NOTD - Stargazer 301

Like I mentioned in my previous NOTD-post, I went a little bit nuts with buying the Ultra Cover nail polishes from Stargazer.
The one I used today is no. 301, a pretty light blue colour.

 

This is three coats, with CG Fast Forward top coat on top.
I really like the sparklyness (is that a word? if not, it is now :P) of the polishes from this range :)
I bought this one, and the other SG polishes I own, at BeautyFocus, who sell them for €3,99
More NOTD's with these to come!

NOTD - Stargazer 307

As promised, a more beauty-oriented post today!
I guess most of you probably will have seen this polish on other blogs by now, but hey, I love it, and it is my blog after all, haha ;)

For today's NOTD I chose Stargazer's Ultra Cover 307, which is, according to others, a dupe for Orly's Space Cadet. I don't own the Orly polish myself, but I have seen comparison photo's and they really look the same.

The pink really shows in this shot

And the green shows better in this shot

I've found this polish rather hard to photograph, to be honest, and it has to be seen in real life to really get the appreciation it deserves.

This is three coats, with CG's Fast Forward topcoat on top.

I bought this at BeautyFocus, for €3,99, and I kinda went a bit nuts with buying polishes from the Ultra Cover range, so I have quite a few more to show you in the future xD

NOTD - Stargazer 308

Hey everyone!
Today, after a week of silence (sorry about that!) a new NOTD post from me.

I decided to use Stargazer 308 today, and this is three coats. The photos are a bit crappy, that's because the weather absolutely sucks today and I didn't get good lighting. I didn't want to use flash, so this is what I ended up with.
Stargazer 308 has a pretty, near black, purple base, with tiny purple glitter in it.
Below is a cropped close-up shot of my ring finger, to show the glitter a bit better:

Gorgeous, isn't it?

I bought this polish at BeautyFocus, for €3,99. They're giving a 10% discount on all Stargazer this week though (untill the 21st of November), which makes them only €3,59! Pretty nice for 14 ml :)

NOTD - Catrice Run Forest Run!

Hey everybody!
Seeing how I told you yesterday that my absolute favourite of the three new Catrice polishes is Run Forest Run, I guess it's not much of a surprise I chose this lovely green colour as my NOTD today :)

I'm a sucker for green nail polish, so when I saw this colour, my first thought was: 'Ooh, pretty!'. When I then heard what the name was, I loved it even more.
This is two coats, and I'm sorry about the lighting, it's extremely crappy weather in Holland today.
Applying is like most Catrice polishes, no problems with it whatsoever.

Some other little thing I wanted to tell you guys about is the fact that eleven years ago today, my boyfriend and I got together. So it's a special day today for us :) Why celebrate at eleven, and not at ten, one might ask. Well, I guess I'm just weird like that ^^

Have a great weekend ladies!

NOTD - Catrice Wine-Tastic with Nfu-Oh 51

Hey everybody!
Just a quick post today, with some shots of today's NOTD, which I did with Catrice's Wine-Tastic, and Nfu Oh #51 layered on top:

I absolutely love Nfu Oh 51! It's so gorgeous, and combined with the dark, almost black Wine-Tastic, this makes a perfect Autumn mani, in my opinion!
Here's a close-up shot of my ring finger:

 

Gorgeous, isn't it?

I bought Nfu Oh 51 at NailXL, which can be found here :) I bought my oh-so-awesome holo there too, #61.

NOTD - Barry M Indigo

Hey everyone!
Today I'm wearing all grey and black clothes, so I decided I needed some colour on my nails :)
I chose Barry M's Indigo for this, a pretty colour that also somehow reminds me of those blue bic pens, haha!

This is two coats, photographed in sunlight.
It's a bright colour, but not too bright, and it's exactly what I needed today :)

What do you guys think of this colour?

NOTD - Eyeko Vampira Polish

Eyeko's polishes come in such cute bottles! Today I'm wearing Vampira Polish, 'For Gothic Nails', and I absolutely love it! It's a black base, filled with pretty little red glitters:

This is two coats, and that's enough to get an opaque coverage, which is pretty nice in my opinion!
I did use a topcoat on top to get a bit more shine, because on it's own, it's not shiny enough for my taste ;)
Here's a close-up of my ring finger, to show you all the red-glitter-goodness:

Isn't this just the best fitting polish for my blog layout? lol! :)

If you don't own this polish yet, and wish to order it, you can do so here, on Eyeko's website. They ship for free within Europe, which is awesome, and if you use my ambassador code E10776 on checkout, they even throw in a free gift for you :)

World Animal Day

Today is the 4th of October, meaning it's World Animal Day. Because I love animals, I decided to make today's post a bit larger than usual.
Since I've posted photos of my two cats Julius and Brutus before, I guess you all know them a bit by now, but what most of you probably don't know is that my house somewhat resembles a zoo. Specifically, the reptile house at the zoo :)
The Man and I keep and breed snakes. Ball pythons, boa constrictors and corn snakes. And because today's post is animal oriented, I decided it might be cool to post some photos of my pretties:

This is Pinkeh, our Albino boa constrictor, he's 6 months old now

This is Spidey, our spider Ball python, he's 2 years old now

Pretty, aren't they? More information about them can be found here, at our snakes' website.

Ofcourse I also did a NOTD today, so this post won't be all off-topic :) I chose China Glaze's Gussied Up Green today, a beautiful forest green colour from the 2008 fall collection Rodeo Diva:

 

I love this colour! This is two coats, photographed in natural light.

Finally, because it's World Animal Day, I'd like to give some attention to my two favourite organisations, who are fighting for animals year-round:

Sea Shepherd

World Society for the Protection of Animals

Give your pets an extra hug today!

NOTD - Gosh Ocean

Today I was in an oceanic mood, so I put on this polish ^^

This is a very pretty turquoise/blue duochromy, metallic polish. The duochrome effect is most visible in the bottle, but it does show up a little on the nails.
Here I'm wearing two coats, with CG Fast Forward op top. Photographed in sunlight.
I know it's more of a spring or summer colour, but hey, when I'm in the mood for a colour, I'm gonna wear it, regardless of the season, lol!

Have a very nice weekend everybody!

NOTD - Catrice Wine-Tastic

Todays NOTD is this awesome Catrice colour called Wine-Tastic, and I love this colour! Just love, love, love it!

Wine-Tastic is a very, very dark purple colour, but on first sight it looks black. This is two coats, with China Glaze's Fast Forward top coat on top.
On below close-up you can see that it actually does have purple shimmer in it:

Pretty, isn't it?

NOTD - Bourjois 1 seconde n°24 Black

I couldn't find a name for this polish on the bottle, and when I looked on the Bourjois website, this colour was just listed as n°24, so that's what we'll go with. It's a very pretty black polish with green and purple shimmer.
It's a bit on the sheer side though, so on below pics I'm wearing three coats. It did dry pretty fast, which is always nice.

The shimmer isn't too visible in above pic, so I cropped it to a close-up of my ring finger:

Here the green shimmer is quite visible, and you can see the purple shimmer at the edges. Pretty!
I bought this polish at a Dutch drugstore called Etos earlier this week, along with a Khôl & Contour Minéral eye pencil in the colour Vert mousse, because Etos had all Bourjois 2 for 1 this week.

NOTD - TB Edition

In honour of the True Blood finale (which sneaky me has already watched, but will watch again with The Man tonight when he's home from work), I decided to go with a bloodred polish today.
I tried to do some stamping with the Essence stamping kit I bought recently, but I seriously suck (lol) at it, so I decided to go for just the red polish.
I chose Catrice's Caught on the Red Carpet:

This is three coats. It's quite a sheer polish, so three coats is kinda necessary, but since the colour is pretty, I don't mind that much ;)

Have you guys watched the True Blood finale yet? I for one can't wait for season 4 to start, lol!

NOTD - Catrice Blue Out to Sea

Today's NOTD is one from the Limited Edition Oceana collection that Catrice had in stores last spring.
I'm wearing a blue shirt today in almost exactly the same colour as this polish, so I thought it'd be nice to use this nailpolish today.

Catrice's nail polishes are usually of good quality, especially considering they only cost €2,49. Here in Holland, they can be bought at Kruidvat and Trekpleister, two Dutch drugstores.
This is 2 coats, photographed in sunlight, and I didn't use flash. I love the pretty blue shimmer in this colour!

NOTD - China Glaze Branding Iron

This is one of the colours from the 2008 fall collection Rodeo Diva. Sucker for vampy colours as I am, I fell instantly in love with this colour when I bought it last July at Enchantra, a Dutch cosmetics webshop.
I ordered 4 colours from this collection then, and those were my first China Glaze polishes. I now love this brand, as these polishes apply very smoothly, and 2 layers are usually enough. So I'll probably be ordering more very soon!

2 layers, photographed in sunlight, no flash

Branding Iron is a beautiful deep, shimmery burgundy red, and this is exactly what I think of when I think about vampy colours. In some lights this colour reminds me of the red glass used in some stained glass church windows. Beautiful!