piCture pOlish Fool's Gold

If you've been reading my little blog for a while, you probably know that I'm a huge fan of Picture Polishes. I just love their formula, even though I did finally come across the first with a trickier formula recently. In the last few months, I've picked up quite a few of them, so you're going to be seeing a lot of this brand here.

Today I have one of their collaboration shades.

Picture Polish Fool's Gold is a turquoise base with gold micro glitter and shimmer. It was created with Sam from The Nailasaurus, whom I've been following for a while. If you have shorter nails, she's the girls to follow, because hers are just stunning! If you want to read all about how she came up with this polish, click here.

The formula is so nice, it's like applying a smooth cream instead of a glitter. It's one of those polishes that is a little sheer on the first coat, but pretty much opaque on the second. You might need 3 coats if you do really thin coats, but it dries so fast, 3 coats is a breeze.

Turquoise is a tricky color for me to wear, it can wash me out really quickly, so when I first got this polish, I was really scared this wouldn't suit my skintone. But I have to say, I really like it. It's just bright enough for me to pull off.

I always prepare myself for stained nails when I wear turquoise, blue or teal, but I didn't have any issues with this polish. No staining to be seen and that's always a huge plus in my books!

Picture Polish is available on their website and via a lot of international stockists like Harlow&Co, Color4Nails and Pretty Polish. Just check their listing to see which one is easiest for you.

What do you think about Fool's Gold? Do you love it as much as I do?

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piCture pOlish Lollipop

Sometimes a blogpost writes itself, but today's post...  not so much.
I struggled a little to get the wording for this post right, but the biggest struggle was to get this polish on my nails in such a way, that it did justice to the absolutely stunning polish I saw in the bottle. This wasn't a polish that I just slapped on or a blogpost that I wrote in 2 minutes, this has taken a bit more effort on my part to get it right.

Picture Polish Lollipop is the polish that gave me such a hard time. Yup, a Picture Polish that I struggled with, it's a first for me. Lollipop is a gorgeous deep purple jelly base, filled with different sizes and shades of purple glitter.

When I first saw this polish, I was over the moon with it. It's such a gorgeous deep color and it has glitter in it! The reason that I struggled with it, is that the jelly base is quite sheer and I just couldn't get it opaque and looking deep enough on my nails, while still being easy to paint.

I tried 2 thicker coats, but ended up with a gloopy mess, I tried 3 thin coats, but I found I just didn't want to deal with the thicker formula and run away glitters. I felt so dissapointed and I almost gave up, but I've seen so many people rave about this polish and it looks so good in swatches, I wanted it to work for me too!

So for my third attempt I tried layering it over a single (not even opaque in the slightest) coat of OPI Do you have this color in Stock-holm? and low and behold, it worked, no, it looked stunning!

I only needed 1 coat but I did 2, just to see if it would deepen the color. It didn't, but it did add extra glitter. I absolutely love how this looks, finally I understand what people rave about and this is now a favorite instead of a dissapointment.

This polish was created in collaboration with Nail Polish Canada, a Canadian polish retailer that (unfortunately) doesn't ship internationally. But if you live in Canada, this is a great site for you!

This polish was intended as a more textured polish, so if you want a smooth finish, you do need to add a good topcoat. I suspect that's also the reason for the much thicker than all my other Picture Polishes formula.

What do you think about Lollipop?

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piCture pOlish Columbia

It's Friday, I'm wearing red polish and my boss has the day off, so I'm all alone in the office... Party Time!!!
Am I the only one who really enjoys these kind of days at work? Nobody around, music playing as loud as I want, nobody to disturb me from my work and if I want to eat my lunch at 11 or at 3, it really doesn't matter either way. It's my favorite way to spend my last day before the weekend.

Which red polish do I have on my nails you ask? Well,  Picture Polish Columbia has the honor! This was released in the Rocky Horror collection in 2014 and as soon as I saw previews for this collection, I knew I had to have them all, I just love The Rocky Horror Picture Show! This polish was inspired by the character Columbia and her red bow tie.

Columbia is a red jelly base, packed with red glitter. The formula is nice, but because it's so jam-packed with glitter, it can be a little on the thick side. It's easy to paint though and the glitter spreads evenly on the nails. It's opaque in 2 coats and it dries really fast. Although this does dry reasonably shiny, I would recommend a good, thick topcoat to smooth it out and add a bit of extra shine, because you can never have too much shine when it comes to glitter in my book!

