My Polish Picks For Fall/Winter 2012!

Ho Ho Ho,

Time for my Fall/Winter polishes presentation!!! I'm planning this post since weeks so I'm very excited to finally show it to you. Enjoy!

These are my picks :)

 

 

OPI - Every Month Is Oktoberfest

 

This is a blackened plum base, with a dark red micro-shimmer so you can see both plum and a deep red in this. It's definitely a perfect shade when I long for vamp. The pigmentation is perfect, I achieved total coverage in 2 thin coats.

 

Sally Hansen - 470 Purple Pulse

 

I know what you are going to think now! Nooo, not another purple polish! But before you scamper off and skip this post, stick around - this ain't no ordinary polish. This Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicures offers something a little bit different: Five products in one bottle.

That's right. You've got:

1. Base coat
2. Strengthener
3. Growth Treatment
4. Colour
5. Top Coat 

The color is highly pigmented! For a perfect coverage I suggest 3 coats of it (I used 2 on these pictures) for a glossy look. What I didn't like about this polish is the brush but that's normaI since I don't like the Sally Hansen brushes at all cuz their brushes are wider than regular polish brushes and angle at the edges.

 

OPI - Warm & Fozzie

 

This polish is from the OPI Muppets Colletion. I already did a review about it when I got it, you can see more pictures HERE. ;) I don't have nothing else to add.

This is one of my all time favorites! The only time I wouldn't wear it is for summer.

 

butter LONDON - Shag

Shag (from the butter London Autum/Winter collection) is a strong and deep copper/burgandy color with lots of gold, orange, and red shimmers in a metallic finish.. Gorgeous shade. Really rich and perfect for autumn and winter. The formula is really nice, it wasn’t streaky at all, smooth and easy to apply and covered in two coats. And even though it is a metallic, it's not plagued by any discernible brush strokes. Just looking at it warms me up ;) (still wearing it atm)

 

YSL - 26 Bleu Cobalt

I got this color for my birthday this year and LOVE it. When I first opened the gift I noticed it's bright blue color and thought it was stunning. On the nails, it looks darker than in the bottle but as soon as a spotlight hits this color you can see it's real beauty ^^ Deep rich blue, which doesn't show up that great in pictures but has a lovely iridescent, shimmery quality, and actually looks beautiful in just one coat. (but I used two, as usal) The formula is just the right amount of runny.

Kiko - 346 Verdone Chiaro/Olive Drap

No shimmer, no glitter, just a nice olive green cream color, a sort of dull green almost a muted jade, perfect for Autum and Winter. With two coats it's perfecly opaque and super glossy. The formula is quite normal. I was very impressed with the wear time on this shade, really good for a not high classed polished.

Estée Lauder - Metallic Sage

This polish was also a gift for my birthday! It's a polish from last years fall collection. It's a khaki color, Sage is a good name for it, embedded within the greyed-sage base is a beautiful coppery shimmer with plenty little flecks of gold. I was absolutely impressed by the holding of this polish!!! It lasted for at least a week. The bottle is also very beautiful. It's a very heavy glass cube with the Estee Lauder monogram printed in gold on the front. This bottle design is really different from all the other bottles in my stash so it stands out. It's my only Estée Lauder polish but I'm so impressed of this polish that I will get some more in the futur for sure.

OPI - Over The Taupe

(dedicated to my friend Lina ;))

This is OPI Over the Taupe from last summer's Bright Pair collection.
Now for a bit of a lesson about taupe. According to Wikipedia, taupe "refers to any grayish-brown color... [and] derives from the Latin name for the European Mole." It gives kind of a color chart that defines different types of taupe. I had fun with it. Over the Taupe is what Wikipedia would define as "medium taupe," while "OPI Metro Chic is "purple taupe," and OPI You Don't Know Jacques! would be a true taupe, or "dark taupe." 

I really love this taupe cream color ^^ It's opaque after two coats and the formula is a normal OPI formula.

That's it!

I want to excuse for some remaining polish edges, dry skin on my hands and any scratches you can probaly see on my hands (the big ones are from my neighbors cat which can be sometimes really bitchy). Since I'm working since a few weeks incidentally on a gaz station my hands look pretty damaged every day. I try to keep them well-tended but it's hard sometimes. Thank you for your understanding.

WHICH ONE DID YOU LIKE THE MOST OR WHAT IS YOUR FAVORTIE FALL/WINTER POLISH?

BTW I already found the perfect polish for Christmas :D Can't wait to show you! 

Have a nice day!!!!

Hugs and kisses,

Irsada

butter LONDON Powder Room Laquer Remover!!!

HeLLo,

Give it up for the butter LONDON Powder Room Lacquer Remover!!!

Cuz this nailpolish remover really deserves some standing ovations : D

 

This is a 100% vegan product! It removes in an instant with it's gentle, acetone free formula.

No formaldehyde, No toluene, No DBP, Not animal tested.

