The new trend edition from Essence is on the horizon! It will be available on the shelves from December 2010 and it’s called Fairytale. As you can imagine this collection sparkles a lot In the collection there are as usual the nail polishes, eye shadows, lip glosses and eyeliners. I made some swaches of polishes, lip glosses and eyeliners I have to say that I really like the design on the packaging – fairies, butterflies and flowers.

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POLISHES: there are six polishes in this collection. Polishes are sparkling and they have shimmery foil-like finish. When I saw the promo picture I wasn’t exited about any shade. They just didn’t seem special but when I tried them on, I liked at least three of them. The formula is ok, I didn’t have any problems with application.

Fairy Berry: is a warm toned purple color with a lot of silver shimmer, which gives the polish that foil finish. Two coats are needed for full coverage. On the index finger is Essence Bubble Bubble from Into The Ocean TE.

Humpty Dumpty: this one is one of my favorites. It’s gray color with splash of purple and with loads of silver shimmer. I love it! It takes two coats for full coverage.

Once Upon A Time: this one is the only one that doesn’t have a foil-like finish. It’s medium red jelly base with red and gold glitter that give the polish a lot of depth. It’s similar to China Glaze Ruby Pumps but it’s not a dupe. It’s opaque in two coats.

Pixie Dust: nude color with hint of pink and a lot of silver shimmer. It’s nice, subtle polish which is opaque in three coats.

Tinka’s Dress: peachy orange color with silver shimmer. Another nice and soft shade which is opaque in three coats.

Welcome To The Wonderland: is a light lavender color with a lot of silver shimmer. I like this one on my nails. Needs three coats for full coverage.

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LIP GLOSSES: there are three lip glosses in Fairytale collection.
Fairy berry: light purple base with purple shimmer
Once Upon a time: red jelly color
Pixie Dust: clear base with multicolor shimmer

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And the last picture of Glitter eyeliners swatches:

Do you like anything from the Fairytale Trend Edition collection?
Have a nice time!

Lyra*

Essence

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I bought in my opinion three of the most attractive shades from the Orly Cosmic FX collection. They are limited edition. These polishes have a glass flecked finish which gives the polishes a lot of depth and the duochrome effect.

Let’s start with the Lunar Eclipse. It is very bright electric blue color, that flashes purple from some angles. It’s stunning! It’s opaque in two coats.

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Out Of This World: deep purple base with purple, blue and golden shimmer flecks. It needs two coats for full coverage.

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Galaxy Girl: it’s nice deep vine-reddish purple base with turquoise and dark red shimmer flecks. This one give a little vampy look with a modern touch. Love it! Two coats for coverage.

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I think Orly nailed it with this collection. The colors are really attractive and eye-caching. I love this glass flecked finish. The formula is great – like almost all of Orly’s polishes. The amount of polish in the bottle is huge. I’m thinking of buying one more shade

*Lyra*

Orly

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Barry M Raspberry is nice juicy raspberry color with creamy finish. It’s well pigmented and if you are carefully enough you can pass it with just one coat for full coverage.

Barry M Raspberry:

I just had to put something over Raspberry . I wasn’t in the mood for Konading, so I chose Nfu Oh 39 for layering. Nfu Oh 39 in the bottle reminds me of fresh lemonade. There are yellow flakes with bluish reflection from different angles in a transparent base. It looks really nice on a darker polish.

Nfu Oh 39 layered over Barry M Raspbery:

Have a nice time!
-Lyra

Barry M, Nfu-Oh

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Classic Camel: yellow ochre color with a lot of golden shimmer. It needs two coats for full coverage. I have to say it – I hate this color on me! I don’t know why, maybe it doesn’t go well with my skin tone.

Emerald Fitzgerald: I always said that I don’t like green color on my nails. I take it back! This one looks beautiful on me. It’s dark bluish green color and it has frost finish.

First Class Ticket: dark purple color with blue shimmer. Lovely. Two coats for full coverage.

Goin’ My Way?: warm medium brown shade with a lot of golden shimmer. Beautiful and perfect color for autumn.

Midnight Mission: this one is stunning! It’s dark blue with tiny silver glitters mixed in it. It’s super sparkly and it’s just awesome. One of my favorites from this collection. It’s opaque with two coats.

Riveter Rouge: nice deep shimmery red shade with tiny gold glitter. Very nice and sparkly.

Bye! -Lyra

China Glaze

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OPI Russian Navy:

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I decided to do layering over the OPI Russian Navy with one coat of Nfu Oh 51. Nfu Oh 51 it’s stunning and complicated color. The base is jelly dark purple color with a lot of flakes. The flakes are mostly red, but in some angles you can also see green, blue and gold colors. It’s really unique and mesmerizing.

Nfu Oh 51 over OPI Russian Navy:

Have a nice day!! *Lyra*

Nfu-Oh, OPI

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DS Reflection on sun:

In the shadow:

-Lyra :*

OPI

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Extravagance on sun:

In the shadow:

Don’t you just love it?

Have a nice time! Lyra

OPI

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I can’t believe that Manhattan released an entire collection just for nails! The collection is called ”Spice Up Your Nails”. There are six different polishes (all creamy finish) in it and cool nail stickers. These are not just some boring classic colors that you can find everywhere. I have to admit – they did a god job! Well done Manhattan! The only thing missing is that they don’t have real names! I mean the numbers and letters doesn’t tell me anything. Polishes should have real names. Here is a group picture of all of them:

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46G: warm medium pink color with red undertone. Very pigmented, so it’s opaque in one coat!

55K: girly light pink shade. After two coats it was still a little bit streaky but third covers all imperfections.

77T: gorgeous royal dark blue color which is not almost black – as these types of colors usually are. This is also opaque in one coat. I really love this one.

96P: taupe with a hint of lavender. I heard that this one is dupe of Sephora By OPI Metro Chic, but I don’t have Metro Chic to make a comparison. It needs two coats for full coverage.

101S: dark gray with a hint of blue – so beautiful! And only one coat for coverage.

610K: dark purple color. It’s not too dark, so it’s still purple. Nice! Two coats for full coverage.

Metallic Chains Nail Stickers: metallic stickers that looks like chains. You can create modern, futuristic or edgy look. I didn’t try them out yet, maybe next time.

This is it! Do you like this collection as much as I do?

Bye! Lyra :*

Manhattan

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Bogie: eggplant purple shade with multi colored shimmer. It’s vampy, sparkly and it’s NOT black. Love it!

Foxy: brownish red color with orange and red shimmer. Totally perfect for autumn.

Hey Doll: pinkish brown color with red and silver shimmer. Very unique color.

Ingrid: taupe brown with golden shimmer. I really like this one.

Jitterbug: Very dark gray shade with tons of silver shimmer. This one is very sparkling!

Swing Baby: metallic champagne color with a lot of silver glitter. It has a foil look.

The application was okay, I didn’t have any bigger problems. Only two shades (Foxy and Ingrid) are a little bit runny, but manageable. With runny I mean that I was sure I didnt have too much polish on the brush, but then suddenly a big drop came out of nowhere. All of them need two coats for full coverage and they are well pigmented. The colors are perfect for autumn and I like all of them.

Have a nice time!!
Lyra*

China Glaze

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OMG! I found another polish that I fell in love at first sight. It’s called Zoya Roxy. It’s a jelly berry-vine base with magenta glitter. The combination of base and glitter gives the polish a lot of depth. The application was smooth, two coats for full coverage and one coat of top coat to smooth the surface.

Zoya Roxy: 

Bye bye!  -Lyra

Zoya

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