Parokeets Beauty Blog

Yay – I finally managed to swatch two of the most requested 2013 Catrice nail polishes. Catrice Mint Me Up and I’m Dynamite got most of your votes. Catrice Mint Me Up Now, this was one of most awaited nail polishes in Catrice 2013 spring assortment change. Just look at the gorgeous light green shade with multitude of tiny shimmer. ...

Today I was gardening with Essence aka I tried out one of the polishes and nail effect powders from their Guerilla Gardening LE. I bought I’m The Moss nail polish and nail effect powder in the same color. Nail polish is green but with yellow undertone so not really my favorite color. Manicure actually looks better with powder over it ...

I think somebody wanted to keep me from finishing swatches planed for todays post. I had to change my plan couple of times as phones kept ringing, emails that had to be responded right away came one after another … and here I was racing against the clock aka sun. In the end, I found it to be quite funny. ...

Today I have a gorgeous nail polish to show you. It is 212-Sephora by Sephora by OPI. It is a dark brown almost light smokey black polish with gold and copper glitter, holographic glitter and duochrome flakes. It’s one of the most complex polishes I own. It looks amazing in the bottle. Unfortunately the complexity doesn’t show up as beautiful ...

I stumbled across two new trend editions by Essence the other day. One being the Snow Jam and the other Vintage District Trend Edition. In the Snow Jam TE the white nail polish with an interesting blue shimmer caught my eyes and in the Vintage District the grey nail polish with a purple shimmer was the most interesting to me. ...

I decided to wear sparkly black/bronze top for one of the December dances and needed manicure to go with it. Like most of the time, I was in a hurry but when I have an idea, I just have to make it happen. I chose Gosh Nero for base and then either sponged or applied with a brush: Essence BBC ...

Today I am wearing a beautiful cheerful red by Barry M. The color is called Lady In Red and is from their Retro Collection. Lady In Red is a vivid warm red with almost metallic finish. It is perfect for the holiday season. The application is easy and the coverage is great. I was in a hurry and I put ...