Dance Legend: Round Space Collection - Supergalaxy & Inception plus Black Glitter Base

I'm back to blogging and can finally post my swatches of the Dance Legend Round Space* collection. They send me two polishes to review plus the Black Glitter Base* which is a peel off base coat for glitter nail polish. I haven't tried a peel off base coat and I'm quite happy with the aluminum glitter removal technique, but I was excited to try this one. Since it's black, you can use it as a black base color for glitter top coats, which I think is great. I used one coat of the Black Glitter Base and then added one coat of Supergalaxy, a really great glitter polish. After a few days without any major tip wear, I decided to remove it. I filmed part of the process to show you two ways of doing it. You can either pull off the whole layer with your nails. This worked great, but even though I couldn't see any damage, I feel like it isn't the healthiest method for your nails. Or you can use a nail polish remover and use it as usual. While this doesn't usually work, it will remove the glitter almost immediately with the black glitter base. Supergalaxy by itself has a blue tinted base, so I added a picture comparing it to Inception without the black base coat at the end of this post. Inception is a beautiful syrupy pink glitter of which I used two coats. Both polishes plus the peel off base coat are available the Dance Legend online shop for $9 each. 

Glowing bottles! 

Endlich kann ich euch meine Swatches der Dance Legend Round Space* Kollektion zeigen. DL hat mir zwei der Lacke und die Black Glitter Base* zugeschickt, die genau wie andere Peel Off Base Coats funktioniert. Ich bin zwar zufrieden mit der üblichen Aluminium-Technik, finde aber eine schwarze Base auch spannend. Ich habe über eine Schicht der Black Glitter Base eine Schicht vom Glitterlack Supergalaxy lackiert. Nach ein paar Tagen ohne grössere Tipwear habe ich das Ganze dann entfernt und einen Teil davon gefilmt. Ihr könnt die Base entweder komplett abziehen, was jedoch vermutlich nicht besonders gut für die Nägel ist. Oder ihr könnt den Lack ganz normal mit Nagellackentferner entfernen, was dank der Base viel schneller geht als ohne. Ein Vergleichsbild der beiden Lacke ohne schwarze Base und das Video gibt es am Ende von diesem Post. Alle Lacke sind für je $9 im Dance Legend Onlineshop erhältlich.

*PR Sample

Dance Legend - Supergalaxy 

1 coat over the Black Glitter Base plus 1 coat of BTGN High Gloss

Dance Legend - Inception

2 coats without Base or Top Coat

Two coats of each

p2 Winter... who cares?! - I don't care!

I love today's polish just as much as the blue one (No matter!) from the p2 Winter...who cares?! collection and again I'm sorry if you can't get these anymore. The red one is called I don't care! and I used two coats with one coat of Essence - BTGN High Gloss. Adorable, right?

Essie - Find me an Oasis / Mattified Glitter

Some very subtle nails for today! The base is the awesome Essie - Find me an Oasis with two coats. On top of that I added one coat of H&M - Blue Bliss, a beautiful glitter in a slightly blue tinted base. I'm pretty sure this one isn't sold anymore though. The matte finish is done with Essie - Matte About You.

p2 - Winter... who cares?! - No Matter!

Although I'm pretty sure you can't get your hands on this polish anymore, I just had to show it on the blog - it's too beautiful! It's p2 - No Matter! from the Winter...who cares?! collection and honestly I think all the polishes from this collection are pretty amazing. Since we don't have p2 in Switzerland I had some trouble getting my hands on all of them, but I managed to get two at least... the last ones on the shelf! :) No matter is a dark blue jelly with white snowy glitter and it builds up to a perfect finish with two coats. On top is one coat of Sally Hansen - Insta-Dri. So much love for this one! 

