Ruby Wing Festival Paint Collection

The ruby Wing Festival Paint Collection was released for Summer 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere.  It is now summer here in the Southern hemisphere so I decided to give this collection a try.

IN THE SHADE

Top Row: Crowd Surf, Groupie, Summer Love

Bottom Row: Eternal, Green Peace, Electric Firefly

IN THE SUNSHINE

Top Row: Crowd Surf, Groupie, Summer Love

Bottom Row: Eternal, Green Peace, Electric Firefly

This was honestly the hardest collection I have ever had to photograph. Neons are so hard to photograph and even harder to photograph when you cant go in the sun, because they will change colour.

Ruby Wing Crowd Surf - Shade

Ruby Wing Crowd Surf - Sunshine

Crowd Surf is a crelly fuchsia purple in the shade and a darker plum colour in the sun.  This is three coats.  Its consistency is a mixture of jelly and crème (crelly), so is like a jelly polish, but not as see through and squishy.  the Picture in the sun is not quite colour accurate as it is a darker deeper purple in real life. Purples are notoriously hard to photograph.

Ruby Wing Electric Firefly - Shade

Ruby Wing Electric Firefly - Shade

Electric Firefly is the only shimmer polish in this collection. It has a bright electric blue shimmer running through it. This is three coats and I found the formula on this one quite runny.  In the sunshine it changes to a vivid orange colour.  The shimmer is still present in the sunhine too.

Ruby Wing Eternal - Shade

Ruby Wing Eternal - Sunshine

Eternal has the most drastic colour change in the sunshine out of all the polishes in this collection.  It changes from a teal green crème into a grey/purple crème in the sun.  This is two coats and the formula on this one is great.  I found all of these polishes to dry quite quickly as well.

Ruby Wing Green Peace - Shade

Ruby Wing Green Peace - Sunshine

Green Peace is a crelly (a mixture of crème and jelly finish) polish.  This is three coats. It changes from a bright highlighter neon green into a forest green in the sunshine. 

Ruby Wing Groupie - Shade

Ruby Wing Groupie - Sunshine

This one was hardest to photograph. It is a bright neon highlighter pink. It is a Barbie pink, that looks like a highlighter does in the shade.  The bottle shot in the top photo is the most colour accurate photo of this polish.  This polish has a crème finish and only needs two coats, as it is the perfect consistency.  It changes to a darker non-neon pink in the sun.

Ruby Wing Summer Love - Shade

Ruby Wing Summer Love - Sunshine

Summer Love is a bright neon orange in the sun and a red/orange toned brown in the sun. This one also has the crelly finish, being a cross between a jelly and a crème polish. This was three coats. Logically it makes sense for orange to turn brown in the sun, but it is a hard polish to match with clothing. It feels totally 80s.

Lots of Love

Lisa

This collection was sent to me for review from Color Club New Zealand.

Ruby Wing Spring Garden Collection

 

The Ruby Wing Spring Garden was released mid 2013 and is a collection of six colour changing polishes that are also scented. Today I have four of this collection to show you.

Ruby Wing Cut Grass - Inside

Ruby Wing Cut Grass - Sunshine

Cut grass is a pastel green that changes to a darker dustier green in the sunshine.  While it doesn't actually smell like fresh cut glass (which the Ruby Wing website says it does), it does smell nice.  To be honest it smells like my shampoo, it is floral scented, but I cant figure out like what flower, either way it smells nicer than grass. This is two coats and the polish applies like a dream. It is not streaky at all.

Ruby Wing Fresh Linen - Inside

Ruby Wing Fresh Linen - Sunshine

This is three coats. It has the thinnest formula of this collection and unfortunately does leave streaks on the nail. This one smells fruity - a lot like lemon, but a clean flowery lemon scent.  This one changes from a shimmery slightly frosty white into a light yellow colour.

Ruby Wing Poppy - Inside

Ruby Wing Poppy - Sunshine

Poppy is a vibrant pink jelly (although not quite as neon as the above picture suggests) which changes into a deeper burgundy colour in the sun.  This is two coats which apply perfectly for full coverage. This one smells rose scented, although I suspect it is actually poppy scented.

Ruby Wing Sunflower - Inside

Ruby Wing Sunflower - Sunshine

Sunflower is the glittery polish in this collection. It is a clear base packed full of gold micro glitter. This one is interesting because the glitter doesn't change colour in the sun, but the base it is in changes from clear into a bright yellow base, which makes the glitter look yellower and more golden.  This is three coats and I was surprised to see that it did actually provide good coverage in those three coats.  This one also smells flowery and shampoo like, although I am pretty sure its not the same scent that sunflowers have.

