Black And Gold Lightning Bolt, Konad Q1 Fauxnad: MLS301

Happy Saturday!

I completely forgot about this plate! Scott bought me MLS301 a month or so back as he thought the plate was so awesome. This is how unorganised I've been lately. I also only have a two day weekend this weekend, when I thought It was going to be a 4 day one; so I need to get some organisation and schedule posts, and edit photos, and catch up on my reading list yet again, and generally do all the things i've been too lazy to do all week. It doesn't help that I need a new battery for my laptop, and I won't get my first pay until the end of August *le cry*!

Base Coat: La Femme
Base Colour: Rimmel - Black Satin
Stamping Colour: Barry M - Gold Foil
Image Plate: MLS301
Top Coat: Models Own - 3 In 1

So the MLS301 plate is a fauxnad plate for Konad Q1. The only difference I've seen looking at comparisons is that the lines in MLS301 are thicker. I don't mind this so much, but when I was trying to test out all the images on paper, I sometimes had issues with what seemed like the images being too deeply engraved.

Here's the plate:

And here's the testy test on paper :]

Oh and if you fancy reading a bit more about me, The Crumpet is kindly having me as part of her Friday Friends, so check it out here.

I hope everyone's having a good start to the weekend!

Catrice - Genius In The Bottle

Quick swatch for you guys today! Catrice - Genius In The Bottle is a dupe-ish for Chanel - Peridot, I say dupe-ish because comparisons I've seen It's not totally spot on. That being said, it is totally close enough for me as It's a gorgeous polish. I won this from Ingie over at fyeahilovenails.

Genius In The Bottle is a golden green, which can flash blue at certain angles (not really pictured sorry :P) but this is a very, very pretty polish. This is three thin coats, no base coat, no top coat. :]

Catrice - Genius In The Bottle

Happy Thursday!

Claire's Candy Shop & Crackle

So this polish was sent to me as part of a swap from Iris over at Polish Amor, and I can't believe I haven't posted about it yet. Again these photos are from a while back.

Claire's - Candy Shop is such a nommy, amazing polish I love love love it. It's a pink jelly with multicoloured glitter pieces that range from small round glitter, to large hex glitter. But most of you have already seen this beauty, or Deborah Lippmann's - Candy Shop. So onto the pictures :]

Then I decided to add a black crackle, and I loved it even more, I'm kinda hit and miss with crackles, every now and again I think they look okay, but I don't actually like to wear them. But I loved this combo so much, and the photos don't do it justice it all.

 & Then I added a top coat. The more I look at these photos the more I'm disappointed, in person the glitter would catch your eye between the crackle, but they kinda look blah here.

I hope everyone's having a good Wednesday :] This was meant to be a scheduled post for Thursday as I will be ingredient shopping for Scott's birthday cake stuff, but blogger decided to be a pain the butt ¬_¬

Just A Quick Comparison - Barry M - Dusky Mauve & Essence - Love, Peace And Purple

I recieved Essence - Love, Peace And Purple in the giveaway I won in September, and I have been meaning to do a comparison between these two since I got it.

Barry M - Dusky Mauve holds a very special place in my heart, I picked it up by accident while hunting for Mushroom, and because it was around the time I first started seriously following blogs for new swatches and stamping ideas. Also for how awesome the shimmer is. The first time I wore it, all my colleauges complimented me on it. I just love the combination of that murky cool colour with the violet shimmer. Lustttt; even now after a year or so.

Base Coat & Two Coats Of Colour
Index: Barry M - Dusky Mauve
Middle: Essence - Love, Peace And Purple
Ring: Barry M - Dusky Mauve
Pinky: Essence - Love Peace And Purple

I'm not sure about the lighting on this but you can see that there's a slight difference in the base colour but IRL you can not tell any sort of difference. Maybe it's just my monitor

Miss Sporty - 326 & P2 - Passion Comparison = Dupe

When I bought Miss Sporty - Electric Beige & Gold Backstage I picked up Miss Sporty 326 as the freebie. I think it might have been called Tangerine something or other, but I really can't remember :( I couldn't actually decide so Scott picked this up, but I knew it looked similar to P2 - Passion which I won in a Giveaway I didn't know it would be an exact dupe.

Direct sunlight

Here the Miss Sporty colour looks slightly darker

Index Finger: Miss Sporty - 326
Middle Finger: P2 - Passion
Ring Finger: Miss Sporty - 326
Pinky Finger: P2 - Passion
Two Coats

Index Finger: Miss Sporty - 326
Middle Finger: P2 - Passion
Ring Finger: Miss Sporty - 326
Pinky Finger: P2 - Passion
Two Coats

As you can see these two are so similar, the formula is pretty much the same although P2 has a slightly smoother consistency. But the Miss Sporty colour is slightly darker, however in person you honestly can't tell the difference, I asked a few people and they couldn't tell at all. So if you fancy a strange bright Coral colour like P2 - Passion but can't get your hands on it, Miss Sporty's 326 is a great substitute. And if anyone knows the name please share, or i'll have to hunt it down the next time i'm at the shops!

Accessorize Aztec

Ah, I can not describe how much I loved wearing this; and I think for a goooood while it'll be on my tootsies. However, Aztec's really hard to photograph, trying to capture all the different colours it flashes, so here's a few pics :]

With Flash

Three thin coats, no top coat.