February's Haul

Okay, before I start, I need to justify myself. If it weren't for BeautyAsia, Feb's Haul wouldn't look THIS bad.



I bought so many polishes that I had to grab them from my Helmer and put them into a plastic bag to transport them to my desk for their mugshots.



On the left is my BA haul and on the right is my "regular" haul. I told you my haul wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for BA!



This is my non-BA haul. They're mostly pretty cheap to boot so I don't feel as guilty!

Top row: Two bottles of Essence Nail Art Espress Dry Drops, Essence Hard to Resist, In Style, two bottles of Time for Romance,  a back up of Lime Up!, On Your Gracile Tiptoe and Essie Gold As It Gets
Bottm Row: Three crackle polishes I found at Aries ($4.20 each only!!!!), Tony Moly Milky Way (which is extremely close to Lippmann Glitter in the Air), OPI DS Original (courtesy of Gwen, who sold me her backup bottle), and Sally Hansen Harderning and Resistance Continuous Treatments (they were going for Buy One Get One Free!!)

Opinions:
I love the Essence drip dry drops. Fromt he reviews I read, it's pretty comparable to OPI's and it's only a fraction of its cost ($4.20)! It does leave a slightly oily feeling after it's dry but I like it because I just treat it as a cuticle oila nd rub it into my cuticle area.

I haven't tried On Your Gracile Tiptoes yet but I've been looking for the perfect coral and I haven't found one yet so hopefully this will be it. I like my corals more orange than pink and this one is slightly dusty and not too orange that it's just orange.

The crackle polishes come in a huge variety of colours and I just picked the ones that I found more interesting, like green, teal and slate blue! They're pretty okay and they do crack so I have no quelms!
The Tony Moly GITA dupe was purchased for me by a friend who went to Korea (shoutout to Annette if you're reading this!) and sadly, I haven't seen it in the Singapore stores yet.The glitter in the tony Moly polish is slightly bigger than the ones in GITA and it's also bluer but unless you paint them side by side, you won't know the difference so it's a good enough dupe for me!

I've been using both the Sally Hansen treatments on my toes. The hardening one for my second to forth toe nails because they always tear and I suspect it's because they're too thin, and the Resistance one for my first (big) and last toe nails because they're already hard so I just want they to be stronger and not crack as easily. My big toe nail was peeling very badly and I've tried a number of treatments (other Sally Hansen treatments and NailTek) which didn't work but after about a month's use of Resistance, it's peeling less! I've also noticed my other toe nails becoming thicker so I'm liking these two SH treatments!



BA Haul, picture one.

Top Row: Zoya Flecks, Skylar, Bevin, Yara, Neeka and Cynthia

Bottm Row: ChG Tronicas; Cyberspace, Digital Dawn, Electric Magenta, High Def and Techno Teal
Opinions: I grabed the Zoyas since they were only going for $7. I actaully regret not getting more! As for the Tronicas, I love them! They're so much more holo than all the swatches I've seen online!!! My only quelm is that Lynn bought a bottle of Digital Dawn on the first day and I got mine on the second, from the same shop, and hers is SIGNIFICANTLY VERY MUCH MORE HOLO than mine. Mine is pathetically scattered while hers is linear! D:



BA Haul, picture two.

Top Row: Nfu Oh #62, Orly Rage and Night Owl and China Glaze White on White

Bottom Row: Misa Indian Tan, China Glaze Ruby Pumps, Lubu Heels, Orly Out of This World, Haley's Comet, Misa Green with Envy and DL Glitter in the Air

Opinions: I LOVE THE NFU OH. HOLO TO THE MAX! It chips very easily though so I recommend using the Aqua Base Coat and SV on top. SV will dull the holoness but only minimally and it's worth losing a tiny bit of holoness for longer wear IMO. Don't really have anything much to say about the rest of the polishes.
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Okay, so overall, it's a large haul but I knew I was gonna do some major damage during BeautyAsia so I'm not all that disappointed with myself! March's Haul is set to be quite expensive even though it won't be as much polish. I caved and just ordered the entire Layla Hologram collection because holographic polishes seem to be my archilles heel, my kryptonite, my extreme weakness if you will. And I also purchased OPI DS Diamond during Nailvibe's recent discount special. Not to mention I finally managed to go down to DYON to get the OPI Holland and I want some Essie Sping colours too! As for ChG Hunger Games, I only want Smoke and Ashes and Stone Cold but I haven't had the time to grab them yet. Damn, March's haul will be an epic one too! :(

August Haul

I know I'm a month late but I was waiting for a couple of polishes I ordered in August to arrive and they finally have!

