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Essence - I Love TE

Review and swatches: Essence – I Love TE

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 … Read more

Catrice stands finally in Slovenia

Never mind me today – we’re finally getting Catrice stands in Slovenia and I’m absolutely euphoric. I shared details with our Slovenian readers but I have something for you too – promo photos of new Made To Stay Longlasting Eyeshadows … … and 10 new Ultimate Nail Lacquer polishes. Now – which one is my … Read more

Review: New Essence image plates

I tested the new image plates by Essence, I showed you a few days ago. Here are the results … I’m disappointed by the sneaker image plate, because some images do not transfer well to the nails. The bag image is the worst of them all. I’m satisfied with the french manicure image plate. Almost … Read more

Maybelline mini Colorama: Urban Turquoise swatch

Maybelline mini Colorama: Urban Turquoise

I was standing in front of Maybelline stand and looking at mini Colorama Urban Turquoise (no. 120) nail polish. I have tons of green shades with bluish undertone, but I still buy every single one that I spot in the store. Maybelline mini Colorama Urban Turquoise can be one coater, has bushy brush and tendency … Read more

Frankenpolish: Franky In The Candy Shop by Maestra

NOTD: Franky In The Candy Shop (frankenpolish)

I realised I’ll most likely never have Daborah Lippmann’s beautyful glitter polishes like Candy Shop, Happy Birthday, Forget You etc. They are expensive and not very easy to get (at least for me). So I tried to create my own Candy Shop polish. I named it Franky In The Candy Shop. Here it is. Three … Read more

Essie – Wedding Collection 2011 (review and swatches)

Wedding Collection 2011. Four “wedding safe” colors approved by Essie. As you can imagine there’s no crazy colors in this collection. No unique shades either. But still four very nice ones. And one unexpected shade. Made To Honor is a sheer nude shade. I liked it on me. My hands looked clean and neat. Also … Read more

Ruby Kisses – Crazy Night Out

I finally have for you the first one of Ruby Kisses nail polishes I bought a while back. As soon as I saw Ruby Kisses Crazy Night Out polish, I just knew this is something for our glitter fans – purple hexagonal glitter + smaller holographic version of glitter + even smaller squares of purple … Read more

Make-up: Purple Smokey Eyes by Maestra

Purple Smokey Eyes

It’s been a while since I’ve done a proper smokey eyes look. To me proper smokey eyes don’t really mean that it has to be black, it just has to be dark and heavy around the eyes and it has to look mysterious and seductive. I tried to create just that today. Very dark, mysterious, … Read more