rbl scrangie vs. bb couture venice party
first time I saw scrangie on scrangie’s blog it totally reminded me of bb couture’s venice party. but now that I got them both in my hands I have to say that I was mistaken.
here are the pictures that originally made me think they could be very similar:
venice party
scrangie © www.scrangie.com
you see how similar they look? you will see on the next pictures, how close venice party is to scrangie’s scrangie pic:
index/ring: venice party, middle/pinkie: scrangie
I’m sorry to disappoint everyone who was hoping for a scrangie dupe, but this one is absolutely not. I don’t even need to explain the difference, because it’s pretty obvious. again, I’m wondering, if my scrangie version differs from scrangie’s, because the pictures look so different.
in the last post I was telling you, that I couldn’t use the fast drying tc on scrangie, because it was shrinking. I applied the two polishes yesterday evening without using tc and waited for 3hrs before I went to bed. this is how it looked this morning (all fingers did).
you see, that’s why it’s essential to me that a polish can be combined with a fast drying tc o_O
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l’oreal resist & shine black gloss part 3
remember, back in october, when I showed you some swatches of the new black gloss collection polishes? there was a red one here and 2 purples here.
I think, they relaunched it now! I found a new display at dm, and there were 2 new shades. remember when I complained, that one of the shades, black khaki, was not available in austria? now it is! and there was yet another new shade!
737 black khaki – ok, I must admit that I had expected much more of this one. it’s not what I would call khaki green, it’s more of a yellowtoned brown shimmer in a black base. it’s too yellow for my skintone. what a shame :-(
731 black blue (?) – this one is new in the collection and it’s freaking gorgeous! it’s a deep blue shimmer in a black base. I think it’s close to OPI yoga-ta get this blue! but it’s not the same shade of blue.
application of both was great, very creamy and pretty opaque with one coat. on the pics I did 2 coats for more depth.
along with those 2 shades came the red and the purples, but they dropped the brown. if you missed those polishes last time I suggest you go and get them now!
update on china glaze calcium gel fortifier:
I’ve been using it for almost 3 weeks now, and rarely used on polish. I don’t feel it has done any improvement to my nails yet. this is a picture of the 3 right hand fingers than keep breaking and chipping.
they still are, and I can hardly keep them in shape. so I guess I will not recommend this product, but there’s still 2 weeks to go. we will see.
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4th advent manicure – snowy midnight
yesterday it was snowing all day long! I love winter, and I love snow! but I hate it, when it turns into mud the minute it hits the ground. and in big cities like vienna this happens very quickly.
we went christmas-shopping yesterday, which is kind of suicidal on the last saturday before christmas, because the whole town is doing the same. add some slippery roads and annoyed drivers and you get what we got *lol*
nevertheless I enjoyed the christmassy weather and I decided to do a snowy manicure with some rhinestones and one of my favorite polishes.
for this I used 1 coat of misa a sin worth committing and 1 coat of opi ds glamour which is one of the gorgeoustestest holopolishes one the whole planet! I used a lot of snowflaky rhinestones which I affixed with a thick coat of topcoat. pictures were taken in different lighting.
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quickie: s-he 384 + 450
I’ve had both of those for quite some time, but this is the first time I tried them.
this first picture is 450 layered on 384:
384 is a deep purple with blue and pink shimmer. and it’s a pain! it’s sticky and blotchy, and it makes bubbles! it could have been really pretty though. what a shame :-( I think this is one of the f/w 09 collection, but I’m not sure.
450 is aquablue glitter in a clear base. I needed 4 coats to make it opaque. the glitter is very fine, almost microglitter. I love the color, it is perfect for winter, don’t you think? I used topcoat on the picture. this is part of the core range.
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layering: calypso blue, dorothy who? + nfu 52
I’ve been offline for 2 days now, I upgraded from vista to win7, and it was a mess! why can those things never work out like they are supposed to? I was so frustrated that I decided to apply a template instead of a background *lol*
anyways, I did some layering yesterday, something I had in mind since I got the wizards.
here’s what I used:
as I commented in the wizard review, I think dorothy who? looks better layered on something dark blue. I used 1 coat of china glaze calypso blue as a base. then I applied 1 coat of dorothy and over this 1 coat of nfu.oh 52, which is iridescent blue-green flakes in a sheer purple base.
and that’s what it looks like: I love it! what do you think?
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the wizard of ohh ahz returns...swatches!
erste neuigkeit: ich habe nach langem überlegen entschieden, die deutschen einträge wegzulassen. es tut mir zwar leid, weil ich immer einen deutschsprachigen blog schreiben wollte, aber es ist einfach zu zeitaufwändig, alles doppelt zu schreiben. und da doch der großteil der leser nicht deutsch spricht, habe ich diesen weg nun gewählt. ich hoffe, ihr seid mir nicht böse und könnt es nachvollziehen. kommentare werde ich natürlich weiterhin deutsch beantworten, und vl wird auch hin und wieder ein deutscher beitrag folgen, man wird sehen ;-)
first news: in one sentence: I'm gonna skip the german and stick with english.
second news: I've received my first pre-(re)-release polishes! how cool is that?! china glaze sent me the fabulous and long-awaited wizard of ohh ahz returns collection. thank you so much! I'm so happy I'm able to show you swatches of polishes that aren't available yet. maybe I can help you decide, which of those you really need, and which you need just a bit ;-)

