Viviana- Coy Belle is a pastel pink frost. Now this is the kind of pink I like! Coy Belle may be a frost, but I had not problems with visible brushstrokes. Like Midnight Enigma, this polish too is just perfect for winters.

Coy Belle was quite sheer and I used 4 coats for the swatch below. It does not dry very glossy, but I did not use top coat as I like the way it looks on its own. It took a while to dry, but that was probably because of the number of coats. I wore this as a NOTD for three days, and all I got was very minor tip wear on a couple of nails. Viviana lacquers do live up to the 'long-lasting' claim.

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch currently sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can also check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products!!!

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Faces Cosmetics sent me their Glam-On cream blush in Pinked Mauve for review. Faces offers a beautiful range of wearable blushes. Pinked mauve is more pink than mauve, and will work well for pretty much all skin tones. It blends easily and gives just a little colour to the cheek without making it obvious. In fact, it looks really natural. Like your-cheeks-but-better.  

I'm glad Faces sent me this, as I don't own many blushes. I have acne-prone skin and I get break-outs when I use any sort of concealer or blush. But I've worn this a couple of times, and I did not have any such problem.  So now I'm thinking of purchasing the one in Peach Glow too. I saw some swatches of it and I'm in love!! But it's not available online :(

EDIT: I'll put up the swatch as soon as I can :)

Ok, here is the swatch ladies!  :)

Faces cream blushes retail for Rs.399. You can buy Faces Cosmetics online at Urban Touch and at HealthKart. You don't need to buy them online if you don't want to, Faces cosmetics are easily availbale everywhere.

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Viviana-Perfect Plum is a stunning purple shimmer with a finish that is very similar to Midnight Enigma.  The purple base has specks of silver micro-shimmer that make the polish really unique. The colour is such that it will look great all year round. It is eye-catching, without being in-your face. This is also the most pigmented out of all the Viviana polishes that I have tried. It was completely opaque in two thin coats. The consistency was a little thinner than I'm used to, but it did not pool at the cuticles or anything like that. In fact, it helped the polish to dry faster.

The swatches are without topcoat. Unfortunately, these pics are not colour accurate. The polish leans way more red than the pics show. It's more of a true plum. You can click the pics to enlarge and see the beautiful micro-shimmer.

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can also check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products! 

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

I was sent a few products by Faces to review. Faces is a Canadian Cosmetics brand that is widely available  in India.To be honest, I was expecting to be sent nail polishes. So I was quite surprised when I opened my package and saw some eye-shadows and a blush. Surprised, but definitely not disappointed. Hey, I love me some cosmetics :D

The first eyeshadow I received was Glam On-Oceanic.

Shown below is just one swipe. Oceanic is very pigmented and very pretty, icy light greenish-blue. The name is spot-on for the colour.  It wore well and didn't crease at all.

Glam On- Pure Gold is a warm gold metallic that is great for Indian skin tones and really versatile. Unfortunately, it did not survive the journey. There was gold dust all over the package, lol. 

The pigmentation was great on this one too, as you can see in the swatch. I think that it will work great as an eyeliner as well. That's what I'm gonna be using it as most of the time.

The next product I received was the glam-On eyeshadow duo in Amethyst. Eyeshadow duos come with a two sided applicator. Amethyst includes a copper with strong pink undertones and a light golden bronze. What I love about these colours is that they can be easily carried off during the day as well.

The Faces eyeshadows that I tried  on smoothly without any primer. They wore well and didn't crease at all. The pigmentation on all of them was AMAZING! They are reasonably priced, easily available and give you value for money. 

The mono eyeshadows are priced at Rs.249 for 2g and the duo eyeshadows are priced at Rs 399 for 2x2g.

Overall, I was really impressed by Faces, so much that I am planning to buy some products myself in the near future. I'll post about it soon :) You can buy Faces Cosmetics online at Urban Touch, HealthKart, If there is any other online store that you know of, please let me know in the comments. 

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

               

Today I'm showing you another Viviana polish - Midnight Enigma. This polish has a very complex finish that is quite difficult to describe. It has blue-grey base which is somewhere between a metallic and a shimmer. It also has tiny gold specks of micro-shimmer, which adds to the complexity of the polish. It's really unique and I couldn't find anything even remotely similar in my stash. The polish gives a beautiful icy look that is just perfect for winter.

