Julep Nessa

I have a new brand that I haven't reviewed yet: Julep. They are an American brand that I get via mail order. They have quite a nice monthly subscription service. I've been pretty satisfied with the quality, but the latest batch had problem brushes: they were "smooshed". You know, as if the brushes were pushed up against themselves. It made the brushes gigantic and the bristles were sticking out all over the place. It was disappointing, as the colours were quite nice.

Julep Nessa - Shimmery yellow! We all need more yellows. Shame the brush is a wash, the formula is quite nice.

Cheers!

HITS Demeter

A quickie 'Holo' (Holographic) to show you. This is Demeter from HITS, a Brazilian company, from their Olimpo line. The colours are all named after the Greek Pantheon, and thy are all holos. I had to get this one, since how often do you see orange holos???

HITS Demeter -  it's not a super strong holo, but the sparkles are there.

Anyone else come across different and unique holos?

Cheers!

HITS can be purchased at Llarowe's shop.

OPI You Callin' Me a Lyre? and Lynnderella Lucky Numbers

Peanut butter jelly time! Peanut butter jelly time!

 I made a jelly sandwich for the first time! And I kept singing this the whole time while making it!

I used OPI You Callin' Me a Lyre? from NY Ballet Collection and Lynnderella Lucky Numbers. I did two coats Lyre, 1 thick coat lucky numbers, then 2 coats Lyre.

 I like the NY ballet Collection; the colours are so soft and squishy. For the (rare) time I feel like doing a 'soft' 'neutral' manicure, they are my new go-to. Excellent formulas and application. And Lynnderella is excellent, as always. Great glitter mixes.

Anyone else made a jelly sandwich?

A-England Morgan Le Fey and Konad m64

Ugh. Computer problems. I have to borrow my sister's laptop and none of the fonts are right and the settings are all off and... Ugh. Exactly. But with no further ado:

A England Morgan Le Fey with Konad m64

Love it. Konad drives my camera crazy... I can never get a still shot! But I love this combo.

Morgan Le Fey is an excellent shimmery white. It is marketed as a top coat, so it is quite sheer. This is about 4 coats.

Now for Konad: My nails are gigantic. That means that Konad doesn't like me. Designs like this I can get away with as they are easy to touch up. Intense patterns like houndstooth or fishnet? It gets 3/4 of my nail and that is it. Good luck trying to match that up for the remaining part of the nail. I want to love you, Konad, why won't you let me? Anyone else have this problem?

Cheers!

OPI Red Lights... Where? + China Glaze Luxe and Lush

Morning morning!

A simple yet effective mani for you today:

OPI's Red Lights... Where? from their Holland 2012 collection. A bright coral pink/red. The colour is quite intense. The formula... it was so runny. If I wasn't being super careful, it would run over my cuticles. Boo. But the colour was so bright and noticeable. This is with a coat of Seche Vite.

 Now, me being me, I couldn't leave well enough alone, so I added a layer of China Glaze Luxe and Lush from their Hunger Games Capitol Colours collection. I think it looks like Chinese New Years!

Love it!