The Box of Shame: Anny ~ Blue Bikini Girl

The Box of Shame: Anny ~ Blue Bikini Girl

Sky blue shimmer

I have bought a lot of polish over the years. I haven't kept all of them; I have sold some and I have given some of them away. There's a stop between the box of untrieds and the Helmer: The Box of Shame.

The Box of Shame contains polishes that I've decided not to keep. I may not like the colour or the formula, I may not like the finish - or perhaps the polish just doesn't wow me.

The polishes in the Box of Shame are either sold or given away, and sometimes a polish end up in the box by mistake. Those polishes often sit in the box for a very long time because I don't have the heart to get rid of them. Today I decided to pull a specific polish out of the box - Anny's "Blue Bikini Girl". I think it has been sitting in the box for five years, and every time I've opened the box to get rid of polishes from there - this polish has managed to stay. I can't remember why it ended there in the first place to be honest.

So here's a revival of a very pretty blue polish. The formula is good and easy to work with. I used two coats for full opacity and the drying time is good.

The stamp is from a stamping plate that I don't intend to keep either: "Bundle Monster + YaGala BM-XL208". It's a plate full of lovely designs, but they're unfortunately too big for my relatively small nails. Today I used the design that makes most sense on my nails.

I topped the whole thing with P2's holo microglitter topper: "Just Fantastic".

Here's the final result:

I think this is quite pretty.

This is "Blue Bikini Girl" alone; two coats and no topcoat yet. It is indeed a pretty blue, isn't it!?

Anny ~ Blue Bikini Girl

Here are the things I used today.

So - do you also have a Box of Shame, or what do you do with polishes that doesn't quite wow you?

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Metallic shimmer
Overall impression: Great colour and formula, nice effect

Buy again: Yes

Catrice ~ London Town at Sundown

Catrice ~ London Town at Sundown

Deep red shimmer

I asked my boyfriend what colour he thought I should wear today. He went for red, and I gave him three different reds to choose between – he quickly decided that London Town at Sundown was the nicest of the three. I always knew that he has great taste (also in nail polishes) haha!

The formula is no less than fantastic and this is a true one coater. I did apply a second coat because that’s how I roll, but it honestly wasn’t necessary. The drying time was very good.

Take a look at how pretty two coats look:

Amazing polish, I love it!

My boyfriend suggested stamping and that’s exactly what I did. But first I applied a layer of Ellagee’s Rainbow Syrup, which is a fantastic holo topcoat. Then I used the water decal stamping motif from Bundle Monster’s BM-XL210 and I stamped with China Glaze’s Chrome is Where the Heart is.

Here’s the final mani including a layer of topcoat.

One final shot:

I must admit that I regretted the stamping. That water marble stamping motif is way too big for my nails, it covers up too much of the original base colour. I knew that, I just forgot it. Perhaps I should just get rid of that plate, grrr.

Number of coats: 2 – but this is a one coater
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Shimmer
Overall impression: Beautiful colour, great quality polish

Buy again: Yes, I love it!

Too Fancy Lacquer ~ Silent Night

Too Fancy Lacquer ~ Silent Night

Charcoal grey linear holo

Yesterday I mentioned that I would try and use some of my oldest untrieds. Today I’m going to show you a polish from Too Fancy lacquer’s holiday collection from 2013! It’s grey, that’s why it has been sitting in the box for so long – I’m not a huge fan of greys. I believe this was one of the last Too Fancy polishes I bought. I love the ones I have but suddenly they were so hard to get your hands on, and then I lose interest. It shouldn’t be hard spending money, it is way better for business if it’s easy.

Anyway, back to Silent Night. The formula is really good and the polish covers in two coats. The drying time is really good.

So: two coats and no topcoat taken with flash:

The grey is warm toned. This picture is taken in the lightbox.

I double stamped on it. First I stamped with white – motif from BP-L 003. Then I stamped dragonflies and a Phoenix with black – motif from Bondlemunster BM-410. I topped it with topcoat and this is my final mani:

This picture is taken in ordinary daylight. The topcoat pulled a bit on my designs!

Silent Night isn’t my colour at all, but I ended up liking this. I haven’t quite decided if the polish gets to stay though :)

Silent Night was limited edition and is no longer available. 

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Really good

Finish:  Linear holo
Overall impression: Good rainbows

Buy again: No, it’s not my colour