Thursday 19 July 2012

George - Lavender & Catrice - Genius In The Bottle

When I first got Catrice - Genius In The Bottle I was quite intrigued to try it out stamped over black, and I did a quick test on one nail and loved it, but I went rummaging for a polish I hadn't used in ages, or hadn't shown here yet, and I came across George - Lavender, and just thought 'why not?' So, it’s an odd combo that popped more in real life, but I liked wearing this anyways.
Base coat: La Femme
Base Colour: George - Lavender
Stamping Colour: Catrice - Genius In The Bottle
Image Plate: Born Pretty Store M71
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

This purple was one of those colours I bought before I got totally obsessed with the nail world. Where my mani's consisted of pressed on glitter, marker pen doodling’s, and tape mani's. It went unused for around three years because with first use it was sheer, and I thought it would take loads of coats to become opaque. Turns out it was my polish skills. When I tried it last week for this mani it was a perfect 2 coats, with a squishy shiny finish. :]

I wonder how many other polishes are getting neglected because of my previous experience with them. I hope everyone's having a good Thursday :] I'll be at work again when this is posted, probably hoping for it to be Friday evening =P

36 comments:

  1. That's pretty! I didn't know that the Catrice could be used as a stamping polish. Cool!

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  2. This is a beautiful purple! And I love the gold on top of it, very regal-looking! ^.^

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  3. It's sooo gorgeous, love it! The colors are right up my alley too LOL

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  4. I think it's a really pretty colour combination and beautiful stamping :-)

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  5. Ohh pretty, I'm loving these colours together :)

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  6. The gold and purple are beautiful together!

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  7. Loving the gold and the purple. This mani sure looks like its getting ready for fall.

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  8. Your nails are beautiful! I loved the color!

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  9. This is an attractive combination. And great stamping

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  10. Gorgeous :)
    I gave you an award on my blog
    http://dutch-diana.blogspot.nl/2012/07/i-got-some-awards.html

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    1. Awh! Thank you, I'll try to do it sometime this week =]

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  11. Beautiful! Glad you brought this color out! :D

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    1. Hehe! Thanks. It really does make me wonder how many polishes are being neglected because I thought the formula/application was bad, when it was really me :P

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  12. This stamping on the purple is so nice!

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  13. Such a gorgeous base color! I love it!

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  14. Gorgeous color base!
    The leaves makes the mani soooo cute

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  15. Very pretty hun.

    I've never tried any George polishes, I'll have to give them a go x :-)

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    1. You really should. I haven't tried any new ones in about a year, but the last time I was at Asda they had some amazing looking multi coloured gliters, and what looked like some foils!

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