Matte Hidden Treasure

Hi all,

A couple of days ago, I showed you Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure and I decided to do something different, so I pulled out my matte topcoat!


Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure over Wet n Wild Black Creme with Catrice Matt Top Coat. Isn't that amazing? I thought I was going to love the shiny version more, but I definitely like the matte version better.


The duochrome/multichrome effect of the flakies doesn't disappear the least when you put a matte topcoat on it! I love it. It makes it look like scales or something. Prettay!

A full review on Catrice Matt Top Coat will follow in the next couple of weeks :)

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Sally Hansen's Hidden Treasure

Hi all,

Hidden Treasure is hiding for a lot of nail polish lovers, but I am one lucky bastard and I've had it for some time now! It's flakie galore in a bottle really.. I posted about it earlier when I wore it over Sephora by OPI Blue Grotto.


Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure, one coat over one coat of Wet n Wild Black Creme. Awesomeeeeeee! I have to admit that when I look at the bottle, I'm kinda like 'meh'. I have that with more of my flakie polishes, because it just doesn't appeal to me from the other side of the glas..


But then, when I put it on, it's like *haaaaaalelujah!* The main color of the flakies is orange, but when you tilt your hand just the tiniest little bit, you'll see yellow, gold and green pop up! It's so awesome to look at. This is over black, which is probably the color that gives it the most *pop* in my opinion (though I have to say that it's pretty amazing over pretty much every (dark) color!)


You can see the colorchanging in this closeup pretty well, this picture shows every color that shows up when you wear Hidden Treasure.. *gasps* cool, eh?

Application is a little tricky; Sally Hansen's brush is huge and not that easy to work with. It takes on way too much polish, so you have to scoop that off before you put on the flakies over your basecolor..

Also, while removing these flakies (or others, for that matter), be sure to whipe off the polish to your tip. Do not scrub this polish towards your cuticles! The flakies will get stuck and it's almost impossible to get them off when they're stuck..

I see a lot of combinations with HT in the future..

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Flakie Poo

Hi all!

The day before I went on holiday I showed you Sally Hansen Leather Creme. I thought it looked a bit boring though, so since jbrobs was so nice to put in a surprise for me, I wanted to spice it up! She was so sweet to give me Nfu Oh 058 to add to my flakie and boobiecollection :)

Nfu Oh 058 over Sally Hansen Leather Creme. Er, right. Although I love 058, I don't like it in this situation. It looks like flakie poo. Yuk!

And another picture of the poo:

Ew. I don't like this AT ALL. I love 058 since it's packed with flakies (this is only one coat) but I don't like the combination of the two. Too bad, I thought it would have looked pretty!

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Sally Hansen Leather Creme

Hi all!

How are you all doing today? I'm a bit exhausted because I haven't slept much last night (my parents came home from their holiday at 04.30 AM while I went to bed at 2 AM, not the best combination) and I went on a shopping spree with Michèle from Lacquerized which was FUN!, but also really exhausting lol. Anyway, today I have a polish for you that I got off the blogsale of Polish Insomniac (thanks hun for all the pretties!). Let's take a look!

Sally Hansen Leather Creme, three coats in daylight. Leather Creme is a pretty brown creme and this just says it all. I'm really digging browns lately and this one is no exeption.

Application was alright. I can't handle the brush very well since it's long and thin. The polish itself is a bit on the watery side, making it slightly hard to work with, but nothing unmanagable. Drying time was good.

That's it for today dear reader! I'm still working on sorting all the entries for my giveaway so it's work in progress!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Flakie Festival

Hi all,

Today another shortie. I feel like I haven't slept in weeks and I'm finally getting tired after four sleepless nights so hopefully I'll be able to get some sleep and make something more out of my day. Anyway, when I showed you Sephora By OPI Blue Grotto yesterday, I wasn't really that excited. Yes, it's a pretty blue but it didn't do much for me, so I decided to top it off with Sally Hansen's Hidden Treasure.

Sephora By OPI Blue Grotto with one coat of Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure. Flakies! Yaay! This is only one coat of Hidden Treasure so it gives off a great amount of flakies in just one coat. The flakies flash orange, green, yellow and gold. The Sally Hansen brush is short and flat, so it was a bit weird at first to work with, but it all worked out in the end.

