What I bought - December beauty bits

Hi lovelies, 

In the beginning of December I did a quick round of beautyshopping and got a perfume from my aunties. I've been wanting this perfume for absolutely ages. It smells divine. My other purchases are also a big hit. The nailpolishes are cheap but great quality and opaque after one coat. They are perfect christmassy colours. I've finally opened my heart to lipliner and it was a great decision. The colours are great and creamy. It definately makes a difference.

Lancome la vie est belle l'eau de parfum

Catrice Christmas nailpolishsets

Essence lipliner - red blush

Essence lipliner - honey berry

Catrice longlasting lippencil - that's what rose wood do!

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #20 - Kitch Me If You Can

Hi lovelies,

Remember in this post when I went for lunch with the girlfriend. The day before I bought this cute Catrice Christmas set of nailpolishes. The set contains a metallic burgundy colour named 'First Class Up-Grape' and a pink glittery shimmery topcoat aka 'Kitch Me If You Can'. I ofcourse had to apply this glittery goodness right away and wore it on our date. The basecolour had great pigment and was opaque after one coat. The topcoat on the other hand needed 3 layers to get it this result. A lot of work but pretty nonetheless.

There's no denying it, it's a great duo for Christmas parties.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #19 - Candy Love

Hi lovelies, 

The first time I tried this nailpolish I absolutely hated it, it made me look dead and the glitters in it were disgusting. I removed my nailpolish almost immediately. But this week I decided to give it another go. I'm a little (and I mean very little) more tan now and surprisingly I actually really liked my polish. 

 The nailpolish is 167 candy love from Essence colour&go. I almost exclusively buy this polishes because they are cheap and have a huge colour range. The formula usually is pretty good. This colour is a pastel peachy pink nude. The only thing I don't like is the silver shimmer. It took me 3 coats to get this shade but 2 already looked good and that's pretty good for a pastel colour. 

 The price is 1.69 euros so very budgetproof. 

The colour in this picture is a little bit more dull but imagine it a little bit more peachy pink. My camera just dulls colours out.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #18 - Mrs. Grey

Hi lovelies, 

It's been a while since we've talked about nailpolish. Lately I've been loving 

black and grey nailpolishes. The only grey shade in my collection is Mrs Grey by Gosh. It's a little more pricy than the rest of my collection. Gosh nailpolishes cost 8.50 euros but I bought it a long time ago when nailpolishes were on offer. You can read that blogpost here. The quality is really good and has a great lastingtime. Almost a week without a topcoat. The packaging also looks really cute and classy, if you ask me.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #17 - Electric Yellow

Hi lovelies, 

How are y'all doing today? Today I'm going to talk about another nailpolish, Maybelline colorshow in Electric Yellow to be exact. For starters I would like to say that I'm not really pleased with this particular polish. The polish looks horrible on me, although it looks decent in pictures. It looks a bit sickly on my nails/with my skintone. This a warm colour and although I thought it would look great, it doesn't. I do think this colour would be gorgeous on girls with a darker skintone. It's a pretty colour, it just doesn't suite me. The next problem I had with this polish is that it stains my nails. I also have another colour from this range and it has the same problem. It can possibly be solved with a basecoat but you can read my previous review here. This bright yellow takes 3 coats to get opaque and will cost you 3.99€

Yellow is a tricky colour, can you make it work?

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #16 - Redvolution

Hi lovelies,

This week I have been sporting a bright, sunny red nailpolish on my nails. It's called Redvolution! by Essence colour & go(1.69 euros) This is the red shade that's perfect for spring and summer. It has a pink, slight orange undertone to it instead of being such a deep red. It's quite opaque in 1 coat and it's perfect in 2 coats. I have this in my collection for quite a long time for so long that I forgot. 2 weeks ago I was at my grandmother-in-law looking at her nailpolish stash in the fridge because that's just the girl I am. I picked this colour up and was like 'Ooh pretty' and Anais said 'Ooh that's a colour for you'. When I got home I looked in my drawer and turned out I already had that colour and it really is my taste.