Midnight Enigma was opaque enough in 2 coats, but I used 3 coats to eliminate the slight VNL(visible nail line). Since it is not a pure metallic, I did not have problems with visible brushstrokes. Drying time was average.

The swatches show 3 coats of Midnight Enigma with top coat. It is so freakin' pretty! Click the pics to enlarge them.

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch  sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can also check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products!

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Today I am showing you Viviana-Outrageous Sky. This is my favourite Viviana from the ones that I have tried till now.  Outragoeus Sky is a stunning azure blue creme that applied like a dream and was opaque in three coats. It is really vivid and in-your-face. My type of colour :)  Like all Viviana cremes, this dried to a really glossy finish. I might even get a back-up bottle, it's so pretty.

 My camera freaked out on this one. The colour is a bit deeper than my pic shows. The swatch is without top coat.

 All Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch currently sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2! Overseas readers can  check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products :)

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

I love the name of this one! It's so nice to see an Indian company actually bothering to name their lacquers, instead of just numbering them. Viviana-Starless Galaxy is a pitch black creme that applied like a dream and dried to a high shine. It was really pigmented and completely opaque in 2 coats. Starless Galaxy will make a great base for nail art. Ideas are going through my head already. I couldn't find a 'Starless Galaxy'on the Viviana website. I think it is listed as 'Black Shade'. 

 The swatches show 2 coats of  Starless Galaxy, without top coat. 

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch currently sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can  check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products!!!

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Viviana-Feisty Fairy is a vivid Barbie-pink creme. This is not really my type of colour. If I'm gonna wear pink, it has to be pastel, neon, dark or with shimmer. But that is just a personal preference. No dupes in my stash. Just like all other Viviana cremes, the application was perfect. Drying time was good. I used three coats and topcoat in the swatches.

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch currently sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can also check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products!!!

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Viviana-Ravishing Diva is a gorgeous tomato-red jelly. I love jellies! My skin-tone is warm, and Ravishing Diva is a blue-based red. So this is obviously not the right red for me. But I love it and am gonna wear it nonetheless. It applied like butter. Drying time was comparatively better than the other Viviana polishes. I just cannot find a fault with this one.It took three coats to be eliminate VNL(visible nail line), but I don't mind that because it helps to build that squishy jelly look.

Here are the swatches. 3 coats of Ravishing Diva + topcoat.

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch currently sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can also check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products! They have a great range of colours, so it's definitely worth a look.

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Viviana-Blinding Splash is a fun, bright, cool-toned yellow creme. Unfortunately, this one did not have the amazing application of Dark Desire. It was uneven and streaky. I had to use 4 coats to even it out and get rid of bald spots. I highly recommend waiting for at least 5 minutes between coats. Application issues were expected though. It's a yellow, after all.

Blinding Splash dried to a high shine. I did not use top coat in these swatches. The end result is definitely worth the tricky application. I will let the pictures speak for themselves :)

I found a dead-on dupe for Blinding Splash in my stash- ColorBar Lemon Drop. The colours are exactly the same. The application is exactly the same. I prefer the ColorBar brush though. But if these polishes were poured into two unnamed bottles, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference. I love this shade of yellow, so I don't mind owing two bottles :P

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch currently sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can also check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products!!!

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Viviana is a direct selling cosmetics company in India. Sadiq from Viviana kindly sent me some of their nail lacquers to review and share with all my readers :) 

The first one that I tried was Dark Desire. From the colour drops on their website, I was expecting this to be deep dusty blue. But it was actually a beautiful purple! Purples can be very difficult to capture on camera. I tried to capture the colour as accurately as I could. 

Ok, now lets talk about the application. Honestly, when it comes to Indian nail lacquers, I haven't had the best experience, with the exception of ColorBar. So I was pleasantly surprised by how smoothly Dark Desire applied. It was also highly pigmented, completely opaque in two coats and dried to a smooth glossy finish. You don't really need top coat if you change your manicure every couple of days, like me. 

Drying time was average. It wasn't the best I've seen, but not that bad either. 

Here are the swatches. 2 coats of Dark Desire. No top coat.

 Overall, Dark Desire may not be the most unique polish ever, but I couldn't find a dupe for it in my nail polish stash. I was definitely impressed by my first Viviana polish. I'm hoping the rest will be equally awesome.

