Wet n Wild Party of 5

Wet n Wild Party of 5  is the supposed dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Happy Birthday, I believe.

It's a chunky multi-coloured glitter that is shown here layered over Rimmel's Black Pearl.

I only used one coat here as I liked the sparse, scattered effect over the black base. It is also super shiny looking and I didn't even use a topcoat!   

Wet n Wild Night Prowl

I love the selection of Wet n Wild polishes in America. And so cheap, I think this was only 99c!

Night Prowl is a dark, blackened plum/reddy colour with small purple sparkles in it.

I wore this polish so much last summer, especially for nights out but I’ve neglected the past while.

It was also very difficult to photograph this well but these photos are a relatively good representation of it. If you can get your hands on Wet n Wild, I highly recommend this shade!

Wet n' Wild Hannah Pinktana

I love this colour! It's a pinky purple with small silver particles. It's discreet yet it's certainly not plain.

It is a sheerer polish and I definitely should have put on more than 2 coats.

It dried to a semi-matte finish with a little bit of grittiness due to the silver particles so a glossy topcoat is a must to bring out the prettiness of this polish.

My Summer 2012 Nail Polish Picks

It's the 1st of June so what better way to celebrate Summer, than show some of the polishes I will be wearing on my nails. I will still wear a lot of the pastel shades that I showed in my Spring picks but on a scorching hot Summer's day all I want to wear on my nails is bright, bright colours.

L-R Dior Rivera, China Glaze Papaya Punch, No7 Tangy and Models Own Tropical Sun.

L-R No7 Cheeky Chops and Sally Hansen Wavelength.

L-R Revlon Beach and POP Yellow

L-R China Glaze Towel Boy Toy, Chanel Coco Blue, Wet n Wild Caribbean Frost and China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise.

I love the look of the China Glaze Neons collection as well, I'm definitely going to get some of them to wear this Summer when they're available.

What are some of your favourite Summer polishes?

Wet n Wild Caribbean Frost

This was the very first Wet n Wild polish that I bought last summer. It's a perfect summer colour as it reminds me of holidays and turquoise seas. 

It's a more of a green than a blue. I found Wet n Wild to be surprisingly longlasting. I got 2 others while I was there but I'll definitely pick up more the next time I'm in the States!

Ravishing Reds

Today it's time for some swatches of red nail varnish. I really need to wear reds more often!

Ciaté Mistress

One of my favourite bright tomato reds.

Essence Cherry Kiss

A red with slight shimmer throughout.

Wen n Wild Red Red

A flat, cool-toned red.

Rimmel Hot Gossip

A strong bright red.

No 7 Rose Truffle

A very pink tinged red.

Catrice Caught on the Red Carpet

An eerie blood red.

Out of this lot I think my favourite is Mistress by Ciaté

Purple Panic!

At this stage I have nearly all my nail varnishes swatched. I was up to date but then I bought more and I haven't gotten around to getting photos of them yet! Anyway, I thought every so often I would to a post on a certain colour but mish-mash of brands. Also as I've been doing the swatches for a while my nail length varies as does my polish painting skills and my photography abilities!
Today it's the turn of some purples. Enjoy!

Wet n Wild No Name Purple

Revlon Purple Night

Claire's No Name Purple

Sephora Wanna Be A Star

Catrice Dirty Berry

Sally Hansen HD DVD

Catrice Forget Me Not

Nubar Violet Sparkle

Any favourites? I think mine have to be the 2 Catrice ones and the Claire's one.

Nail Polish Collection: Breakdown Part 2

It's the weekend already! This means it's time for another breakdown collection post. The post today is featuring some American drugstore brands, a UK brand and a European brand:) 

L-R Model's Own Golden Green, Purple Blue, Aqua Violet, Emerald Green,Pinky Brown. Kiko 167,112,157.

L-R Wet n Wild No Name Purple, Party of 5, Red Red, Caribbean Frost, Night Prowl. Sally Hansen HD Lite, Wavelength, DVD.

Next week will feature some of Boot's finest brands!

Wet n Wild Trio: I Dream of Greenie

This is my last post/review of my Wet n Wild palettes. Today's one is 'I Dream of Greenie' which consists of surprise, surprise, green shades. I love green, I really do. All kinds of greens. But this palette is bright. Very bright. In particular the eyelid shade. It's like acid. On crack.

 

L-R Browbone, Crease, Eyelid.

 

To create this look I used:

• Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original
• The Palette as intended
• Maybelline Gel Eyeliner on upper lash line and to tightline
• Mascara was Lancome Hypnose

My thoughts on this? Pigmentation is obviously fantastic. I love the look I created with it but it is very very bright. And I like bright but it was the first time in a long time that I was conscious of the eye make-up I was wearing. It just felt a little bit....too loud for daytime I think. (God I feel like a boring old person:( ) 

Overall, I can't fault the actual palette itself, it's just me being afraid of the brightness haha! That said, this is probably my favourite of the 3 trios I bought.