tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118412565920308802024-02-21T17:12:03.181+01:00Tabatha's RefugiumTabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-63891919543657081702012-02-25T18:37:00.004+01:002012-02-25T18:54:48.237+01:00MAC Bare Again with Patina<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a make-up look I did a while ago. I used one of my fave eyeshadows at the moment, MAC Patina:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used Patina on my lower lid & Buckwheat in the crease (both from the MAC warm Snowglobe) & Vanilla to highlight. Then I lined with Midnight Flurry & smudged with Buckwheat to make the line softer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On my cheeks I used MAC "Warm Soul" mineralize blush & on my lips "Bare Again" Sheen Supreme lipstick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-42481284690448978242012-02-14T17:57:00.003+01:002012-02-14T18:20:04.492+01:00Tiny Flowers & such<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi everyone! I'm wishing you all a lovely Valentine's Day :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd like to show you another outfit post! This is an outfit I wore about a week ago or so:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was extremely comfy, but as it was a really cold day over here, I chose to wear a black cardigan (not shown on the pics) with it so that I didn't need to feel too cold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My shirt en detail:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My fave boots:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Shirt</u>: S.Oliver</span><br />
<u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Top</u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: Esprit</span><br />
<u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leggings</u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: American Apparel</span><br />
<u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boots</u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: Deichmann</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My new Wanderlust rings. It was my first order with them & I'm very happy with it. The rings are really good quality & arrived very quickly (it took merely a week from Malaysia):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My eye make-up with "Sin" & "Darkhorse" from the UD Naked palette:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking:-)</span>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-17762305228215301982012-02-05T14:38:00.003+01:002012-02-05T15:10:49.885+01:00Lynnderella "Love Potion No.99"<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I'm wearing another polish from Lynnderella, it's named "Love Potion No.99". It's a purple filled with purple, pink, fuchsia & lilac hex & square glitter as well as some holo dust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the base is rather sheer, I decided to layer "Love Potion No.99" over OPI "Ink", a dark blue-based purple with tiny blue, purple & pink glitterflecks. The two match perfectly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Furthermore, I did a matching purple eye makeup, too, for which I used the NARS "Jolie Poupee" eyeshadow duo:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-20831699600763481472012-02-01T19:58:00.002+01:002012-02-01T19:59:45.252+01:00Lynnderella "Mysterious Ways"<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday I got a package from a dear friend full of Lynnderella polishes *swoons* (Thank you again. C. :-))</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you aren't familiar with Lynnderella, please take a look at her blog: <a href="http://lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com/">http://lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She's a one-woman-show & makes the best glitter polishes on the planet. Currently, you can buy them at <a href="http://shop.llarowe.com/Lynnderella-Nail-Polish_c14.htm">llarowe's online shop</a>. But they always sell out so fast, you gotta be quick to get a hold of the ones you're lemming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to wear "Mysterious Ways" which is grey with a violet undertone (that's pretty faint IMO). It's loaded with holographic squares, hexagons, diamonds & dust. There's also lots of grey, multi-colored, silver & white shimmer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So you see it's a pretty complex color, but also very sheer, so it's best to layer it over another color. I decided to wear "Mysterious Ways" over Essie "Lapis of Luxury", a cornflower blue. "Mysterious Ways" makes "Lapis pf Luxury" more dusty which I really like, but please see for yourself:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is an outfit I wore last week & I really liked how the combo turned out:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>T-shirt</u>: Esprit</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Lace shirt</u>: Street One</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Cardigan</u>: Street One</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Leggings</u>: random</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Boots</u>: Indian Spirit</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-68254578173729604932012-01-20T19:28:00.000+01:002012-01-20T19:28:05.811+01:00Bobbi Brown "Nude Peach"<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With their new spring collection <a href="http://www.bobbibrowncosmetics.com/products/8396/index.tmpl">"Neons & Nudes"</a> Bobbi Brown released two new blushes, Nude Pink & Nude Peach (which both will be a permanent addition to their blush line). Being such a sucker for anything peach, I needed to purchase the Nude Peach blush & believe me: It's gorgeous!