a-england Fated Prince and Enchanted Polish Beautiful Rule Breaking Moth

I've actually swatched this a while ago but never got the chance to write my feelings towards it.  I originally wanted to wear this and felt it was too dark for that time, so I took it off.

I have two different holographic nail polishes today: a-england's (A-E) Fated Prince and Enchanted Polish's (EP) Beautiful Rule Breaking Moth.

I painted A-E's Fated Prince on all my fingers but my ring finger because EP's Enchanted Polish was going to be my accent colour.

First about A-E's Fated Prince.  Application was a dream.  I remembered how buttery smooth this was, like all other A-E polishes I own.  I really liked the effect and thought it was really pretty.

EP is a very difficult polish to get a hold on.  It obviously has a cult following because I tried to order it on their website and even though I get notifications that there is going to be a product launch, it's all sold out by the time I get there.  I bought my polish at nailpolishcanada.com and was lucky that it happened to work while I was on it.  I picked up two polishes.  The application of this is definitely the indie feel.  It's not as smooth as A-E and I really shouldn't be comparing them but since I was applying them at the same time, I couldn't help but do so.  It was also a little thicker.

Overall, if I had to pick which holographic colour to get, I would honestly say I would rather buy A-E. The colours offered are very different even though they are in the holographic category.  However, the application is smoother and it seems more delicate.  

Breakdown
Basecoat: Seche Base
Colour layer: a-england's Fated Prince on all fingers but ring. Enchanted Polish's Beautiful Rule Breaking Moth on ring finger only (2 coats each polish)
Topcoat: Seche Vite

a-england's Fated Prince

a-england's Fated Prince brush

Beautiful Rule Breaking Moth

Beautiful Rule Breaking Moth brush

a-england's Fated Prince on all fingers but ring. Enchanted Polish's Beautiful Rule Breaking Moth on ring finger only

a-england's Fated Prince on all fingers but ring. Enchanted Polish's Beautiful Rule Breaking Moth on ring finger only

a-england's Fated Prince on all fingers but ring. Enchanted Polish's Beautiful Rule Breaking Moth on ring finger only

Close up shot. From this angle it seems that Fated Prince's holo is shining through very well

I bought both Fated Prince and Beautiful Rule Breaking Moth at nailpolishcanada.com.  a-England retails for C$13.50 for 13mL and Enchanted Polish retails for C$18.50 for 14mL. Note: When I bought my bottle, Enchanted Polish was C$16.00 for 16.50mL, which makes it C$0.97/mL, now according to the website it's C$18.50 for 14mL, which makes it C$1.32/mL.  Wow!

Essie: Master Plan

I have another Essie colour to share today.  Today is Master Plan.  

Thoughts

Master Plan is a light grey.  My first coat was kind of patchy.  I'm not sure if I got a bad bottle because even my second coat wasn't such a smooth application, or not what I would have liked.

Overall, I like the colour.  I wore this for 4 days.  There was minimal chipping.  I actually wore this before Play Date.  I got tired of the grey since it was so dark outside and switched to Play Date.

Breakdown
Basecoat: Seche Base
Colour layer: Essie Master Plan (2 coats)
Topcoat: Seche Vite

With lamp lighting

With lamp light

Natural Light

Natural Light

I bought Essie Master Plan at Walmart during a roll back sale for about C$7.99.

Essie: Play date

Another cold January day.  Over the Christmas holiday season, I went to New York City for New Year's Eve and I caught a cold while I was there.  Luckily I was flying back home soon after so that I could get some rest before going back to work.  It was announced that the Pantone Color of the Year for 2014 was Radiant Orchid.  When January hit, a lot of the companies I follow on instagram was showing their Radiant Orchid colours.  Since I was sick, I was totally in the mood for something to brighten up my day.  On the Essie Canada Instagram page, they showed Play date.  I realized I owned this for a while but never wore it before.  Well, now is the time!

Thoughts

Everyone else around work are wearing a lot of dark colours because of the winter season/cold weather.  Although my wardrobe did not change, when I wore this, everyone was saying how they loved my nails!  The application itself was so great. It was opaque in one coat but I added that second coat to even out my paint job.  The colour is a vibrant soft purple.  

Breakdown
Basecoat: Seche Base
Colour layer: Essie Play Date (2 coats)
Topcoat: Seche Vite

I took this picture at night and did not realize how different the colour would look.  However, this is the brush :)

I bought Essie's Play Date at Shoppers Drug Mart during a sale.  I think it was about C$6.99.  Usually Essie retails at Shoppers for C$11.99 and on sale for C$9.99.  The size is 13.5ml/0.46 Fl. Oz.

