Kinetics Misty

Hi all,

We've seen a lot of soft, soothing colors the last couple of months, and I know we're getting ready voor fall and winter but I'm not finished with these light pastel-ish colors! Today I have a polish from Kinetics for you.

Kinetics Misty, two coats in daylight. Misty is a beautiful lightblue creme with a hint of grey, giving it the 'misty' feeling. It reminds me a bit of a creme version of Essie Sag Harbor, but the latter is more grey and has shimmer, while this is obviously a creme.

Application was good. The formula of this polish was great, especially when you think of it as an pastel-ish color. I needed two coats for opacity and those coats practically applied themselves. Dryingtime was quick; I used this color as a base for some nailart only ten minutes later and it was fully dried (I didn't use a quick dry topcoat).

I really like this color. It may not be very fall like, but I like how the color gives me an illusion of a summer tan - which has painfully faded by now lol.

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Snakelike

Hi all!

A week ago, I showed you Kinetics Darkside, a medium grey creme. I thought it looked a bit 'off' in August, so I played a little with other colors on top of it to bring it alive. I decided to do another kind of Lace Illusion, only now I know the intention is to make it look like a snake, I tried a couple of different colors.

Kinetics Darkside with scribbles of Milani Foxy Lady and China Glaze Ink, stamped with Konad special polish in Black Pearl and imageplate M57.

I have to admit that I think it looks better when you take a bit of distance to look at the design :)

Do you agree? I think I like the previous version better since it's a little calmer, but I do like this one too. It's a bit different, and I like that. The reddish tone of Foxy Lady contrasts with Darkside so that's nice :)

What do you think?

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Kinetics Darkside

Hi all!

Today I'm going on holiday with Michelle from The Lacquer Files and Michèle from Lacquerized. Yay!! We'll be away for 8 days, but no need to worry.. I worked my butt off to scedule posts for you to go up, so postwise, you won't even notice I'm gone :)

Today I have one of my Kinetics polishes for you. I got a view in a swap with Linda from Latvia, but recently Alice and Jo's sell these as well so I ordered a view.

Kinetics Darkside, two coats in daylight. Darkside is a medium grey creme. I think it looks lovely, but I picked the wrong season to wear it. I have to admit it matches the weather pretty good though..

Application was good. The polish is perfect for me; not too thick or too think. The brush is easy to work with and the polish goes on smoothly. Dryingtime is good as well, so I have no complaints!

I think this makes a lovely color for every season but summer, since while I wore this I couldn't stop thinking "this doesn't feel right, it's August!". I'll wear it again, but I'll chose a different season for it ;)

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Comparison Time

Hi all!

It's time for some comparisons again! There are three comparisons again this time, so let's get started.

A little roundup

First up is a comparison between Chanel Nouvelle Vague and Orly Gumdrop.

Left Orly Gumdrop, right Chanel Nouvelle Vague. As you can see, they are dupes! The only difference is the really subtle shimmer that Nouvelle Vague holds and Gumdrop is a teeeeenie bit more blue, but the difference is barely visible. Gumdrop is easier to get your hands on and it's a budget friendly alternative if you want Chanel Nouvelle Vague.

Next up: a coincidental dupe! I bought Kinetics Shall We Dance? at Alice and Jo's havesentials and found out it looked really close to GOSH Purple Heart.

Left GOSH Purple Heart, Kinetics Shall We Dance? on the right. The only difference is the way the light hits these polishes. These polishes are identical. They're both evenly duochrome-y (which I couldn't really capture on the wheel) and have the same smokey dark purple, mossy green colors. These are dupes.

Last but not least of this comparison post, I have two periwinkle cremes for you; China Glaze Secret Peri-winkle and Orly Cashmere Cardigan.

Secret Peri-Winkle on the left, Cashmere Cardigan on the right. Please imagine this is more periwinkle (a tad bit of purple), because the color freaked out my camera. These are not dupes. Secret Peri-Winkle is lighter and a bit dustier than Cashmere Cardigan, while Cashmere Cardigan leans more towards purple. The difference is big enough to justify you owning both ;) These are not dupes.

And of course, to round it all up.. A little summary in the form of a shot of the nailwheel;



These were the comparisons I had for you, dear reader! If you have requests for more comparisons, feel free to ask me!

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Kinetics Mysterious Cloud

Hi all!

Ik voelde me de afgelopen tijd niet zo goed, dus vandaar dat jullie niet zoveel updates hebben gezien. Ik had gewoonweg geen puf om mijn nagels te doen - in anderhalve week tijd heb ik mijn nagels twee keer gelakt (I kid you not!) maar ik zal het normale posten hervatten wanneer ik me weer beter voel. Vandaag heb ik een lak van een minder bekend merk voor jullie: Kinetics Mysterious Cloud.

