Catrice - Heavy Metallilac

Hello All,

How you all keeping? got a few camera problems at the moment, my usb lead is broke :-( so awaiting another one in the post. I have a few swatches to put up but they will have to wait. Today I have a polish which featured heavily on the blog network Catrice - Heavy Metalilac. The only Catrice I own.

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This is two coats of Heavy Metallilac. It a purple metallic which contains a glowing shimmer. My pictures do not do it any justice. Probably one of the most blinging purples I own. Formula was really thick but for a shade like this I don't mind. Excuse the cuticles in the shots I was swatching glitter before and it was a bugger to remove. Luckily I got this in a swap. 


So hopefully new posts up and running soon as I get the new usb cable. What a pain. 


Tee Dee xx

LA Girl Metal - Metallic Olive

Hello Everyone,

Hope your all good. Today I have one of the LA Girl Metal collection colours to show you - Metallic Olive. Got this a while back from Beauty Base in Westfields Stratford. I picked up this and one other which for the life of me I can't remember the name of??

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Excuse the purple stained cuticles. This is 3 coats of Metallic Olive, a forest green metallic polish. Very similar in finish to LA Colors - Catus. The metallic finish is actually made up of tiny shimmer particles, giving a flecked textured look. Formula gave me no issues and was a total bargain at £1.99.

What do you think?

Tee Dee xx

SpaRitual - Running With Wolves

Evening All

Hope your all wrapped up warm, it's seriously chilly here in London, and if your in warmer climates, you lucky thing you :-) Today I have SpaRitual's - Running with Wolves. I fell in love with this polish after seeing it on a few blogs. I picked it up last year at Olympia Beauty.

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This is 2 coats of Running with Wolves. The formula was slightly on the thin side and dried quickly, however use a base coat as this polish shows up ridges. You can see why I fell in love with this polish. Its like molten copper. I particularly like the name Running with Wolves as it reminds me of a character in one of my favourite Robin Hobb novels, Nighteyes the wolf.

Anyone tried this collection? Any Robin Hobb fans out there?

Tee Dee xx

Topshop News - New Crackle Collection and More

Hello All

Tophop have joined the crackle craze and have released 5 new crackle polishes.

WALLSTREET

SWEETHEART

CHAOS THEORY

GOLDIGGER

They also have a new addition to their Metallic Range

CRYSTAL CLOUDS

AND also two new Nail art pens

BARBARELLA

HUSTLE

All available from Topshop here. Nail polishes are £6.00 each and pens £6.50.

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx

Models Own Beetlejuice: Golden Green Comparison

Hi All

Well folks, I FINALLY got my Models Own Beetlejuice Collection...I'm like a billion years behind everyone else. Instead of a swatch post I thought I would show a comparison of Golden Green along side some of the other greens available in the UK. I didn't compare it to Channel Peridot, as a few other blogs have already done so, but I have compared it to W7 - Metallic Saturn and Nail Pop - Kimono.

Fingers; Ring - Kimono Middle - Metallic Saturn Index - Golden Green

Sorry the pics are not labelled, my photo editor hasn't got capability to add text to images. I added LA Colors - Cactus for no particular reason, just thought it might show contrast in the variety of Greens (I'm waffling).

Models Own Golden Green required 3 coats, Nail Pop and W7 only required 2 coats. Golden Green was the brightest green with a green-gold shift, while Nail Pop Kimono had the most duochrome effect with a green/gold/red shift. W7 Metallic Saturn was much darker , although still a very nice polish. Slightly murkier than the other two.

So no dupes although all on the same sort of wave length. Kimono is my fav by far, soooo pretty :-)

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx

New Barry M - Lilac Foil Effect

Hi ya all

Well its Monday again! Boo!! Although the holidays are creeping closer. Today I have for you Barry M's most recent addition to their Foil Effects range - Lilac.

This is 3 coats of Lilac. Application was slightly streaky as with the other foils, although slightly better than the Silver and Gold Foil. I tried a little stamping for you using a random Bundle Monster plate over Me Me Me -Wild. The stamp didn't come out great because I'm poop at stamping, although it does show you how well Barry M's Lilac stamps (which isn't too bad).

I actually quite liked this combo, quite feminine looking considering how 'un-girly' my tastes usually are. Available exclusively from Superdrugs for £3.99 for a limited time only.  

Have you tried any of the Barry M Foils? Anyone yet found the Croc Effects?

Tee Dee xx

LA Colors - Cactus

Hello Everyone

Hope your weekend is going wonderfully! Today I have another nail-tastic bargain, LA Color's - Cactus, a shade from their Color Craze line. I picked this up when I visited Westfields in Stratford last week in Beauty Base for an amazing 99p. Best 99pm I've spent in ages.

Cactus is a blue based jelly containing green and gold metallic shimmer. This was 2 coats. No problem at all applying this one. You've probably seen this already on a few other blogs. I love love love it. Best of all, I don't feel guilty about buying it at 99p.

Any LA color favourites? Recommendations?

Thanks for reading

Tee Dee xx

Illamasqua Scarab + Barry M Instant Nail Effect Gold Foil

Afternoon all

Hope you've had a spectacular weekend! Today I have my attempt at a Halloween mani. It was also a good opportunity to try out Barry M's new Instant Nail Effects Gold Foil. First I needed a vampy nail colour base. Hello Illamasqua - Scarab.

Then I used a Bundle Monster plate with the Barry M Gold Foil. The cobwebs were a little tricky, with some of the design not transferring properly.

Scarab is gorgeous! 2 coats here. It's the only Illamasqua polish I own. Got that gorgeous glowy effect that I love. Got it off Ebay for about £6.00. The Gold Foil stamps okay, better than Gosh Gold. I thought It was going to be rubbish, as the reviews haven't been positive. I haven't yet tried the Silver Foil, but might give it a go soon.  

Barry M Instant Nail Effects is available at Boots and Superdrugs for £3.99. Superdrugs are currently running a 3 for 2 mix and match here.
Enjoy your Halloween!

Tee Dee xx