Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day to those who celebrate or does something special on this day. :) I spent my morning at work until 2 and then had lunch with the bf :) walked around and shopped around-ish. Saw this cute bag at Aldo which I'm sooooo going to buy the next time I'm near my workplace, lol. Anyways no Valentine's Day mani. but I do have a nail wheel full of colors. These nail polishes were brought back to me from Bangladesh from my bf. :) I love the colors despite wonky brushes and weird-ish formula. But the colors came out great and I don't even know which ones to use first! :P So hard to choose!!

1-5 were from the same brand and I love the formula

I also looooove 8-13! Definitely awesome metallic streaky finish which came out nice. During the process of swatching, it didn't look as nice until the finish product! 

Hope you all enjoyed your Valentine's Day! & happy polishing!

<3katherine

Catrice Week [Day 2]

Day 2 of Catrice Week. Today's Catrice is one of my favorite out of my Catrice collection. :D Maybe I'm biased because I love blues! xp

Catrice Blue's Brother

medium ocean blue with light blue shimmer. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Riva

November 18, 2010.

I ordered Chanel Riva because the color looked pretty okay. There are so-so reviews so far, in terms of streakiness. This is my first time ordering from their website and I'd say, I had a good experience. I received complimentary free shipping as well as 2 free samples, which I got Chanel Allure Homme Eau De Toilette and Chanel Chance Eau De Parfum. I received my package in 2 days and that's freaking awesome! :D They packaged it well and Riva even came in a Chanel draw string pouch! :)

*the card is a code for complementary standard shipping.

Chanel Riva is from the Côte d'Azur Collection. It's a light baby blue with a blue shimmer, which isn't noticeable on the nail but on the bottle. The swatch is 3 coats and 1 coat of top coat. The formula is opaque and it applies streaky. But the third coat evens it out. I still like it but it's not very unique. Maybe they could've added more shimmer.. or something.

some recent pictures of swatches/mani's in my next few posts & maybe some vault pictures because my nails are short again -_- darn my weak nails!!

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Random Swatches Part 1

So I was going through my nail collection and I realized that not all of my polishes are on my nail blog. Then I went on a swatch spree and went through and picked out almost all the nail polishes that I haven't posted about.

China Glaze Mom's Chiffon

pink creme but it's a brighter than it looks ~ almost neon, but it's not. The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat. I love this color and I haven't used it much, but I will! The application and formula was amazing and easy. The swatch picture came out nice. I took this near my window when the sun was still out. :)

Cover Girl Boundless Color Bronze Beauty

grainy bronze shimmer. The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat. I got this a long time ago and loved it. I haven't used it in a while now. The drug stores don't sell Cover Girl polishes anymore. I should've gotten a few more bottles before they were gone *regret*.

Eclipse P06

pale light blue creme. The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat. The formula was good and it was alright when I applied it. The second coat evened everything out. I like it a lot. I also got this a while back on Soompi but I never had the chance to use it. I think I might get some more from the seller!

Goldie Pillow

shimmery pink polish. The swatch is 3 coats and no top coat. still a little vnl but cute and ideal for little girls. I purchased this online from a seller on Soompi's Selling&Trading thread, which I am a part of. I never tried this when I got it but I think it's adorable. Their nail polish comes with a bow and the cap of the nail polish bottle is in the shape of a tulip. The top of the cap is so cute and creative. I love this polish but I think next time, I'll use it to layer or incorporate it into a pink glitter gradient!

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Pastel Treasure

Hello :). I've been wanting to post for a bit but I didn't know what to do my nails. A lot of bloggers have blogged about Hidden Treasure with various base colors. Some even did pastel bases. So I wanted to see for myself how it would look and I love it!

The base is Eyeko Pastel Polish (10mL bottle). This took me 3 coats because it was always uneven. The formula was alright and applying was a bit ugh since it was always coming out uneven. Even with Seche it was a bit "wet" even though the top coat was fine. Maybe this is bad bottle or something~ I don't know. But I do hope to get more Eyeko polishes since there's free shipping worldwide if you order $55 or more.

Currently, I have 42 followers, instead of doing a giveaway to celebrate 50 followers like I originally planned and with the upcoming of my boyfriend's birthday and tight money situation, I will hold my first giveaway when I reach 100 followers. I only have one polish in mind right now, Sephora 212 but I will come up with more & purchase them when money isn't tight.

My current situation right now isn't well, I've only worked 2 days out of the past 3 weeks and I'm not even scheduled to work next week. T_T The store is cutting hours and they are STILL hiring new people, which pisses me off. All the shifts are going to them or to other people. Hopefully work will get better, if not.. I probably have to find another job.. to support my obsession with nail polish♥

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Busy Bee

So this past week has been hectic for me, studying for finals and finals. Today was my last day of final exams so I'm glad my summer has just begun. I'm happy to say that I did not break my 1 month ban of no buying nail polishes & it's almost over!! ~ June 4th will be the day I can finally buy nail polishes again :p! I have pictures of my nails for this week as well as swatches from my recent haul (that is excluded from my nail polish ban).

Haul:

- Color Club Si Vous Please

- Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau

- Essie Lapis of Luxury

China Glaze Lemon Fizz, Strawberry Fields, Medallion, and Nova

OPI What's With The Cattitude, Rumple's Wiggin', Jade is the New Black and Alpine Snow

This week's nails:

- OPI What's With The Cattitude (Shrek Collection)
- OPI Rumple's Wiggin'

+ Sinful Colors Black on Black (mickey mouse)
+ Rhinestones
+ China Glaze Nova (gradient)
+ LA Colors Nail Art (gradient)

left hand:

right hand:

Afterwards, a day later, I kept looking at my nails because the mickey mouses were not proportional and slightly disorted and being a perfectionist I am, I redid them into silver gradients rather than mickey mouse.

Swatches:

*note: the swatches are each on individual nails because I don't have much nail polish remover left and I forgot to buy some. So I'm trying to make sure I could finish swatching and still be able to remove them, lol. :P

Index: OPI Jade is the New Black (dusty unique green)

Midde: Essie Lapis of Luxury (rich cornflower blue)

Ring: China Glaze Strawberry Fields (strawberry pink & gold flecked shimmer)

Pinky: China Glaze Lemon Fizz (pastel yellow)

* all the above were 2 coats with no top coat. LOVE THEM♥ :)

Index: Color Club Si Vous Please! (frost shimmer)

Middle: Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau (pastel blue) + Si Vous Please!

Ring: China Glaze Medallion (clear base gold glitters)

Pinky: China Glaze Nova (clear base silver glitters

* all the above were 2 coats with no top coat. LOVE THEM♥ :) it's my first color club bottle and I'm VERY pleased with Take Me To Your Chateau <3.

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine