Collective NOTD Post

Hi everyone,
I have a few nail polishes I want to show you that I wore lately :) I just didn't have the time to post them all separately, so I put them into one post. Hope you don't mind! Tell me if you want a review for a certain color, because I will now just tell you the names and show you the pics :) I will link posts where I already swatched them and talked about the colors in detail.
Here you go:
- China Glaze - Knotty *click*

- China Glaze - Sea Spray *click*

- OPI - Suzi Says Feng Shui *click*

- Catrice Floralista LE - C01 Pink Spring *click* with p2 crackling top coat in black *click* over it

- Catrice Urban Baroque LE - C02 Rock Barock *click*

Do you like these colors?? And do you want my NOTD posts in the future in separate posts, or collective like this one??
xoxo, Misch Read Full...

Spotted + Haul: Current LEs: Catrice etc.

Hi there! 
I just lately saw some LEs at the drugstore, and I bought a few things. First of the ones that I didn't buy things from:
Manhattan - London Calling

Alverde - My Perfect Day

Essence - I Love Berlin

I'm not gonna say anything anymore about these, if you want to know more about them, click the names and you'll see the products on Pinkmelon.de (except for the Alverde one)!


Now the ones I bought stuff from:
p2 - Make Up Parade

A cute little LE that didn't get that many good reviews from other bloggers, and I got the only thing that really interested me: the silver glitter polish top coat. It's called 01 groovy finish and a sheer polish with glitter particles and glitter sticks that is mainly meant as a top coat. It's not really meant to be opaque. But I like it :)

p2 glitter top coat - right: china glaze - sunset sail

Catrice - Floralista (click for pics on pinkmelon)
A really nice floral-themed LE that didn't seem that interesting to me at first. But when I saw it in real life, I liked it a lot :) It contained a lot of pretty stuff, and if I had more money I'd gotten more stuff ;) Take a look at it, it's pretty :) I got 2 polishes and the blush.
The blush 01 As Lively As Ever contains two colors, a coral and a pink. 

The design is really cute with the flowers :) The colors are matte and pretty bright. The blush is pretty pigmented, but you can apply it naturally. I can't really say that the colors are big enough to use them separately, but that depends on which brush you use. I prefer to use them mixed together, as one coral pink color. It lasts pretty long, but fades a little during the day.
The nail polishes I bought are in the colors C01 Pink Spring and C03 lavender breeze.

left: C01; right: C03

CO1 is a pretty bright pinkish purple shade, I like it a lot :) 

it's too pale in this pic :P

this pic shows the color perfectly

It's a nice spring color to me, and I immediately have to wear it! It's opaque with two coats, really cool. It's a creme polish, and not really that unique, but I still like it a lot! Weirdly enough, I didn't own a color like this before. Why?? I have no idea, it's pretty <3
C03 is a light light light pale lavender color that looks mainly white in the bottle.

to see the difference: above a true white (Essence Stampy Polish) and underneath Catrice - C03. You can tell the light lavender hint!

It's a creme polish, and surprisingly opaque with 2 coats. I expected it to be way more sheer because it's such a pale color, but it's pretty opaque! I like the color, because a polish that is that pale is not very common. You can mainly tell the lavender hint in it by comparing the polish to a true white.  


I like these things a lot :) What did you get from these LEs??
xoxo, Misch

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Valentine's Series: Nail Art #4

Hey there!
This is my last Nail Art Design for Valentine's Day, and again, it's on a nail wheel.
Here we go:

That's what you need:
- a base coat of you choice (I used Essence pro white french)
- a bright red color (I used p2 it's hot)
- a black creme polish (I used p2 eternal)
- a white tip painter (I used essence white tip painter)
- your favorite top coat (I used Essence nail art sealing top coat

That's how to do it:
1.  Use your base coat to protect your natural nails.
2. Paint all of your nails red, use as many coats as needed.
3. Add a black line over your tips, just as if you were doing a straight french tip manicure.
4. Separate the black and the red color by drawing a thin white line in between. Use either a tip painter or pour some white polish onto a piece of paper, pick it up with a toothpick and use that to create the thin line.
5. Seal the design with your favorite top coat.

This design was inspired by this look from the illamasqua throb collection *click*. In the collection the tips are white and the separation line is black, but I liked it better the other way round. Which one do you prefer?

xoxo, Misch

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Valentine's Series: Nail Art #3

Hey dear readers,
today's post is another nail art for Valentine's Day. Again, I did it on a nail wheel, didn't have enough time for a full manicure.
Let's get started, shall we?

That's what you need:
- a base coat of you choice (I used Essence pro white french)
- a bright red (I used p2 it's hot)
- an opaque white polish (I used Essence Stampy Polish in white)
- a toothpick or other tool to draw with
- a pink polish (I used Hot Stuff by Essence)
- a top coat of your choice (I used Essence Nail Art Sealing Top Coat)

That's how to do it:
1. Use your base coat to protect your natural nails.
2. Paint all your nails with the red polish.
3. Take your white polish and draw a diagonal line over your nail.
4. Pour some of the white polish onto a piece of paper and pick it up with your toothpick or other tool. Then draw some tiny hoops along the outer lines or the diagonal stripe we just did. This is going to look like lace when it's finished, so just draw them on both sides all the ways down. You'll see what I mean in the pictures.

5. Pour some of the pink polish onto your piece of paper and pick it up with your tool. Now we're gonna write "xoxo" onto the middle white part. Do it very carefully and don't make it too hard. Just create it by doing lines and circles.

6. Seal your design with your favorite top coat.

And that's it! Easy, but really cute! What do you think?
Bye, Misch Read Full...