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs129 on their website. Urban Touch sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2!!!  Overseas readers can also check out the Viviana website & leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products. That's amazing!

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Andreia is a Portuguese brand and I was lucky enough to win Andreia no.43 in a giveaway. If there was anything like a neon red, this would be it. I tend to gravitate towards bright reds that pop on my skin tone, rather than deep, dark ones. No. 43 would look good on both cool and warm skintones. Although the polish is slightly on the thicker side, it's not difficult to work with. I had slight VNL(visible nail line) after 3 coats, but I liked the glossy jelly finish. 

Orange Mimosa is from Colorbar's Riot collection. It is a really bright, almost neon creme. This beautiful medium shade of orange applied like a dream. The consistency is just right. No clean-up was required as the Colorbar brush shape is perfect for my nails. 3 coats were needed for opacity. 

The swatches shown are 3 coats of Orange Mimosa + 1 coat of topcoat.

My first OPI!!! It's Yodel Me On My Cell from the Swiss Collection for Fall 2010. I've put off purchasing OPI  for ages now, as they are so expensive here and on Ebay(if you include international shipping rates). But I couldn't resist any longer, and I caved in. And having tried this one, I need to get my hands on more!

Yodel Me On My Cell is a medium teal blue shimmer with specks of micro-glitter. The finish is sort of difficult to describe. The edges of the nail don't appear darkened, but the polish seems lit and glowy nevertheless. Two medium coats are sufficient for opacity, but a third coat builds up the depth and complexity of the polish.  The formula was neither too thick, nor too thin. Drying time was impressive as well.

 I used three coats and a top coat in these pics. The colour is actually deeper and more green than my photos show.

The only Sally Hansen I own, Plum It, is a gorgeous deep purple with just hints of shimmer. It's highly pigmented and was completely opaque in two thin coats. Plum It dried to a high shine as you can see in the swatch, which is without top coat. This polish has a tendency to look black in dim lighting. But I'm not really complaining because I already have too many medium and light purples, but nothing like this one.

This is a water marble I did using Orly-Lemonade and China Glaze- Flyin High. Water marbles are fun to do and I love how you get a different design every time. I would do them more often if clean up wasn't such a pain. I apply scotch tape on my fingers to minimize the mess though. Water marbling can be really time consuming, but the result is always worth it!

My current NOTD is ManGlaze- Matte is Murder. Black matte polish with rainbow shimmer. Words cannot describe how much I LOVE this polish. The colour, finish, application, even the bottles, are amazing! <3 <3 <3 Manglaze! Manglaze stopped shipping internationally a while ago, but hopefully they will start soon.

Glitter Gal's 3D Holo in Red is hands down my favourite red polish of all time. I don't wear it very often though. Glitter Gal's bottles used to hold just 9ml of polish, and I was afraid that I would use up my bottle too quickly. 

But I just received an email from Kerry at Glitter Gal- they are increasing the size of their bottles to 15ml! And they want our help to name them, so they are holding a competition. Winners will receive the collection of 15ml bottles! Awesome, right? You can watch this video for more information.

Till then, enjoy swatches of the most beautiful red holo ever!

*Information about the competition provided by Kerry at Glitter Gal*

 Jolly Holly is from the China Glaze Holiday collection of 2010. I can't believe I waited this long to wear this  beauty. It is impossibly glowy and seems to be lit from within. I couldn't stop staring at my nails! The only thing that could have made this forest green shimmer better(IMO) was if it had been just a tad lighter.

 The formula did not disappoint either. Jolly Holly was perfectly opaque and glossy in two thin coats; it's an extremely pigmented polish. There is absolutely no doubt that I'm gonna be wearing it a lot this winter.The only bad news is that now I am lemming Glittering Garland, Emerald Sparkle, Peace On Earth, Cha Cha Cha and a whole bunch of other greens from China Glaze :P

Hey guys! Today I'm showing you a striped nails manicure. As much as I enjoy the dark, vampy polishes of fall, I was in the mood for some colour on my tips! I started with a base of Catrice-Sold Out Forever and then added random stripes using Sally Hansen-Plum It, China Glaze-Jolly Holly, China Glaze-Flying High and Revlon-Red Hot Tamale.  It took a while to complete this mani, but the result was well worth the effort :)