Hidden Shimmer Pt3...Accessorize - Nevada

Hello Everyone,

Enjoying the Olympics? The opening ceremony I must admit surpassed my expectations. Thought it was rather spectacular. Living in London I was a bit underwhelmed with the whole thing, however now it's here I'm quite looking forward to the events. Today I have the third polish which I picked up from Accessorize - Nevada. You can see the other swatches of Utah here and Colorado here.

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This is two coats of Nevada. A terracotta orange with copper shimmer. This was the one I was most looking forward to, although I think Colorado pipped this to the post. Still a lovely colour and unusual in comparison to the available shades from other brands here in the UK. Accessorize have done wonderfully with these I think. 

Available from Superdrugs and Accessorize.

What do you think? Which is your favourite?

Tee Dee xx

Hidden Shimmer Pt2...Accessorize - Utah

Hello Everyone

Happy Friday!! I have the second polish out of the Accessorize shimmers, this one is called Utah. Very unusual colour, contains similar shimmer to Colorado.

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Strange shade huh? This is 3 coats of Utah. A khaki/mocha creme containing a pink iridescent shimmer. Looks better on than what it looks like in the pics. Another unique shade in my stash.

What do you guys think?

Tee Dee xx

Hidden Shimmer...Accessorize - Colorado

Hello Everyone.

Yup its still raining here in London. We've had approximately 0% sunshine this Summer. I know moaning about the weather is a British pastime but seriously, I've not worn my sandals at all this year! Eurgh. Onto polish talk. Today's polish was released by Accessorize for the Spring, its part of a collection consisting of American themed shades. This one is called Colorado.

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This is 3 coats of Colorado. Its a light grey shade containing the most pretty pinkish hidden shimmer. It has a real ethereal feel to it. Thought I wasn't going to like this one much but I think I like it the most. The shimmer isn't as prominent I would have hoped, but still a very nice and unique colour. Price £2.95 (I think?) from Superdrugs.

Tried this one?

Tee Dee xx

Accessorize Nail Polish - News

Hey peeps

I've seen two new Accessorize nails polish collections in store at Superdrugs but I've tried contacting Superdrugs and Accessorize and I've not been able to gain a press release yet . One collection is a Metallic polish collection while the other is a 3D Glitter collection. Here is two in the glitter range.

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Not much more information to add to this although that they are out there now! Apologies for the poor pics but I found these on the Internet. Click the images above to go to Accessorize online where better pictures are available. I think there are a few more shades in the 3D glitter collection but these look the most interesting. I'm going to pick these up at the weekend so I can get some swatches up.

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx

Accessorize Illusion Nail Polish - Pink Spice

Hello All!

Where has England's summer gone? We've had about a week of sunshine and that's it! It will be blooming Christmas soon! To brighten up my day I had on this lovely number, Accessorize - Pink Spice. A stupendous glittery glass flecked red polish with slight duochrome red/orange finish. This was 3 coats I think.

Pink Spice is supposedly a close dupe to MAC Bad Fairy and OPI The Show Must Go On. I haven't got Bad Fairy but I do  have The Show Must Go On, so I thought I would do a comparison and paint my index finger with the OPI colour.

As you can see, OPI The Show Must Go On is a much brighter red and has less of a duochrome effect. The polishes however do have the same type of finish and are very similar. I only have a mini bottle of the OPI shade so finding a close match is cool with me. I think I prefer Pink Spice anyways it's a bit deeper in colour and cheaper at £4.00 a bottle.

Hope the weather ain't too bad where you are!

Tee Dee xx

Accessorize Nail Polish Rock Star Notorious

Hello Everyone!

Well. It's been a rough old week hasn't it? Well hopefully better times ahead for the UK (fingers crossed). Today I have fo you another Accessorize polish from their Rock Star collection - Notorious. It's a dark grey nail polish with a slight green/purple shimmer duochrome finish. In the bottle it look 'WOW' but doesn't translate so well on the nail. Not a true duochrome but almost! The shimmer only really shows when outside in natural light, then it gives off this greenish glow. It was a hard polish to capture.

First coat was a bit sheer, but a second achieved full opacity. Could of done with a third really. I put it on and thought, huh...where's the shimmer? But out and about in the sunshine the greenish glow came through. Doesn't pick much of the purple up though. Reminds me a bit of Bourjois Black Carbon, but I haven't got that to compare. Loving the name of this one, reminds me of Puff Daddy/P Diddy, whatever he's now called.

My cuticles are still looking HORRENDOUS, I'm currently using OPI Avoplex Oil in the little squeezy tube but it doesn't appear to be making any progress. I'll just have to be persistant and keep up the treatment.

Enjoy and have a lovely weekend!

Tee Dee xx

Accessorize Nail Polish Rock Star Pin-up

Hi all

It's official. Accessorize nail polishes are fab! Today I have for you one of their bootiful polishes Pin-up. I have quite of a few of their polishes in my collection, my only complaint is that the bottles are small (10ml). Pin-up is a purple/plum based polish containing purple glitter. Very similar to China Glaze - Mummy May I in the bottle (might do a comparison) although I think Mummy May I contains larger glitter particles.

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Only needed two coats. Formula was lovely, no problems at all. Dries smooth, although I did use a topcoat. Available at selected Superdrug Stores, Accesorize UK and retails for £4.00 each.

Tee Dee xx