When I first painted this on my nails, it reminded me of China Glaze Ruby Pumps, but it's definitely different. Ruby Pumps is a couple of shades darker and that is a glass fleck, rather than a full on glitter like this one.

Red... glitter... nice formula... do I really need to say more? I love, love, LOVE this polish! We've had some really nice weather yesterday, with lots of sunshine and this baby sparkled! ( I couldn't help but wave my fingers at my husband and say: "Look at my nails, they're pwetty, they spwarkle!" He didn't get it, but I know some of you will!)

Picture Polish is an Australian brand and is available on their website. They do ship internationally, but they also have a list of international stockists on their site. I love this brand so much and am looking forward to many more new shades.

What's your favorite Picture Polish?

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piCture pOlish Douceur

When I first saw today's polish, I absolutely loved it, but also doubted whether this would look good with my skin tone. I went back and forth about ordering it, but when my dear friend Fleur decided to visit Australia and asked if I'd like to order some Picture Polishes for her to bring back, this was one of the first to make the cut.

Picture Polish Douceur is one of the collaboration shades and it was created in 2013 with Ophelie from the blog and YouTube channel Tartofraises. I wasn't familiar with her blog before picking this polish up, because her blog and channel are in French and although I do speak a little of that gorgeous language, I just don't speak enough to follow everything. But she does some amazing nail art!

Douceur is French for sweetness and the inspiration for this polish came from her love of all things sweet and jelly. It's a very light pink nude looking base with small pink glitter and a scattering of holo micro shimmers.

The formula is just amazing! I was ready for 3 coats at least, in fact, I even texted this to a friend of mine, just before painting my nails with this polish. I was very happily surprised to find out it was completely opaque in just 2 thin coats! It dries really fast and reasonably shiny, but I would suggest adding a nice top coat to make it really shine and smooth out the slightly bumpy finish.

I'm over the moon this polish turned out to look really nice on me. I love how soft and sweet this looks. This is the perfect soft spring polish for me, especially with the pop of bright pink glitter.

What do you think about an almost nude base with a bright glitter in it? Do you love those types of polish as much as I do or you avoid them?

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piCture pOlish Badass

Hi all, did you have a nice weekend? I'm still stuffed from all the sushi I ate on Saturday, but I had so much fun! Thanks girls, you made my weekend!

The polish I have today, I basically bought for the name. I thought it was pretty, but nothing special in the bottle. Boy, was I wrong...

Picture Polish Badass is a black base, filled with a lot of teeny tiny holo glitter. On the nail, it looks more like a charcoal grey polish, because of all the glitter in it. This is one of the collaboration shades and it's created with Sassy Shelly.

The formula for this polish is... well... fan-freaking-tastic!!! It's really easy to paint, dries really fast and shiny, but what you see in my swatches, is 1 coat! Yup, this baby is a true one coater! Not a thick or even slightly thicker coat, just one, easy, smooth and thin coat!

Dark, twisty, glitter, one coat... do I even need to tell you how much I love this polish? I just can't get over it. Well done Picture Polish and Sassy Shelly, well done!

The text on the bottle fits me perfectly: nice nails, naughty girl. This is me in a bottle!

Picture Polish is available on their website and they have several international stockist, all listed here.
I highly recommend picking this polish up!

Did you ever pick up a polish, not expecting much and have it blow you away?

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piCture pOlish Instinct

Am I the only one who sometimes wishes she has her own, personal black light at home? Just to play around with all the fun stuff that has come out that only glows under a black light. Today is one of those days, but sadly, I'll have to wait until I'm at the gym before I can fully appreciate the polish I have to show today.

Picture Polish Instinct is a gorgeous ocean blue cream, created in collaboration with Tam, OhMyGoshPolish on Instagram. If you want to see this polish glow, Lacquertude has awesome swatches!

The formula is very nice, it flows on the nail with ease, is opaque in just 2 thin coats and dries fast and shiny.

It's such a pretty color, but I wasn't sure at first if I liked it on my skin tone. I usually stay away from this type of color, but when I was ordering from the site, I just had to add this to my cart, because it glows under black light! How fun is that?

Luckily, I do really like this on my nails, but it did take me a day or 2 to get used to my nails in this color. If you, like me, don't own a black light, I think you'll still enjoy this polish, because it's a gorgeous cream.

