Swatch: Catrice - The Dark Knight

Hi ladies! I have another Catrice polish for you today, which I bought in my most recent Sally Magpies order after she recommended it to me! I really like the formula of Catrice, every one that I have tried apply flawlessly and dry super glossy. The only downside is that until recently, Catrice wasn't available in the UK which resulted in me stocking up on as many as possible on a trip to Bruges. Fortunately, thanks to Sally Magpies, Catrice is now available in the UK for just £4 a bottle! 

The Dark Knight is a gorgeous deep almost Black Plum with a Purpley Blue shimmer. I applied 2 coats of The Dark Knight without a base/top coat!

Catrice are available in most European countries for €2.75 a bottle, or if you're in the UK you can purchase Catrice polishes here for £4!

Swatch: Catrice - I'm Dynamite

Hi ladies! Just a quick swatch to show you today of I'm Dynamite by Catrice. If you're in the UK and aren't aware, Sally Magpies are now carrying Essence and Catrice polishes! Catrice are priced at £4 for their regular line and Essence is £2.75 for their regular line! This is the first place I've ever seen Essence/Catrice available in the UK and for such a good price!

I'm Dynamite is a mixture of medium/small Blue toned Silver hex glitter in a clear base. The glitter looks slightly taco'd in the photo, but I can assure you it's just due to the way the light hit the glitter, they all lay perfectly flat in real time. I layered 1 coat of I'm Dynamite over Sation - Suede Shoes, which is where the micro-shimmer you can see comes from, this is not part of I'm Dynamite.

ABC Challenge: C is for Catrice

Hi ladies! Next up on the ABC Challenge stop we have 'C'. I had SO many options for C that I was struggling with which to choose, eventually I settled with Catrice, a European brand. Before we get into the swatches, I want to apologise for the photos. The lighting was completely off when I did these, it was SUPER dull outside and that shows in them, they're also a little grainy for my liking. Hopefully you'll forgive me and just enjoy...Remember to click here to see all ABC challenge posts!

Heavy Metallic is a frosty Purple metallic with flashes of Magenta and Purple running throughout. It's definitely one of those polishes that catches your eye, just by the way it glows from the nail. I wish I could have captured this polish better than I did. I used 2 coats of Heavy Metallic for the photos, without a base/top coat.

King Of Greens is a Forest Green polish with subtle Green and Silver shimmers. This is another one that I was just unable to capture it's true beauty, pretty much failing at this 'improving my photos' lark aren't I!? This is 2 coats of King Of Greens without a base or top coat.


Catrice polishes retail for around €2.50, being slightly more for Limited Edition shades, and are found in various European drugstores, unfortunately that doesn't include the UK, which is a total shame since I love Catrice! Which 'C' brand would have been your brand of choice for this post?
Stay tuned for D's entry later today!

Challenge: Day 19 - Galaxy Nails

Hi ladies! It's GALAXY NAIL DAY!! This was one of the challenges I was looking forward to, though I haven't really tried them myself, I'm always in awe of galaxy nails, there's just something about them. I actually did this mani a while ago, just because I was SO excited to do them, so you'll notice all my nails are the same length since it was literally the day before I broke off the side of my index nail IN MY SLEEP?! So you'll have to excuse the messy swatches since I took them just to show my friend, thinking I would be re-taking them the next morning... Now, the downside? I sort of forgot what I used as I can't find the piece of paper I wrote it on! So HOPEFULLY this is right, if not and I find the paper, I will edit accordingly. I started off with a base using 2 coats of W7 - Black  and then using a make-up sponge, I added OPI - DS Magic, OPI - Yoga-ta Get This Blue, China Glaze - Sea Spray & LEX - Love Me More*. I then swiped over each nail with Catrice - Have An Ice Day and added various 'clusters' of Shimmer - Alice* then topped it off with stars I fished out of Nostalgic Lacquer - Pride. I then sealed everything in with China Glaze - No Chip topcoat - the irony since my polish didn't chip, my NAIL broke >.<

So there you have it, my favourite mani of the challenge but yet the most devastating one too! What do you think to my first attempt? Remember, those of you wanting to add the inlinkz to your own posts, click here to be taken to the google doc with everything you'll need for the next 30 days! 