Gonna apologize now for the crappy pictures to come. I didn't have much time to take them so they're not really colour accurate!



Close ups:



L-R: Rubi Emerald City (I hate how it never remains a uniform colour in the bottle), Tony Moly TR05, OPI Uh Oh Roll Down the Window, OPI A Taupe Space Needle

I really like these 4 colours! Totally no regrets buying any of them! Just showed you guys A Taupe Space Needle just a while back and I gonna have a military green comparison soon with Uh Oh Roll Down the Window soon so watch out for that!



L-R: Misa Push Up Bra, CND Tropic Coral, OPI I Lily Love You

I hate how similar the Misa and CND colours look! Plus I stupidly ordered them in the same spree so it's an extra bummer! I was so into the whole coral thing bac when I placed the order and I wasn't expecting them to be so pink! :( I have Tropic Coral on my digits now and I'm feeling so bimbotic because it's so bright and it's just pinker than I thought it'd be. The only plus point is that it really goes with my skintone so it's really just a matter of personal preference! That said, I like the brush and the formula of Tropic Coral! And as pink as I Lily Love You is, I layered over Road House Blues and it's AMAZING!



L-R: Color Club After Hours. OPI Road House Blues, China Glaze Meteor Shower and China Glaze VIII
GOD, I ordered VIII and when I got it, the cap was loose and it made the polish so friggin extra thick! I even added 16 drops of OPI Lacquer Thinner and still no change! In the end, I decanted some into a smaller 5ml bottle and added some clear polish and I actually love it so much more like that! It's now a 2 coater jelly and it looks a little lighter so it doesn't look like black under low lighting anymore! YAY! I also made another more jelly version (very jelly, it probably needs 4-5 coats to be opaque) and it's really good for a jelly glitter sandwich! Really disappointed with transdesign (I'm not blaming the spree conductor cuz I know it's not her fault) though.

Love the other 3 polishes though. LOVE!

And lastly, I got a couple of empty 5ml bottles along with some metal ball bearings for shaking!



I FRIGGIN LOVE THESE BABIES! I've already made a couple of frankens! They are the perfect size for frankening because they're small so you don't really make too much of something! I actually want more so if you're reading these, can someone please organize a TKB spree? PRETTY PLEASE? In case you're wondering, I paid $0.97 per bottle including shipping.

Okay, end of my August Haul! I guess I actually bought less polish then I imagined! YAY!

Ombre Manicure

Read this article so many months ago and I really like the taupe graduation so I decided to try my own! I own most of the colours needed but I didn't wanna use Chanel Paradoxal because I consider it so precious so I decided to use other colours close enough!



I used (from thumb to pinkie) OPI You Don't You Know Jacques, OPI Over the Taupe, Color Club High Society, Misa Pay Days Are Happy Days and Essie Body Language.

Sadly, High Society has a tinge of purple so Over the Taupe and You Don't Know Jacques didn't really work. I must say that once I had Over the Taupe on my nail, it looked so yummy and chocolaty!
Soooooo, I decided to change the polish on my index and thumb nails!



Changed the polish on my thumb and index to Essie Smokin' Hot and China Glaze Below Deck and the ombre manicure looks so much better! Rocking an ombre manicure is such an easy way to be a little more edgy without trying to hard. It's just painting on different colours on different nails!

Can't wait to rock a blue and green ombre manicure soon!

Rubi Emerald City

I was at Cotton On at VivoCity when I saw this Emarald City and since it was only $2, I thought what the heck, just get it! But when I went home and opened the bottle, all ready to swatch, this was what I saw!



Friggin slanted brush! :(



Slanted. And worst of all, since it was a sale item, I couldn't go back and exchange it!



This is what it looks like then it's held flat at the angle I'd use to paint my nails. Tell me how to paint? I tried and the brush went everywhere! It was so hard to control! Luckily, I had an extra OPI brush (from a broken bottle I received in the mail, from which I managed to salvage the cap / brush)!

I promised Candy from Cherub's Lips I'd swatch Emerald City soon! I didn't do a full mani with the Rubi polish but here's a comparison!