Picture Polish is fast becoming on of my favorite brands and, lucky me, I just added 17 to me stash, so you'll be seeing a lot more of this brand on my blog!

You can order Picture Polish online at their site, they ship to a lot of countries, but also have a list of international stockists listed on their site.

What's your favorite Picture Polish?

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piCture pOlish Nebula

Happy New Year everybody!
It's been a while since I last blogged, but I've had a bit of an emotional last couple of weeks. On Boxing Day we lost a family friend I was very close to and if that wasn't enough, my father in law had to be rushed to the hospital on the 31st of December. He's doing a lot better and keeps getting better every day luckily, but it's been a hectic time.

During those not so fun days, I did receive my prize from an Instagram giveaway and boy, are the polishes gorgeous! I was lucky enough to win the newest collaboration shades from Picture Polish and I'm over the moon, because I love them all! Today I have the first to show you.

Picture Polish Nebula is a gorgeous blue crelly base, packed with fuchsia and turquoise hex and small glitter. This polish was created with The Nail Polish Project and if  you want to read how she came up with this polish, click here.

The formula was a little on the thick and goopy side, but that's what happens when you pack so much glitter in a jelly base. I think I'm going to add a drop of thinner next time I use it, just to make it a little easier to apply. It was opaque in 2 coats and dried extremely fast. It does need a topcoat to smooth out the glitter and give it a nice shine.

I absolutely love how this looks on the nail and I'm already thinking about pairing it with a blue or green base, to see what it will look like. I love the glitter combo in it, it's just so fun and sparkly!

Picture Polish is available on their website and a lot of other websites (they have them all listed on the site), like Color4Nails, Harlow&Co and Pretty Polish.

I absolutely love this brand and own quite a few of them. If you haven't tried any of their polishes yet, I'd recommend checking them out!

What's your favorite Picture Polish?

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piCture pOlish Vampire

After all the pastel, bright and neon polishes, my DarknTwisty heart was craving something a little darker. This polish is everything I was craving in a bottle. It's deep, it's dark, it's vampy and it applies really nicely.

Picture Polish Vampire is a deep blood red jelly and if you don't like this polish, well... like the bottle says: Bite Me!

The formula was really nice, although a little on the thick side. But that is the case with a lot of jelly polishes and it still flowed on the nail with ease. It was almost opaque in just 1 coat, but I did add the second one, to deepen the color and truly get what you see in the bottle. This dried really fast and so glossy, you don't really need a top coat, but of course I did add my HK Girl, just because I always do.

Isn't that pretty? Not what you'd call a typical Summer polish, but it's the perfect break from all the brightness. Because it's a jelly formula, it looks so squishy and glossy. This is definitely very dark, but it never looks black. Even in the shade, this still looks red, albeit a more brownish red.

I absolutely love it! Not only is this a gorgeous deep blood red, I also love the name and text on the bottle. I always feel like a rebel wearing this and it gives me a Bite Me! attitude, even more than I usually have, lol.

Do you have a polish that gives you the feeling you can take on the world?

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piCture pOlish Jade

I'm so happy that I'm finally able to show this polish to you! I've wanted this for so long, but it was always out of stock. I kept looking at it and every time I ordered polish at my favorite webshops, I checked if this was available. So when it finally was, I was over the moon and ordered it right away!

piCture pOlish Jade is a jade green cream with a silver shimmer. The shimmer is absolutely gorgeous, it's very subtle in the polish, but still very noticeable on the nail. It's what gives this polish depth and what turns this from a simple jade green cream into a stunning polish.

The formula is really nice, it's easy to paint and opaque in 2 coats. It dries really fast and shiny, but I did add a topcoat, as I always do.

This kind of color is always tricky for me, as it can either look stunning with my skintone or make me look washed out. This particular polish works really well for me and I love it!

What's your favorite Picture Polish?

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#SUMMERNORULES: Favorite Red

If you've been following my blog, Instagram or know me even a little bit, you'll know that my absolute favorite color for my nails is red. I rock every single shade and finish at every occasion. I always say "when in doubt, go for red!" I think every girl should find their perfect red polish and if you do, you're set!

So of course I didn't just pick one favorite red for today's theme, did you really think I would? In order to decide which reds truly are my Summer favorites, I started pulling out all my red polishes. I started with OPI, but when I saw how many reds I had from just that brand, I gave up and just pulled out some of my most worn all time favorites.

