the feline's claws

Hi Dolls,

Feathers. Feathers everywhere, ugh! And finally: One lonely British display, almost emtpied. I didn't know if or which polishes I'd pick from this collection. My problem was solved as soon as I bumped into this collection, as there were only two shades available. I then decided that those two were indeed the prettiest among them all.

After the previous two swatch'd posts (here and here), you probably guessed the nude tone called England's Rose. I was extremely torn about this colour, press photo was meh, swatches looked like just another generic polish... But in person! Interesting, alluring, tempting.. Get in my shopping cart. 

The second one is London Calling. Always! London is always calling me and you never go wrong with blue polishes.
While I was preparing the text for this post, I came across another Check & Tweed  display, this time untouched aside from one of the orange polishes missing. So I now faced the full palette of colours, but I decided I really only liked the red... brown... whatever tone, from the ones I was missing.

Hello Dolls,

I've known Sally for a while now, I first met her during my early teenage years, when I was bluntly told that my polishing skills suck. (Come one, I was 11-12ish and who painted their nails perfectly on the first go?) Anyway, that was back in Singapore. Now Sally has made her way down to Europe and yes, she even appears here in Switzerland and despite our old friendship, I'd always pass by her shelves without saying hi. I decided this had to change and thus, I picked up two polishes from the new Fall collection, which I found locally.

Der Herbst ist da!

Von allen 4 Jahreszeiten mag ich den Herbst am liebsten. Die Stimmung ist einerseits melancholisch (alles verwelkt oder stirbt, das Wetter ist trist etc. etc.) andererseits wird's schön kühl, so richtiges Kuschelwetter Kakaowetter. Und man hat nicht andauernd das Gefühl etwas zu verpassen, nur weil man den Tag/Abend lieber zu Hause unter der Decke verbringt, ha...

Of all the 4 seasons Autumn is by far my favourite. You get this gloomy, melancholic mood all around you (everything withers and dies, the weather's cloudy etc. etc.) It also cools down a lot, perfect weather to snuggle up... Or just have a hot chocolate. Also, I can just stay home under my blanket and not feel like I'm missing out on anything outside. Ah, social pressure...

Hi Dolls,

I'm always last to get the news from Maybelline, I just seem to lack the sources or pages to stalk... I normally 'sense' something's up when the latest limited edition just mysteriously 'sells out' and that area in the display stays empty for a while. So obviously this is what happened with the latest collection, although this time I did stumble across some blogs with press releases and knew about this collection.

I found the whole collection while I was shopping for dinner and other groceries. All together we have 5 shades here. Hey, I did some research and it seems in Germany there's only 4 shades: Teal The End, Record Red, Black to the Basics and Grey Beats. Additionally I saw a dark pink shade here which goes by the name of Pink Punk. I ALSO saw that Boots.com listed a purple shade called Orchid, so I'm guessing all in all there are 6 shades in this collection..?

Hallo ihr Lieben,

Na, wer erinnert sich noch an diese cracked/shattered Lacke? Ich sehe sie nur noch vereinzelt in den Läden, auf Nägeln gar nicht mehr... Ich dachte es wäre Zeit diese Lacke im Rahmen der Topper Time wieder etwas ins Rampenlicht zu rücken, auch wenn sich die Meinungen darüber sehr stark spalten.

Does anyone remember cracked/shattered polishes? I only come across a few in stores and barely see them on nails anymore... I thought it would be time to show these babies some love again, even if they're a strong love-it-or-hate-it type of polish.

Hallo ihr Lieben,

Hach, Glitzer! Ich wollte ein schönes Glitter Placement machen, also lose Glitzerstückchen in mühsamer Fummelarbeit auf meine Nägel kleben. Hab' ich auch gemacht, fotographiert und entschieden, dass es kacke aussieht... Also hier das Design, das nicht kacke aussieht. Keine Sorge, ich sammle meine missratenen Designs alle und plane einen zusammengefassten "Fail Parade" Blogpost dazu.

Oh my Glitter! I really wanted to do a pretty glitter placement for this challenge. Which I did, took photos off and then decided that it looked like sadness. Thus I'm now sharing a second attempt that looks much prettier. But fear not, you shall not miss out on my misery! I'm collection all my nail fails and will be making a collective "fail parade" post, dedicated to all of them.

Hi Dolls,

It's time for this month's last theme for the September NAILlinkup, as you probably already guessed from the title it's ladybugs. One last Spring theme to say good bye to Summer for good, heh. At least to me.