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like the name suggests it's a nude peach color which looks very light in the pan, but has great color payoff once applied to the cheeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The color isn't completely matte (even though Bobbi Brown declares it as such), but has fine shimmer which isn't obvious on the cheeks (you won't look glitter-y at all), but adds some depth. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It applies beautifully without any streakyness & gives a healthy glow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the proud owner ;-D of a zillion+ peach blushes, I tried my best to find any dupes for "Nude Peach", but didn't come up with any :-o </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's really different enough from any other peach blushes I have in my collection to justify keeping it in my stash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here I compared it to two MAC blushes, "Pinch o'Peach" & "Melba", but even though the difference isn't that obvious when you look at them in their pans:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It really shows when you swatch them side by side:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While Pinch o'Peach is more pink, Melba is clearly more orange than Nude Peach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're into peach blushes as much as I am & are looking for something that's perfect all year around without out being too bright or summer-y, you might want to give "Nude Peach" a try ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The color I'm talking about is called <b>Red Dwarf</b> & is a pro longwear lipcreme. MAC says it last for a good 12 hours & even though it's a longwear formula, it'll keep your lips soft & hydrated even without a topcoat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I'm not sure it'll last for as long as MAC says, I can assure you that it lasts very well. It'll stay on your lips even if you eat a ice cream bowl & some french fries just like I did today :-D</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't think it keeps your lips as soft as most non-longwear lipsticks do, but it didn't dry out my lips like e.g. MAC's pro longwear lip colors (unless I constantly re-apply the topcoat) do, either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Red Dwarf </b>is described as <i>blue pink</i> which is fairly accurate, but I'd say it's more of a blue toned raspberry pink than an actual pink - if that makes any sense ;-D It's not too dark, so you can wear it during the day, but of course also for a night out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you apply it to the lips, you'll notice that it has a wet consistance which quickly dries down to a semi-matte finish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a gorgeous color which I highly recommend checking out if you're into unusual lip colors like I am ;-) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can see this working on a variety of skintones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is how it looks on my rather pigmented lips:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-13811032103151994572011-11-01T17:59:00.004+01:002011-11-02T13:42:36.518+01:00China Glaze "Brownstone"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I'm wearing <b>China Glaze "Brownstone"</b>. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a brownish red & so lovely! IMO these kinds of reds are much more sexy than your usual red polish - browned reds are the colors of a vixen :-D </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The application was great, I used two coats to get complete opacity. The polish is very glossy, too - what's not to love?!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brownstone</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> has such a strong 1940s femme fatale vibe (at least to me ;-)) I decided to wear it with a (somewhat) matching lipstick & went for </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MAC "Retro"</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. (As I have pretty pigmented lips, it shows up on me much lighter than it actually is.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-54000170744966659922011-10-31T17:31:00.002+01:002011-10-31T17:32:16.684+01:00Happy Halloween!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've to admit, I was too lazy to do a Halloween inspired nailart :-o </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully a welcome guest showed up to help me spice up my manicure (<b>ChG "Starboard" </b>which isn't as bilious green IRL), but please see for yourself:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You'll need two-three coats (I think I did three in these pics) to get the color completely opaque, but it's absolutely worth it. I think the color looks very festive & oh so sparkly.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The shimmer in <b>"Black Bronze"</b> is a bit more obvious than in the other two polishes <a href="http://tabathasrefugium-tabatha.blogspot.com/2011/10/yves-saint-laurent-black-indigo.html">"Black Indigo"</a> & <a href="http://tabathasrefugium-tabatha.blogspot.com/2011/10/ysl-black-lapis.html">"Black Lapis"</a> you can even detect a hint of it in the shade:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As with <a href="http://tabathasrefugium-tabatha.blogspot.com/2011/10/yves-saint-laurent-black-indigo.html">"Black Indigo"</a> the formula was absolutely perfect, thick & easy to apply. I did two coats, but one thick coat would do, too.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From YSL: <i>"Incandescent pearl blends with black to reveal the radiant colors that grow bolder on the nail with unexpected reflections of fake blacks."</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>"Black Indigo"</b> is a blackened purple (rather than indigo - at least IMO- my BF insists it looks blue in the shade...) & therefore - as the name suggests - almost black, but still with the most delicate hint of purple & amazing sparkle when the sun hits it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year I would have dismissed such shades as "boring", but this year I love them! Tastes change & that's a good thing in my book ;-) Otherwise I'd have missed this awesome collection.</span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The biggest launch in Illamasqua's history, our Debut fragance Freak today launches across <a href="http://www.illamasqua.com/" style="color: #0089aa;" target="_blank">www.illamasqua.com</a>, <wbr></wbr>across our Selfridges counters and Flagship store in the UK and an immediate roll out across Australia, Sephora, Croatia and Dubai in the coming weeks! <a href="http://sephora.com/" style="color: #0089aa;" target="_blank">Sephora.com</a> will go live from 2nd week of November and Sephora stores from March!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lately I'm such a sucker for all these dark moody colors, so <b>"Elegant Indigo" </b>fits in perfectly.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The glitter is rather subdued, so even people that usually aren't that much into glitter might like this one.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a subdued, never too bright red & while it has a blue undertone, it should look gorgeous on a variety of skintones. Depending on the lighting, it can look a little darker, almost bordering on ruby or rather vivid & bold. It's incredibly shiny, too! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As reds are notoriously hard to photograph, I can't guarantee you that my swatches are 100% true to life, but I did my best to show you <b>"Pirate"</b> as good as I can:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even though <b>"Pirate"</b> has a jelly finish, it's pretty opaque & 2 thick coats should do. In these pics I did 3 thin ones & it dried very quickly. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my pics you might see a little VNL peeking through, but I assure you it's absolutely invisible IRL.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you love red jellies as much as I do, I think you'll love this one.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The formula is pretty thick, so you might get away with only one coat, but I did two anyway.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This might be the glossiest holo in my stash, you really don't need a top coat for this one, but I applied one coat of Poshe on top since I wasn't sure how long it would need to dry.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-42658674953514590142011-10-15T17:25:00.004+02:002011-10-19T18:58:03.080+02:00SpaRitual "Sacred Ground"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally <b>"Sacred Ground" </b>is mine *yay* </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was lemming it since several months & now it's here :-) I can't tell you how much I love this polish. It has a mix of a foil & a glassfleck finish with grey - or rather graphite -, gold & purple particles. Totally stunning!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The formula was also a dream to apply & even better: It's a 2 coater. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a linear holographic polish which you can also see in the shade:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the sun (or in this case: with flash) the stunning holo comes fully to life (please excuse my ghostly white hands, my flash always does this to me *sobs*):</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you like holos, this one is definitely worth getting!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span></div>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-35290909518196771712011-10-13T19:10:00.002+02:002011-10-13T19:17:57.615+02:00MAC "Coco Clay"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>"Coco Clay" </b>came out with the <b>MAC Fall Color Collection</b> 2011. MAC describes it as <i>"warm chocolate"</i> & while I don't think it's warm but rather neutral toned, the description <i>"chocolate"</i> is definitely spot on. It looks exactly like milk chocolate, totally drool worthy *lol*</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The formula was pretty sheer, so 3 coats are needed to reach opacity. Otherwise the polish was really easy to apply, not streaky or anything like that.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you like brown polishes, you might want to give this one a try.