Parokeets Beauty Blog

Meet one of my favorite Kiko nail polishes – no. 335 aka Blu Inchiostro. You already met Kiko 335 – I used it as a base for Max Factor Fantasy Fire. Today I’ll how you how this pretty shade looks on its own. What is so special about this shade? It’s has slightly jelly like look, so I can use ...

Couple of months ago, Kiko jumped on magnetic nail polish bandwagon. They launched 8 shades of magnetic nail polishes and one diagonal (stripes) magnet + they recently added star magnet to their line. I bough two Kiko magnetic nail polishes and their diagonal stripe magnets last time I was in Italy. I tried them for the first time on a ...

I was really modest and asked Saša to get me only two nail polishes from Essence Soul Sista TE. I’m saving myself for Snow White and Coolibri limited editions. I must admit I never drank Mojito in this kind of green shade. Both nail polishes got to me with tiny shimmer and lovely base colors. Mojito Green one being my ...

Catrice Goldfinger is one of those goldish champaign like nail polish shades. Finish is pretty much metallic with added larger shimmer for additional sparkle. Mine came with older brush, but I can’t say that application was overly difficult … brush strokes are present though. 2 coats + top coat. Catrice Goldfinger seemed like potentially great nail polish for stamping, so ...

Long, long time ago Maestra showed us gorgeous Deborah Shine Tech 18 – nail polish with black base and holographic shimmer. Of course I bought it … Isadora Black Galaxy was on my WL for quite some time – I loved this polish, but the price was steep and it looked very similar to Deborah Shine Tech no. 18. Finally ...

Who can guess how long were these swatches waiting in my archive folder? And I even still have the original notes I made: 2 coats + top coat, third would not be amiss, bluish violet. I had to go fetch the bottle of Flormar nail polish no. 411 (I got it in one of the hauls) to remind myself how ...

I was researching Jessica Smoky Feather nail polish, when I bumped into Jessica Hologram Chic set. Hologram? Set? I need to know more. I became totally obsessed with this set and sent out bunch of emails to see where could I buy it. Guess what – it was sold out and our importer did not have this limited edition set. ...