what katie did her polish

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Yves Saint Laurent - Stormy Grey

Hello ladies!

I've promised myself not to buy another polish until my Transdesign order was finally shipped to me but I could't resist the fact that this polish was a limited edition lemming of mine so just like that I killed my lemming byuing the last one on the Yves Saint Laurent counter! I can tell you this, they grey trend is not over yet...

This is my first YSL polish and I didn't know what to expect. Well this is what high end polishes should be like, take a look at the pics first!






So Stormy Grey is the best grey I have seen, it's dark enough to look good with my skintone and it has that almost invisible silver shimmer which makes it really interesting. I'm a grey sucker and I love almost all greys out there but the truth is that most of them look pretty flat on the nail and this one was a big surprise to me. Two coats are more that enough to have full coverage and the brush is amazing, I got flawless application with  no clean up at all. It was the first time that I had the same mani for four or five days without changing it and without a single chip, just the normal tipwear!


My only serious complain is that it was expensive enough(almost $25) and the fact that the polish is only 0.33oz makes it seems even more expensive.

What do you think?

Have a great and colourful day!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

MAC-Seriously Hip and my new ring!!

 I visited my local MAC today to check if th Style Black Collection was finally available, I needed Seriously Hip and Mac Ash Volcanic Ash Exfoliator, it seems that the collection launches the stores yesterday and today there wasn't even one of the Exfoliator, unbelievable!Thankfully I got the last bottle of Seriously Hip.

Ladies you seriously need Seriously Hip if you love dark olive greens!This is very close to China Glaze Wagon Trail but this one has some amazing golden flakes in it which makes it super unique! I actually think I like it even more than Wagon Trail because it is a litle bit more sparkly..Take a look at the pics and enlarge them if you want  to see the flakes!!












And here is my ring...






I purchased this from Galibardy, a UK based online shop with some amazing jewellery, go check it out! I read about Galibardy on a fashion blog(I can't even remember which one it was) and I knew I had to have that ring. Prices are reasonable, they ship internationally and they have some amazing stuff there plus they have great customer service! Next order will be the following ring ...


Cool isn't it??

Have a great and colourfull day!


Thursday, October 15, 2009

Chanel-Paparazzi

Today I present you the most beautiful pink nail polish I own! Papa papa paparazzi(I bet Lady Gaga would like it too). I found this polish recently but I couldn't find any information about it, Chanel doesn't seem to carry it anymore and I only found one pic of it online, so I suppose I can't give you anything else but the gorgeous pics of it.



Be prepared to see a major break on my little finger, I'm really upset about this break because it was all my fault, anyways...Paparazzi is a light slightly peachy pink with silver shimmer, it applies great and I think it has the best brush of all the Chanels I have.








 This is two coats! Isn't it lovely?I think it would make a great pedi too!
Have a great and colourful day!!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

China Glaze-Who's Wearing What

Hello ladies!

I'm pretty excited today because I finally placed some orders I have planned(nail polish included of course) and I can't wait for them to come here(that might take a little long!). I also received a very generous gift from a friend of mine, my very own Louis Vuitton Neverfull Damier, I have the Neverfull with the LV logo and now I've completed my collection with the Damier! This bag is the best I've ever had, so comfortable, it goes with everything and is spacious enough to even go for vacations lol!



Anyways my NOTD is China Glaze's Who's Wearing What, a discontinued colour from the Creme Couture Collection! This is a gorgeous greyed out lilac which applied perfectly in two coats, I really like colours like this, I think they're edgy without being eye-cathcing. My only complain about this is that I feel that it never dries, all my attempts to keep this as a mani failed as I always smudge it for some reason, could it be because it is old, or is it just a bad formula I don't know.I also made a comparison with OPI-Done Out In Deco and they're very similar, Who's Wearing What is a little bit more gray than Done Out In Deco which is more vibrant.





The middle finger is Who's Wearing What and the other two Done Out In Deco!
 I put a pink ribbon on my pics since October is the Breast Cancer Awareness month and on my next post I will show you what the Greek designer Dukas Xatzidukas and Estee Lauder Hellas have designed for their Breast Cancer Awareness campaign!

Have a great and colorfull day!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

OPI-Let Them Eat Cake Rice and some Chanel Jade news

Hello everyone!!


As you can see  I'm lemming Chanel Jade so much lately, the more pics I see the more I like it so today I went on a Chanel counter to ask when this will come to our little country..Well the answer I got was NEVER, the lovely lady didn't even now the existence of a mint nail polish released from Chanel and she seemed surprised to hear that Chanel actually has a mint polish. Why oh why Chanel????I got pretty frustrated with those news I must say..

Anyways, today I have for you OPI's Let them Eat Cake Rice is from the Japanese collection released back in 2005. I love this shade, it is my favourite opaque nude nail polish and if it was opaque in two coats I could actually marry it lol!!This is 3 coats here, apliacation was good but not perfect, this one has a black label and the old OPI brush which unlike most of girls I don't like, Pro-Wide makes application soo easy for me.





Have a wonderful day!

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Swap goodies!

The wonderful Marisa from It's all about nail polish contacted me to send me a great polish she found and I emailed her back to send her some amazing nail polishes from Greek companies. I have to apologise in public to Marisa for not sending her package yet, I have it ready to be sent but I still haven't made it to go to the post office but I hope I will this week! Marisa send me some amazing colours and I have to thank her so much because I really loved them all. Now on with the pics..
I did some quick swatches and I will post full manis any time soon..Take a look at this amazing yellow, this was the one Marisa wanted to send me in the first place!


Those Andreia polishes seem to have great colours in their range, I really like their bottle and brush too!




Marisa thank you once again, I really enjoyed those!!

Have a wonderful day all of you!

Friday, September 25, 2009

OC Nail Art Coupon Code!!

Hello my dear readers!

Great news here!
Kathleen from OC Nail Art has kindly increased the code she's offering to us to a 30% discount off your order plus free shipping(internationals included!). How amazing is that? So if you want to place an order just use the code katiedid(or any other code you have from other bloggers) and boom you get your 30% off!

There has been a lot of fuss lately about these codes OC Nail Art and WowSoCool are offering and to my point of view none of these things should ever being said again. I don't have any benefit from my code or my blog in general , never had, I just think it is a good way for my readers and me of course to buy our Konad supplies. Besides that I don't think getting a comission from a company is that bad and unethical, we spend a hell lot of money to buy nail polish and stuff and we do the best of advertisment these companies can ever have, many bloggers receive products from companies to review, isn't it a kind of comission? And what's wrong with that after all? I myself couldn't receive money for advertising a product through my blog but if someone proposed me to I would deny politely.

That being said, Kathleen is a very kind and sweet person and I am more that satisfied with her services, I've never shopped from anywhere else so I don't have any other opinion to share with you.
Have a great day!