Hauls=)

I've been a good girl and I've been shopping=) Here's what I bought:

Catrice Genius in the bottle, Catrice Heavy metallilac, Catrice Pool party at night, Catrice Run Forest run, Catrice Blues brother Vol. II, Essence Ice eyes baby(Crystalliced TE)

Catrice lipstick in Pinker-bell, Catrice Smokey eyes set in Smog over Hong kong,  Catrice Absolute colour in Go green - Take me, Essence caring lipbalm in Hoping

And I also got a swap package from a lovely girl from MUA:

Color club Sexea, Zoya Phoebe, OPI Visions of Sugarplum <3

I cannot wait to try everything!! What would you like to see first?

Thanks for reading,
A.

Happy birthday to me...and my birthday mani=)

So, today is my 22th birthday=) *Happy birthday to me*
I've spent the day with my family, so I have to say it was a wonderful day!
And here is my mani for today:

Unfortunatelly I didn't have time to take a picture in the sun=/ Also this are pre-cleanup pictures, I hope you don't mind it too much=) 
This is China Glaze DV8 topped with OPI - Simmer and Shimmer and OPI - Absolutely Alice. It is super blingy and sparkly and I absolutely love it!
I also took pictures of DV8 on its own, here they are:

Taken in the sun

DV8 is such a beautiful polish from China glaze OMG collection, which was released in 2008, so these polishes are super HTF now, and I'm really happy I was able to get this one! Just look at the rainbow <3 I didn't use base or top coat here. The application was amazing, opaque in one coat, no problems!

How do you like my b-day manicure?

Thanks for reading!
A.

Red comparisons part I.

Since I am trying to downsize my stash, I'm looking for polishes that look similar or are even dupes. So, here are todays comparisons:
Essie - Lollipop and Carlo di Roma #19:
Essie on index and ring finger and Carlo di Roma on middle and little finger:

Taken in natural daylight, no flash

Sunshine, no flash

Taken with flash

 And a bottle picture

I used 2 coats with both of these, but my nail line is still visible due to both of them being jellies. I didn't have any problems with application. These two are very similar, but there are some minors differences that you can see in the last picture. Essie is still a little bit more opaque and a tad darker. Both dried extremely glossy.

Bourjois - Rouge escarpin, MNY #353 and OPI - O'hare and nails look great!:

 Bourjois on index finger, MNY on middle finger and OPI in ring finger

Taken in natural daylight, no flash

 Sunshine, no flash

 Taken with flash

  And a bottle picture

My cutticles are a bit dry here, because of the use of acetone and a lot of swatching. Please, excuse that=) 

I used two coats for all of this. IRL they are a little bit darker. I don't see a difference in colour between these. The application was fine, no problems, but I like the brush from OPI the best.

Manhattan # 46K, BL Deluxe #2 and Essie - Happy hour:

Manhattan on index finger, BL Deluxe on middle finger and Essie on ring finger.

Taken in natural daylight, no flash

  Sunshine, no flash

 Taken with flash

  And a bottle picture

These three look very much alike in the bottles, but on the nails they are different.

All of them are cremes. Manhattan is the most opaque of all three and Essie the least. If I'd been more careful one thicker coat of Manhattan would be enough, but I used two. It is also the darkest here. BL Deluxe is lighter than Manhattan. BL Deluxe is also a bit more sheer than Manhattan, I used three coats. I didn't have any problems with application. Essie is the sheerest. After three coats nail line was still a bit visible, but you can't see that in pictures.The application was flawless. Essie and BL Deluxe are similar, but not the same. Essie is lighter and sheerer.

NYX Blood and Essence Thirsty!(Eclipse LE):
NYX on index and ring finger and Essence on middle and little finger

 Taken in natural daylight, no flash

  Sunshine, no flash

  Taken with flash

  And a bottle picture

Essence is more opaque than NYX, 2 coats were enought. After first coat there were some streaks, but the second coat even everything out. For NYX I needed 3 coats to get full opacity. Both dried very glossy. In the end these look almost the same, they are almost dupes. NYX is a little bit lighter, but you really have to look carefully to see it.


Thanks for reading and have a lovely weekend!
A.