Catrice Week [Day 3]

Catrice Week Day 3.

Catrice Clay-ton My Hero

light brown taupe with gold shimmer. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat. I really like how it suits my skintone and shimmers!! Another one of my favorites♥

hope you enjoyed,

<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

Catrice Week [Day 1]

Today marks the first out of seven days of Catrice week! I love Catrice and I wish I had all of their nail polishes because they're soo yummy and beautiful! :) Each day this week, I will post up swatches from the ones I own, thanks to swaps! (=

Catrice Be My Millionaire

silver-copper metallic. The swatch is 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

Catrice Big Spender Wanted!

fuchsia pink-red with orange gold shimmer. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

The formula and application was easy and excellent, that's why I like Catrice nail polish. ^______^ I wish I could get moreeeeeee haha.

<3katherine

Unnamed Franken

November 27, 2010

So I finally got my hello kitty stamping plate that I ordered from Born Pretty Store, thanks to Katrina for the code :) I was so surprised that Jessica (from BPS) added the stamper and scraper as well! & Christmas stickers! :) Totally love her and definitely going to order from her again. :) Super sweet and always emails me on updates on my order.

Today's a franken I made :) I don't have a name yet, but I'm open to suggestions. It's a black jelly with blue/turquoise and copper glitters.

This was 3 coats and 1 coat of top coat since it's a black jelly.

Do you like it? :D

<3katherine

Do you believe in MAGIC

November 26, 2010

So I had a funny yet tiring Black Friday. Here's a mani. from the vault, OPI DS Magic. The mani. is 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat. I absolutely love Magic! It's so beautiful and it's a royal blue holographic! :) Totally awesomeeeeeee<333

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

P.S. - I don't know if everyone has OPI Mad as a Hatter but I just found it on Ricky's the website for $9.99 if you don't want to dish out a lot of money. http://www.rickysnyc.com/beauty-makeup-products/nails/opi-nail-polish-collection-13.html

Also before Black Friday ends check out ELF because there's Buy 1 Get 1 50% off SITEWIDE! and free shipping for orders over $30 (after the bogo 50%)!!

Sequin Sandal or Wagon Trail?

November 24, 2010.

In my previous post about my mani of Sally Hansen CSM Sequin Sandal, a reader asked about how it compares to China Glaze Wagon Trail. And I thought, "Omg! Why didn't I think of that!?" So this post goes out to HappytPumpkin for this request/idea. :)

In a bottle comparison, you can see that there's silver glitters inside Sequin Sandal but that doesn't translate onto the nails.

This is a comparison picture of China Glaze Wagon Trail and Sally Hansen CSM Sequin Sandal. In the following pictures, it is a swatch of 1 coat each. Can you tell which one is which?

Here is the comparison of WT and SS with 2 coats each; first without flash then with flash

(the flash pictures include 1 coat of top coat each)

So if you couldn't tell, Wagon Trail is on my middle and pinky nails and Sequin Sandal is on my index and ring nails. In conclusion, WT has a darker base and SS has more shimmer. They are very similar and perhaps dupes.

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

P.S.: Catrice week (one Catrice polish per day) is coming up =)

Sequin Sandal

November 23, 2010.

This is another manicure I tried before I removed it, during my indecisiveness moment for a mani. Sally Hansen CSM Sequin Sandal is a dark base olive green with olive green shimmer. This is 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat. I like it on, but I wasn't feeling it. :\ But nonetheless awesome!

<3katherine

Merry Midnight OR Problem Child?

November 22, 2010

I don't know if anyone did this comparison but I bought OPI Merry Midnight a long while back and recently I bought Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Problem Child. Debating on which color I was going to do my mani. I looked at Problem Child, then I remembered something looked REALLY familiar to this and I found Merry Midnight in my stash. So today's post is a comparison post! :)

Here's a picture of the bottles together

Here's a comparison picture at 1 coat of each

Here's a comparison picture at 2 coats of each

Here's a comparison picture at 2 coats of PC and 3 coats of MM.

Here's a comparison picture at 2 coats of PC and 3 coats of MM and 1 coat of top coat on each.

