Viva La Nails nailart + Paradoxal

I have a couple of pictures of Chanel's Paradoxal for you today! I decided to wear it during the weekend, since my nails don't chip as much when I'm off work ;)

Paradoxal - flash

Paradoxal - no flash

Paradoxal - natural light

Paradoxal - sunlight (see the sparkles!)

Subtle glitter = win

I really wanted to show you the Catrice polishes my mom bought from me, but I haven't had good enough light to take pics of the swatches I made. Soon, I promise!

Instead I'll show you the contents of a package I received last week - a sample package from Viva La Nails!

Viva La Nails Haul

I have only had the time to try out one thing - a white flower sticker. I've always loved nail art stickers, as they are so easy to use, but I'm very picky about which brands I purchase. Some are too thick and have too much clear plastic around them, making it very visible where the sticker is placed (making it look really cheap).

Once I decided which sticker to try it was easy to apply to my nail. It has a kind of jelly-ish feel to it, and it looks pretty neat on the nail. At 2£ for each package, I would not go crazy and buy a lot - but it's good quality and would stay on for quite a while without a topcoat, even! (Yes, I tested through an evening with cleaning, washing my hands several times). They stay on even prettier with a topcoat of course. I would recommend these to people who put quality above quantity.

Viva La Nails Nail Sticker - this is 5x RL size, so that's why the sticker line is so visible ;)

Viva La Nails Sticker with topcoat - and lots of natural sunlight for added sparkles ;) xx

I can't wait to try out the other stuff!

If you love fiddling with nailart, I would surely recommend getting their sample package - I received a total of 15 products for the cost of shipping (3£ within Europe). And they offer a wide variety of nail art, also Konad image plates. It gives you lots of different types to play with and find your preferences, before you buy anything too expensive. This may sound like a commercial, but it is not intended to, not at all. If there's something I dislike it's people recommending products just because they received them for free.

I'm back!

I finally found the time for another update! I'm off work today, which means I had a lot of time to take pictures and make a new banner. I have a few swatches I want to show you, including Eyeko nail polish, Paradoxal and more!

I ordered these super simple swatch wheels, which are great for trying out new polishes without having to do a full mani! These will def. help me when I am too busy or my nails look terrible, lol. First I ordered one (which is nearly full) but I have more on the way, so it won't be long before I can show the Catrice nail polish!

Let's start with the Eyeko Nail Polish. I recently ordered 5 of their - IMO - most promising colours:

Eyeko Lilac Polish, Vintage Polish, Petite Polish, Tea Rose Polish and Vampira Polish

Look at those pretty pastels. They are gorgeous in the bottle and they certainly don't disappoint on the swatch-wheel! All were given two coats.

Eyeko Vintage Polish, Lilac Polish, Tea Rose Polish and Petite Polish

I've tried both Vampira, Petite Polish and Tea Rose Polish (currently wearing) on my own hands, and they are gorgeous in real life. Tea Rose will give you an okay coverage with only one layer, and Petite Polish is gorgeous for freshing up yellowed nails if you want a natural look. I'm not too impressed with Vintage, even though the colour is very pretty, it has quite a thin formula and I fear it will take three coats to cover nails. It's worth mentioning it's not a quick drying polish either.

Here's 1 coat of Vampira Polish on top of a metallic black base:

Vampira Polish

Next up is a present from my ever-so-supporting mom; GOSHs Holographic! You will have to use a special base coat such as GOSHs 565 Fix Base Coat to make it work, but #565 does the job great! Holographic has great coverage, I think, it's my first holographic so I don't have much to compare it with. I used two coats on both the swatch wheel and my fingers. 

You can't compete with the rainbow, but Holographic does a great job catching the colours for ya. I love the colour and effect, but it doesn't suit my kind of style.

Sunlight and flash ~

GOSHs Holographic #549

And inside with little-to-no light ~

And I want to end the post showing my first really expensive polish, which is also the colour this Fall.. It's no secret that I tend to give cheap brands the benefit of the doubt, whereas I'm a little more biased about expensive ones. But this colour swept my feet off the ground immediately. I'm talking about Chanel's Paradoxal, a grey-ish purple with a wonderful purple shimmer to it.

Chanels Paradoxal #509

I immediately tried it on the swatch wheel, I was so excited to see how subtle the shimmer would be. To my surprise, it's not that easy to pick up after 2 coats, but I thinks it's enough. Just a hint of shimmer whenever sunlight catches your nails. And it's such a beautiful shade without the shimmer showing, that you can easily wear it everyday. Definitely not too flashy, but still.. It has some kind of a magic touch to it. I'm in love! What do you think about this colour? Impressed or disappointed?

Chanels Paradoxal #509

My mom and dad went to Germany for the weekend, and my mom surprised me with a big bag of goodies when they got home! I had given her my German polish wishlist, and she found quite a few of them! Yay :) I haven't tried any of them out, but I will hopefully be able to swatch them soon! These will be featured in my next post.

Btw, I hope you like my new background! It was about time I changed that horrible pink starry background to something more subtle.

~Vettelicious