China Glaze Fancy Pants topped with Penelope Luz Geisha

The lovely Barb generously sent me Penelope Luz 'Geisha' which I have decided to pair with China Glazer 'Fancy Pants'.


Geisha is similar to China Glaze Scattered & Tattered but instead of having foil glitters it has matte ones.

China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On and OPI gold flakes

Hello is there anyone there!?

Work/life has been getting in the way of my blogging as you can probably tell but don't worry I'm not about to quit. Although I have to admit nothing has been wowing me recently and I've not had any urgency to buy or get swatches of new collections posted. I'm saving money as a result so it's not all bad!

Enough talking, here is the lovely China Glaze "Keep Calm, Paint On" topped with some gold flakes (OPI "The Man with the Golden Gun"). KCPO is a lovely minty green with silver shimmer. The formula was a little odd on this one as it dragged when I was a bit eager to paint the 2nd/3rd coat. It was ok when I put thicker layers on and let them dry properly. TMWTGG required a bit of fishing around but I expected that as it was a flaky. Overall I love this combo. Do you?

Subtle Gradient using OPI Stay the Night and The Impossible

OPI Stay the Night

OPI The Impossible on the tips

Spring-y Easter-y Mani

Not what I had in mind originally but love the way this mani turned out.

Base: OPI My Vampire is Buff 

Sponged: Color Club I believe in Amour, Zoya Neely and BLU 

Plate: DRK-A

Shimmer Sonia

As requested here is Sonia by Shimmer polish over Misa Frozen in Time. The dusty purple base pulls out the lavenders and blues in the glitter making this polish seem very different from the overriding pink seen in the bottle. The mix of glitters are quite delicate and are ideal for Easter! I like it. Shimmer Polish can be purchased from here.

 *Polish sent for review