My (glitter) polishes from Cirque Colors: Electric Circus and Kaleidoscope

Hi everyone!

There is this awesome challenge called #wirlackieren for which Marzipany and Tinesuchtnachmehr announce one (or sometimes two) brands per month that everyone in the nail community will obsessively paint their nails with 😀 Everyone tries to show as many polishes of that given brand as possible within that month.

The brands in February are Cirque Colors and Cadillaquer. Unfortunately, I don’t own any polishes from Cadillaquer. But at least I have two (!) polishes from Cirque Colors that I can show you! Yay!

I bought these back in the day (2014), when a good glitter polish was hard to come by and when neon and matte glitters were the new thing in the nail world. I was obsessed with Electric Circus so I had to have it! I must admit the only reason why I ordered the second one (Kaleidoscope) was so that Electric Circus wouldn’t be so lonely. But I never regretted getting Kaleidoscope as well! Both Electric Circus and Kaleidoscope are one of the highest quality glitter polishes I own, and the glitters haven’t bled out or faded after 4 years, which is quite impressive!

So here is one coat (!) of Electric Circus over a white base (Catrice – Milky Bay). The glitter payoff is insane! It is really fool-proof and one coat gives an even coverage as shown on the picture below. I added one coat of Seche Vite Quick Dry Top Coat.

Next up is Kaleidoscope. It is a beautiful combination of various sizes and shapes of matte glitters. I didn’t put this one over a white base because it contains white glitter as well, so I chose a baby-blue creme polish instead (Color Club – Take me to your Chateau). The application of this one is a little more tricky – the clear base is quite thin so I had to snag the bigger glitter particles and place them on my nails. Nevertheless this is a fun nail polish that makes me happy every time I look at it! I topped this one with a coat of Seche Vite Quick Dry as well.

Those two polishes are all I can contribute to #wirlackierencirquecolors as they are (unfortunately) the only polishes I own from Cirque. Have you participated in the challenge? Are you going to participate next month?  The brand for next month will be Anny. I don’t own any polishes from Anny 😦 But I’m looking forward to all of your swatches!

Happy Sunday everyone and read you soon!

Glam Polish – Zodiac Cancer

Hi beauties!

I’d like to show you my first ever Glam Polish today! This shade is called Cancer and is from their Hypnotic polish store exclusive Zodiac collection. Since my zodiac sign is Cancer I had to have it (also because of the great berry base colour, the stunning holo and the mesmerizing red glitter particles!). It is a real beauty! I own lots of holos that show their bling in the sunlight but look a little dull and boring without direct light. The cool thing about this polish is that the little red glitter particles shine and glow in the shade which makes this nail polish unique! Very pretty.

Application was good, two easy coats were enough to achieve great coverage. When the polish dries it has a gritty/rough finish, something I already know from a lot of he Fun Lacquers I own. This happens because of the larger glitter particles but can be fixed with two coats of top coat (I used Seche Vite for the pictures below).
The wear was great, I took it off after the third day and there were no signs of chipping or tip wear yet.

Now to the pictures!

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See these red glitters? I totally fell in love with those!
I bought Glam Polish Cancer at Hypnotic Polish.

So, what’s your zodiac sign and do you own a zodiac nail polish? 🙂

Happy weekend!

Happy New Year 2016!

Hi everyone!

I wish you all a happy New Year, with lots of love, laughter, excitement, happiness and joy! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!

Here is my Fireworks manicure that I will be wearing tonight, I hope you like it! I’m entering the Sunday Silvester Nails Blog Challenge by Reviernägel as well as Specialities by Mylistof with this posting, so go check out what these girls wore on their nails for New Years Eve, too!

And here is what I used, plus a small brush to hand-paint the fireworks:

Happy New Year and cheers!