[Dior] Bronze Cruise (#726)

Bronze Cruise is a limited edition mini-sized polish that is available exclusively in the Dioriviera gift box. Although I haven’t come across the full-size version, I believe this mini edition is quite exclusive.

I primarily bought it for the nail colors but ended up using the eyeshadow as well. (I blurred out the mirror image because I was too lazy to take another photo, and there’s a large yellow Ikea octopus sitting on the piano ).

The shade is bronze, as the name suggests, so I likely have similar shades in my collection.

Two coats applied.

Close-up featuring the exquisite 😎 golden and bronze glitter particles.

[Dior] Wild Wings (#811)

Autumn is approaching – at least on the nails, although it’s already windy and rainy outside. Wild Wings is one of my recently puchased Dior varnishes, with an autumnal bronze and copper base, shifting to olive green. Beautiful, don’t you think?

Great coverage with two coats.

Close-up of the metallic finish.

Upon unwrapping Wild Wings, I remembered Chanel Opulence – but haven’t compared them yet, apart from pulling the bottles out. I’d say they are close, although the olive green iridescent bit is more showing in Opulence. Hope to do proper swatches soon. Since I might not go to Nienburg on Thursday (as I had planned) because I’m waiting for my new washing machine to be delivered, I will probably stay in Hamburg for another week, with some time for nail stuff. 😎

[Chanel] Solar (#899)

I was wearing Solar today, which reflects the summer perfectly: bronze with sparkles.

Two coats applied – the colour is also great with tanned skin.

Close-up of the pretty sparkles.

[Chanel] Gold Shimmer (#179)

Another one of my older Chanel nail varnishes. Gold Shimmer is (according to its name) gold with a proportion of bronze, and it also has a metallic finish.

Although I’ve had this for years I only applied it a couple of weeks ago. Two coats shown below.

Artificial lighting.

Close-up.

[Chanel] Opulence (#917)

Here’s Opulence, which combines bronze and copper  with the slightest hint of olive green. Minus the purple splash, this one is very close to Troublante. It’s maybe more an autumn than a Christmas colour but definitely made for shorter days.

Two coats applied. I forgot to mention that Opulence has a metallic shimmer.

Close-up photo.

[Chanel] Morocco (#37)

Well, hello! The past week was full of maths and I spent the weekend at my mothers and enjoyed “Frühjahrsmarkt” (kind of a fair), which was fun too. Although shops were open on Sunday and it was family day too, the small town in Lower Saxony wasn’t really crowded, nothing compared to Hamburg on a regular Saturday. I am so happy that it’s finally spring – we had like 24 degrees celsius on Sunday – and so needed it for my mood. I’m definitely made for hot temperatures.

Which you would find in Morocco. The Chanel nail polish of the same name is brown with a silver shimmer, also containing hints of bronze. I don’t know how old it is, but it is certainly a vintage colour.

Application was two coats.

Artificial light.

Close-up.

[A England] Sir Loyal Heart

Sir Loyal Heart. Another unique nail colour in my stash; its base shifts between bronze and brown, containing maroon and golden shimmer. And, of course (because it’s A England 🙂 ) it’s a scattered holo finish.

Shown below is two coats.

Close-up.

[Dior] Blazing Bronze (#729)

Definitely a summer colour and perfect for sunny days: Blazing Bronze (which is more a brown bronze) is one of my favourite summer shades for this year. It’s packed with golden and bronze shimmer, which is already prominent in the bottle and also visible on the nails.

Two coats applied.

Close up picture.

[China Glaze] Meet Me In the Mirage

This is an older draft, from October. The garden in the background looks different now. 😉

Meet Me In the Mirage is a rose gold foil, also containing hints of bronze. Sparkly and pretty.

Shown below is two coats. I had wanted to apply this for so long; it is more a summer colour, and a bit of sunshine would have brought out its sparkles.

Close-up view.

Czarina Gold (Or Tsarine) (916) – again

Back again. Although some Diors arrived during the past days – and I collected the brand new Skyline colours for autumn – I have not tried any new shades so far. Don’t know why, mainly because of the weather and due to lack of time. Less than one month and Fantasy Filmfest is going to start – it’s the 30th anniversary. So looking forward to eleven days of film addiction.

For the time being, here is Czarina Gold, which is actually a Christmas colour. But since I like wearing dark shades with bright sunlight (especially when they a a bit sparkling), I didn’t mind. 😉 Brown and bronze base with tons of glassflecks which come in olive and gold. I had posted this before, in 2012.

Two coats shown below.

Close-up picture.