L-R: Tony Moly TR05 (it's one coater yo!), Misa Dirty Sexy Money (2 coats) and of course Rubi Emerald City (2-3 coats)



I'm in love with TR05! I've been on the lookout for it since I saw it swatched on some other blog but it was ALWAYS OOS whenever I dropped by Tony Moly to check. I even left my contact number for them to call me once their stock was replenished but no one called. And then yesterday, I decided to try my luck and what did I find? TR005! Whoooooo! (: I only have 2 Tony Moly polishes but they're both one coaters and they go on so smoothly! Definitely worth the $4.90 I paid!

Emerald City went on rather unevenly. Even with the OPI Pro-Wide brush! I did one coat but it was uneven and a bit sheer so I did a thicker second coat to even things out! Color-wise, it was pretty nice but the smell, OH! I have no idea why Rubi polishes have that smell! And don't tell me it's cuz they're cheap! Because TFS and Etude House polishes are cheap too (only a few cents more) but they smell like regular (by regular I mean OPI, China Glaze and every other polish brand I own). Rubi polishes smell like PAINT. The kind of paint you use to paint your house! Weird right!

Oh wells, gonna remove the polish and let my nails breathe for a few days before painting them again!

Misa Paint My Nails @ Work

Got this baby during my frantic polish-crazy phase (I'm gonna say I'm not as crazy these days though I still love polish no less) when I got almost all of the colours in the same collection (Misa 9 to 5)! I swatched it previously here and here but never used it as a full on mani!

I used 2 coats here which went on pretty smoothly but I had to thin it down a little after the first coat so the second coat could on go better!

Colour-wise, what I love about this baby is how it changes colour in different lighting, much like Rimmel Beige Babe!

Purple in certain light.

Grey in some.

And a light taupe in most lightings!

It's a pretty neutral colour and should be easy to match with clothes! Looking at it, I'm kind of reminded of Deborah Lippmann's Waking Up in Vegas, which I don't have so no comparisons there, sorry. I wanted to have a nice, neutral yet edgy colour for my first day of school but apparently I didn't read some ammouncements correctly and my first day is on Wednesday instead (YAY, two more days of slacking around!) so I hope my manicure will last till then!

Kelly's Smoky Politics

Been lemming for Zoya Kelly for such a long time and I finally got down to getting it! Once I laid my eyes on it, a few potential dupes came to mind so I went to dig aroud my helmer and found Essie Smokin Hot and Misa Office Polish-tics.

From L-R: Essie Smokin Hot, Misa Office Polish-tics and Zoya Kelly



With 1 coat, you can already see their base colours and how different they are. Smokin Hot is purple, Office Polish-tics is blue while Kelly is grey.



Second coat on and they're all opaque!

Kelly is pretty close to Office Polish-tics (God, I LOVE the name, not too pun-y like how some OPI names can be) but they are different. I'm pretty sure my mum will be able to tell the difference and she's really my benchmark for dupes! Kelly's formula was a little thicker while Office Polish-tics had a more runny formula but they're both equally pigmented. All of them were easy to handle and note that I'm actually showing my right hand (which means I used my left hand to paint) so that should mean something!

Best thing? They're all office-friendly colours so you won't have to worry about people whispering about your crazy nail colour! They're all neutral enough for work but with a twist of edge!

(I apologize for not cleaning up my nails. I went ahead to clean these swatches off immediately after taking these photos as I didn't plan on having three different colours on my nails. Hence I didn't bother cleaning them up nicely!)

Combined Hauls

Soooo, these are what I've gotten for myself recently!

Warning: The pictures below are not color accurate  so please don't rely on them to buy the polishes!



First up, these wer what I got from Gwen's last transdesign spree! I expanded my Misa collection a fair bit with this spree!

Top Row: Misa It's You, Office Polish-tics, Paint My Nails @ Work, Pay Days Are Happy Days, Coffee Pick Me Up, OPI Done Out In Deco and Bare It In Trafalgar Square

Bottom Row: China Glaze First Mate, Hey Sailor and OPI Ali's Big Break



Next, got two of the OPI Pirates of the Carribean colours, Planks a Lot and Mermaid Tears. I recently swatched Stranger Tides at BHG Bugis and I'm now tempted to get it as well! (The only thing stopping me is how close Essie Da Bush, from their Resort 2011 collection, seems to be and I'm definitely getting that one)





Got these 2 LA Girl Color Addict polishes from BHG Bugis. Went there with my friend after our guitar lesson and we both bought 2 polishes each! The first one, the gorgeous conrflower blue with a mesmerizing gold shimmer is called Idol and the second one is a grey with the same gold shimmer (in fact the entire Color Addict line has that gold shimmer if I'm not wong) is called Disorder. I love the name of the grey one. Really makes me feel like I've got a polish disorder.

