed to direct light – I wish the sun had come out.
Macro photo.
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