Parokeets Beauty Blog

As I suspected Essence Crystalliced nail polishes are not my cup of tea. I closely examined all of the available shades and my only reaction was – blah. I did get liquid highlighter and liquid eyeshadow. Essence Crystalliced TE liquid highlighter looked very pretty in the bottle + it has a pump so of course I had to buy it. ...

Snow is almost nonexistent and temperatures are just now getting to the degree where you have feeling that you’re gonna freeze to death … I was already looking forward to spring and then Goga announces that she read that we’ll be getting the “real” winter in February and March. I’m going to live in my fantasy-land where spring is just ...

I feel like it was just yesterday I was going through Essence Crazy Good Times preview photos and could not believe it when Maestra called to tell me that we already have this TE in Ljubljana. She was a doll and got me all 6 nail polishes. Colors I like – pretty much all of them … yes – even ...

Essence Legends Of The Sky TE is one of those rare collections where everything that could go wrong … And I don’t mean product wise but on my end. First I was unable to get my hands on red nail polish from this TE, which made me sad. I got 4 out of 6 shades available. I make video first ...

Just a couple more months and new Catrice assortment change will be up. Nymphelia is sort of preview of what is coming as quite a few products from this limited edition will join their regular line. Here is what Catrice has to say about this LE: Soft and feminine yet strong and sensual – this is the perfect description for ...

One of the comments on my previous post was: Not bad. Looks interesting. But somehow something is missing…may be some additional gold or silver glitter? kind regards Elena thanks for your honest opinion. I truly appreciate honesty and constructive criticism. I found Elena’s idea good and I tried to implement it and used it to upgrade my manicure. What I ...

I swatched a bunch of Essie polishes today. After the last one (Pink Petal) I thought I’d tried something fun. First I thought I’d stamp over Pink Petal, but than I remembered I have a nail transfer foil I could play with. I wanted something messy and playful on my nails. I put nail transfer glue in random strokes on ...