[OPI] Scorpio Seduction

Scorpio Seduction is a captivating blue foil adorned with rich blue and subtle purple glitters, creating a mesmerizing shift between blue and a hint of purple in sunlight (although not quite duochrome). It’s truly stunning and stands out as my favorite among the OPI nail varnishes I recently purchased, and not just because Scorpio is my zodiac sign.

The profound blue hue of Scorpio Seduction brings back memories of a metallic blue shade from Nivea that I adored in the early 2000s, a time when nail colors beyond red and pink were still a bit unconventional. 😎 This makes Scorpio Seduction truly distinctive in my collection.

Close-up.

[Chanel] Fugueuse (#127)

Another stunning addition to the new releases, Fugueuse, is a captivating dark blue shade.

I applied two coats for the perfect coverage shown below. Interestingly, I had initially planned to wear Diva, a raspberry shade, during the Japan-Filmfest that started almost two weeks ago. However, due to time constraints, I stuck with Fugueuse, and I must say I was delighted with the outcome!

[Dior] Desert Nights (#996)

It’s Desert Nights, one of the most beautiful colours released this year. This is brand new and from the summer collection, described as “intense dark blue” on the Dior website and I couldn’t put in in better words!

Combined with the sun this is just amazing. Shown below is two coats.

[Essence] Deep Sea Baby

It’s cyan, that’s why I fell for Deep Sea Baby instantly!

These are the most recent photos I took. I painted my nails yesterday in the evening and upon uploading the photos, I thought I could post them right now. 🙂 The sun showed herself early this morning, so I seized the opportunity. I’m really happy that the days are getting longer again.

Two coats applied.

[trend it up] #156

Hope you are all enjoying the Advent season, even though the nail colour I’m presenting today matches everything but Christmas … #156 (I didn’t find a name on the bottle) by trend it up (which is a drugstore brand by retailer “dm”) throws us back to summer. With its bright blue colour, containing a slight hint of turquoise, and packed with glassflecks, this makes me miss the swimming pool even more!

Two coats applied. Since this is a perfect summer hue, photos were taken during summer.

Close-up.

[Chanel] Rhythm (#763)

Bye Nienburg and see you soon in November – I’m a bit sad that I must leave in less than one hour, not really looking forward to Hamburg but happy to see my other Bears again, who had been patiently waiting for me for ten days. The following photos were taken in Hamburg a couple of weeks (or months) ago. Rhythm is a blue jelly – or rather cream/jelly hybrid) – with a hint of indigo.

I’m not really into jellies but this one is flashy and I like the colour.

Application was two coats.

[Essence] Electriiiiic

Electric blue. Best fact about this, apart from the flashy shade, is that it’s part of the standard collection.

Two coats shown below.

[China Glaze] Too Busy Being Awesome

Too Busy Being Awesome. I like this colour, utterly amazing cyan, and I regret that I left it in Hamburg. Since homeschooling will last until at least mid-April, we decided to stay in my small hometown until further notice. It would be too risky going back, even for one day or just a few hours, to sort things out. Too many are infected.

Two coats applied (photos were taken like two weeks ago – artificial light).

[Essence] City of Stars

While waiting for the spring collections to arrive at Alsterhaus, here is City of Stars, which was a Christmas gift from my daughter, who knows too well that I can’t resist night sky colours. Hence City of Stars is a dense glitter, packed with blue, turquoise and green microglitter bits.

Two coats shown below.

Close-up.

[Essence] Be Passionate

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas. I was just happy about having two days off work; it’s been really hard during Christmastime, in addition to the grief. Of course …

I might be catching up with all those amazing nail colours next year. Until then here’s Be Passionate, which was a birthday gift by my daughter. It’s a blue-ish green metallic, hence pretty for Christmas too.

Two coats applied.

Artificial lighting.

Close-up.

One more day at the bookshop tomorrow and then we will be spending a week in Lower Saxony.