Digit-al Dozen DOES - Vintage - Heavy Curtains!

Hi Goddesses

Today's vintage mani is a curtain / velvet / Victorian inspired thing.  I always love it when people do same colour stamping, and the top colour pops like embossed velvet.

I wanted to do something similar, but very textured, but I chose 2 polishes that whilst glorious in their own right, well ... I'm not sure they made such a perfect couple.

On base we have the utterly amazing "there are no words for how gorgeous you are" Alcatraz Rocks by OPI.  I have really done this polish a disservice by not wearing it until now, as it would definitely have been one of my top3 polishes of 2013.

This is perhaps the most exquisite polish OPI have released in the LONGEST time, a Liquid Sand of such complexity and majesty that neither words nor photos are enough.

The polish sits on a dark purple axis, with glitters of pink, gold, petrol - you name it, it's there.  But it's hidden.  So on the surface, it looks darkly serene, but look closer and there's a whole world of complexity at your fingertips.

I've deliberately included some blurred shots, as they give the best hint of what's going on.  Most cameras (like mine) tend to flatten out the magic when presented with a polish where there's just so much going on, but hopefully, if you puzzle all the photos together, a collage of OPI wizardry will emerge.

For the stamping I used Too Fancy Lacquer Prima Donna.   This is a silvery lilac and stamps exceptionally well.

However .... it's really hard to detect the holo over Alcatraz - it almost looks like any old silver.  You can see it bending at the corners of a few photos.  Sad to say, this is another one of those manis that just looked so much more amazing on the nail.

And this was my dilemma.  The only way I could do the holo justice would have been to add top coat, but I really thought that would send the whole thing over the edge into a blur that would cause my camera to implode.  So trust me - real life, this looked sensational.

Oh, and the stamp?  MoYou Pro Collection 03.

Crumpet Reviews - Too Fancy Lacquer The Viola Trio

Hi Goddesses

Too Fancy Lacquer was one of my favourite new brands last year, and I am thrilled to have her latest Collection for review for you today.  

One of the things I really like is that she is releasing new collections in colours that work together.  The new Collection is called the Viola Trio and is 3 different shades of purple .... can you guess how this review is gonna end lol?

First things first - formula, brush, consistency, application - no issues at all.  In fact, for me, the product seems to be getting better with each release.  This post is also the first time I've tried to "jazz up" my swatch posts with some accent nail art - not sure what I think yet, so let me know!

Prima Donna is a silver-toned lilac holo which we have seen before.   It's more silvery than OPI DS Original (but a worthwhile dupe if you can't get your hands on that one), but way more linear than China Glaze's IDK.

This is just a classic polish - the colour makes it really versatile - and I'm also interested to see how it stamps :)  Momma could be having some fun!

The 2 bright colours of the collection go in different collections.  First we have the "cold" purple, Shrinking Violet, an utter stunner parked somewhere on that periwinkle-meets-purple line.

This is just gorgeous.  I love colours like this - they're bright, but not overpowering.  The holo in this is glorious too.

If you're not a purple lover, but you are a blue lover, I would suggest you give this one a try.  It seems to depend what's around it as to how purple it looks.  Beautiful.

And finally, A Currant Affair.  Love this.  This is the warmer of the 2 purples, but it still retains a fantastic arctic flash of blue here and there.

The colour on this is divine.  Purple-meets-magenta, this is deeply saturated, and just a joy to look at.


This "might" be my favourite of the 3 ... maybe :)



You can follow Too Fancy on Facebook HERE.  These polishes were sent for my honest review, and go on sale tomorrow, 9th Jan, at the following times - 
(11am CST, USA)
(7pm Central Europe Time)
(2am Hong Kong Time)



Click HERE to go to the Too Fancy Lacquer store - I also have my eye on This Love Is Smokin Hot ;)