I haven't been feeling too well lately, so that's why you didn't see as many updates as you're used to. I didn't feel like polishing lately, so I did my nails twice in one and a half week (I kid you not!) but I will resume swatching and posting when I feel better. Today I have a polish from a lesser known brand for you: Kinetics Mysterious Cloud.


Kinetics Mysterious Cloud, drie laagjes. Mijn foto is niet helemaal accuraat qua kleur; de lak heeft een meer rode dan blauwe ondertoon. Mysterious cloud is een lavendelkleurige creme in dezelfde sfeer als Illamasqua Wink. Volgens mij zijn de twee lakken geen dupes, maar dat zou ik eens moeten bekijken via een comparison.

Kinetics Mysterious Cloud, three coats in daylight. My picture isn't really color accurate; it's more red based than blue based - as my picture shows. Mysterious Cloud is a lavender colored creme with a similar feeling as Illamasqua Wink. I don't think they are dupes, but I will check that later on in a comparison.

De lak is goed van structuur en ook het kwastje is fijn, maar dat wist ik eigenlijk al van My Blue Heaven en Luxury Purple. De droogtijd is prima en wat mij betreft zijn deze lakken echt aanraders!

The structure of the polish is good, as well as the brush. I knew this already because I wore My Blue Heaven and Luxury Purple before, but I wanted to mention this once more. Drying time was good and in my opinion these polishes are really recommended!

Voor mijn Nederlandse lezers is het goed om te weten dat er sinds kort een Nederlandse webshop is die deze lakken verkoopt. Aliceandjohavesentials.nl verkoopt sinds kort Kinetics nagellak! Ik was helemaal hyper toen ik het hoorde. De lakken kosten € 5,79 per stuk en voor de prijs van de verzending hoef je het al helemaal niet te laten; ik was voor 5 lakken € 1,50 kwijt. Toen ik bestelde hadden ze nog niet alle kleurtjes, maar er werd mij verteld dat hieraan gewerkt werd :).

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Pictures Of A Purple Pretty

Hi all!

Dit is één van de twee Kinetics lakken die ik onlangs in een swap met Linda heb gekregen. Kinetics is voor zover ik weet alleen verkrijgbaar in Letland, dus mocht je een keer swappen met iemand uit Letland; vraag naar Kinetics!

This is one of the two Kinetics polishes I got in swap with Linda not too long ago. As far as I know, Kinetics is only available in Latvia, so if you are ever lucky enough to swap with someone from Latvia; ask for Kinetics!



Kinetics Luxury Purple, drie laagjes en een laagje Diamont in daglicht/zonlicht. Luxury Purple is een paars met rode ondertoon. Deze foto's zijn niet kleurecht, maar tonen wel de geweldige shimmer die deze lak heeft. Ik kan het niet helemaal plaatsen. Na een laagje is het net alsof het een jelly met microglitter is, zonder dat deze glitters 'verzonken' liggen in de jelly (bestaat dit?). De lak heeft een sterke shimmer en haast foily finish. Ik zit de hele tijd al naar mijn nagels te staren!

Kinetics Luxury Purple, three coats with one coat Nubar Diamont in daylight/sunlight. Luxury purple is a redbased purple, so these two pictures are not color accurate. The pictures do show the incredible shimmer this polish has! I can't really figure out what it is.. After one coat, it's like I applied a jelly with microglitters that don't sink to the bottom of the jelly (does this even exist?). The polish has a very strong shimmer and almost foily finish. I'm staring almost nonstop at my nails since I applied this..

De volgende foto's zijn van slechte kwaliteit, maar zijn wel kleurecht. Onder mijn bureaulamp wordt ze plotseling geen blurple maar haar echte kleur..

The following pictures are craptastic, but they are color accurate. Under my desklamp, she transforms in front of my camera to the color she really is..



Mooi is ze he? Ik vind haar echt prachtig. Applicatie was goed en de droogtijd was ook goed. Ik had verwacht dat deze lak minder snel zou drogen, al heb ik daar geen reden voor.

Whoa, isn't the pretty? I really like her! Application was good and drying time was good as well. Somehow, I expected to have issues with the dryingtime, but I don't know why.. I'm very happy with Luxury Purple! As Linda said: I might want to marry this..

So what do you think of this Purple Pretty? What is your favorite purple polish?

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Kinetics My Blue Heaven

Hi All!

Hoe was jullie dinsdag? Hoop dat jullie een fijne dag hebben gehad! Ik heb vandaag weer de kans gehad om een nieuwe lak te dragen: Kinetics My Blue Heaven. Deze lak heb ik gekregen bij de swap die ik met Linda heb gedaan en ik ben zó blij dat deze erbij zat! Jullie zullen zometeen wel zien waarom :).

How was everyone's tuesday? I hope you all had a great day! I'm wearing a new polish again today: Kinetics My Blue Heaven. This polish came in the swap that the lovely Linda and I arranged and I am so glad that this polish was a part of our swap! You'll see what I mean in just a bit.

