I bought this little cute OPI Shrek minis. Mini bottles are so small, but super cute. In the package are four shades.
OPI Shrek-Tacular Minis:

What’s With The Cattitude?: it is pastel light blue. I had a little trouble with applying this one. After two coats there were still visible streaks. So I had to put the third layer on top, beside that I love the color! It’s perfect for summer.

Fiercely Fiona: I really like the name of this one And the color is also unique. It’s pastel yellow with a touch of green. There are two coats, but I should put on another one.

Rumple’s Wiggin’: funny name, but the shade is nice. Very light creme purple on the warm side. It needs two coats for full coverage.

Who The Shrek Are You?: the best name in this collection It’s bright green, just like Shrek. I don’t like this color on my nails, so I will leave it to Shrek to wear it It’s opaque in two coats.

Bye! -Lyra

OPI

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Coral: Gre za lepo poletno koralno barvi, ki ima pod nekatero svetlobo v sebi nekaj pink podtona, ki pa ga nažalost moj fotoaparat ne zaznava. Lak ima krem finish, ki je zadnje čase moj najljubši. Potreboval je dva sloja, za popolno prekrivnost.

Burgundy: ta oddtenek je sicer bolj primeren za hladnejše dni, ampak jaz sem nasplošno vanpy fan tako da bo prišel na vrsto tudi v tem času Gre za temno rdeč lak z ogromno finega vijoličnega shimmra kar mu da bolj vijoličen ton. Je zelo dobro pigmentiran, tako da bi bil primeren tudi za Konad, ampak vseeno potrebuje dva sloja za lepo končni videz.

Nasplošno mi je mazljivost lakov zelo všeč. Oba se super nanašata. Krivino ob kožici sem naredila brez problemov, saj se čopič zelo lepo prilagaja. Cena je prav nizka za takšno kvaliteto: 4.45€. Zagotovo si še kakšnega nabavim.

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For my international readers: this post is in Slovene, because Barry M polishes were sent to me by Maja from a new Slovenian online store Licila.si. I got Coral and Burgundy shades.
I love both shades and they apply perfectly. They are both opaque in two coats. If you haven’t tried this brand yet, you really should! I’m impressed.

Bye Bye
Lyra*

Barry M

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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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Today I will show you another beautiful Catrice polish. It’s called Plum Play With Me, and you can assume on the name that is plum purple color. The finish is creamy and it needs two coats for full coverage. This one is pretty thick and sticky, so the second layer was thicker than what I wanted. Anyway it dried quickly. I just love this color!

PLUM PLAY WITH ME:

This time I decided to put some Konad on, so I chose rose pattern from m65. For stamping I used China Glaze OMG. The holo effect doesn’t show on the pictures, because of the rainy weather (bad light), but I think we all know, what the OMG looks like and you can imagine that the mani is really nice.

 I’m really hoping for good weather tomorrow, so I can do some more swatches of Catrice polishes. Today I also got the new six shades from Ciate. They are gorgeous, and I can’t wait to show them to you.

Have a nice polished day!

Lyra*

Catrice, Konad

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Yesterday I have shown you my new Catrice polishes. Most of you want me to make swatches of The Devil Wears Red and Poison Me, Poison You! So I did them both.

THE DEVIL WEARS RED is really dark vine red shade. In the first coat you can see the red color, but it’s so streaky that the second coat is absolutely necessary. When you put on another layer of the polish, the color becomes more brown than red. The redness comes out under really strong light. I had no problems with application. There are two coats on the pictures.

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POISON ME, POISON YOU! is gorgeous eggplant purple with blue and scarlet shimmer. The formula of this one is a little thick, but I managed somehow. This nail polish also needs two coats for full coverage.

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I have to say that I’m impressed with these polishes. They are great for such a low price. I also love the brush, it’s not too thin and it’s not too wide. It’s just the right size for perfect application. I also like that they have so many different shades to choose from. Everyone can find something for their taste.
More swatches to come tomorrow

Have a nice time!!
Lyra*

Catrice

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Essence Go Wild is really nice warm toned purple. I don’t know actually how to describe this color, so I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

I stamped with China Glaze OMG all-over flower pattern from Konad image plate m73. The result is stunning! It looks even better in person.

What do you think?

Have a nice day!!
-Lyra

China Glaze, Essence, Konad

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Here is another french manicure that I wore some days ago. I colored the tips with China Glaze Grape Pop from Up&Away collection. This one is very great for tips, because is good pigmented and it colored the tips with first layer. The silver line is made with NYX Ink Silver Glitter.
The flower shaped glitter and rhinestones on the ring finger are from Essence.

Thanks for looking!
Kisses – Lyra*

China Glaze, Essence, NYX

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So I did it I put Victory over Thelma.
The result was so beautifull… take a look yourself

Thelma and Victory:

Here is the picture of Victory in the bottle:

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Yaaay! Today I got another polish twin-set Bonnie & Clyde, but I will swatch them tomorrow.

I really like the idea on how the Essence named these polishes – after famous pairs
Another twin-set is named Mr. Big & Carrie. I also got Carrie today but I droped it by mistake and the bottle broke
The polish was everywhere! Even on the walls :S
But I’m still optimistic that I will get Carrie again and find Mr. Big somewhere

Lyra

Essence

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Thelma & Louise: this pair I like the most. The finish result is just stunning.

Thelma is really, really dark eggplant creme purple shade. It’s opaque in two coats.

Louise is clear base with little light pink glitter and there are also bigger light pink and
pink squares mixed in it.

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Romeo & Juliet: oh I’m in love with this book and the twin-set polises are also nice. But I think there is
no polish that can match the love of Romeo and Juliet

Romeo is dark grey color with tiny silver shimmer. I like darker shades of grey so this is perfect.
It’s a little bit frosty, but really just a little. It’s opaque in one coat!

Juliet is clear base with little holo glitter and bigger square holo glitter.

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Joe & Victory: a gorgeous base color and the glitter topper is also nice. The ending
result is verry pretty.

Joe is beautifull red based purple shade on the warm side. Here are two coats.

Victory is clear base with lavender holo glitter and squares mixed in it.

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Wich twin set is your favourite? Mine is definitley Thelma & Luise
Have a nice time! Thank you for reading

*Lyra*

Essence

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A few days ago I was in the drugstore and I saw the entire collection on the shelve and.. I changed my mind. I bought all the polishes

So here are the bottles of Fashionista Trend Edition:

The bottles don’t look all that special, but the colors look promissing to me.

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So Glamorous: is medium cool cherry red. It’s just so beautiful! Another red
polish that goes great with my skin tone. It look even better than Divalicious Red.

VIP Appeal: pink color, deffinitley on the warm side. There is a little bit of coral inside.
It’s creamy and glossy.

Sundancer: Verry bright warm yellow. This one screams for Konad

Break Trough: cream magneta purple color. It reminds me of another Essence polish ‘Dress to Party’,
except this one doesn’t have shimmer in it.

I’m glad that I bought that collection, beacuse the colors are nice and the application was flawless.
Have a nice day!
LYRA

Essence

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