I also made a special trip all the way down to AMK just to visit Pink Beauty to get Mavala Flakies (I actually made 2 trips down because the damn shop was closed when I went down the first time). I totally forgot to take pictures of the three bottles so I'll post them up when I swatch them!



Last but not least, the latest haul I got from Estella!

Top Row: Essie Mint Candy Apple, Borrowed and Blue, Lapis of Luxury, Eternal Optimist and Sand Tropez

Bottom Row: China Glaze Crushed Candy, 2030 and Millenium

Now obviously I didn't haul this much polishes in that short a period of time. I took, say, 3 months? I am planning another haul in my head as I type this though. Already got my eyes set on OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous (I'm suddenly into the whole dark metallic shimmer thing now), Essie Smooth Sailing, Absolutely Shore and Da Bush from their soon to be released Resort and Summer 2011 collections, OPI Stranger Tides, and a couple more! Trying to convince myself that my measely internship allowance (yes, it's so little they don't even call it a pay) will be able to cover upcoming hauls!

With these haul pictures, I'd like to say that I'll be going on a short study hiatus as my exams are in a week's time and I really need to study study study! That's also the reason why I've been MIA (if you noticed). School's just been one crazy whirlwind this semester and my project and presentation period just ended and before I know it, I'm plunging into the exam zone. And after that it's internship time. Really got a lot of things in line and I hope I'll be able to cope!

That being said, I promise I'll post up swatches of the polishes here after my exams! I have already swatched some of them but I need to color correct them on photoshop and I can only spare time for that after I'm done with my papers! But I'm gonna leave you with some nail art I was experimenting with while I got bored studying!



Polka Dots (China Glaze Sea Spray as base and China Glaze IV for the dots) Haha, I am pointing to my Marketing Notes, pretending to study!



Leopard Preenz (Essie Jazz as base, Hot Coco as the borwn spots and I used a marker to draw on the black "borders") Really didn't know how to draw a leopard print design as I'm not a huge fan of it so I just used my imagination! I certainly know a friend who will love this mani and I'm thinking of giving her one!
Right, so toodles until next time!

Misa Office Polish-tics

First, can I say how BRILLIANT Misa is for coming up with such a name? I actually really like all the names of their polishes from the 9 to 5 collection. Really creative and they're not too corny, like how OPI can get sometimes.



Misa Office Polish-tics under a lamp.



In natural sunlight.

It's a really pretty colour, kinda reminds me of Zoya Kelly (which I don't have so I can't do any comparisons). It's a grey with hints of puple and blue (blurple?) and it's a really nice smouldering colour! Used two coats here and it was fairly easy to paint on! And I didn't do any clean ups in the above pictures so I think my painting skills have improved in terms of accuracy (and aiming)!

After an hour or two, I kinda got bored and decided to play with my crackle polishes and it's so fun just painting random strokes on so the pattern on all the nails look different!





Kinda getting the hang of painting the crackle polish on so that it kinda cracks the way I want it to. And did I mention how fun (and amusing) it is to watch it crack?? I showed my brother and his girlfriend my nails and they were both rather intrigued by the fact that my polish can crack! Oh, and I also tried painting the crackle on my bare nails and they don't crack! Seems like they only crack when there's polish underneath!

Interesting how it can "sense" the polish being there or not! Oh, and the black crackle is OPI Shatter, and the grey one is China Glaze Cracked concrete. I also added a top coat which is why the crackle polish seems glossy (because they dry matte).

Purple Taupes

Final comparison post of the series! Had to wait this long because I was missing one of the polishes and only went to collect it recently!

So today, we have the purple taupes up for comparison. This colour has been very hot the last few seasons and many companies have done they take on the colour. I personally love the colour because it's edgy yet pretty neutral at the same time. It's a colour you'd wear to feel more edgy if you're confined to strict office policies on nail colours.

L-R: China Glaze Below Deck, Essie Merino Cool and Misa Coffee Pick Me Up (same order for all the pictures)



This one's the taken under a lamp and it's a little brighter than the actual colours.



With flash.





The last two were taken in natural indirect sunlight.

I hate to admit it but these three colours really look almost the same to me. The only minute details I could pick out was that China Glaze was the one with the best balance in terms of purple and taupe. It was also the thickest among the three but application was still a breeze. Essie Merino Cool was the darkest and most purple and also needed 2 coats. Misa Coffee Pick Me Up is the greyest and lightest amoung the bunch. It also needed 2 coats and it wins the Most Creative Name award (lol)!

Honestly, you probably don't need all three, or even any two of these colours. I went a little polish happy and bought all three (at different times) on a wimp and I don't regret getting all of them but I know I don't need them all and any normal person probably won't be able to tell the difference between them three anyways.

Okay, so this is the last of the comparison series (for now) and I hope you enjoyed it as much I as did! Hopefully I'll stop buying polishes that are so similar in the future! And on a separate note, it's the last day of March already! Wow, time's slipping away so quickly these days.

Dark Shimmers

Time for the 7th comparison of the series! Wow, never knew I had this many polishes that were close enough to do comparisons! =/

Today, we have Misa Dying Love, Misa It's You and TFS BK901 in the spotlight. All three of them are dark (almost black) polishes with some form of shimmer or fine glitter that makes them more interesting than your normal black polish.

Dying Love is a black-based polish with silver/grey shimmer and it applied very well. It's You is more charcoal-based with a duochrome purple and green shimmer. TFS BK901 is similar to It's You except it's black-based and it has duochrome purple and green (tiny) glitter particles. All 3 polishes needed 2 coats to be opaque.

L-R: Misa Dying Love, Misa It's You and TFS BK901. Here you can see the various glitter/shimmer finishes of the three polishes.

L-R: TFS BK901, Misa It's You and Misa Dying Love

L-R: Misa Dying Love, Misa It's You and TFS BK901

TFS BK901 and hopefully you can see both the purple and green glitter a little better in this picture!

Honestly, you can only see the shimmer/glitter in Dying Love and BK901 under strong sunlight or with flash (if you're taking a picture) so effectively, they both look like black polish indoors. It's You were a little more in-yer-face with it's duochrome shimmer so if you're going for a more obvious effect, then I suggest you choose It's You among the three.

I actually love how BK901 looks so intergalectic. It's very space-age and gives of a really cool looking effect! All in all, I really like the overall glitter/shimmer addition to the polishes. It would have been so boring if it were just the base colours but the shimmer/glitter livens up  the polishes!

Greys

Inspired by Sophia's post on grey polishes, I decided to do my own. I don't own as many true grey polishes as she does so I picked out the 5 polishes that best fit the bill!



Here, I'm wearing (from thumb to pinkie) China Glaze Pelican Grey, Essie Chinchilly, Misa Paint my Nails @ Work, Misa Pay Days Are Happy Days and Essie Playa Del Platinum. I didn't include Essie Body Language inside because I felt it was too light and pink.The above picture was taken in indirect sunlight.



This was taken in direct sunlight and this is probably the best picture I have that shows their true colour!

China Glaze Pelican Grey: This is pretty much a true grey in terms of colour. It's a dove grey and has some secret shimmer that is barely noticeable from a distance so it does appear to look more like a creme polish. It needed 3 coats here but I've can away with 2 coats normally. Its formula is neither too watery or thick so it is easy enough to apply.

Essie Chinchilly: I hope you can see how this has a hint of taupe in it! It looked like a pure grey in the pictures I showed you in my previous post but it really has a taupey hue to it. Again, this was 2 coats that went on rather easily. This one's the darkest of the bunch and I can't wait to wear a full mani with this colour!

Misa Paint My Nails @ Work: 2 coats that went on smoothly. The polish appeared thick in the bottle but when I painted it on my nail, it somehow applied rather fluid-ly. This colour is from Misa's 9 to 5 collection that has a whole bunch of very neutral colours that are extremely appropriate to wear to extremely coservative offices. Really siggin this colour!

Misa Pay Days Are Happy Days: Love the name of this polish! Another polish from Misa's 9 to 5 collection and this was also 2 coats. It seemed way thicker in the bottle (much like Paint My Nails @ Work but this was thicker)  but like its fellow sister polish, it applied really well. Compared to Paint My Nails @ Work, this colour is more tan-based while the former is has more taupe in it.

And lastly, we have Essie Playa del Platinum: It's the most tan-based grey out of the lot and it took 2 coats to reach opacity as well. It's from the same collection as Turquoise and Caicos but has a way better formula. How intriguing!

I really love all the colours from this comparison and yes, three of them are from the previous post, in case you're wondering. Might as well use them for another comparison so I won't have to remove and paint them again for this one! This is where planning comparison posts comes in handy! :D
Hope you like the swatches!

Grey Taupes

First of the few comparison posts I have installed: the grey taupes. These are such neutral colours that they'll probably match almost anything you wanna wear so you won't have to think twice about whether your mani will match your outfit!



L-R: Essie Chinchilly, Misa Paint My Nails @ Work, Misa Pay Days Are Happy Days and Color Club High Society. The order for the rest of the pictures in this post is the same.

God knows how I have such a major weakness for colours like these!



Under my lamp.



Under sunlight.



Under indirect sunlight.

I don't know why Chinchilly is coming off more grey than it really is. It has more taupe in it that depicted in the pictures! It's not a true grey, like China Glaze Recycle. Anyways, all the four polishes were 2 coats and they applied really well! As you can see, none of them are dupes (THANK GOODNESS) and they're very neutral because of the grey in them.

Compare them with normal taupes, like OPI Over the Taupe or Rimmel Beige Babe, and you'll find that these somehow look more basic. They're not as attention grabbing so if you've been wearing plenty on bright colours and want a little break to cleanse your polish palette, why not consider these few colours instead of the conventional french mani pink polish that most people use?

I also love how they're kind of in the same family of colours so they look great beside each other. I think these colours will look good as an ombre manicure! Just need to find a fifth colour to match the other four!

Skin Food Polishes

Bought 2 polishes the other day after my internship interview because I got offered the internship and I was so happy I went on a polish mini spree! Dropped by Skin Food at Bugis and purchased 2 glitter colours! First one I got was a copper one (BR612) and the other was a really really dark (almost black) blue (BW701)!



Here, we have (from L-R) one coat of the copper layered over black polish, two coats of the copper by itself, 2 coats of the dark blue by itself and lastly one coat of the dark blue over black polish. I LOVE how the copper polish looks over black! It became a little olive in colour and the glitter particles just became so much more magnificant to look at, much more prominent! Reminded me of Zoya Edyta (which I don't have but I want to get once my self-imposed 2 month polish ban has been lifted). The above picture was taken in natural sunlight!



This picture was taken with flash and here you can see the crazy copper polish's glitter particles in their full glory!

I think I probably won't wear the copper polish by itself because I'm not really a gold polish kinda person! So I'll definitely layer it over black! I decided to do a full mani with the dark blue a few days after I bought the 2 colours so here are the pictures!



It's really a blue-black colour with fine shimmer particles. Honestly, I couldn't really see the shimmer in it (maybe cuz I didn't use a top coat?) so I was a little bummed.



Here it is looking more blue. I know it already looks like it's black but bear with me.



There you go, now it's black. I would say most of the time it looks like a black polish until you put something that's black against it and then you'll realise it's just a really really dark blue!



Here, you can see the tiny glitter particles (especially on my thumbnail, index and ring finger nails). The polish looks really nice when you look at it closely but sadly it only looks meh if you don't really notice it. Guess it's a surprise party for whoever bothers to thoroughly look at  your nails!

I would describe the particles to be blue and purple and you can see it more in the picture below! Hope you can see it!



Hope you like these pictures! Anyways, I think my glitter streak is fast disappearing! As you can see from the above picture, I painted China Glaze Fairy Dust over the blue-black polish just for both my thumbs and it just didn't appeal to me anymore! The whole glitter novelty probably wore off so I'm going back to my first love, cremes!

I also compared it with Misa Dying Love, which it reminded me of.



Misa on the first 2 fingers and Skin Food on the last 2. Now can you tell how it really it blue and not black? Misa took 2 coats to be opaque as well and as usual, the formula for Dying Love is a typical Misa formula - such a breeze to work with! Dying Love did however appear a little more gunmetal, or really drey grey, rather than black and it shows the streaks of shimmer (due to my lousy painting technique?) so I didn't really that about the Misa polish.

The blue-black polish was opaque in 2 regular (yay, not thick) coats and it wore pretty well considering the fact that I was strumming away on my guitar  without a pick! Took it off after 2 days because I wanted to try other colours that recently arrived, so watch out for them! (: