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.

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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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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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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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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 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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The application was not the problem, and it took two coats for full coverage.

I’m not familiar with this brand, but I got this one from Gani and I’m happy that she sent it
to me, beacuse it’s a really nice polish.

Vollare Roxy 353:

I added a design from Essence Image Plate with China Glaze – Millenium.

Do you like it?

Bonus photo!
As I promised I will show you another photo of spring flowers
This is a spring primrose. In Slovenia we call it ‘trobentica‘. Is one of my favourite spring flowers.
There are tons of them where I live

Be nice!
Lyra*

China Glaze, Essence, Vollare

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I know I’m a little late with posting, but my inspiration left me again :S
If you have any sugestion what I shoud wear don’t hesitate to tell me

I should probably wear more bright colors, beacuse is spring, but when I don’t know
what to put on my nails I allways go with dark shades, beacuse I know I love them
and they suit me.

I took the photos of this manicure, after two days of wearing it so is already visible
white tip.

Essence HoHoHo is one of the polishes from “All I Want” collection, which was available
in December 2009.
Over HoHoHo I stamped the pattern from Konad image plate m66 and dragonfly from m5. I love
pictures of dragonflies but I hate them in real life. They scare me, beacuse they move so rapidly
The polish I used for stamping is S-he 333. I stamped only the thumb and ring fingers

Bonus photo!!
Yesterday was a nice and sunny day, so I went for a walk and I took some nice
pictures of flowers. Here is one of them
In Slovenia we call this plant ‘spomladanska resa’, in English it’s cald ‘Winter heath’ or
‘Spring heath’. I really like this plant and I think it’s look gorgeous.

I will show you the rest of the pictures in the next posts
Have a great day!
*Lyra*

Essence, Konad, S-he

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The replacment was made with gorgeous polish Zoya-Adina from Spring 2010 Reverie Collection.

Adina is medium lilac purple base with a lot of light green shimmer, wich make the
duochrome effect. Depending on the angle, colors change from purple to silver to green.
It’s awsome! I will definitley be wearing it a lot.

Zoya-Adina:

The formula of this polish is verry good. It’s not too thick, not thin. Just perfect.
I didn’t have any truble aplying it.
Adina needs two coats for full coverage.

This is the second Zoya polish in my collection and absolutley not the last

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And now is time for todays manicure

I wanted something classy, so I picked up the red polish
from Essie Spring 2010 Collection Red Nouveau.

I just love this one!!
Classy red, wich I think should be a part of every girl’s collection.

The formula is like a poem! Is really pigmented so the one coat
is almost enough. After the first coat is just a bit transculent bright red
without any strikes.

Essie-Red Nouveau:

I will not add any Konad, beaucse I like it as it is now.
Maybe tomorow i will spice it a little bit

Konad

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Look at them? Aren’t they cute?

Ofcourse she is too young to have her nails done, but some day, I’m sure she’ll be walking around with very pretty manicure like her mommy

She gives me inspiration for todays mani. I was thinking colorful, sweet and happy
So I painted each nail in a diferent color.

The China Glaze Up&Away colection is just perfect for this. There are lots of diferent pastel colors. So I use four polishes from that collection:

Re-Fresh Mint: is the pastel minty color, more green than blue
Lemon Fizz: pastel bright yellow
Something Sweet: pastel light pink, verry girly
Light As Air: pastel light violet, with a hint of grey
The polish on the thumb is Essie-Van D’Go, my favourite from spring 2010

One of you will get three of these polishes in my Giveaway so check it out!
There are also verry similar pink and violet polishes in the Giveaway

China Glaze, Essie, Giveaway

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