Excuse the messy application.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #15 - Over the rainbow

Hi lovelies, 

This weeks nailpolish has been Essence Colour & Go in Over the rainbow. This can best be described as a mermaid-nailpolish. It's a purple-blue colour with greenish sparkles that when turned into natural light looks like the perfect mermaid-tail-colour. Isn't that something we all want in life? It has the same price as all the other ones about 1.69€. When you apply the first layer you'll think 'well this won't be as amazing as I tought' but power through and apply another 2 layers and it will blow your mind. Pictures don't do it justice.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #14 - Blues Brother Vol. 2

Hi lovelies, 

I have a chosen a dark blue nailpolish today. After all the fuss about that blue Essie nailpolish called 'after school boy blazer' I decided to wear a similar dark blue shade out of my own nailpolish collection and skip spending money on a 10 euro nailpolish. It's just too much money for a nailpolish in my opinion. I have had this shade for 3 years, it's the Catrice ultimate naillacquer in Blues Brother vol. 2. It's a dark blue shade with shimmer. It's not the same as the Essie one but meh good enough for me. It's pretty dark but in bright lights it looks bright blue. I painted them really really badly, I ended up with more nailpolish next to the nail than on it. Trying to get them neat afterwards and removing all that excess nailpolish is nearly impossible so don't judge the result.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #13 - Prom Berry

Hi lovelies,

On my nails today is another Essence colour & go polish. This time in the colour Prom Berry. It's a dark purple with pink shimmer running through. It costs the same as all the others, less than 2 euros. The quality is really good. It's opaque in 2 coats and even one coat looks cute but it's less dark. I really like this colour it appears black in some lights, purple in others. It has that dark smokey look that I love in winter nail polishes.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #12 - Eightysix//Seventysix

Hi lovelies, 

This is the naillook I was sporting on New Years Eve. I chose this burgoundy colour and used a glittery topcoat on my ringfingers. The burgundy colour goes on a bit streaky even after 3 coats but it will be dark on New Years Eve at the party. Nobody will care about what I put on my nails beside maybe just maybe, you. Both colours I got at Hema but I don't think they are still available. They are called 86 for the burgundy one and 76 for the glittery one.  

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #11 - Money never sleeps

Hi lovelies, 

I feel like all Christmassy posts should go up before new years and because I started late with the Christmas spirit I have to hurry now. Which means I'm uploading every day. Jippieeee? This post is a nailpolish post. It's been a while. I bought a new nailpolish on boxing day. I got on a 2-for-5-euros-discount. I chose a sparkly green one which when applied is the perfect Christmassy green/Christmastree colour. Perfect for this time a year. It's called Money Never Sleeps by NYC.

 

I took pictures with my mothers camera and this is the best I could do, I can't handle that camera so the colour looks a little different. It's more warm green in person

Goodbyeeeee

- Nikki 

Nails of the day #10 - Silver Pearl

Hi lovelies, 

My nailpolish choice this time was an oldie but goldie or should I say silvery? God that's the worst thing/pun I've ever written. Onto nailpolish now. I've chosen one of my very few high end ones. Dior vernis in Silver pearl or gris perle, as it sounds so much more sophisticated. As I remember correctly this was a limited edition nailpolish from the a collection from 2010. I thought winter as it seams such a wintery colour to me, according to quick google search it was spring. Maybe you can get your hands on in on eBay, I don't know but I can believe that this is a colour that isn't up everyones street. It is a very decent nailpolish. It's pretty in one coat but even prettyer in 2 coats. You can see the result of that below. It was kind of an expensive nailpolish but I got my mother to pay for it somehow. I choose this colour back in the day because I fell completely in love with it's campaign and the nailcolour in that campaign. When I tried it I was disappointed because it turned out so much more silverlike then grey as I suspected. Now years later I came to terms with it and grown to like it. 

I loved this campaign. All props to Dior for this one.

What's your opinion? Sad that you missed this one or not really impressed?

Goodbyeeee lovelies

- Nikki

Nails of the day #9 - City Blackout//Rainbow Sugar

Hi lovelies,

I'm so excited for this post, you wouldn't even believe. I painted my nails in what is probably the most special way I ever did. It's no nailarts but still. It took me 6 coats. That's dedication people! I took 3 coats to get my nails opaque black. Another 2 to get a good layer of glitter and 1 layer of topcoat.  I love how the result looks glittery yet spacelike at the same time. 

I used the NYC nailpolish in black out. It applies nicely and goes a long time without chipping. Above that Pieces nailpolish in rainbow sugar. It is by far the most horrible smelling nailpolish I've ever smelled. Terrible but it does look nice over a black polish. Over that I used my only topcoat as you all know, the Essence quick dry top coat. I don't know the prices anymore but they are all cheap because I can't spend a lot of money on nailpolish, it would just be ridiculous.

