Bought Phénix a couple of months back, thinking its golden vibes would be just right for Christmas.
Even though it didn’t exactly scream Christmas or winter vibes, I swatched Phénix in the summer and threw on two coats. Finally, ready to drop this draft online.
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Continuing with the festive vibes! Tuxedo is a muted gold perfect for the Christmas season.
Application was two coats.
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Tomorrow is a public holiday and I’m happy about the long weekend. Today I’ll be showing off Solar Bronze, one of the new Dior polishes I received a few days ago. It’s a beautiful, shimmery gold with bronze undertones.
Two coats shown below.
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Went for a walk early this morning and got a chai latte on the way home. 🙂
Night Bird – or Péridot? The latter came instantly up to my mind when looking at this iridescent beauty, with Péridot still belonging to my favourite nail colours. I had just worn it a few days before purchasing Night Bird, not thinking about any similarity.
Night Bird, too, is olive and gold with an iridescent metallic shimmer. Here’s two coats.
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Compared to Péridot, I think that Night Bird has a tiny bit (just a splash) more gold in its formular, but otherwise they seem pretty close.
Hello Dear Readers – I hope you are doing fine! I was a bit lazy (regarding the blog) but busy at the same time because there’s always so much to do in the house (I put up some blinds) and around, and I am still enjoying the time in Nienburg.
It’s a bit late for posting Chaîne d’Or because this was meant for Christmas. But with its golden shimmer it might be fit for New Year’s Eve too.
Two coats applied. This is a gold which looks actually good with my skintone (hence not too yellow-ish).
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I won’t be doing much tomorrow. There will be a Mensa Online Party on Discord, to celebrate NYE together and I might be joining or at least pop in temporarily. And baking either some apple tarts or a Red Velvet Cake, let’s see. Or post another nail varnish! 🙂
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.
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I totally fell for China Glaze’s Grinch Collection for Christmas, lots of sparkles, holographic glitter and really Grinch-related names. This is Merry Whatever – gold with holographic and golden glitter.
Two coats applied. Looks like tinsel on my nails. 😉
Daylight, which brings out the yellow proportion of the golden base.
Outside. You’ll notice that the glitter is really dense. Nevertheless, removing this was no pain.
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So this was one nail colour I applied for Japan Filmfest Hamburg, which took place over the last weekend of May: Princess Sabra, already shown before.
I’m still fascinated by this golden and olive green scattered holo. We had tons of sunshine for almost two weeks, making the holographic effect even more visible. So sparkly and pretty!
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On to the next Tudoresque nail varnish. I thought Katherine of Aragon (Henry’s first wife)would make a beautiful colour for the last days before Christmas. It’s an antique gold shade with a hint of taupe and containing holographic glitter, resulting in a scattered holo finish.
Two coats applied. Again, one coat would have been fine too, with regards to opaqueness.
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I tried nail powder for the first time! It’s probably been a huge thing for a while, and I also got those Dior Voile de nacre sets of 2000 although I never applied those.
A Touch Of Vintage is a golden powder, or very fine microglitter.
Application was easier (and less messy!) than I thought. Since the powder itself is rather sheer, I used two coats of Black Out as a base – which should not be too dry, so that a bit of the powder can be rubbed onto the base. The result of this was a greenish chrome finish, which was very, very shiny. I sealed it with a water-based top coat (I heard that normal top coat would make the effect look dull).
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