Valentine's Series: Nail Art #2

Hey there,
today I have another nail art piece for Valentine's Day. I didn't do this one on my nails, because I didn't have enough time for a full manicure, so I just did it on a nail wheel. Hope you don't mind!
The design I did is pretty simple, it just takes some concentration and you need to be careful when drawing!

That's what you need:
- a base coat of you choice (I used Essence pro white french)
- an opaque white polish (I used Essence Stampy Polish in white)
- a bright red (I used p2 it's hot)
- a toothpick or other tool to draw with
- a top coat of your choice (I used Essence Nail Art Sealing Top Coat)

That's how to do it:
1. Use your base coat to protect your natural nails.
2. Paint all your nails with the white polish.
3. Pour some of the red polish onto a piece of paper and pick it up with your toothpick or other tool. Then draw some lip-shaped kisses onto your nails. It's pretty easy, just do a dew trials ahead of time, and then draw them carefully. For help, you can just look at a few pictures, like this one *click* Do as many kisses as you like, and make them as big or small as you like! :)
4. Seal your design with your favorite top coat.

I really like this design, it's easy but pretty, and it totally matched the whole Valentine's Day scheme. Do you like it??
xoxo, Misch

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Valentine's Series: Nail Art #1: Hearts

Hey everyone,
as I did an EOTD series for Halloween and then a NOTD series for Christmas, I'm gonna do one for Valentine's Day :) I'll be doing not only one category, there'll be some EOTDs and NOTDs for sure!
Tell me if you want a certain design or anything!

Today I did a really cute nail design with hearts that is kinda ordinary for Valentine's Day, but I still liked to do it! To some of you it might be too cute, but you don't have to do it ;)

That's what you need:
- your favorite base coat (mine is Essence pro white french)
- a nude peach shimmer base color (I used China Glaze - Sunset Sail)
- a black nail polish (I used p2 eternal)
- a toothpick or any other tool (I used the Essence nail art stylist)
- a multi-color glitter polish (I used one by Essence, don't know the name, sorry)
- your favorite top coat (I used Essence Nail Art Sealing Top Coat)

That's how to do it:
1. Apply your base coat all over your nails to protect your natural nails.
2. Paint your nails with your nude peach color, use as many coats as needed.
3. Pour some black polish onto a piece of paper and pick it up with your tool/toothpick. Draw some hearts onto your nails. You decide how big they are, if you fill them in or not, how many you put onto one nail - just how you like it to be! :)

4. Add your glitter top coat if you want to, but this step is optional, of course!

5. Add your clear top coat to seal the design.

Btw, this is the China Glaze Polish on it's own:
I like it a lot, it's pretty :)

And that's it! Do you like it, or is it "too cute" for your style??
I'll see you soon!
xoxo, Misch Read Full...

January Favs :)

Hey there,
here are my Favorites of the month of January :)
This month there are a lot of things that I liked, but as you can see, they're pretty much all in the same color sceme. Oh well, I like that this month :) I also added some non-beauty favs. And sorry, I forgot some things on the main picture, so there you have some extra ones ;)
Let's get started, shall we?! ;)

Essence Bronzing Compact Powder - I've been liking to contour my face and use this one for that purpose!


MNY Blush 301 - A really pretty peachy-pink color that gives a nice glow to my cheeks. Used it a lot! :)


Alverde Baked Blush Peach - A gorgeous color that I love love love <3


Catrice Urban Baroque LE Illuminating Powder - I used this highlighter every single day, it's perfect for everyday, and the design is adorable :) *click* for a review


p2 perfect look kajal in 02 brown - I used this for pretty much any everyday look I did, it lasts very long, even on your waterline :) Review is coming soon :)


Astor Mattitude HD Foundation - My new foundation that I love :) Review is coming up!


DKNY Be Delicious Perfume - I got it for Christmas and used it regularly ever since <3 great scent :)


Essence Secrets of the Past Palette 02 babuschka's dream - it's pretty old from a limited edition, but I liked it a lot on an every-day basis :)


Carmex Lip Balm - The best lipbalm I ever tried, *click* for a review!


Sigma F80 Brush - My favorite face brush :) *click* to see my review on it :)


OPI Java Mauve-A Nail Polish - A gorgeous everyday color, very special, warm and not too common :) *click* to see swatches on my nails :)


NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Yogurt - Another part of every look I did in January :) Perfect base color!


Silver Earrings & Gold Bracelet - I started to wear my real jewlery again this month and wore these idoms almost all the time :) Pretty pretty glitzy things ;)


Harry Potter - When I was little, I used to love love love Harry Potter. I was totally convinced that one day I'll go to Hogwarts and all that kinda stuff. Well, this month I started reading and watching it again, and I still love it <3 Wanna hear more about my Harry Potter story?? Btw, in the pic you can see Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as DVDs, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as a book <3


A lot, huh?! What were your favs of the month of January? I'd like to know!
xoxo, Misch  Read Full...

NOTD January 31st: OPI - Java Mauve-A

Hey everyone :)
First of, I'm really sorry for not posting more. Just a few more days and the main school stress will be over for a while. Then I'll post more regularly again! :)

Today I'm wearing Java Mauve-A by OPI on my nails, and it's the first color from my haul I showed you here *click*

I already described the color in that post, so I'm not gonna do that again. For now, let's just say it's a warm pinkish brown color, like rosewood.

I've been wearing it for a week straight and had no chipping, just tipwear, so I'd say it's the normal good OPI quality. It needed two coats to get opaque, but you could get away with one if you paint your nails were carefully :)

I love this color, because I have nothing like it, and it's such a pretty  neutral color <3 LOVE!
Do you like it, too?
I'll see you soon :)
xoxo, Misch Read Full...