Glitterbug into my brain [glitter nail polish collection]

Glitterbug into my brain goes a'bang bang bang till my feet do the same. Oh yes, I just modified a Wham! lyric to fit my glitter nail polish addiction. My love for glitter nail polishes is a little odd, considering I don't usually tolerate glitter in my life. With the exception of a New Year's Eve outfit of course. And my Zara sequined shorts don't count as glitter, right?

Anyway, coming home from a small drugstore shopping spree the other day I was putting away my new nail polishes and noticed that I had a fair amount of glitter nail polishes hiding away behind the clean white metal of my trusty Helmer storage set. 

(I'm picking up a bunch of nails wheels somewhere in the coming week, so I will add some swatches to this post or add it as a new post all together later)

OPI: 

Rainbow Connection (Muppets LE)

Last Friday Night (Katy Perry LE)

Teenage Dream (Katy Perry LE)

Paris Memories: 

255

253

Catrice:

Marilyn and Me

I wear my sunglasses at night

Essence

(nail art twins series)

Blair

Edward

Essence

(nail art special effect topper series)

Glorious Aquarius

Night in Vegas

It's Purplicious

Hello Holo

Essence

(colour and go series)

Make it Golden

Blue Addicted

Time for Romance

When Ariel Goes Goth

When plans change, I do my nails. I love having a moment to myself where I can just file away, treat my nails to a lovely little hydrating mask and buff away with my little nail block to create wonderful new blank canvases where I can put new polish onto until my heart's content.

Today, I wanted something dark, yet mermaid like. So I grabbed one of my favorite OPI polishes called 'Honk if you love OPI' and the blue-ish glitter from Paris Memories that I blogged about HERE. Too be honest, I wasn't expecting this beauty. Glitter coats tend to disappoint me thoroughly, needing about a dozen coats before it looks any good on nails. But this is just me wearing one coat of the glitter! It's brilliant and that for just one euro.

This is going to be such a pain to remove. Doesn't matter, it looks pretty.

Paris Memories Nail Polish Review

It’s the memories that count

I confess, I’m a sucker for all things budget. Budget is almost a magic word, and when I find out that these so-called budget products also seem to work perfectly on me, I’m a happy Kelly. But if you’ve been following my blog… you already know that.

On the menu today, budget nail polish. Paris Memories Nail Polish to be exact. The other day I was at the checkout of my favorite perfumery and saw a big vase filled with adorable colors of nail polish. The checkout lady was quick to inform me that these sweeties were only €0,99 a piece, and that with my member card I’d get an additional 10% off. I picked up three of these the first time around. A week later I was there again and bought two more and this morning I went back for another three colors. Don’t judge me, I like pretty things.

Like I expected, it took about three coats of the really light colors to become opaque, but oh what a beautiful color it is when applied to your nails. The darker colors work perfectly within two coats, and the purple glitter is gorgeous as a top coat with another opaque color underneath.

The polishes have a slightly thinner brush than your average nail polish, but I’m quite pleased with that because it allows you to precisely paint your nails, even the small/short ones. The polish itself is also on the thinner side, but it’s definitely not impossible to be neat with it.

These colors last about three days without chipping on me, depending on the top coat (OPI Start to Finish Strengthener, Base and Top coat in one) and the activities I’m up to. I unpack a lot of boxes at work once a week, and that’s always horror for my nails.

The color selection of these nail polishes isn’t that amazing. They most stick to reds, pinks and purples. With the exception of my orange and black with silver glitter one.

Below you will find pictures of the eight colors that are in my possession.

Pro
- Low price
- Pretty colors
- Staying power
- Fine brush

Con
- They don’t have names, only complicated numbers
- Availability (at Dutch Douglas stores and some budget drugstores)

PMNP 204

PMNP 256

PMNP 229

PMNP 238

PMNP 230

PMNP 285

PMNP 253

PMNP 255

I'm having some nailwheels delivered to my house shortly, I will swatch the polishes then and add them to this post. So stay tuned!