well, I hope you liked my little pre-re-release preview and swatches! I will try to make some sunlight pics, but, you know, the weather...
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notd: china glaze caribbean blue + h24
heute trage ich caribbean blue, ein hellblau mit kleinen glass flecks, und darüber auf anfrage ein stamping mit h24 und weiss. topcoat ist fairy dust von china glaze, leider nicht so gut zu sehen, auf dem verschwommenen foto erkennt man es etwas besser, das blau entspricht aber dem auf dem oberen foto.
today I'm wearing caribbean blue, a light blue with small glass flecks. on request I stamped with h24 and white. as topcoat I used fairy dust from china glaze, you can see the glitter in the blurry pic, the blue is like in the first pic.
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...I did it again... water marbling herbst
hatte heute irgendwie lust, das marmorieren nochmal zu probieren, und diesmal hats auch viel besser geklappt. beim nächsten mal werde ich davon fotos machen und meine tricks posten ;-)
dies als kleine inspiration für den contest:
today I felt like doing another water marbling, and this time it went pretty well. next time I'll make some pictures and tell you about my tricks ;-)
here's some inspiration for the contest:

base: china glaze hope chest
marbling: s-he 440, p2 selected, misa right here now, no more later
marbling ringfinger: s-he 440, china glaze carribean blue
stamping: H27 + p2 selected
konad bow-rhinestone
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quickie: china glaze calypso blue
eine mitarbeiterin von china glaze war so freundlich, mir ein paar lacke zum testen und swatchen zuzuschicken. dies ist einer davon:
china glaze was kind enough to send me some polishes for swatching purposes. this is one of them:


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bb couture part 2 - midnight malibu & dragon's breath
da ich krank bin spare ich mir langes geschwafel und gehe gleich zu den bildern über.
because I'm sick I'll skip the gibberish and switch over to the pics right away.
midnight malibu


schöööön! es sieht wie violett in der flasche aus, aber es ist ein dunkles blau mit tonnenweise violettem, silbernem und türkisem glitter. der lack sieht wirklich wie ein sternenklaren nachthimmel aus. absolut traumhaft! 2 coats, benötigt topcoat.

dunkles pink mit haufenweise pinkem, blauem und silbernem glitter. ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, ob mir diese farbe gefällt. ich bin ja nicht so der pinktyp. aber mit dem ganzen glitter hat der lack schon etwas! und er ist auch sehr herbstlich. 2 coats + topcoat.matte finish over glitter
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