Untrieds Used;

LEX - Love Me More

Catrice - Have An Ice Day

Shimmer - Alice

Challenge: Day 17 - Glitter

Hi ladies I have a big one for you today *that's what he said*. Since it's glitter day, and I have a mountain of Shimmer polishes that have yet to be swatched and shown, I thought I may as well kill 2 birds with one stone, so to speak. Now this is going to be a pic heavy post, so I have taken the liberty to add a jump instead of the post completely lagging *I'm so gamer* out your computers/laptops/devices. Instead of posting the full 12 polishes now, I will post the first half for glitter day and the remainder as an extra to the challenge.

All of the swatches shown below were taken indoors in natural light and without a base or top coat (with the exception of coloured underwear). I've also tried to include photos from both my new (NC) and old (OC) cameras, as I haven't actually used my new camera for blogging yet since I'm still getting the hang of it, but I will mention which camera was used underneath the photos and if you could give me some feedback on which one you prefer, that would be awesome.

CLICK THE JUMP TO SEE THE SWATCHES & MY FELLOW CHALLENGERS POSTS FOR GLITTER DAY!

Challenge: Day 9 - Rainbow Nails

Hi ladies! Here we have Rainbow Nails seeing us into Day 9 of the challenge. For this, I started off with 2 coats of OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls, I then chose the star design from Mash-49* and stamped with a combination of; Rio Beauty Printing Varnish in Red*, Catrice - Twist Of Lemon, Catrice - King Of Greens, BarryM - Bright Purple, BarryM - Coral, Catrice - Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans and Bornprettystore stamping polish in Blue*. I then added a coat of Eye Candy - Gel Wrap Top Coat to seal everything in.

So there you have my entry for Day 9! What do you think? Remember to add your link to the inlinkz form below so I can browse your entries for Day 9 too! For those of you wanting to add the inlinkz to your own posts, click here to be taken to the google doc with everything you'll need for the next 30 days!

Untrieds Used;

Catrice - Twist Of Lemon

Catrice - King Of Greens

Catrice - Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans

Challenge: Day 6 - Violet Nails

Hi ladies! Violet Nails is the challenge for Day 6, so I chose to use 2 coats of China Glaze - Spontaneous for my base colour and then stamped over it using BM-314 with Catrice - Heavy Metallic first, which didn't show up as I'd hoped so I added China Glaze - Devotion.

You can see Heavy Metallic ever so slightly in the second photo, I was a little disappointed that it wasn't as opaque as I wanted it to be, but I still think the mani turned out okay. What do you think? Remember to add your link to the inlinkz app below so I can see your entry for Violet Nails! For those of you wanting to add the inlinkz to your own posts, click here to be taken to the google doc with everything you'll need for the next 30 days!

Untrieds Used

China Glaze - Spontaneous

Catrice - Heavy Metallic

Challenge: Day 4 - Green Nails

Hi ladies! We're back for Day 4 which brings us to Green Nails! For today's mani I started out with 3 coats of Catrice - Sold Out Forever (2nd Edition) as my base then using striping tape, sectioned off my nails into diamonds. To fill the diamonds, I used; China Glaze - Laser Lime, Essie - Trophy Wife & Da Bush, Zoya - Zuza, OPI - Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow (Suede), Essence - Viva La Green and BarryM - Spring Green *phew*. I then topped it off with a coat of MASH Nails Matte Top Coat*.

You'll have to excuse the sorry looking cuticles, no matter what I try to do whether it's moisturising, trimming, oiling, the little bits of skin that polish loves to cling to, just won't disappear! Also, I can never get the removal process of striping tape perfect, I always manage to pull a little bit of polish away with me! How do you like my Day 4 mani? Remember to check out my fellow challengers posts below! For those of you wanting to add the inlinkz to your own posts, click here to be taken to the google doc with everything you'll need for the next 30 days!