Revlon Gold Coin and OPI Wonderous Star

It has taken me a really long time to write this review.  I actually took these pictures before the Christmas holiday.  I had originally thought it would be a great Holiday nail.  Which it is, it's pretty festive but I never ended up wearing it.  Then I thought it would be great for New Years Eve but alas, I also decided to go for vamp nails instead.  So finally here is my review of this look.

Thoughts

I used two coats of Revlon's Gold Coin to set the gold base so I wouldn't have to use as many coats of OPI's Wonderous Star.  Overall I thought it was a pretty nice look.  I had to place the black glitter of Wonderous Star a little.

Revlon Gold Coin: I bought this because it looked very similar to Dior's Timeless Gold.  I own Timeless Gold, but I really like that type of gold effect, so I thought I would need a dupe.  It's really pretty and it's like a white gold.

OPI Wonderous Star:  I like how there are black glitter in this. Kind of reminds me of like a golden salt and pepper.  The glitter itself is pretty nice.

Revlon's Gold Coin

OPI Wonderous Star

Breakdown
Basecoat: Seche Base
Colour layer: Revlon Gold Coin (2 coats) and OPI Wonderous Star (1 coat)
Topcoat: Seche Vite

Bottle shot of Revlon Gold Coin

Brush shot of Revlon Gold Coin

Gold Coin only

Gold Coin only

OPI Wonderous Star brush shot

Revlon Gold Coin and OPI Wonderous Star

I bought Revlon Gold Coin at Walmart for under C$5.00 (14.7mL or 0.5 Fl. Oz.).  I bought OPI Wonderous Star at Trade Secrets.  Retails for $9.99.

Year End Round Up Post!

It's been one year since I started my blog.  When I started my blog, it was a New Year's Resolution for a two reasons: 1. To prevent myself from buying more polish; 2. To share my collection since I have so many polishes.  Well, I can honestly say that I failed at #1.  Especially for the Spring collections.  I felt like all the posts were just new polishes collections that I couldn't wait to share.

I really tried to do #2, and I'm pretty happy with the amount of posts I did.  At first, during my busy season, I was just swatching all these polishes and having them in my drafts.  This was a disaster since all those pictures didn't turn out well.  Especially my paint job.  My new approach is to take pictures of the colours I am wearing, or have interest in wearing.  I realize I can not swatch 5 colours in one sitting only to talk about it after.  I found it harder to talk about it since the experience is all a blur with another polish.  Even if I made notes, it's confusing afterwards.

Things I've learned in this year from having this blog
1. I learned how to paint my nails better - Practice does make perfect.  I'm not saying that I paint them perfectly, but better than I did before.
2. The pictures tell a lot.  I only notice the condition of my hands after I take pictures.  The camera picks up things I didn't even notice.  I never thought my cuticles were dry, but when I see it in the photos, it's surprising.  Or when I cut my finger, I realize it'll show up on my pictures.
3. Material.  Sometimes it's hard to go into detail about polishes, or if I like a polish a lot, I can probably list a lot of things about it.  Or, I'd probably end up wanting to wear them all the time, but this leaves me with nothing else to blog about.

I know I do favourite colour posts, but since it's a year end post, I'll repeat this part.

My favourite Spring/Summer Polishes
1. Essie's Sunday Funday

2. Essie's Madison Ave-hue

My Favourite Fall Polish
1. Essie: Skirting the Issue

2. Essie: Carry On

Beauty Related Favourites of 2013 (most used):

1. Favourite BB Cream: Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream. This wasn't the case until I did my BB cream collection reviews.  My favourite last year was Skin79 VIP Gold Collection
2. Favourite Palette: Urban Decay Naked Palette.  I bought this after it was available again. I was using Japanese eyeshadows for a while but this year I've been doing more neutral eye looks.  This one is the one I grab for. There are so many colours and it's surprisingly travel friendly.  
3. Favourite eyeliner pencil: Urban Decay Zero or Demolition.  
4. Favourite liquid eyeliner: Maybelline Line Stiletto.
5. Favourite Mascara: Maybelline Falsies. 
6. Favourite Blush: Tarte Amazonian Clay in Exposed.  I'm quite heavy handed, so this is pretty easy to use for me since it gives me a little bit of colour.  Very good for mornings since I'm tired and I just want to add blush.  When it's pink blushes, I accidentally add too much colour.
7. Favourite Lip Balm: Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm Black Tea & Blackberry
8. Favourite Lip item: Revlon Just Bitten Kissable in Honey
9. Favourite parfume: Marc Jacobs Dot.  I received a sample from one of my Sephora orders.  After that, I needed the entire bottle.  Luckily it was near the Spring Friends and Family sale.  I own other parfumes but I'm really happy when I wear this.  I could do without the top design of the bottle but it is cute. 
10. Favourite hand cream: Crabtree and Evelyn: Avocado

Thank you so much for reading my blog and have a Happy New Year!