Btw yes, that is my coursework for the organisation of the healthcaresystem. Just studying like a pro there ... before I got distracted by my nailpolish at least.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki 

Nails of the day #8 - Miss Universe

Hi lovelies,

I totally forgot about my nail-posts so I decided to make a new one. I bought another essence colour&go nailpolish. This shade is called Miss Universe and its a dark blue with a kinda light blue-greenie shimmer. I like these because they have a great colourselection, are very cheap and slide on very easy. It took 3 coats to get the colour I have on now. I do find it very hard to take pictures of nailpolish, whatever I do I still don't get the right colour on camera.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #7 - Marie Antoinette

Hi lovelies,

I'm uploading a nailpost today. I tried something new this time. I wanted to use my Marie Antoinette polish which is a light pink. But I have to use so many coats with a pastel polish that I give up before it's an opaque wash of colour. My idea hey why don't I put a white coat underneath it will make the color pop and will be so much prettier. So I ended up going to the store and bought a white nail polish by essence. Well what a disappointment that was. It didn't give any colour at all! but it created a more even base but it wasn't white and definitely not opaque white. It was just nude? Well I guess that's in the name but still it was not what I expected? I used 2 coats when I stopped and thought 'Well this isn't going anywhere' So after that I put 3 coats of Marie Antoinette on top and it does look pretty but didn't 'pop' as much as it would have with a good white colour underneath. I do really like the pink colour. It's not something I would usually wear but it's nice. I used the same-as-ever topcoat.

Prices :
Essence Give me nude, baby : 1.69 €
L'oreal Marie Antoinette : 5.99 €

Goodbyeeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #6 - Raindrop

Hi lovelies, 

I'm here again for another nails of the day post. Tired of these yet? I hope your not because they're not stopping. This time I used a recently bought colour from NYC in Raindrop with my essence quick dry topcoat like always. With Raindrop I added another light blue to the collection. It looks a lot like That's what I mint from essence. Watch here for that post. Raindrop is less minty and when you don't hold it in direct sunlight has a more lilac undertone to it. It looks more real light blue than mint light blue. Actually the difference is pretty minimal and you definitely don't need both. But I happen to have them now and I like both of them. This was also a cheap one. It costs 2.49 euros Do you sense a team here? I cannot get myself to buy essie or other expensive nail polishes. It seems like such a waste of money I mean okay they have a huge range of colours but still I change my polish regularly so I don't care if it last just that day or two longer. Cheap will do for me. I don't have the patience to do it right anyways. I always put on the second coat before the first one is completely dry and I always have streaks even after 3 coats and a topcoat.

Goodbyeee lovelies

- Nikki 

Nails of the day #5 - Urban Turquoise

Hi lovelies,

It's time for another nail post. This time I used the Maybelline colorshow in Urban Turquoise with the essence quick dry topcoat. It's a lovely color what kind of makes me think of the smurfs. It takes a 1 coat if you want color but 2 coats if you want it flawless. You definately need a basecoat underneed this. I painted them once before without a basecoat and the result was absolutely horrible. My nails turned bluegrey from the color for 2 days. I don't own a basecoat so I used my topcoat as a basecoat. The shade Urban Turquoise retails for 3.99€

The result without a basecoat 

 Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

Nails of the day #4 - That's what I mint!

Hi lovelies,

As you may or may not know, I'm working at a senior centre during the summer for some extra pocket money. A job in nursing means your nails must me clean and you're not allowed to wear nailpolish or gel nails or anything like that. Whilst my fingernails must be clean I can only paint my toenails. So people this means nails-of-the-day-posts with pictures of my feet. Deal with it. I'm actually glad I'm doing this, as an early teenager I absolutely hated my feet and we're getting over that this instant. BAM. I used the lightblue color That's what I mint! from essence and the essence quick dry topcoat. Doesn't it look pretty?

 Goodbyeee lovelies, have a great day

- Nikki

Nails of the day #3 - Upper Green Side

Hi lovelies,

I wanted a new colour on my nails and whilst I was at it, why not make a nail of the day? I chose Upper Green Side from Essence Colour & Go. Usually I love this range. There are a lot of shades and they are very very cheap (1.69 €). This one was one of the lighter shades and the coverage isn't that great. It took me 3 coats to get it nice and without very obvious streaks. I didn't go for a topcoat this time, because well I'm lazy and after 3 coats I was tired of painting my nails ;).

Colour didn't came on that well on picture, look below for the exact colour

Whilst I was at the store I noticed that this colour was a really good dupe for the Bourjois So Laque Glossy nailpolish in 04 Amanda Defile wich is about 4 times the price with 8.49€

Goodbyeeeee

- Nikki