Untrieds Used

Essie - Trophy Wife

Essie - Da Bush

Catrice - Sold Out Forever

Zoya - Zuza

Essence - Viva La Green

Products in this post marked with a (*) have been sent to me by the company or their PR for my honest review. For more information, please read my disclosure page!

Challenge: Day 1 - Red Nails

Hi ladies! So today marks the start of the 30 Day Challenge, are you excited, I know I am! To start things off we have Red Nails!
For Red Nails I used 2 coats of China Glaze - Poinsettia from their Let it Snow collection followed by one coat of Catrice - Marilyn & Me. For my accent nail I used 2 coats of OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls stamped with BM-303 and Catrice - Marilyn & Me. I ended up having to go over the stamped image with a small nail art brush to make the image a bit clearer, which is why it looks a little messy!

What do you ladies think? Ignore the little accident I had on my pinkie, I knocked it on the door handle as I was exiting the room >.< If you'd like to join in the 30 Day Challenge using your Untried polishes, add your link to the inlinkz below! For those of you wanting to add the inlinkz to your own posts, click here to be taken to the google doc with everything you'll need for the next 30 days!

Untrieds used;

China Glaze - Poinsettia

Catrice - Marilyn & Me

See you tomorrow!

Swatch: Catrice - Khaki Perry

Hi ladies! I have another Catrice polish to show you today from my recent swap with Rosa! I must admit, I wanted this polish for it's name, as an 'in the closet' Katy Perry fan, I thought it was cute. Khaki Perry itself is a strange colour, a metallic mixture of Golds, Greens & Greys, but not really 'Khaki' as the name suggests. As it's a metallic finish, the brush strokes are visible on the nail and I did find with Khaki Perry they are a lot more apparent than some other metallic finishes. Streaky with the first coat, to achieve full coverage and also to even out the streaks, I applied 3 coats for the photos below without a Base/Top coat.

Label Shot

Indoors, Natural Light

Natural Light

Direct Sunlight

Originally released with the Modern Muse Collection as a limited edition polish, Khaki Perry has since been added into the permanent line, so you'll have no troubles locating it! What are your thoughts on Khaki Perry? Do you see it on your wish list any time soon?

Swatch: Catrice - Dirty Berry

Hi ladies! I have a Catrice polish to show you today, which I recently received along side my Purple Professional polishes in my swap with Rosa! I've been wanting to try Catrice for the longest time, but since it's only available in 'main land' Europe and hasn't managed to work its way over to the UK yet, I wasn't easily able to get my hands on them! Luckily, I have some awesome friends in the polish community who were happy to help me out, thanks Karine & Rosa, and now I have my own little Catrice collection.
To kick off the launch of Catrice on my blog, I thought I would show you one of the prettiest from my collection, Dirty Berry. Dirty Berry is a muted, dusty Purple with scattered Holographic particles. Although the holo in Dirty Berry is not as apparent as some other scattered holos, it's still absolutely gorgeous. I had no issues with the formula and it applied well with only minimal streaking on the first coat, which evened out with the second. The photos below are 3 coats of Dirty Berry without a base/top coat.

Label Shot

Indoors, Natural Light

Natural Light

Direct Sunlight

Catrice retail for roughly €3 each and are available in certain parts of Europe, to find a store near you click here to be taken to their 'find a store' page. Also be sure to check out their Facebook & Twitter to keep up with the latest news and releases!! What are your thoughts on Dirty Berry and Catrice polishes in general? Are you a huge fan or have you not tried them? Let me know!

Swatch: The Ultimate Purple/Green Duochrome Dupe Post! (PIC HEAVY)

Hi ladies! I have something very different for you today. I have actually been planning this for a while, but I needed a few 'foreign' brands so I had enough variations. After some asking around and purchasing, I finally have enough variants for the post! I won't bore you with a huge intro, since there are going to be a lot of photos to show you, but I have tried to balance higher-end brands with lower end brands so no matter your price limit, there will be something for you! First I'll show you the Duochrome with 'Sparkles' followed by the plain Duochromes.

Click the jump to see the swatches!