All in all I am happy with the four polishes I have from this collection and absolutely love that they combined colour changing polishes with scented polishes.  I was wearing Cut Grass all day today, however didn't really get time to get outside (and it was horrible) weather, so I didn't actually get to see it do its magical colour change.

Lots of Love
Lisa

These polishes were provided to me for review.

Different Dimension Gnarly

Different Dimension Gnarly is from the 80's Baby Collection.   It is a neon green scattered holographic polish.  The formula on this is great. Two coats gives perfect coverage.  The holographic particles in this one are scattered and subtle so are hard to capture on camera, so this is a polish that does look better in real life.  

Different Dimension Gnarly - Sunshine

Different Dimension Gnarly - Shade

This polish is totally unique in my collection, I can honestly say that I do not have any other holographic polishes this bright!

This was my first experience with Different Dimension polishes, and I love it.  I think I will have to get some more.  You can purchase Different Dimension Polishes here on Etsy or from llarowe.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Butter London Dosh

Well daylight savings kicked in here over the weekend, so now its pretty much dark all the time I am not at work. The cold has also kicked in and that means new boot season, which also means sore feet.

Farmers in New Zealand was selling off all their Butter London stock at the start of the year. Yay because they were all only $20. Boo because this means we are most likely not going to get Butter London easily in New Zealand now.

Dosh was one of the polishes I picked up on clearance.

Butter London Dosh - sunshine

This is three coats. Coverage could have been better, as you can still see the nail line underneath here.  It is a shimmery lime/grass green.  I do not love this colour as it makes my hands look red and even though it is green, it will unfortunately be going into my swap pile.

Lots of Love

Lisa

Color Club Ho-Ho-Holly for St Patrick's Day

Happy St Patrick's Day!  

Even for us non Irish, it seems appropriate to wear a green polish on our nails today. Today I am wearing Ho-Ho-Holly from the 2012 Winter Affair collection.

Color Club Ho-Ho-Holly - Sunshine

Color Club Ho-Ho-Holly - Shade

Color Club Ho-Ho-Holly - Natural Light

Color Club Ho-Ho-Holly is a forest green glass effect polish with gold shimmer running through it (perfect colours for St Patrick's Day). This was two coats and it applied perfectly. It is a blue based green, which is evident when you take it off and the cotton swab turns blue from the polish.  This makes it even more complex, with blue green and gold in this polish.

Here are some comparisons of similar polishes in my collection:

 

These are all three coats. 

Ho-Ho-Holly is the darkest.  

Ivanka does not have a golden shimmer running through it.

The Color Club Winter Affair collection will be available in New Zealand in April.
If you are in New Zealand you could win the entire Winter Affair collection here.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Zoya Surf Collection

The Zoya Surf collection was one of the 2012 Summer collections released last year by Zoya, along with the Beach collection.

Zoya is super hard to find in New Zealand and super expensive. I have never seen it in retail stores, although my beauty salon does have some for sale.  All my Zoyas so far have come from overseas.

I found four of these polishes on clearance at Trade Secrets in Toronto last October. Unfortunately the two I wanted the most (Carly and Zuza) were the two they did not have in stock any more.

All of these swatches are 2 coats.  They all applied easily and have brushes that work perfectly for my sized fingers.  Unfortunately I did have an issue with Kimber staining my nails a slightly darker pink than normal after a days wear.

Zoya Kimber - Natural Light

Zoya Myrta - Natural Light

Zoya Rory - Natural Light

Zoya Meg - Natural Light

Lots of Love

Lisa

Butter London Sparkle, Sparkle Holiday Lacquer Collection

I know this post is a little late, considering this was a holiday collection, but late has got to be better than never right?  I bought this Butter London set while in America (I cant actually remember anymore exactly where, but I think it might have been at Macy's in Vegas) for US$36. Rumours are that it is now selling for about half that price on clearance.

The back of the box says:

SPARKLE, SPARKLE!

This season is all about making a glittering statement. 

Turn up the fashion on your holiday wardrobe

with these gorgeous gems

Butter London Jack the Lad - sunshine

This is three coats. It is a dark green shimmery glitter that occasionally flashes lighter green and golden. 

Butter London Scuppered - Sunshine

This is also three coats, but this polish had a thin consistency.  It is a copper base, with fine copper and copper/pinky coloured shimmer and sporadic bits of slightly bigger green glitter.

Butter London Shambolic - Shade

I thought this polish would be my favourite of the set, but it turned out not to be (that honour went to Jack the Lad).  This is three coats.  There is little purple and pink glitter in a funny grey tinted base, with slightly bigger pink and lighter pink hexagon glitter.  The base colour is the thing that put me off this polish.