I only need one single cotton pad with a bit of this magical product and it removes all of the polish I wanna get rid of :)

and I normally need like almost 3 pads when I use an ordinary nailpolish remover!

I've got so much love for this product, next time I'm at the store where I bought it, I'll buy at least 3 bottles of it, as the bottle itself is only 60ml, you can see the size of it on the picture below compared to one of the butter LONDON nailpolishes (btw Rosie Lee)

Guess all the pretty things, are small things ;)

The price of this lacquer remover is about 5 €/$, which is maybe a bit expensive for a nailpolish remover but it's totally worth it!!! And did I tell you already that I LOVE this product!!!! And it smells so good =_= and the bottle is so cute, and I love also the fact that the liquid is pink. ^^ Enough of my uncontrollable enthusiasm for this product!

It's simply the best nailpolish remover I've ever bought!!!!

Sincerely,

IrSaDa

NOTD: CATRICE 'MILLION STYLES EFFECT TOP COAT' OVER BUTTER LONDON 'BRANWEN'S FEATHERr'

Hellooo,

It feels like it's been some time since I did a NOTD. And also reviewing you a Catrice polish. So I decided not to wait anymore and presenting you this fascinating polish called

'Million Styles effect top coat CO4  SHAKE IT! FLAKE IT!' by Catrice.

You've probably seen this effect already with other nailpolish brands.
There are a lot of dupes for this one.

It says: Get unlimited styling options with only one effect top coat! Gives every nail lacquer or bare nail an extraordinary finish.

 

I'd suggest you a dark polish as base. Unfortunately you can't recognize Butter London 'Branwen's Feather' but I'll do another review on that polish ;)

Here you can see all the color reflections ^^ Now isn't this cool or what?

And here are two polishes responsible for this look:

• As base I used Butter London's Branwen's Feather
• And then the CO4 Shake it! Flake it! over it.

Can't wait trying this effect on other colors ;)

Sincerely,

Some nail-polish-freak!

aka Irsada

My APRIL GIVEAWAY!!!

Nooo, this is not an April fool! I'm really giving away two Butter London polishes to one lucky winner ^^

Here they are:

Don't they just look amazing?! I was planning to give away Wallis and Dark Night but they didn't have Dark Night at the store so I choosed Branwen's Feather instead.

The participation starts tonight at midnight and ends on 28th April!!!

Open INTERNATIONALLY!

Just fill in the form below ;)

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The winners entries will be verified, so writing your name or e-mail in EVERY field will disqualify you from this contest!!!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

Sincerely,

Irsada ;)

Butter London - Rosie Lee!

Dear reader,

my nails have been in heaven, a red heaven!

 Actually I am speaking of the most beautiful Butter London nail polish: Rosie Lee!

The name is a cockney rhyming slang for a cup of tea.

 (daylight)

 

I really loved this over the dark base, really gave it some character, so I took some extra pictures of it!

 

  

The formula is amazing, a bit thick, but not too thick, like OPI's Teenage Dream for example.  It was pretty good to work with considering all that glitter. I just love the finish of this beautiful mettalic pink-redish color!!! ^^

 

(with flash)

And for a more decent look, if you don't like glitter polishes that much, I have another version that's probably preferred by you:

 

(daylight)

 (with flash)

I used a peachy nail polish on four of my fingers and the Butter London Rosie Lee polish on my ringfinger! Essence's colour & go #62 reach peach to be more exacte. 

I must say I liked both version a lot.

I know that this polish isn't the cheapest with 17-18€ but I think it's just worth it ;)

And this is what I bought today!!! :D

I finally got my hands on the Urban Decay NAKED 2 palette (review and make-up inspirations coming soon) ;)

And I also bought these pair of Jennyfer shoes, that I saw on a friends feeth last weekend and just felt like buying them too. I grabed the last pair and luckily in my size heheeeee :-) AND they were on sales, I payed only 10€ instead of 25€.

I had to buy them and also I think these high heels are very IN now, so hell yeahhhh I'm so lucky! 

Thanks for reading!

Irsada

Butter London meets Sleek and Barry M.

Hiii,

Let me introduce you to Butter London's West End Wonderland.

It's a beautiful gold with orange/copper gold sparkles.

The formula is a bit thick, but okay for a glitter polish. I applied two coats of it, I found it dried quickly and was easy to work with.

So this were made with flash light!

Here you can see it with day light:

Swatches:

ZOOM

 

Love love love - I can see myself wearing this a lot over the summer.

My ring finger:

 

I used Sleek's Millionaire and Barry M.'s croco effect polish :) 

I thought Millionaire would be looking great with Butter London's West End Wonderland, and the croco effect look over it, is the second eyecatcher.

I'll guess I'll show you more of the Sleek Millionaire and the Barry M. croco effect polish next weekend ;) I promise a more exclusive post about these two beautiful polishes!

XoXo

Irsada