Today I have OPI summer 2010 collection for you. It is called Summer Flutter and I bought it in mini version

Flower To Flower: is a bright bubblegum pink with fine silver shimmer. I’m not really into bright pink shades but this one I surprisingly like.

Wing It!: this shade is really special. It’s strawberry red jelly base with blue-violet glass flacked glitter. I think it looks gorgeous!

Flit A Bit: nice bright orange creme. This one is the only crème in this collection. I would be happier if they threw some glitter in it.

Catch Me In Your Net: blue jelly base with silvery green glass flacked glitter. It looks stunning. This one is the same like Zoya Charla. On the pinkie and middle finger is Zoya and on the ring and index is OPI. Can you tell the difference? I can’t.

The formula of this collection is great. They are super smooth, and they are not difficult to apply. They all needed two coats for full coverage. I think it’s a nice collection and I like it. I like those glass flacked glitters. They should make an entire collection with these type of glitters. Do you like this collection?

Lyra*

OPI

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Have a nice time!
Lyra*

Essence

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Eclipse Trend Edition:

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POLISHES: there are five shades in this collection.

Undead?: is jelly black base with purple glitter mixed in it. I was a little afraid that the glitter won’t be seen on the nails, but it’s not like that. I can’t tell you how much I love this shade. It needs two coats for full coverage.

Thrsty?: is a really dark jelly red shade. It’s like blood. I love it! There are also two coats.

Don’t Bite Me – Kiss Me: is medium berry shade with purple shimmer in it. It’s opaque in two coats.

Hide Bella Hide: is frosty metallic silver shade. I was expecting trouble with application, but it was easy. It needs also two coats.

Ready To be Bitten?: hell yes I’m ready! I’m joking a little bit. This shade is also nice. It’s sheer nude shade with rose undertone, but it is shimmer that is special. It looks like it has melted glass in it. Lovely color. This one needs three coats for full coverage.

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LIP-GLOSSES: There are four lip-glosses in this collection. I just swatched three of them on my lips, the black one however doesn’t look interesting on the lips.

Don’t Bite Me – Kiss Me lip-gloss: is nice light purple shade with pink, blue and silver slitter mixed in it. Glitter is not too big, so you can’t feel it on the lips.

Ready To Be Bitten lip-gloss: this one is really nice. Clear base with loads of silver, blue and pink glitter in it. It makes your lips sparkle.

Lunch At Cullen’s: oh I love the name! And the gloss it’s also beautiful. It’s like China Glaze Ruby Pumps on the lips. Red jelly base with a lot of red glitter mixed in it. My lips are not made for red color, I should use a lip-liner.

*****

DUO EYESHADOWS: there are three duo eye-shadows in this collection. I didn’t swatch them, I just took a close up picture of them. The colors look nice, but I hear that they are hard. So the base or the wet application is necessary. I also love the naming of them

DIAMOND POWDER: it’s called Too Beautiful To Be True. It’s most silver, but you can also find some gold shimmer in it. This one is perfect if you want your skin to look like Edward on sunlight. You can use it on body or face. This one is also recommended to apply wet. I will save this one for New Year’s Eve.

So, this is it. What do you think about this collection?
Have a nice Twilight day! Lyra*

Essence

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POLISHES: in this collection are four polishes. The formula is ok and I don’t have any problems with application. All of them have creamy finish and they are all two coaters.

Hang Loose: light milky lavender color with a hint of pink in it.

Pointbreak : medium gray shade.

Surferama: I think that Essence is already boring with this shade. I think they already released like four polishes exactly the same shade? Medium berry shade – that one is great pigmented. Nice and safe color, you can’t go wrong with it.

The World’s Coolest is my favorite in this collection. But the color is really hard to describe. It’s definitely not minty, but it’s not light blue either. Anyway I love it!

I did some stamping on this I used Essence stamping plate, Konad special polish white for flowers and China Glaze DV8 for butterflies.

*****

BLUSH in Surfer Babe TE is called Big Wave Survivor. It’s a nice medium pink shade and matte. I don’t think I will use this a lot, because I’m more into shimmering blushes.

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EYELINERS and EYESHADOW PALETTE
There are three eyeliners. They all have metallic like finish. They come in purple, light blue and dark silver colors.

Eye shadow palette it’s called Surfer’s Kit. It has six shades in it. Two of them are matte the others are shimmering. The shimmering ones are more pigmented than the matte shades.

This is all for today. Have a nice day!
-Lyra*

Konad

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I will show you the manicure that I wore today. The berry base is polish called Main Stage from the latest Ciate collection. I stamped all-over pattern from m61 Konad image plate with China Glaze OMG which is silver holo shade. Lately I love to stamp with holo shades.

Some of you asked about my nail care routine and how I painted my nails so that the line looks clean. I will do a post about that, and maybe include a video showing the routine, because I really don’t know how to explain that

Until that, have a nice time! –Lyra*

China Glaze, Ciate, Konad

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*****

Talent Scout: nice cold toned grape purple shade. Very pigmented, so one coat is enough. The first second I saw it, it reminded me of China Glaze Grape Pop so I made a comparison. As you can see on the photo, Grape Pop is one shade darker than The Talent Scout. They are not dupes, but they are very close.

