Color Club Port-folio swatches and review

One of rear cases, when looking at the bottle does no justice to how the nail polish looks on the nails.
I'll tell you right now - it is AMAZINGLY posh, dark and complex duo chrome. One of the best non-flaky or shimmery duochromes I've seen coming from main street nail brands.

My fingers might appear too bright orange or red on the pictures. I made these pics on my iphone4, which tends to oversaturate some colors vs the other ones. So I corrected the white balance, so the nail polish color appears as true to reality as possible. But then it screws the skin color, which is a neutral light tone.
I figured you would be more interested in seeing the Nail Polish, than my exact skin tone:))
SSsso, it is a dark muddy purple base, with green glow in the middle and pink-purple glow on the curved edges.

Sibu Giveaway winner, jan 2013

Finally the two weeks of waiting are over, and we can announce the winner!
I had 9 comments total,  - oh that's going to be eas-ey!

Let's see what comment is going to be picked up by random.org:

So the cooment's number is...:

Let's see whose that comment is:

Yaaaay!!!

I'm very pleased to announce that a brand new bottle of Sibu Buckthorn Seed Oil is going to 

eurospend!

Congratulations to the winner!

China Glaze Swanky Silk swatches and thoughts

I'm still on the search for perfect metallic nail polishes. I showed you one pretty outstanding in finish and horrendous in formula rose metallic one by Sephora+Pantone.
This time we've got China Glaze Swanky Silk. This is definitely more warm and complex shade, since it is a duochrome afterall:)
The duo crhome effect is subtle and not loud, which makes it a very appropriate intriguing shade for formal\business environment, as well as a posh twist on classic golden metallic shade in any other occasion.

Illamasqua Glitterati Nail polish swatches and review

I bought this Illamasqua duo at Sephora sale for ~17$(taxes included) and showed you some pictures in the overall review.
Now let's get down to it. Glitterati is a burgundy red base with hexagon holo glitter in it. It looks GORGEOUS in the bottle, that's actually why I bought it despite not loving dark burgundy nail polish shades. The glitter looked to enchanting, that I thought it would save the day.

Illamasqua Viridian Nail Polish swatches and dupes

I bought this Illamasqua duo at Sephora sale for ~17$(taxes included) and showed you some pictures in the overall review.
Now let's get down to it. Viridian looks like another dark shimmery emerald green, and I immediately thought ot Essie Trophy wife, when I saw it.

Illamasqua Nail Varnish Duo: Viridian & Glitterati

Illamasqua is an intriguing British brand, they thrive on being different, over the top and freaky.

They also claim to be innovative in their formulas and bring the outmost luxury of makeup into women's world. Easier said than done, I suppose. 

The most praised products by Illamasqua that I have seen are blushes and nail polishes. 

Thus I naturally had to grab Viridian/ Glitterati duo, when I came down to 19$ on sale in Sephora (- 20% off using the code EXTRA20).

Pink sandwich manicure - layering technique

The infamous Candy Shop by Debora Lippmann though gorgeous has two disadvantages: it's very expensive, and gives only a pink+ multiglitter option of its owner.
Let me show how to get the same (if not better) effect using your stash.

I used layering technique in the following order: