Make Up Store Madeleine

Holo alert!

I bought this polish when I was in Melbourne last month. This is the only one I bought because damn they are expensive. This was AU$26 for only 8ml of polish! that means for a standard size 15mls of this you are looking at around AU$50!!!! which is almost NZ$70!!!

These polishes have been talked about a lot on Make Up Alley lately - actually just after I came back from Melbourne. I had never heard of the Make Up Store brand before (as it is not in New Zealand) so I am glad that I bought this one, and came home to see that so many people were lemming these holo polishes.

Make Up Store Madeleine - Sunshine

As you can see this is a linear holographic polish. The rainbows are long and formed as opposed to scattered all over the place. This is three coats, and it definitely needs it. It is quite sheer and uneven. Dry time was standard and the brush was great and made it easy to apply. My biggest problem with this polish is that the holo only really shows up in the sun. In the shade it looks like a slightly odd metallic foil.

Make Up Store Madeleine - Shade

All up it is an ok polish. I think the hype surrounding these make up stores in around the fact that they are linear holos and these are few and far between. China Glazes OMG polishes are also linear holographics but are very hard to find and are starting to get rather expensive now.
The price is a major turn off for this polish for me. Luckily for my wallet there are no Make Up Store retailers in New Zealand so I don't have to worry about being tempted to buy any more of these.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Polish hunting in Melbourne

Chris and I booked our trip to Melbourne ages ago to see Tim Minchin play with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. If you have not herd of Tim google him and be prepared for a laugh. He is a genius.

My plan was to shop - and of course that included shopping for nail polish. I was mainly looking for Australian brands that are unavailable in New Zealand. This included Glitter Gal, Illamasqua and Ozotics pro polishes.

We flew into Melbourne on Thursday morning. Out hotel was in the middle of town and right opposite a giant Myer and David Jones.

Myer was up first. They recently opened an Illamasqua section there and this was my first stop.

Illamasqua polishes retail for AU$34 each. I bought a bunch for Lisa (the other one) but only got myself Baptiste as I was finding it hard to justify that much money on one polish.

I also found Make Up Store polishes in Myer. These are AU$26 each - so again I only brought one. Madeleine which is a nude bronze holographic polish. (Pictures of these down further)

Next door to Myer was a giant David Jones store. This had the biggest display of OPI I have ever seen in my life.
This stand was double sided and surrounded by other littler stands full of OPI. These were retailing for AU$19.95 each. They had the new Texas collection and the Katy Perry collection (although half of these colours were sold out).

In Australia the 2007 Japanese Exclusive Yokohama Collection is part of the core line.

Left to Right - Bay Bridge Sunset, Penny for your Thoughts, Baby Blue, Pinkerbell, Vintage Violet, Sweet love at the Ferris Wheel.

I brought 6 more of these and now have a couple of double ups. (If anyone is desperate to own Baby Blue or Bay Bridge Sunset send me an email).

Chadstone mall was my next stop. Here I discovered Inglot. We don't have Inglot in New Zealand. I loved the little shop they had. I got a pallet of four gorgeous shimmer eyeshadows (you get to pick your own colours) for AU$40. I also picked two polishes - a purple and a green - unfortunately these only have numbers and not names.

Left to Right - Make Up Store Madeleine, Illamasqua Baptiste, Inglot 319, Inglot 833

Lastly I found some Nicole by OPI in a random Hair Care shop in the center of town. These were $14.95 each.
Left to Right - Nail It! (Sportsgirl) Iris, Nicole by OPI Love your Life, Nicole by OPI Blue Lace, OPI Its Totally Fort Worth it, OPI Austin-tatious Turquoise

On the way through customes at the airport they had two OPI polishes for AU$25 so I picked up the only two polishes from the OPI Texas collection I was interested in.

So 15 polishes later I am a lot poorer and still don't have any Glitter Gal or Ozotic pro polishes. I tried so hard looking for them. Chris was super sick of polish hunting by the end of three days and I was getting depressed because I had run out of money and had no luck finding the Australian brands I was looking for.

Swatches will come later once I have some spare time. Hope you are all doing well!

Lots of Love
Lisa