Ditch The Heels: I truly don’t know how to describe this color. It’s definitely green. I will go with medium pastel green. This is two coats.

Fun Fair: nice pastel bubble gum pink. It’s opaque with two coats.

Main Stage: medium berry color. This one looks exactly the same like Essence Very Berry. This is just one coat!

Headliner: dirty medium blue with little green undertone, but the green can’t be seen under all lights. It needs two coats for full coverage.

Access All Areas: This is very tricky color. The first photo of this polish looks like neon orange. It’s actually bright medium peachy color with orange and pink undertone. This one is so unique. It also needs two coats for full coverage.

Half of this collection is nothing special. It doesn’t have any new colors that we haven’t already seen, but the other half is quite unique. Ditch The Heels, Headliner and Access All Areas are the shades that you must have. The formula is also great. I have to give credit to Ciate for improving their formula of polishes, because they are not thick and sticky anymore so the application of the new shades was great. Bravo!

This is all for today

See you soon, Lyra *

Ciate

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Yaaaay!! I have a new Essence Trend Edition collection. It’s called Into The Wild. You can find polishes, lip-glosses, eye-shadows, bronzing powder and jumbo eye-pencils in it. Look at all this stuff:

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POLISHES: in collection are four polishes.

Desert Fox is warm brown shade with gray undertone. The application was OK, and I applied two coats. If I was more careful, one would be enough.

Zulu is my favorite. It’s gray color with a hint of lavender. This one should be matte, but the matte effect is not so strong. It’s more plastic like looking. Anyway I like glossy look more than matte so it doesn’t bother me. I applied two coats.

Heart Chakra is my second favorite. It is nice mixture between coral and rose shade, so under some lights is more rosy and on the other is more coral looking. It needs two coats for full coverage.

Bongo Drums is neutral milky shade. This one is not well pigmented. After the first layer it looks like it’s almost clear. On the pictures are three layers, but the white tips are still visible. It’s also quite streaky.

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LIP-GLOSSES: the collection has three different shades of lip-glosses. Essence usually disappoints me with their glosses, because they are not well pigmented, but this time I was pleasantly surprised. They are good pigmented and the colors are also nice. One is jelly looking and the other two have shimmer in them.
Here I made swatches on my arm:

Heart Chakra is nice jelly rose shade, with coral undertones. This is my favorite.

Beat the Heat is shimmering golden color. Nice, but it doesn’t suit me at all.

40 Degree is golden brown shade with silver and red shimmer mixed in it.

How do you like this collection?

Have a nice day! -Lyra

Essence

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Here is another example of how you can do a different French manicure. I made this one a while ago. The pink polish on tips is Essence (SYF) Flashy pink. I used Konad image plates m6 and m9. White flowers were made with Konad special polish white, and the blue ones with Essence Deep Blue Sea.

I’m being little bit lazy for writing posts, but I’m taking pictures of my manicures anyway. I have to start writing every day again

See you soon!
Lyra*

Essence, Konad

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Today I will show you the new Essence Trend Edition Crazy About colour. There are three polishes, five eyeliners, two lip-glosses, three duo eye-shadows and a multi-color blush. Everything comes in very nice and kind a funky packaging with colorful stripes.

I swatched the polishes and eyeliners for you, and if you want I can make another post to show you the blush, glosses and eye-shadows.

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THE POLISHES:
The formulas of these polishes are very good. They are not sticky and streaky, and they are well pigmented.

Think Pink is medium red toned bright pink. The finish is creamy. It needs two coats for full coverage.

Lilac Forever is cool toned light lilac shade. It’s also a two coater, and not streaky at all. I like this one very much.

Crazy Me is green/blue shade, that also has a creamy finish. This one is special to me. I think I don’t have any similar polish in my collection. It’s very unique.

*****

EYELINERS:
In this collection there are five eyeliners! The colors are just crazy. Here they are from left to right: Think pink, Lilac forever, Addicted to blue, Crazy me (turquoise) and Crazy about green.

They are good pigmented and some of them have a metallic look. They are also quite soft so there are no problems with application. I didn’t try them yet, so I can’t tell you if they last long or not.

What do you think about this collection? Do you like it?
Have a nice colorful day!
*Lyra*

Essence

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So today is the time to show you the last twin-set from Essence wich is currently available in drugstores:)
Their name is Mr.Big and Carrie How cute is that?

I noticed that I already have some similar polishes as Mr.Big. So I made a comparison.
All the polishes are nice pinkish berry color.

Very Berry is from Jelly Baby Collection and in comparison with Mr. big it is lighter and has jelly-like look, while Mr.Big is creamy.
Very Berry from Show Your Feet Colection is almost exactly the same. It’s also creamy but just a little bit lighter tham Mr.Big – really a little.
The main difference between them is that is Mr.Big is way more pigmented than the rest. Mr.Big is opaque in one coat, but the other two need two coats for full coverage.

Here I put Mr.Big on all my nails and added a layer of Carrie
Carrie is light pink and has fuchsia square glitter mixed in clear base. There is also tiny berry glitter in it.
Here is the finish look.

Essence – Mr.Big and Carrie:

So what do you think?

Lyra

Essence

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