In Summer you got to have some glitter! I have 2 that I just can't live without. China Glaze Ruby Pumps is one of the first Chine Glaze polishes I purchased and I still love it in every season. I love this as a Christmas mani, but I also love this in Summer. You can tell I've this bottle is well loved!

A more recent purchase and one that I fell in love with as soon as I saw the bottle, is Loaded Lacquer Cuts like a knife. This is the perfect Summer glitter, the sun makes this sparkle and come to life on the nail. It looks like they're on fire!

If I want a more subdued, sophisticated sparkle, I go for Picture Polish Vegas. This is very orange toned, but it's still definitely red on the nail. This has such a great formula, I love it!

My favorite textured red has to be Zoya Chyna. I love to pair this with a light color in Summer for an extra pop on the nail, but I also rock it as a full mani.

And last, but not least, 2 gorgeous crelly OPI polishes. I think everybody knows about Vodka&Caviar but my absolute all time favorite Summer red has to be Girls just want to play. It's a raspberry red crelly and I am so in love with this polish, it's ridiculous! This deserves way more than just a bottle shot at the end of this post, so I'll do a complete post about this stunner next week!

What's your all time favorite Summer (or any other season) red?

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piCture pOlish Coral Reef

Ok, so the plan was to start up with Mani Monday's again, but, as you can tell by the lack of nail art yesterday, I kinda failed. Somehow I can't seem to find the list and, to be honest, with the Summer No Rules coming up, I think doing both might be a bit much... so no Mani Monday's yet.

But I do have a gorgeous polish for you today. I'm on a coral kick lately, it's just such a bright and fun summer color and I just can't get enough. Picture Polish Coral Reef is a just that: a bright, fun coral cream.

The formula is absolutely perfect! It flows on the nail, is opaque in 2 thin coats and dries fast and shiny. But the best thing about the Picture Polishes is that they don't chip on me at all! I don't even have any tipwear, not even after wearing it for 4 - 5 days.

And don't even get me started on the color, this is just so pretty, the perfect Spring and Summer color. But I don't think this is the most unique color to be honest, if you don't want to spend this much money on a polish, Essie Cute as a Button and OPI Live.Love.Carnaval are both gorgeous. Don't get me wrong, they aren't dupes, not at all, but they are close enough and a more affordable option.

I haven't tried a Picture Polish that I didn't like yet, but I keep thinking it has to happen some time, they can't all be that good. So every time I paint my nails with a new color, I'm expecting it to be the one I don't like or the one with the bad formula, but so far they are all just perfect.

What's your favorite Picture Polish and have you tried one that you didn't like?

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piCture pOlish Swagger

Happy Monday everybody! Hope you had just as lovely a weekend as I did. The sun was out, I spend time with friends and hubby... bliss. This week is a short one for me, work wise. Thursday is a National Holiday and I have Friday off, so only 3 days for me.

And for all my friends in the US: Happy Memorial Day!

I wanted something fun, bright and weather appropriate today, so I went with the absolutely stunning Picture Polish Swagger and, looking at the blue skies, added a few fluffy clouds. This is another Urban Shade, just like Totes and Chillax I showed earlier. I love this colletion and am thinking about getting Bonkers after all.

Swagger is a vibrant cornflower blue cream. It's a soft color, but it still packs a punch on the nail. My bottle shot is a little on the blue side, but I still wanted to show it, because always love the quotes on the Picture Polish bottles.

The formula is like the rest of this collection, absolutely perfect! Almost opaque in 1 coat, but I always do 2, because I have a lot of ridges in my nails and they are just better camouflaged with 2 coats of polish. If you don't have ridges or extremely white tips, you can totally get away with just 1 coat and because this dries so fast, you'll be out the door in no time at all.

This color reminds me so much of the blue sky in Summer and the clouds go perfectly with it. I just dabbed on some OPI Boyfriend with a make up sponge to create this effect and I love how it turned out. Sometimes the best mani's are the easiest to do.

I already feel this is going to be another one of those mani's I just can't part with. I've been rocking it for 3 days straight and I'm still not ready to take it off. Luckily, I this polish lasts, so I don't have to take it off if I don't want to.

This will definitely be a staple for me in Spring and Summer.
What are your go to polishes this time of year?

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