On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Another reloaded shade. It’s almost been two weeks since Fantasy Filmfest, and looking back I remember On Her Majesty’s Secret Service which I had applied. (You’ll find the initial post here.) Shown below is two coats.

Closeup. Sparkly, sparkly. 🙂

Reloaded: The Spy Who Loved Me

Fantasy Filmfest starts next Thursday, hence I’m sorting out nail colours for my personal event of the year. I’m still loving the James Bond collection by OPI, which was released for Christmas 2012. Here are more recent photos of The Spy Who Loved Me (initial posting here).

The colour is tomato red with glassflecks.

Close-up.

[Butter London] Fiddlesticks

Here is another mani I had applied shortly before Christmas (which at present seems ages ago 😯 ), Fiddlesticks. I had worn this raspberry/magenta pink with sparkling glitter particles a couple of months before, at the beginning of last year or so, and I liked it – but the weather was not good enough to take photos, as lighting in the flat was somewhat bad. So here is Fiddlesticks.

I have no clue how the name relates to the name of this colour – but it is pretty. 🙂 When applying Fiddlesticks, I had a little scratch on my ring finger, thus the plaster.

Close-up.

[Essie] Beyond Cozy

Beyond Cozy is a real Christmas colour, mostly consisting of pale golden glitter. This had actually been released for the 2012 season. Moreover, I took the photos in March this year and discovered them today.

Two coats shown below.

Close-up view.

[Dior] Marilyn

Marilyn is a classic red and one of my favourite Diors.

Two coats; the formula has a hint of jelly, giving Marilyn an extra bright shimmer.

[OPI] Moonraker

Moonraker is a bit different than my usual picks; this is a silver shade with a frost finish.

Two coats.

[Essence] Let It Snow (Top Coat)

My favourite top coat for this season, imitating snowfalls. It’s packed with big white bits and smaller glitter particles in a transparent base. My daughter got Let It Snow for me, and so far, I’ve tried it over a couple of varnishes.

My first pick was Pillow Fight (Ciaté), a grey shade with a tad of lilac/mauve.

Here is Let It Snow combined with another Essence, Goofy Blue (Snow Jam Collection of last winter). Goofy Blue has a shimmer of its own and contains flakies, so at first I thought it might be too much topping it with Let it Snow … but in the end, this is my favourite combo.

Close-up view.

Here it is over Essence Always On My Mint, a pastel mint shade with a slight shimmer. I liked this too, that’s probably the reason why I took so many photos!

Close-up view.

[Essie] Leading Lady

This has been the signature shade of Essie’s Holiday Collection of last year, Leading Lady. It’s a berry red with a jelly base containing glitter particles of different sizes.

Two coats. Leading Lady actually reminds me of the varnish I’m wearing right now, China Glaze Ruby Pumps (although the latter is more red-based and has smaller glitter bits.)

Macro view.

[Zoya] Blaze

I’m still there but having busy times, not only because Christmas is approaching. I’m very much enjoying my two Ciaté calendars, and I’ve also got another one with tea samples … I love it, since I missed it out last year. Currently, I’m recognising that we are having the first snowfalls for this year, as well as heavy storms coming up, but I haven’t gotten blown away yet, haha! One of my lovely followers, Dandygal, has given me the Liebster Blog Award; normally, I don’t accept awards, but most of the time, I still check them out and try to answer as good as possible, so I will have a look at that later.

For now, it’s an older swatch and Zoya Blaze, which had been given to me by my friend Judi this summer. That’s also why I had it on my nails sometime in August; I liked it, but to me, it’s more a Christmas shade (not only because it is part of Zoya’s 2012 Holiday Collection), so it fits better in the current season. 😉 Blaze is a raspberry holo, packed with silver glitter particles.

Two coats. I might have said before that both formula and application of Zoya nail varnishes are great.

Close-up view.

[OPI] The World is Not Enough

The World is Not Enough, named after the James Bond movie. I thought this would be nice to post, since Fantasy Filmfest starts tomorrow. The Worls is Not Enough is a taupe glitter shade that is really really sparkly.

I used two coats. For the swatches, I did not apply top coat.

No close-up view … 🙄 – Tomorrow, the first film shown will be The Congress with Robin Wright; it is loosely based on one of my favourite books, The Futorological Congress by Stanisław Lem. Traditionally, the opening night contribution is not the highlight of the film festival, but it’s fun being there, because of the atmosphere, although it will get pretty crowded. Will be wearing Fuggen Ugly on my nails, as always for Opening Night.