I thought it would be appropriate to post this since the flakies flash orange and gold and The Netherlands just played the semi finals and THEY WON!! Yaay!! The Dutchies will go to the final of the world cup! *small happy dance*

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Playdate Pics! And OPI Over The Taupe

Hi all!

If you're following me on Twitter, you probably know that it was playdate time yesterday! I met up with Michèle from Lacquerized, Karin from Romika's Nails, Michelle from The Lacquer Files and Natasja. We all brought a ton of polishes (though this wasn't nearly everything we own!) and were dazed with the amount of polish on the table. This is what a playdate with five lacquer ladies looks like:


And from a different angle:

Michèle and Karin actually had their polishes in their Helmers, so they are not even all visible in these pics! Woah! Can you imagine us just staring at all the bottles, not knowing which polish to pick?

We all picked a polish to paint our nails with and since this is my nail blog, what would this post be without a pic of our hands and nails?

Clockwise, starting from the top: Michèle - wearing purple H&M Hello Kitty with Sally Hansen Garnet Lapis, Karin - wearing Milani Hi-Tech, Michelle - wearing Hard Candy Mr Wrong with Hard Candy Breakup on top, Natasja - wearing Orly Cashmere Cardigan and me - wearing OPI Over the Taupe.

I'm wearing OPI Over the Taupe as a NOTD (which I borrowed from Michelle - thanks dearie!! <3 ), but I spiced it up a little with some flowery stickers. I actually have some weird kind of bubbeling in my polish, not regular bubbles but very teeny tiny wobbly parts that look like they lay under the polish. Michèle told me she has the same thing. I have no clue what caused this bubbeling.. Anyway, here are some pics of today's manicure!

OPI Over the Taupe, three coats with one coat of Nubar Diamont and flowery stickers. Over the Taupe is a gorgeous taupe creme. I really like this color! I took advantage of all the bottles on the table and it's no dupe of Eyeko's Taupe Polish, Catrice Lost in Mud or Catrice From Dusk To Dawn. Application was good. The polish was a little watery at first, but it all went well in the end.

A little closeup of my ring finger:

It's just the accent to make the color pop! I really like these stickers. I got them as a freebie with an order at Veelnagels/Veelsieraden, a Dutch etailer.

Dear Michèle, Karin, Michelle and Natasja; I had a great time yesterday and I hope you did too! I'm looking forward to the next playdate (Michèle, hurry up with your date picker! ;) )

Thanks for stopping by!

Purple Pizzazz from Sally Hansen

Deze lak heb ik gekregen in een swap met Natasja; Purple Pizzazz! Natasja bood aan deze met me te swappen, precies op het moment dat ik het internet aan het afstruinen was om deze te pakken te krijgen.. Is dat niet toevallig? :)

Vooraf: ik waarschuw alvast voor de foto's die ik heb kunnen maken van deze lak. Ze is prachtig, maar onmogelijk om goed op de foto te krijgen. Mijn camera maakte haar blauw of liet haar jellyness niet zien. Ik heb mijn best gedaan!

This is a polish that I got in a swap with Natasja; Purple Pizzazz! She offered to swap it with me just at the time I was searching the internet for a way to get a hold of it, isn't that a coincedence? :)

Please bare with me, because this polish will not let me take proper pictures of her. My camera keeps turning her blue (which she is definitely not!) or does not want to show her jellyness. I tried my best!



Dit is drie laagjes. De eerste foto is genomen onder mijn bureaulamp, de tweede is genomen in daglicht. Naar mijn idee is de eerste foto redelijk kleuraccuraat, bedenk haar iets blauwer dan hier wordt afgebeeld. Purple Pizzazz is een paarse jelly met roze glitter. Ik vind het een erg mooie jelly en denk ook wel dat ik deze regelmatig zal dragen! Applicatie van deze lak was prima, geen rare dingen. Droogtijd was iets langer dan normaal, maar ik weet niet of jelly's meer tijd nodig hebben om te drogen.

This is three coats. First picture is taken under my lamp, second one is taken in daylight. I think the first picture is most color accurate, she just is a little more blue than pictured. Purple Pizzazz is a bluebased purple jelly with pink glitter. This is a really pretty jelly! I think I will be wearing her on a regular basis.. I think she will also look great with some konad over her. Adding even more depth! Application was fine, nothing abnormal. Drying time was a little longer than usual, but I don't really know if jellies take more time to dry *jellyn00b*

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