Parokeets Beauty Blog

Remember Flormar Terracotta Blush-On 45 from Flormar haul post? I always have hard time writing reviews for products that I don’t like/use, so you had to wait for really long time for this review. This is one of those purchases where you like how product looks like, even though you just know that you won’t be using it much. In ...

I was surprised to see that Catrice and Essence limited edition stands were almost untouched in Germany. I didn’t have much time, but I did manage to pick up all four of Catrice Welcome To Las Vegas nail polishes. My first impression upon seeing them IRL was that they are nice, images on the bottles are cute and brushes a ...

I have 2 flakies in my collection that I wanted to compare to Essence Waking Up in Vegas – Inglot 205 and Gosh Rainbow. First I applied two coats of Essence Berlin Story nail polish, to get the deepest black color and then added one thick coat of flakie polish. As you can see Inglot 205 is not similar – ...

I first came across the MeMeMe brand when I was in the UK and saw it in a drugstore. I’ve never heard of it before. The display was nice, the prices something in between. Not cheap but not very expensive either. I only bought two nail polishes. First one is called Proud and is a dark olive green with strong ...

When I first saw Catrice‘s new shade I’m A Star it immediately reminded me of another polish by Catrice that was part of a LE called Papagena. Gejba reviewed and swatched all the polishes from that collection HERE. And I’m A Star reminded me of a polish called Welcome To The Jungle. Here are the comparison photos. As you can ...

Last fall (or was it winter ) Maestra brought me Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans from Germany. I asked her how come she didn’t pick up Run Forest Run shade as well, and she told me that it wasn’t really my kind of green … that the color reminded her of Ljubljana’s benches. How sad – and it looked such ...

They are very similar, but not dupes. From Dusk To Dawn is darker than the Dusky Mauve polish by Barry M. You can see the difference in the photos below. I used flash to show you the difference. The polishes are bit darker IRL. Which one do you prefer?