china glaze long kiss (under the mistletoe)

china glaze's long kiss originally came from under the mistletoe collection for holidays 2008, but made a comeback in their sealed with a kiss collection in 2011.

i really have problems swatching polishes like long kiss, which is why it took it so long for it to appear on the blog. sunshine makes them washed out completely, and the photos are much more faithful in the shade/but not to shady conditions.

nevertheless, it is a berry red metallic polish, pretty and nice, but nothing spectacular in the plethora of similar ones. i got it so long ago and i would probably give it a pass now, especially since my brush preferences lie with the wide ones. that doesn't mean that this polish isn't good, with very decent formula and coverage, just that it doesn't stand out in the sea of deep red shimmers.

shade:

zoya blaze (ornate)

ornate was such an awesome zoya collection, with some iconic shades (aurora, storm and logan are on my list), and blaze is one of those gems.

the first thing that comes to mind to me when i wear blaze is "delicious". it looks like some kid of berry marmelade and i always crave red fruit when i have it on my nails.

zoya poetically described it as "cool-toned medium mulberry red with a high concentration of micro fine diamond holographic glitter". these holo particles are not as dense as in some other polishes from this collecton, and they give out pinkish and purplish glitz. 

coverage and formula are great, and it's an awesome polish overall.

chanel april (harmonie de printemps)

pošto sam u "ozbiljnijoj fazi", danas predstavljam chanel april iz njihove harmonie de printemps kolekcije za proleće 2012, gde su mu društvo pravili may i june.

since i'm in the more "serious phase", i will show you chanel april, from their harmonie de printemps collection for spring 2012, paired with may and june.

april je definitivno jedan od mojih omiljenih lakova "za odrasle". iako se oduševljavam svime što je zeleno, plavo, holo i šljokičavo, čak i ja ponekad rešim da nosim prikladnije boje ako poslovne situacije to zahtevaju. april sam i uzela prevashodno za takve situacije, i uz još jedan chanel, rose confidentiel, mi je uvek prvi izbor.

ovog lepotana nije tako lako opisati. ne znam da li bih rekla da je malinasto crven, zagasito crven ili šljivasto crven, pa ću se odlučiti za sve nabrojano. uz to, ima i odličnu formulu i rekla bih da svakom stoji. definitivno nijansa kakvu svaka žena/devojka mora da ima.

prirodna svetlost.

i have to say that april is among my favourite "grown up" polishes. i am a fan of everything green, blue, holo and glitter, but even i have it in me to go for more appropriate colours for some special work related situations. i got april solely for these occasions, and it became my go to polish together with another chanel, rose confidentiel.

it is one of those hard to describe beauties. i'm not sure whether to call it a berry red, muted red, reddish plum, so i will go with all of the above. it has amazing formula, i'm sure it suits every skintone and it is one of those polishes every girl has to have.

natural light.