Misslyn 149 Fire Opal and 786 Bazaar Deluxe – swatches and review

Hi beauties!

I’m back from my vacation with two nail polishes that I won from the Misslyn newsletter! I’m really excited because I usually never win anything 🙂

These two colours are from the new collection called Oriental Spirit and they are 149 Fire Opal as well as 786 Bazaar Deluxe. The collection also contains other make up and in my opinion the colours are very nice and suitable for the upcoming fall season. My package also contained a mascara (for camel eyes – I love this association because these animals do have incredible lashes!) a lipstick and a small eye shadow palette, all of great quality. I will focus on the nail polishes though. If you are interested in the other products, Carry from Living the Beauty has a detailed review of the mascara, the lipstick, and the eye shadow pallette for you!

149 Fire Opal is a beautiful copper-y light red to orange shade with warm golden shimmer. I probably would have never bought this one for myself but I am surprised by how much I like it. The shimmer is very visible and vibrant in direct sunlight, and still visible but very subtle in the shade. A really nice colour that has depth because of the shimmer.

The application was easy and smooth, I applied two coats but discovered after taking pictures that in some lighting conditions you can still see the nail line. So I would advice to use 3 coats for full coverage. Drying time was good, and the wear as well – I wore this full 3 days before adding one coat of the topper 786 Bazaar Deluxe, a gold flake or rather gold shred topper with a clear base. The glitter payoff of one coat was very satisfying, and the top coat fits well into the oriental theme. However, it is not a unique top coat, I myself already own an almost similar one from the Essence Metal Glam trend edition called Steel-ing the Scene. For a comparison see below.

UPDATE: When removing Fire Opal I had massive staining, so I highly recommend using a protective base coat against that! My poor nails are all orange now 😦

The first pictures show two coats of Fire Opal with one coat of Seche Vite in shade and sunlight, then the last two pictures show it topped with one coat of Bazaar Deluxe and another coat of Seche Vite.

One coat of 786 Bazaar Deluxe on top:

If you were wondering how Bazaar Deluxe compares to Essence Steel-ing the scene, I compared the two and found them to be very close. I had the impression that the topper from Essence has slightly smaller flakes, so the effect is a little different. You probably don’t need both though.

Thanks for reading, have a great day – any plans for the weekend? I will still be busy unpacking and washing from my holiday and trying to acclimatize from the beautiful beach weather back to the big city clouds.

 

No 7 Blue Patent + Party Pearls – swatches and review

Hey beauties!

The nail polishes that I would like to show you today were gifts from a dear friend of mine. She brought them from the UK and they are from a brand called No.7, which I didn’t know before. As you may know it is almost impossible to order nail polish from the UK if you are not in the UK yourself, because the shipping policy is very strict and does not allow for nail polish to be shipped overseas. So: Yay! My friend thought of that too and surprised me with these beautiful colours for my birthday.

The two colours are a perfect pair: They are Blue Patent, the darkest marine blue nail polish I’ve ever come across. Party Pearls is a lovely glitter topper with glitters in pink, medium blue and purple in larger and smaller sizes. The bottles are beautiful and they feel and look high quality when handling them. The brush is also perfect (especially for such a dark colour where you have to be really precise and careful when applying the nail polish), it is not too thick or thin and rounded.

Before applying Blue Patent I applied a thick layer of base coat in order to avoid possible staining. Then I needed two coats of Blue Patent to achieve full coverage. I was surprised by how superdupershiny this nail polish dried! Unfortunately, some bubbles appeared on almost all nails, so I had to add a layer of Seche Vite to even this out. This is what the first picture shows.

After wearing my nails like this for a day I decided to use the topper Party Pearls to extend the wear of the nail polish. And while I liked wearing Blue Patent on its own, I fell in love when I added the glitters!! They are the perfect topper for the dark blue, and the dark blue makes the glitters glow and shine like crazy. I love how the tiny glitter particles cover the whole nail, while the bigger particles add accents here and there. I received the look on the pictures with only one coat of Party Pearls, and it was really easy to apply, no dabbing required. I mattified the look on my ring finger just to see how it looks, and I love it, so I might wear the mattified version on all nails next time.

When I removed Blue Patent I had some problems with staining because of the intense blue pigment, but I was able to keep it to a minimum by applying cuticle oil around my fingernails before removing the polish.

All in all, I will definitely wear this combination again soon, and I think that Blue Patent is the perfect base for so many other glitter toppers. Also, I already have a vision for it as a base for my beloved multichrome flakies from ILNP!

Also, I think that Party Pearls is a great topper with a decent glitter pay-off in one coat, which I love. So I’m dedicating this post to the blog challenge by the lovely Jenny from Plenty of Colours. This blog challenge encourages everyone to show and appreciate their toppers, so here is one of mine 🙂 And while I’m at it, I also saw that cyw has a related monthly challenge called “Glitter on Top” over at her blog, so I’m entering there as well 🙂 So many great challenges going on, I encourage everyone to participate!

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a great day!

Manhattan Bonnie Strange Collection: The Wow-Show! (006)

Hey beauties!

I survived the heat wave that invaded Europe last week! Phew… And now the weather decided to be very cool, which I like, and which made me crave for a darker colour. Actually, I wanted to show this colour for “Lacke in Farbe und bunt” when the colour of the week was Aubergine but I simply couldn’t fit that anywhere in my schedule. But I had already picked out the bottle and there it was, lonely on my desk, so I decided to put it out of its misery and put it on my nails anyways. And I must say, I didn’t regret it! Also, I recently found out about another blog challenge by Ina and Penguin Lacquer, and the theme is “Schwarz ist nicht gleich schwarz” (“SINGS”) which basically encourages you to show dark colours that aren’t really “only” black.

The Wow-Show (006) is a nail polish from the limited Bonnie Strange Collection by Manhattan that came out back in September 2013. I really liked this collection when it came out, some of the colours were really unique and the quality is also great! The Wow-Show can be described as a very dark aubergine/purple base filled with iridecent gold to orange to green glassfleck glitter particles. So pretty!

The application was good, only two coats were needed for opacity. This colour does not dry super-shiny because of the glitter it contains, so you might want to add a topcoat for ultimate shine. I used one coat of Seche Vite on top. I wore this for 2 days but it could easily have stayed on, so the wear is good!

I really love this colour and the glitter that really shines in the sun. It might look a little dark at times (someone thought i had painted my nails black) but if you love dark colours with a twist, then you will love this one as much as I do!

Since this colour is from an old Limited Edition, you will not find it in the stores anymore. But here and there you might be able to score it on a blogsale or at second-hand communities like Kleiderkreisel.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy weekend ❤