Collistar Melograno Lacco

Time for some red. This is Melograno Lacco from the Italian brand Collistars winter collection. A warm orange toned red jelly.

To me a jelly feels a bit more like summer, but the color is beautiful also in winter. It shines on the nail although this orangered might not be unique. I have seen this shade before.

The formula though was terrible. It was harde to control the polish and I had to do a lot of cleaning up. I used three coats, but still had visible nail line then but that it is okey since it is a jelly I think.

Mavala Racing green

Okey, this is a little bit Christmas like at least. This polish is part of a winter collection from Mavala, and well, it is not red, but green. Soft, dark green. Like a Christmas tree.

Racing green is a green creme polish that is dark but not so dark that it turns black. I like that. I mean if I want black I have lots of black polishes to satisfy that, so if I paint green I want green.
Maybe it is not the most interesting polish out there, but I like it.

The formula was good, smooth and nice to work with and I needed two coats for opacity.

OPI Wooden shoe like to know?

I really should be painting my nails a bit more christmas like, but I can't resist all those spring polishes I have at home. It is like candy, I can't resist that either. So lets try Wooden shoe like to know? from OPIs spring collection Holland.

This is a rosy brown polish with pink and gold shimmer. The color is soft on the nails. The pink is more visable in the bottle than on the nail though. Then it becomes more brown and darker. The shimmer gives the color a depth which I like.
I don't like the color though. I know some of you will love this and I can understand that because this is a different brown. It is on another level. So do you like browns, make sure to get this!

The formula was great and two coats were enough for opacity.

Isadora Marzipan

In Sweden there is a cake called Princesscake. It is a spongecake filled with jam and vanillasauce. And it is covered with green marzipan and a pink marzipan rose on the top. This cake might have been the inspiration for Isadora when they created their spring polish Marzipan. Or maybe the inspiration came from somewhere else. I have seen that Dior has a similar polish in their spring collection. Well, well.

Marzipan is a bright light green shimmer polish. It is a bit minty in the tone. It is playful and fun, but not really for me. This is too much fun for me. But it sure stands out on the nails.

The formula was a little bit streaky and I needed three coats for opacity.

For dry winter hands

With the cold comes dry hands. And I want my hands to be soft, but during winter time just putting on regular hand cream doesn't do it for me. So now and then during the winter I give my hands an extra boost with some help from almond oil.

I buy almond oil at the pharmacy here in Sweden, it costs 47 Swedish kronor which is quite cheap.
Then I take quite a lot of oil on my hands, they should be soaked in oil. Then I put on rather tight surgical gloves and let the oil work on my hands during a couple of hours while I do other stuff.
When I take the gloves off I wipe the excess oil with a towel and my hands feel all soft.

Isadora Gold Sparkles

Today is the Nobel day and the Nobel prize is given out in Stockholm. This years litterature winner is the poet Tomas Tranströmer, a man that has lived in my hometown for over 30 years. So why not put on some gold today in form of Gold sparkles from Isadoras christmas collection?

Although I am not a gold fan, I can see the qualities in this one. It is a cold, soft foil that works quite well. It shines really nice. This is a good gold.

The formula was great. Two coats is enough for opacity and it was easy to apply.

Kicks Evening at Chateau Marmont

Lets be honest. I bought Evening at Chateau Marmont from Swedish make up brand Kicks because it looks like a dupe to Chanels Peridot. I can't say if it is a dupe or not, I don't have Peridot to compare with. From pictures I have seen it is similar, but not an exact dupe. But I still like it.

Evening at Chateau Marmont (love the name by the way) is a duchrome that shifts from gold to green. I think it looks so cool on the nails and makes me forget that I don't really like gold. But I love duochromes.

The formula is a bit sheer, but four coats is enough for me. I still have some VNL then, but it is okey, it doesn't matter.
One of my lovely readers asked my to try this over a nude as well becasue of it beeing sheer, so I have done that. I tried two coats over Brooch the subject from Essie. The two colors works good together, even if Evening at Chateau Marmont isn't as strong when layered. I don't think though you gain anything with layering Evening at Chateau Marmont. It works well on its own.

Evening at Chateau Marmont layered over Brooch the subject from Essie.

Depend 249

Time for a strong color on my nails again. A vibrant green from Swedish make up brand Depends summer collection with the name 249.

This is a bright, strong green. I reallly like it, it is rich and glossy and makes a statement on the nails. Why haven't I tried it on earlier? Sometimes it is worth digging deep among the untrieds.

This is almost a onecoater, but I needed two coats for fixing a few things on the nails. The formula was smooth and easy to work with.