Topshop - Nails in Solar

Hello All,

How are you all keeping? Good I hope. Today I have one of the Topshop duochromes Solar. Looks like a possible dupe for China Glaze's Swanky Silk, although I haven't got it to compare.

This is 3 coats of Solar, a gold/rose gold duochrome metallic. Has a slightly frosty finish but I thought it was quite pretty still. Costs £6.00 from Topshop.


What do you think a possible dupe?

Tee dee xx

An OMG Disaster - China Glaze GR8

Howdy Peeps

For those who didn't see on twitter, I recently suffered a polish casualty. I broke my only bottle of China Glaze OMG GR8. I was distraught to say the least. The worst thing is I had only used it twice!

Well, after mopping up the remnants, I noticed I had a little bit left in the bottom of the bottle. So I decanted the rest into an empty bottle. Here are a couple of swatches. Luckily since I've able been able to get myself a new bottle :-) :-) :-)  GR8 is probably the least revered out of the OMGs, so it was still relatively cheap (well cheaper than the others!)

Flash

Anyone else had any polish casualties? Which polish would you most miss?

Tee Dee xx

A-England Legends Collection - Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes)

Morning Everyone

Feeling the Monday blues? Didn't the weekend fly by. I didn't catch up on my washing or anything. Such a lazy mare!/ Today's post is A-England's - Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes). I was really intrigued by this one as I haven't got anything like it in my collection.

Natural Sunlight

Flash 

This is 2 coats of Princess Sabra. Formula was of course perfect. Colour was completely unexpected. I was thinking it would be much more gold. Princess Sabra is a gorgeous holo with tones of khaki, gold, taupe and grey. Not sure if it suited my skin tone, but who cares! Definitely a unique polish.

Which Legends polish is your fav? Which which you pick?

Tee Dee xx

W7 - Metallic Saturn

Evening

How was your weekend? Mine has flown by, Monday again tomorrow :-( Booo!

Another W7 Metallic today, this time Metallic Saturn. This was the shade which I had to order online. Metallic Saturn is a Green/Gold metallic shimmer.

Sunlight

This is 3 coats of Metallic Saturn. Formula slightly thick and application showed some brush strokes. Quite a nice shade, has that brassy/gold burnished metallic look to it (similar to OPI - At Your Quebec and Call, China Glaze - Peace on Earth, Misa - Pepper etc...)

Doesn't look as 'duochromey' (yup a made up word) then Beetlejuice - Gold Green, but I haven't got that to compare.

Got this from a website called WWW.Crazy-Colour.Co.UK, who also stock Barry M and La Femme polishes. Came pretty quick and delivery was free. Price £1.99.

Two more to go!

Tee Dee xx

W7 - Metallic Mercury

Howdy

Happy Friday everyone. Today I have for you the second polish out of the W7 Metallic collection - Metallic Mercury. A plum/brown/gold glass flecked duochrome.

Indoors

This is gorgeous! Only 2 coats needed. Good coverage and much better formula than Metallic Mars. This is everything I hoped Zoya - Valerie would be, although Valerie is that deep delicious purple. Not as strong colour shift in comparison to Mars, but a good effect all the same.

Love the fact that this collections contains not just multichrome/duochrome shimmers, but also glass flecked shades.

Bootiful :-)

Enjoy Folks.

Tee Dee xx

W7- Metallic Mars

Hello Everyone!

Finally, I've got some swatches done! About blooming time. Today I have for you Metallic Mars from the new W7 Metallic collection I showed you a couple of days back. Metallic Mars is a Pink/Purple/Orange/Gold duochrome polish.

Reminds me a lot of Nubar - Iris Dust. Might try and get a comparison done, although I think Iris Dust has more of a brown tone. This is three coats, could of done with a 4th as it's very sheer. Really stinky formula, so guessing it isn't Big 3 free. Drying time was good and I ended up with a lovely glossy finish. A really strong colour shift in this one.

BUT I didn't like it on :-( I'm not a big fan of Iris Dust either, I don't know why? For me it's just a bit too sickly, not tacky, just a bit too much pink for my taste.  Price £1.99 available at Savers.

So first one down. What do you guys think?

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

OPI - Movin' Out

Hello there ladies

Woo I've had to time complete a post! I have a gorgeous old OPI polish today from the 2003 Holiday on Broadway Collection - Movin' Out. It's a sheer pink based duochrome/multichrome which looks gorgeous over a dark colour. I layered it over good old faithful Rimmel Black 60 Seconds. The is 2 coats of Movin' Out, although I used 1 coat on my pinky to show the different effect this wonderful polish can achieve. I'm sure you've seen it already, so no harm in showing it again :-)

How gorgeous is this polish! Every colour you get from this beauty. I actually think I prefer only 1 coat. I got this bad boy at my infamous nail shop. So glad that little place exists. This makes me want to hunt down some of the other OPI oldies and duochromes. I seriously want OPI's Glacier Bay Blues.

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx