Parokeets Beauty Blog

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 ...

From the first time I saw Chanel Graphite I was seriously lemming that shade. But the price of Chanel polishes is pretty high, so I was hesitating. Should I or should I not. Then all of the sudden I saw this perfect dupe for Graphite – Jessica Smoky Feather. And judging from the comparisons, Jessica is little bit more shimmery ...

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 ...

I’m one of those polish-holics that is still not tired of crackles, so I had lots of fun playing with Alessandro Go Magic! Croco Glam LE gold/black set. Each set consists of three 5ml mini polishes – croco base, croco coat and top coat. So far I already wore this combination twice as full manicure and you can see in ...

New Trend Edition by Essence is called I Love. What’s cool about this trend edition is that it’s a preview of what’s coming. Namely from September 2011, these products will be part of the Essence standard range. Here’s what I bought. Colour & Go polishes in shades: 76 – Hard To Resist – dark blue with turquoise shimmer. 80 – ...

Essence Nails In Style TE is here and it’s finally time to play with nail foils. Let’s take a look a what Essence has to say about Nails In Style collection: when the summer reaches its height in July, it’s also time to get your finger and toe nails in top shape! because what could be better than creating the ...