Green Glitter Gradient feat. KIKO

A few days ago I got myself two new KIKO polishes: 347 Dark Green and 532 Pearly Amazon Green. They look beautiful combined! I wore the glitter over the creme but didn't get to take pictures, because one of my nails broke off. So this time I tried it again, but with a sponged gradient. I loved it until I had to clean up the green glitter on my cuticles, but well that was my own fault. I generally think that gradients look better, if I place the glitter on the cuticle area and not on the tip of my nails. I used Essie - Matte About You on top which made the surface appear a bit uneven. I think it's always a good idea to put on a normal top coat first before applying any matte top coat, especially if you don't have the smoothest nails. That glitter looks awesome though! 

KBShimmer - Holly Back Girl (Winter Collection 2014)

Remember how I fell in love with KBShimmer - Holly Back Girl and tried to recreate it? Well I think I came pretty close with my DIY project but still I felt the urge to buy the original. And I'm not disappointed, it's a very beautiful Winter/Christmas polish in my opinion. Holly Back Girl has everything: a fancy name, Christmas glitter mixed into a snowy base and enough pigments to cover the nail with two coats. It did need a bit of careful application, but still, two coats were enough. I also bought another polish from the KBShimmer Winter Collection 2014 (while I'm at it...) and I love it just as much. I'm probably going to post it in the next few days, but first I'm enjoying this beauty! I bought mine at Harlow & Co but you can get this from various shops online.

Christmas Glitter Nails feat. China Glaze - Party Hearty

I have something very simple and very Christmassy for today... I'm in the mood! I used two coats of the beautiful KIKO #391 Grass Green as my base for my one and only Christmas glitter top coat: China Glaze - Party Hearty. On top is one coat of Sally Hansen - Insta-Dri. 

Sally Hansen Guilty Pleasures Winter 2014

Sally Hansen sent me their new Guilty Pleasures* collection for Winter 2014 and today I have the swatches ready for you. This collection is already in stores since the beginning of November and each bottle is sold for € 8.99.  There are six colors in total of which I especially like three. 

There's 24K Dipped, a light bronze which doesn't get me too excited. Then there is Diamond Jubilee which I loved at first, but then I was a bit disappointed because I couldn't get complete opacity with two coats. I hoped for the glitter to be more chunky and the base to be more opaque. Next is Glitter Bomb a golden glitter base with rose glitter and I really need to ask: Do you like this combination? If yes, please explain me why? In my opinion those two colors clash violently! 

The next three colors are my favorites of the collection. There is Luxe Tux a black base with silver glitter which didn't disappoint at all. Then there's Rule of Plum a deep purple with pink and blue shimmer which is lovely as well. And then there's Scarlett Letter, a dark strawberry red with golden shimmer which is just perfect for Holiday season. 

The formula was lovely on all of these, except maybe for the missing opacity of Diamond Jubilee. All of the pictures show two coats without a base or top coat. 

*PR Sample

Sally Hansen - 24K Dipped

Sally Hansen - Diamond Jubilee

Sally Hansen - Glitter Bomb

Sally Hansen - Luxe Tux

Sally Hansen - Rule of Plum

Sally Hansen - Scarlett Letter

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Sally Hansen DE on Instagram

Holy Glitter Sandwich! / KB Shimmer Holly Back Girl inspired DIY

So I fell in love with KB Shimmer - Holly Back Girl after seeing these beautiful nails by Lindsey from Wondrously Polished. Since I'm a bit short of money at the moment (always?) I decided to recreate this beautiful polish with what I already have at home. At first I thought it might be a good idea to combine China Glaze - Party Hearty (God, I love that polish!) with Essie - Marshmallow, but there was too much golden glitter involved. So I used green and red glitter from my stash which I bought on Ebay way back. I got a bit too excited and made a whole bottle of this... Turns out my glitter bleeds and I ruined half of my Marshmallow by turning it into a dirty grey. But: I managed to get it on my nails once and I loved wearing it a lot, so there's that. :) I'm pretty sure I'm gonna buy the original though, it's just too perfect not to have for Christmas. As always there's one coat of Sally Hansen - Insta-Dri on top.