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've a few other, non polish related pics for you. Today was a pretty sunny day & Dorian enjoyed the good weather standing on our porch:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also saw several butterflies, among them a small tortoiseshell:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-9388915062267780722011-10-12T18:22:00.006+02:002011-10-13T18:19:11.666+02:00Rescue Beauty Lounge "Fortissimo"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>"Fortissimo"</b> is a dark brown, bordering on black with a slightly green undertone. I think people who aren't into polish (= muggles) could easily mistake it as black, but when you take a closer look it becomes obvious that it's not really black, but clearly brown.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now to something totally unrelated that I would like to share with you nevertheless. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are still sunflowers blooming in our garden & the tons of rain did them well *yay*</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took the pic below this afternoon:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-51072834672803499242011-10-11T19:59:00.003+02:002011-10-11T20:02:12.609+02:00Rescue Beauty Lounge "Pizzicato"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>"Pizzicato"</b> might be my favorite color from the <b>RBL</b> <b>"L'Oiseau de Feu"</b> collection. It's a lavender with silver glitter & such a delicate color that I can't hardly stop staring at my nails.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, since two days it's raining nearly non-stop here in the northern part of Germany & I had a <i>really </i>hard time to take a halfway decent pic. Even though I have an OTT light, it didn't help much... I still have to figure out how to take good pics using my OTT light. To be honest I'm trying since quite a while without any success - everything comes out blurry *duh*</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So please bear with me, this is the best photo I was able to take (<i>as always, please click to enlarge</i>):</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had some issues with streaking & it took 3 coats to even out everything & to get the polish opaque. But the color is defintely worth the hassle. Even though you might argue it looks too spring-y to wear in fall, I can assure you that it really lifted my spirits & helped me dealing better with all the rain.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span><br />
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</span>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-81271136564004333832011-10-09T18:11:00.004+02:002011-10-09T19:06:20.053+02:00Rescue Beauty Lounge "Poco a Poco"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>"Poco a Poco" </b>is also part of the Rescue Beauty Lounge Pre-Fall <b>"L'Oiseau de Feu"</b> collection.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a muted pink with pink-orange micro-shimmer that really glows. Depending on the lighting, it can look either a lighter pink or more muted & it reminds me of a fresher version of <b>Essie "Demure Vixen"</b>.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The shimmer becomes more visible in sunlight, but even in the shade you can still detect a hint of it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Indirect sunlight:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It took 3 coats to reach complete opacity. I didn't have any issues with the forumula, it was pretty much streak-free.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">IMO this is an office-friendly color with a kick, I really like it!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-44612062456163719792011-10-08T18:46:00.005+02:002011-10-09T18:12:44.105+02:00Rescue Beauty Lounge "Più Mosso"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>RBL's "Più Mosso"</b> is part of their <b>L'Oiseau de Feu </b>(= firebird) Pre-Fall 2011 collection.</span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a blackened indigo color with copper microshimmer. In daylight or indoors you can't see much of the shimmer, but in bright sun or artifical light the polish comes to life showing it's hidden shimmer which looks absolutely gorgeous.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Indoors:</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's opaque with 2 coats & a dream to apply as it simply glides on the nails.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In case you'd like to amp up the shimmer, you could perhaps add a coat of <b>CND "Copper Shimmer"</b>, but IMO <b>"Copper Shimmer"</b> is too intense & would change the indigo base color too much. Maybe a mix of <b>"Copper Shimmer"</b> & clear polish would do the trick. I think I'll try it out soon!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811841256592030880.post-19513710664727330002011-10-07T16:00:00.002+02:002011-10-07T16:57:58.420+02:00Alessandro "Be My Angel"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The polish I want to show you today is <b>"Be My Angel"</b> from the <b>Alessandro</b> collection <b>"Love & Romance"</b> which was released this spring & contains 4 pastel colored nail polishes.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The only one I got is <b>"Be My Angel"</b>, a pearly white with a satin finish:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I added a layer of <b>Poshe</b> to make the finish more shiny. The formula was a bit streaky, but nothing you couldn't deal with. I did 3 coats - which are definitely needed if you want opacity.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking :-)</span>Tabathahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17376369962649768047noreply@blogger.com7