Dupe Or No Dupe? Punk Purple vs. Wrapped Around My Finger

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Another "Dupe Or No Dupe?"! :) I bought this Catrice polish at work last week and it actually never really stood out for me. I guess because the color is pinkish and I thought this was another polish I already had. Last week I was in the need to buy a polish at work again and since I own most Catrice polishes I just picked this one :P

E.L.F. - Punk Purple and Catrice - Wrapped Around My Finger

On the picture these 2 don't really look the same, but in real life they do. The colors aren't really color accurate either, but I bet you can find swatches online. I've used Punk Purple in my Punk Princess Nails post before.

You can see the difference between them. Punk Purple is a bit more purple and Wrapped Around My Finger is more pink. That's what you'll see in real life as well. If you own one of these you don't need the other polish, because nobody would notice it's another polish.

Thanks for reading! :)

xoxo Ingie

Punk Princess Nails

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I've always wanted to show/wear Essence's Time For Romance, but couldn't really find a base color for it. I thought to myself; I need a pinkish, purple polish, do I have that? Because I like to answer my own question, I answered 'no', until my eye fell on an ELF polish.

As my base color I'm wearing ELF's Punk Purple. On top of that I applied 2 coats of Time For Romance. For the stamp I used Konad image plate m79.

I also wanted to show you that Time For Romance seems to have a little bit of a holographic glitter in which you can even see in real life. So another plus for that. This polish is cute and it knows it! :P

Do you have Time For Romance and on what color/polish would you layer it on?

ELF Nail Polish review [PictureSpam!]

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So here is my review on the ELF nail polishes I bought last week. I ordered them on eyeslipsface.nl and the polishes were € 1,00 per bottle.

We're starting with this first polish with the original name Light Pink. This polish was pretty thick. It didn't feel annoying on the brush and while applying, but it's not easy. It takes a really long time to dry, because you need 3 coats for opacity.

Light Pink: 3 coats

This is Gum Pink. It's thinner than Light Pink. 1 coat will be okay if you have short nails, but 2 for longer nails. Because it's thinner and you need less coats it dries faster than Light Pink.

Gum Pink: 2 coats

This is Light Red. The formula isn't too thick or too thin, but pretty much perfect. For this polish you also need 1 coat with short nails and 2 for longer nails. You can obviously see I'm only wearing 1 coat :P

Light Red: 1 coat

This is Plum. This one is the thinnest so far. It's a pretty pigmented polish, but whether you have long or short nails; you will need 2 coats, because of bald spots. On the picture it looks more brown than it actually is.

Plum: 2 coats

This is Black (oh really). Nice formula, but the brush had a few hairs sticking out at the bottom of the brush which would leave nail polish on my cuticle. Just like Plum it needs 2 coats, because of bald spots.

Black: 2 coats

This is Dark Navy. I wanted it so bad after seeing it on rebeccalikesnails. It's a bit of a thicker polish, but not annoyingly thick. 1 coat is enough. The brush was being annoying. In real life it looks almost black and the dark blue micro glitter is hardly noticeable in real life. It doesn't dry shiny.

Dark Navy: 1 coat

This is Fuchsia. Nice color, nice formula, nice application. Nothing bad to say about it. 1 coat is enough for short nails, 2 coats for longer nails.

Fuchsia: 2 coats

Punk Purple. Looks a bit like Fuchsia, but is darker and more purple. Everybody, with short or long nails, can get away with 1 coat, but 2 coats is better.

Punk Purple: 2 coats

This is Lilac and has pretty much the exact same formula as the first polish Light Pink. It makes me feel like they're actually kind of jelly polishes. 2-3 coats will do the job. Lilac is in real life lighter and more of a pastel color.

Lilac: 2 coats

This is Desert Haze. Nice formula, and pretty pigmented. You need 2 coats to cover bald spots. I think this is a gorgeous nude color if you have lighter skin than me. It won't stop me from wearing it though.

Desert Haze: 2 coats

Innocent... Not as innocent as it looks! Maybe it cheated on me... Why? Look at the pictures below this swatch.
From all the polishes this was the worst! The formula was kinda thin and at first it looked kinda sandy, but that wasn't the case. It applies streaky. This polish just seemed used.

Innocent: 3 coats

The bottle was kinda hard to open and this is what I saw!

This is Purple Pleaser and is lighter than Punk Purple. They have the same formula and you will also need 2 coats because of bald spots.

Purple Pleaser: 2 coats

Dark Glitter Purple. I wanted this one so bad, but is not as spectacular as it seemed. The glitter in this is better to see than in Dark Navy. On the picture it looks really blue, but is actually really purple. 2 coats are used for opacity.

Dark Glitter Purple: 2 coats

Overall, I can't really say bad stuff about these polishes. They're only €1/$1. If you see the quality that you get it's even better than you would expect for that price. The brushes are nice and thick although some of them have little hairs sticking out.

Do you have any ELF polishes and which one is your favorite? And from these swatches, which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below :)

xoxo Ingie

ELF Preview

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Just a little preview of the ELF polishes I ordered last week :) Post will be up tomorrow or in a few days.

Do you see a color you like?

xoxo Ingie

China Glaze - For Audrey + Comparison

Hello! I was planning to show this pretty color on day 5 of the challenge, but since I'm planning on buying a lot of new polishes tomorrow I figured I could just show you now! :)

I think almost everybody has this nail polish. When I ordered this one instead of the next day this came about 2/2,5 weeks later. But I knew it would come later anyway :P I wanted to have this one, because I wanted something close to Tiffany's blue. I still don't really know if this is close to it, but I do know it's a gorgeous color!
Since I own a few blue polishes that I though came close to For Audrey I decided to compare them. The result:

Nothing close to each other at all! Mint Cream is from ELF and actually the first blue/green I actually wore. I got lots of compliments on it and that made me decide I can wear blue nails :)
Am I Blue Or Green is from Catrice. It looks almost white on the picture, but compared to these two it's a very pale blue. Am I Blue Or Green is actually hard to get on your nails. I've heard more complaints about that, so it's not just me.

Since I said at the beginning of this post; I'm planning on actually get out of the house to buy new nail polishes and I know there are some gorgeous ones from Catrice and Essence, so look out for that!

For now,

xoxo Ingie

ELF - Hot Pink

Hey guys!

I know it's boring, but again I have a swatch for you today. BUT, I do have the need to explain some things to you :P Why am I so boring with my posts? Well, when I started out, just 2 weeks ago, I actually found out that I own the most boring nail polish stash in the world! And I have never really done nail art! I already knew I wanted to buy nail art stuff and all, but the end of the month (read fresh new salary) just seems so far away! So to the few readers that I have; I hope you can be patient :P

Ik weet dat het saai is, maar alweer een swatch vandaag. MAAR, ik moet wel even wat dingetjes uitleggen :P Waarom ben ik zo saai met mijn posts? Toen ik deze blog begon, maar 2 weekjes geleden, kwam ik erachter dat ik de meest saaie nagellak stash van de wereld bezit! En ik heb nooit echt nail art gedaan! Ik wist al dat ik nail art dingetjes wilde kopen, maar het einde van de maand (lees nieuw salaris) lijkt zo ver weg! Dus, voor de paar lezers die ik heb; Ik hoop dat je het nog even uithoudt :P

But now onto the swatch! As you can see (when you scroll to the 3rd picture) this is a very, very deep pink. Almost going to red. I wouldn't call it a hot pink though... I would call it - let me think - Highlight Red? No. Just no. But the name fail doesn't take away the prettiness off this color. I'll show you a pic with 1, 2 and 3 coats of this polish.

Maar nu naar de swatch! Zoals je kan zien (als je naar het 3de plaatje scrollt) is dit een hele diepe kleur roze. Bijna rood. Ik zou deze kleur geen Hot Pink noemen... Ik zou het - laat me denken - Highlight Red noemen? Nee. Gewoon.. nee. Maar de naam fail neemt de mooi kleur van deze lak niet weg. Ik laat je foto's met 1, 2 en 3 laagjes nagellak zien.

1 coat - 1 laagje

2 coats - 2 laagjes

3 coats - 3 laagjes

Excusez moi for my messiness... Just blame the shaky hand (that I don't have) Next pictures are just because I made them :P

Excusez moi voor de slordigheid... Gooi het maar op mijn trillerige hand (die ik niet heb) Volgende foto's zijn er gewoon omdat ik ze had :P

You can buy ELF products in the webshop. I don't know what the website is for other countries, but it starts with eyeslipsface and then .com .whateveryouuseafterdot :P This polish was just € 1,00

Je kunt ELF producten kopen via de webshop. Voor Nederland is dat eyeslipsface.nl. De nagellak was maar € 1,00 maar als je daar besteld zou ik zeker veel meer dingetjes kopen, want de verzendkosten zijn € 6,95!! Ze hebben heel veel make-up voor heel erg weinig! :)

xoxo Ingie