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Sunday Manicure (Vol.9)

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Products used: Erre Due Diamond Base Coat 6.49€ Sephora Color Hit Nail Polish in no.64, Walk on the Wild Side 5.40€ Erre Due Ceramic Top Coat 6.49€ First Impressions: Thought I’d go for a twist on the festive holiday green (with a bit of a sci-fi, metallic teal version) for the last week of 2013. After the major disappointment of last week (Vol.8), I was ecstatic to get back to a polish with great consistency, easy application (I have fallen in love with the Sephora nail polish brush), amazing color payoff and real short drying time. Judging from past experience with Sephora nail colors (see Sunday Manicure Vol.2 & Sunday Manicure Vol.3 ) I am fully expecting my 2 coat (+topcoat) mani to last the full week once more, making me quite the happy camper. All in all, I think it’s about time I admitted that (a) these guys know what they’re doing when it comes to nail polish and (b) I am now a big, big fan! You guys ever tried anything from the …

Sunday Manicure (Vol.8)

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Products used: Erre Due Diamond Base Coat 6.49€ Dior Golden Winter Diorific Vernis in 751- Marilyn 26.22€ Erre Due Ceramic Top Coat 6.49€ First Impressions: Back to a classic holiday red for Christmas this week, with Dior’s re-issued Marilyn. Now, while I have to admit to loving the color (a true red with an almost invisible shimmer), I also have to say I’m not really crazy about the polish itself. First off, the brush felt a bit awkward. I’m used to sweeping one side of it then applying color on the nail with what product’s left on the other. This didn’t work here, since practically no product was left on the brush if you did it.  So, “dip and apply” seemed like the way to go. The polish consistency was also a bit off and getting a uniform color result proved quite tricky. There was no streaking but the color seemed to pool in places, creating what looked like “bold” patches in others. I actually had to re-do one nail ’cause of that, so not …