In conclusion: MM is more plum, opaque but shows more flakies than PC. But PC has a darker base and the formula is thicker.

hope this was useful,

<3katherine

That's Berry Dazzling!

November 21, 2010.

Here's my second franken named That's Berry Dazzling! It's a berry pink creme with glitters :) The swatch is 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat. I think that the formula is a little thick so I'll have to add like 1-3 drops of nail polish thinner. But I really like it !! :D

Here's what I used to make That's Berry Dazzling!

• Wet N Wild - Dream Poppy
• Wet N Wild - Hallucinate
• Wet N Wild - White
• Medusa's Makeup Glitter Eyeshadow in AK47

hope you enjoyed & more frankens coming~

<3katherine

Mmm... Dim Sum

November 20, 2010

Today's a recent manicure that I was thinking about doing but then I changed my mind and took this picture before removing it. Indecisiveness (-.-;). Anyways this is OPI Dim Sum Plum, which I got from a swap with Katrina! :) It's a plum purple creme. The manicure is 2 coats of DSP and 1 coat of Seche top coat. I'm planning on trying a new top coat that I read about in a blog post about top coat comparisons, INM Out the Door Fast Dry Top Coat, which is B3F and Seche isn't. Pretty good reviews although Seche is most loved, despite being non-B3F. I really like the color but that day, I wasn't really feeling it as my mani. Thinking about the name makes me want to go eat dim sum sooo bad♥ ): Anyways, hope you enjoyed, <3katherine.

Glitter Blues

November 20, 2010

I got my monthly magazine today and I saw this promotion. I thought I'd share this with everyone.

To get your free Orly, you can either bring the December/January issue of Seventeen magazine or you can print out the coupon and bring it to a participating ULTA store. You may receive one bottle of Orly Nail Lacquer of your choice of Shine, Oh Cabana Boy or It's Up To Blue. Only 1 per person. This deal is valid starting from November 23, 2010 until supplies last.

And on another nail note, I created my first franken in a while! :) I named it Glitter Blues because of the color as well as its significance in that I haven't made one in a while. :P It's a medium cornflower blue jelly with turquoise and gold glitters. For the swatch, I used 3 coats and 1 coat of top coat. The formula was a bit opaque, so the third coat gave good coverage and the bottle color. :) I really like this!! ♥

Here's a list of what I used to create Glitter Blues

• Wet N Wild - Hallucinate
• Wet N Wild - Clear
• Wet N Wild - White
• China Glaze - Bermuda Breakaway
• China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise
• Medusa's Makeup glitter eyeshadow in Liberace

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

P.S. - more frankens coming~ :P

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

Chanel + OPI

November 16, 2010

So these were another part of my birthday present, one from my bf and one from my friend. :)♥ Totally awesome because it now adds to my lonely Nouvelle Vague in my collection :P

These were wrapped with white wrapping paper and then individually had a Chanel bow tied around them, so adorable! I wish I got a picture of them wrapped before I tore it apart LOL!

Chanel Soho Collection Steel

black with silver shimmer. I like that the shimmer isn't too big and overpowering on this and it's simple. The mega brownie points came from the fact that it took me only ONE coat for this swatch! :) The application was good and although the formula was a little on the thick side, it helped making it a one coater. :) LOVEEE it?

Chanel Soho Collection Strong

black with purple shimmer. I like the shimmer but it doesn't show that much, it looks so nice on the bottle, rawr! But on the plus side, it's another one coater! :D I freaking LOOOOVE the flash picture of this♥!

IN OTHER NEWS, I ordered Chanel Riva :D ~ I hope I get it soon!!

And in even better news,

100 winners will be receiving a set 6 retired OPI's from OPI!! Isn't that awesome?

- Kinky in Helsinki

- Smokin In Havana

- Hoodoo Voodoo

- Parlez-Vous OPI

- Sahara Sapphire

- Cheyenne Pepper

The only thing is that this is only for US residents :(

To enter, you must 'Like' OPI's Facebook Page, then fill out the entry form for the giveaway & maybe you can refer me! :) [Katherine Wu]

Hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine