TOTALLY RANDOM SUNDAY #20

Hi dears!!! This week I'm going to post various hauls and gifts from various brands!

- COLOR CLUB - ENCHANTED HOLIDAY: this lovely pack comes from a purchase on the online store Euro Fashion with my friend Simona from Light Your Nail blog! They are mini size and very festive. Name of nail enamels are: Snowflakes + Magic Elf + Wish List Red + Enchanted Holiday + Stickers.

- COLOR CLUB - MAGIC ELF: how lovely is this? Ok, it's almost a dupe of Zoya - Apple and Basic Beauty by Limoni - 103 (that I already own and swatched here :P), but the entire set is worthy and funny.

- NYX - ROBOTIC: this is a gift from Simona, that shared her bottle with me, 'cause she knew this polish was on my wishlist. I've already swatched it, but pics came out badly and I need to re-wear it again. :)

- MI-NY - FLUO - 2 FLUO GREEN: this is a gift from my cousin Barbara from Nail Polish Crazy blog. Mi-Ny is a new Italian brand that's a huuuuuge range of colors and finishes, can't wait to try more from it!

- MI-NY - GLAM - 189 JUST GREY: another gift from my cousin, this one is called "just grey" but actually has a slight olive base... Strange... Waiting for the fall season for it! :D

That's all for this week! ^__^/

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Labels: color club, haul, mi-ny, nyx

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TOTALLY RANDOM SUNDAY #18

HAULS

A WONDERFUL SWAP WITH JULIA! 
This swap started with a couple of things, just a fast swap... Nothing so challenging... Nothing so complicated... Then... Ehm... One thing leads to another so it took months to buy and arrange everything. But the most important thing is I guess to have found a new friend. Thank you Julia! ♥

Let's go start with the items!

PART 1 - NAIL POLISHES

- China Glaze - Brownstone: I totally fell in love with this polish since the first time I've seen the Metro collection, and my hopes were not disappointed. I've already worn it twice, but no made pics, silly me.

- China Glaze - Stone Cold: more China Glaze!  :D This one comes from one of the latest collection of this brand, the Hunger Games one. It's a silver charcoal that dries satin, beautiful! Another polish I've used but not photographed... ç_ç

- China Glaze - Grape Pop: another simple creme from ChG that I would since a lot of time. I've already tried it and, again, no photos. Sorry, but when I've used these polishes the first time was a very hard time in my life and I didn't think to capture my manicures. Sorry Julia, but I'll wear them again for sure! >_<

- China Glaze - Lorelei's Tiara: something twinkling, finally! :P I really like this polish because it really sparkles a lot, but I have not tried it on my nails so far, but just on false tips and I can't wait to wear it for real.

- Zoya - Neeka: this is the first polish I've used as soon as I received my package from Julia. A lot of people complimented to me for it, because it's really charming, and I regret very much to have not made photos. ç__ç

- Butter London - Victoriana: I think this polish was the first (and only) reason for this swap, int he beginning: it's all its fault!!! :D By the way, it's amazing as I hoped, and this one... Has pics! Yeeee! Soon on this screen! ;D

- OPI - My Private Jet (2nd version): this is a gift from Julia, a wonderful gift!!! It's not the holo version, but the holo microglitters version, but who cares? The colour is sooooo close to chocolate that I couldn't stop to stare at my nails when I've worn it (of course no pics XD). I _have to_ swatch it again! è_é/

- Lyndderella - Connect the Dots + Snow Angel: Ahw! So cute, both! I have to confess I tried them just on false tips, because I would to have longer nails for them, and they are getting stronger recently, so I hope to be able to wear these polishes soon! ;D

- Sinful Colors - Green Ocean: another gift! :D This one... Ehm... It's perfect for bricolage!!! I've used it to decorate a wooden box, but I didn't finished it, I need more time (and patience) ;P

PART 2 - MAKE-UP
I decided to learn how to wear make-up, so I need... Stuff! Yes, I'm 35 and I never learned it before. XD I'm taking advantage from swaps for this, so I asked to Julia to purchase something for me, but she did a lot more and sended me a lot of other pretty things!!! *__*

- Wet'n'Wild - Blue had me at Hello: *drooling* I asked for this palette for the four eyeshadows in the middle, and I depotted them to a custom palette. I use them very often and I'm totally in love with them. By the way I've swatched all 8 colors before the selection and I'm going to do make-up posts as soon as I can with all my stuff (that's not so much :P)

- Wet'n'Wild - Cool as a Cucumber + Don't Steal my Thunder: from these trios I've kept everything, but I depotted them anyway :P

- NYX - Dramatic Chromatic Eyeshadow Pigment in Seclude: this one is a gift from Julia *droooooling* first swatch is dry and second is wet. Beautiful! *__*

Next three items are surprises by Julia! *__*
- ANEW - Lash Transforming Mascara + Serum: I'm not using the serum, but yes for mascara. it's light but very defining, perfect for everyday looks.
- AVON - Jillian Dempsey for AVON Professional Eye Duo in Bronze: cream eyeshadow + brown eyeliner (swatches on the right of the pic), spectacular both. The eyeliner is a bit too liquid, but I'm not an eyeliner fan , so I use it just to do a reinforce the shade of the lashes.
- NYX - Eye/Eyebrow Pencil in 903 Dark Brown: I use brown on brows during the day and black in the night, and a brown pencil was something I missed. Such a luck!

- Lip Smacker in various fruit: these are gifts for my friends! Previously I received a Lip Smacker in watermelon as gift in another swap and I love it so much that I wanted to share this love with other people, so I asked for a set of them to give away! :D

PART 3 - VARIOUS 

Next 3 items come from an order on TKB online store (as a CP inside the swap), an amazing shop online that sells pigments and other stuff to custom and storage your makeups.

- Color Wheel: it's pretty hard to find in Italy a good color wheel, moreover it's almost impossibile to find a cheap one! On TKB $3.75 and go on! ;P

- Franken Polish Bottles in Caroline (5 ml) + Monster Beads: I would to buy a lot more of these!!! I always want to make gifts to my friends but it's hard when you haven't a job, so these bottles are the ideal stuff for this purpose: I can share a lot of my nail polishes with them! :D
Share your treasures? Are you crazy, Jessica? Bloggers, let's be honest (for once!): how many nail polishes do you own? And how many polishes you'll finish in your all entire life? Cooooome on! Don't be greedy and share your beauties with your lovely friends! ;D

- Large Square 36 mm Palette with Mirror: another useful purchase. They are perfect for Kiko's mono  eyeshadows and other brands (for example Neve Cosmetics refills), they are also magnetic and sleek and with a very high quality plastic. A must have!

Finished, at last!!!! Such a yummy swap, don't you think? There also were a couple of other items but I can't find the pics, sorry! I'm a lost cause, I know... >__<

That's all for this week. See ya! ^__^/

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Labels: butter london, china glaze, eyes-eyebrows, eyes-mascara, eyes-pencil+liner, eyes-pigment, eyes-shadow, haul, lips-balm, lynnderella, nyx, opi, sinful colors, tools-palette, tools-various, wetnwild, zoya

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TOTALLY RANDOM SUNDAY #17

HAULS

CHERRY CULTURE SALES (6 MONTHS AGO :P)

Usually I don't thrust to order from American webstores, because the Italian custom fees and frequently missing packages... But I was totally in love with a polish quite hard to find, and I tried anyway as soon as I've seen the sales. A friend of mine and my cousin added something for them, so this haul pics are not entirely mine.

- Milani - One Coat Glitter collection: I already own 4 of them, but my cousin was crazy for them since I made her this scotch tape mani and her life couldn't keep going without them! :D

- L.A. Girl - Rock Star collection: for my friend Daniela, who has chosen a lovely selection from this lovely collection *_*

- L.A. Girl - Rock Star - Addict: such a wonderful mix of gold and orange and red sparkles into this bottle, charming!

- L.A. Girl - Rock Star - Punk: an amazing bright and deep blue with tons of sparkle and a hint of purple.

- L.A. Girl - Rock Star - Groupie: the opposite of the nail polish above, an amazing bright and deep purple with tons of sparkle and a hint of blue. ;P

- NYX - Girls Nail Polish - Emerald Forest: another purchase for Dany. I already own this polish and I totally love it, it sparkles insanely! :D I' ve already swatched it HERE!

- LASplash - Midnight Rain: finally my lemming!!! Since the first time I've seen it from Alizarine Claws I fell in love with it, but it was always out of stock. As soon as I could... Mine mine mine mine!!! I've already wore it three times and I'll post the swatches very soon! This is my only experience with LASplash nail polishes, do you know this brand better than me? What's the quality of other polishes from this brand? Please, let me know! :)

That's all for this week. See ya! ^__^/

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Labels: haul, la girl, lasplash, milani, nyx

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TOTALLY RANDOM SUNDAY #5

HAULS

An old purchase (july 2011) but the polishes arrived to my place just one month ago. All polishes below are bought by a friend of mine, Angela, who went to US for a trip last summer and we made two online orders together during her stay there. P.S.: Damn! I forgot one polish! Ok, you'll find it the next Sunday. :P

- CHINA GLAZE - ANCHORS AWAY - BELOW DECK

- CHINA GLAZE - ANCHORS AWAY - SEA SPRAY

I bought them from 8ty8beauty. I can't wait to try them, these are my favorite colors for nail polishes: dusty shades for president! è_é/ I'll surely swatch Sea Spray as soon as I can, but after xmas holidays. Below Deck is already in my blog here: my cousin borrowed me her bottle last spring, and I instantly fell in love with this shade and I've ordered a bottle for me. ;)

- NYX - EMERALD FOREST
This one is bought from Cherry Culture. I've already reviewed it here.

- L.A. GIRL - METALLIC OLIVE

Bought this polish on Cherry Culture, too, it's a... Metallic olive! Of course! XD It reminds me very much to Nubar - Verde and Zoya - Edyta, a shade I was searching for. :)

LINKS OF THE WEEK

This time you'll have to put up almost a double list of links: last week my router was broken so I'm listing 2 weeks of blog-links (actually there are 10 days, until 2 days before yesterday :P). Sorry to people who already follow the blogworld by her/himself, but I'm sure people doesn't or has no free time for this will be pleased. Links are too many and I didn't have enough time to comment all of them, sorry, but they are all worthy for me! ^_^

SWATCHES

- Mai Senza Smalto: [b]basic - New York LE - 02 Central Park
- The Trace Face Philes: Nubar - Vogue Vert
- Lacquerdicted: Hits no Olimpo - Apolo
- Nail Art Sakura: Gamax - Greta Garbo Collection
- Parokeets: P2 - various swatches
- The Polished Perfectionist: A-England - Guinevere
- The Beauty Case: TWIN Colour Solar - Silver Glitter to Java
- All You Desire: Misa - Surreal Escape collection
- Mai Senza Smalto: [b]basic - Black Earth
- Alizarine Claws: Ludurana - Aurora bottles and weel
- Witoxicity: Essence - The Dawn is Broken
- Gems in a Bottle: Color CLub - Beyond the Mistletoe collection
- Scrangie: Wet'n'Wild - ColorIcon Ice Baby Glitter collection
- Imperfectly Painted: Misa - Toxic Seduction
- Lacquerdicted: Orly - Emberstone + Orly - Rock it!
- The Hungry Asian: Holiday Set for Sale!
- Also Known As...: BB Couture: Sinfully Polished collection part 1
- Neglelakkmani: Ozotic Pro - 518
- Alexandra RC: Illamasqua - Kink + BB Couture - Diamond Dust
- Fashion Polish: Essence - Hypnotic Poison + Nfu.Oh - 51
- Lucy's Stash: OPI - DS Magic
- Polish Police: Chanel - Spring 2012 Harmonie the Printemps collection
- Also Known As...: Cult Nails - Super Power collection
- Scrangie: Color Club - Beyond the Mistletoe collection
- Have you met Miss Jones?: OPI - Ski Teal we Drop
- The Trace Face Philes: China Glaze - Fireside Glow + Ultamate Holiday
- The Polish Aholic: Tony Moly - GT04 Neptune
- Also Known As...: Finger Paints - Winter Sky
- Let them have Polish: SpaRitual: Running with Wolves
- Vintage Musings of a Modern Pinup: Deborah Lippmann - Razzle Dazzle
- Fab Fingertips: Butter London - Wallis
- The Polish Aholic: China Glaze - Holiday 2011 Ulta Exclusives collection
- Vampy Varnish: Hits no Olimpo collection
- Vintage Musings of a Modern Pinup: Cult Nails - Clairvoyant over dark blue base
- Imperfectly Painted: Girly Bits - Sea's the Day collection
- Kiss my Acetone: China Glaze - Emerald Sparkle
- The Polished Perfectionist: Hits no Olimpo: Zeus
- Scrangie: Ozotic Pro - 507
- Gems in a Bottle: Lynnderella - Connect the Dots
- Pictured Tinsel: Orly - Meet me under the Mistletoe
- Sweet Sugar: Zoya - Neeka
NAIL-ARTS
- CucumPear's Onyx Phalanx: Spiky Olivey Thing
- The Manicured Monkey: Black and Purple Striped Mani
- My Polish Stash: Penguins!!!
- The Polish Aholic: Ho-Ho-Ho Santa Nails
- Nails by Kayla Shevonne: Snowflakes Tutorial
- Limited Addiction Nails: Zebra stamping
- Parokeets: Essence - Circuc Circus trend edition
- Nail Stories: Nfu.Oh - 49 + Essence - Matte About You
- Simply Rins: Christmas Twigs
- Another Bottle of Polish: Sponged China Glaze - Holly
- Copy That, Copy Cat: An entire wheel of mas nail arts
- Nailside: Christmas scene
- Un Petit Bonheur: Foil Bahamian Tides
- My Polish Stash: Dark Purple Water Marble
- Simply Rins: Santa Claus nail art
- Emerald Sparkled: Hokusai - The Great Wave inspiration
- Alexandra RC: Epic Jangle!
- The Polished Perfectionist: Green, white & red!
- Copy That, Copy Cat: Lace french + Accent holly
- Copy That, Copy Cat: Tutorial for Denim nail art
- Cosmetic Cupcake: Glittery Snowflake Manicure
- More Nail Polish: Who walked over my Power Thief?
- The Nail Philes: Sally Hansen - Salon Effects - Snow Bunny
NEWS & VARIOUS
- Simply Rins: Winner of a Blog Award in Philippines
- Imperfectly Painted: Best Nail Polishes and Collections 2011
- Vintage Musings of a Modern Pinup: Vintage dresses photo shoot
- Mai Senza Smalto: How to remove Nail Polish
- Lacquerdicted: Fairwind - SIlk Collection on Schlecker drugstores
- Temptalia: Dior - Garden Party for Spring 2012 preview
- Parokeets: Catrice - Big City Life eyeshadow palettes
- Vampy Varnish: ELF - Beauty Books swatches

FREE TALK
Maya and her pile: an endless love story... Until next spring, at least... :P

The larva in her cocoon -__-

Maya... My dear... What the fuck...?

Hot chocolate by Lindt: food for Gods.

My cousin and I to the empty  mall: this isn't serious at all...

That's all for this week. See ya! ^__^/

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Labels: china glaze, haul, la girl, links, nyx, various

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NYX - Emerald Forest + stickers

I'm in a hurry, so no blabbing, for your pleasure :P

And a short video in my bathroom,
because there is the best light for sparkling nail polishes. :P

● NYX - EMERALD FOREST
Such a beautiful polish... In my wishlist there was since ever Zoya - Ivanka, but I didn't have chance to order it, for some reason. Then I found that this NYX shade was a dupe of the Zoya one, or almost a dupe, so I took advantage from a Cherry Culture order made with few friends last summer. Finally it's mine and I'm very happy about it: it's a fresh forest green extremely sparkling with a subtle golden microglitter into it. The color changes a bit with different lights, as you can see in the pics above. Nothing to say about application, just I thought it was more opaque, but I'm not scared for a coat more. Spring but even Christmassy, what do you want more than this? ;D
● STICKERS
I don't know the brand of these stickers, sorry. Actually I don't know the brand of none of my stickers, because I cut them to storage them into plastic boxes and I always throw away the packaging... :P Anyway, I'm sure to have bought these ones from Nail Design Euro Discount, a great German store.

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Labels: decals, glitter, green, nyx

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