Ik heb een heleboel foto's gemaakt, dus hou je vast!
I took a whole bunch of pictures (and of course I want to show you a lot of them), so here we go!




Kinetics My Blue Heaven, drie laagjes met een laagje Nubar Diamont. Foto's genomen in daglicht. My Blue Heaven is een soort van stoffige, grijze blauw met een paarse ondertoon. Jullie hebben inmiddels wel in de gaten dat ik dol ben op dusty kleurtjes he? Dit is een geweldige kleur! Op de foto's is ze het meest kleuraccuraat op de foto's waarop ze wat donkerder is. In sommig licht is ze bijna paars, in ander licht is ze grijs, maar meestal is ze stoffig blauw. Ze is echter geen duochrome! Dit is mijn favoriete blauw, met stip op nummer 1. Ge-weldig! Bij het aanbrengen was ik even bang dat de applicatie slecht was, doordat het eerste laagje ontzettend waterig was. Het was net waterverf.. Maar na twee laagjes was ze dekkend! Ik heb drie laagjes gedaan omdat ik teveel wilde en ik twee kale plekjes had op mijn nagels. Droogtijd is prima, hoewel ik daar niet al te veel over kan oordelen doordat ik Diamont heb gebruikt (ik wilde mijn nagels nog doen, vóór ik ging zwemmen). Kinetics wordt voor zover ik weet alleen in Letland verkocht, maar mocht dit anders zijn, dan hoor ik het uiteraard graag!

Kinetics My Blue Heaven, three coats with one coat Nubar Diamont. Pictures were taken in daylight. My Blue Heaven is a dusty, greyish blue with purple undertone. I think you know now how much I like dusty colors, right? In the pictures she is most coloraccurate in the pictures where she looks darker. What an amazing color! In some lights she is almost purple, in other lights she is grey but mostly she is dusty blue. But she's definitely not a duochrome! This is my favorite blue, by far. GORGEOUS! I was a bit scared that application would be hard since the first coat was really watery, but she was opaque after two coats! I did three because I had two bald spots on my nails.. I wanted to go to fast ;). Drying time is fine, although I can't say too much about that since I used Nubar Diamont (I did my nails before I went swimming). Kinetics is available in Latvia only if I remember this correctly. If I'm wrong, please correct me!



She is most coloraccurate on my index (right). This is the color that matches my nails most (at least, on my screen that is). Note: this is without daylight directly hitting the nail.

Love, love, love this polish.

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Some Stash Pics.. And My Swap Package From Latvia!

Since I already posted these on the forum where my nail polish addiction began (The Dutch Fok! forum), I might as well post the pictures here :). I don't have bottlepics (that would have been way too much work since I took these pics while I was cleaning), but if you want to see something up close or if you have other questions, please let me know in the commentsection. Warning: this post is pic heavy!!


First drawer: Treatments, base- and topcoats, removers and such


Second drawer: China Glaze, OPI and Orly. This drawer is full, so I have to figure something out to fit in the polishes that are on their way..


Third drawer: RBL, Essie, Misa, Color Club, Zoya, Nubar, Ciaté, Nfu Oh


Fourth drawer: Diamond Cosmetics, Milani, solo Sally Hansen nail prism, GOSH, Models Own, LA Girl Rockstar, NYX Girls


Fifth drawer: DS polishes and brands with only one or two bottles, like Essence, Miss Sporty, Paris Memories and La Femme

I forgot to take a picture of the sixth drawer, which is my nailart drawer and contains my Konad stuff, brushes, stripers and other nailart supplies.


This is the top of my Helmer. I have two bottles of remover (Essence, I have two more bottles on my desk.. Forgot to put that in my drawers), a nail kit, some handcremes and Nfu Oh Bottles that were to pretty to fully put away - so I compromised and put the prettiest in this little basket.


Closeup of the Nfu Oh's


So! Whew, that's a lot of pictures.. I always enjoy looking at other peoples stashes and I hope you do too.

Today I also got my swap package from Linda from Latvia in! I was so excited when the neighbour gave my package to my father. I was home all day, but my neighbour kidnapped my package :( Well, at least I have it! Ready for more pics?


From left to right: Kinetics My Blue Heaven, Nubar Pleasure, Nubar Blue Disco Glitter, Nubar Indigo Illusion, Kinetics Luxury Purple and Essie Pound Cake. And a picture from what is in the back of the picture:


Chocolat! With cappuchino marshmellow filling..

Oh my god. I am so happy with my package! Linda even included Pleasure, an oldschool Nubar that even is in a square bottle. I never heard of it before, but I can't find swatches!! I'm so excited to try this one, it flashes blue, purple, gold, green and turquoise. I love all of my polishes and I'm sure I will enjoy all of them! Thanks again, Linda!

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