All up these are not my favourite Butter Londons, but I subcumbed to the glitter and sparkle in this set, and when in Vegas.....(also the fact that I got three for the price we pay for one Butter London polish here in New Zealand I cant complain).

Lots of Love

Lisa

Cirque Hellebore

"Cirque is an artisanal line of hand-blended nail polish made in New York.  

The name Cirque, meaning ring or circle, represents the color wheel and 

the endless color possibilities in the continuum.  Creator, Annie Pham, 

sought to develop colors that transcend those of conventional brands 

by experimenting with unique pigments and raw materials."

Hellebore is from the new Cirque Objet d'Art Collection released at the end of 2012.

Cirque Hellebore - Natural Light

Cirque Hellebore - Shade

This has two small sizes of light green glitter in a clear base. What makes this special is the sparkly light pink bits of glitter scattered through out the polish (click the last photo to enlarge to see the pink bits of glitter).  This was three coats, which was enough to cover the nail with no gaps in the glitter. This can easily be worn like this by itself, or layered over other polishes as a glitter top coat.

Hellebore retails for US$13.  You can purchase Cirque polishes here.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Ozotic 915

I hope everyone had a good Christmas! It is super hot here at the moment so I am just trying not to over heat. We attempted some boxing day shopping today, but the crowds were insane, so we left empty handed and went back home to melt.

Ozotic 915 was my Christmas Day Manicure. It is a subtle green that didn't shout Christmas too loud.  915 is from the 2012 Scatter Chrome collection.

Ozotic 915 - shade (this is the most colour accurate photo)

Ozotic 915 - Sunshine

Ozotic 915 - Sunshine

This is three coats. It does not actually have any glitter in it, but is a metallic chrome polish which has scattered holographic particles in it.  It is also slightly duochrome moving from green to a blueish teal in the shade (which you can see in the first picture).  I really like this polish and it was fun to look at all day yesterday in the sun.

You can buy 915 and the three other polishes in this collection from piCture pOlish in Australia or Gracie Lou in New Zealand, as well as a bunch of other online retailers listed on the piCture pOlish website.

Lots of Love

Lisa

This polish was sent to me for review

OPI Just Spotted the Lizard

OPI Just Spotted the Lizard is one of the many Chanel Peridot dupes available at the moment.  You can also find similar dupes by Color Club, GAP, Jessica, China Glaze and Sally Hansen to name just a few, but this is the only one I have found in New Zealand so far.

Just Spotted the Lizard is from the 2012 Amazing Spider-Man Collection.  It is a golden green teal blue duochrome metallic polish.  This is three coats. Mine was quite runny and because of the metallic-ness of this polish you can still see brush strokes from application once it has dried.  I think this polish and all of its dupes maybe slightly over hyped if I am honest, but it sure is pretty in the bottle though.

Lots of Love
Lisa

piCture pOlish Blog Fest 2012

80 Bloggers around the world are taking part in this years piCture pOlish Blog Fest. Luckily I get to be one of them too.

The first shade I am got to review is Orbit.

Orbit is one of the new 'Mesh' shades available from today.  Orbit covers your nails in their own little galaxies.

piCture pOlish Orbit - Sunshine

piCture pOlish Orbit - Shade

Orbit is a dark navy blue base jelly packed full of dark blue and silver glitter.  It is so full of glitter that you barely notice the jelly base.  This swatch is two coats and they applied like a dream. You could even get away with one thick coat.  This polish is not a chucky glitter so only needs on layer of top coat to make it smooth.  The only problem with this polish is that it is a glitter and so takes a bit of elbow grease to take off.

This polish is officially on sale today from piCture pOlish and retails for AUD$9.50.  For those in New Zealand Gracie Lou will be stocking piCture pOlish soon.

The second shade I received from piCture pOlish is this stunning green called Kryptonite.

 Kryptonite is from the 'Collaboration Collection' and was jointly created by Cathy from More Nail Polish.

piCture pOlish Orbit - Sunshine

 piCture pOlish Orbit - Sunshine 

This picture really shoes the holographic glitter in the polish

Kryptonite is a deep green jelly full of irregular shaped micro holographic particles.  This swatch is three coats. It applied nicely and dried quickly.  The holographic particles are scattered and sparkle well in the sun.  It has a smooth finish, as it is ultimately a jelly polish.

This polish is officially on sale today from piCture pOlish and retails for AUD$11.50.  For those in New Zealand Gracie Lou will be stocking piCture pOlish soon, but you can order directly from piCture pOlish if you can not wait.

So far my first two piCture pOlish polishes have been great. The biggest down side to these is that they are only 11mls.  I will be stocking up on more of the new shades just released from the Mesh and Collaboration collections. Some of the polishes being displayed in the Blog Fest today look amazing.

Lots of Love

Lisa