P2 - Indigo Denim from Denim Delight

This is the 2nd polish I got from P2's Denim Delight collection - Indigo Denim, a nice dark blue packed to the brim with silver micro-glitter/shimmer. It also has a matte finish - there's so much shimmer it looks almost like a silver polish in some angles with the original finish. A very interesting effect, and really pretty, alas I just don't like mattes on my own nails, even though I think they are gorgeous in theory. No idea why.
With a TC the blue colours stands out more and the shimmer acquires lovely depth and complexity. Yum.


For a review & the product details, see my previous post, about Navy Washed Denim from the same collection. I don't really have much to add - they are about the same, quality-wise. Unfortunately Indigo Denim does stain somewhat when you go at it with polish remove. Nothing a bit of soap won't handle though.
This time, the mani lasted two days with some minor chipping on index fingers & thumbs (that I filled in) and almost no tipwear. These pictures were taken just before I removed it.

P2 denim Delight - 030 Indigo Denim
2 coats + 1 coat Essence BTGN

P2 - Navy Washed Denim (from Denim Delight)

I feel like there's always a jeans/denim collection floating around somewhere, and usually I don't find them particularly exciting, but this recent collection from P2 really was a success as far as polishes go.

The Denim Delight limited edition included four polishes - three shimmers and a creme. The creme was red *yawn* so I passed it over, just as one of the shimmers - a grey with golden shimme, which was too warm for my skin. 
I did get the other two however, a gorgeous light blue with light golden shimmer and a dark blue densely packed with silver shimmer. I only had the chance to wear one so far and I'd like to post it while the collection is still out there.

Ladies and Gents, I give you:

P2 Denim Delight - 020 Navy Washed Denim.

2 Coats + 1 coat Essie Good to Go

As you can see on the second picture and the swatch on the nail tip, Navy Washed Denim has a matte finish - not unlike the OPI suede line, or so I've heard. However, I don't much like the look on myself, so I slapped a glossy TC on anyway.  The glossy finish brings out the pretty shimmer much better.

Ad the gritty details.

Price & availability:  2,45 € for 8 ml in your favourite DM shop or whichever of your local places sells P2. This is from a limited edition that has been out for a while. My shops all still have it though.

Formula & application: it's a bit thickish, due to the tons of shimmer. I also had some problems with bald patches and streaks when I tried a second pass with the brush over the same spot and as a result I needed two coats for most fingers, but if you're quick and precise, you can just slap it on and it'll be fully opaque in one coat.  It most emphaticly did not agree with my BC (Essie Nourish Me) so that might account for my bald patches problems. Since it has a matte finish, it dries pretty fast even without TC.

Wear & tear: On this score, P2 never satisfies me - I suspect their polishes just don't agree with my body chemistry, since many people report good to average wear. This one almost survived one day in the office - towards evening I had some chips and could pull it off those nails entirely. There was no tipwear of the other nails, so I'm not going to exclude the possibility of carelessness on my part.

On the whole P2's Navy Washed Denim is a gorgeous blue with some nice sparkle. It looks well with the original matte finish or a glossy TC - this kind of effect isn't often found in the drugstore price range. For that I'll even forgive the lack of durability and the disagreements with my BC.

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Did you get anything from this Limited Edition? And how do you like P2 polishes in general?

Saturday Swatches

Has it really been a week? Here comes the 2nd instalment of Saturday Swatches.

Catrice Million Styles Limited Edition - Godfather of Pearl. One coat over blue, purple & black.

Catrice Million Styles LE - Return of Space Cowboys. One coat over blue, purple & black.

P2 - Just need style! Two coats with TC. What are those cuticles? OMG.

Every Saturday, I'm posting manis, swatches and other assorted nail-related pictures taken during the week that didn't make it into a post of their own. If there's some polish here you're particularly interested in, drop me a line and I'll write a more detailed blog entry about it.

[NOTD] Nailart Quickie

I finally managed something vaguely resembling acceptable water marbling on the nail. Yay! Unfortunately it's marred by bubbles. Boo :(

Still, it's the best so far. Another 5 tries and I might get there! I took the pictures now, with artificial light and flash, because I'm not sure how long the mani will survive. I'm tempted do add glitter. That may or may not prove a mistake. Sorry for the mess, I haven't finished cleaning up yet. Water marble is a really messy business.

But the results are quite worth it. Minus the bubbles.

I used two P2 polishes over a white base.
P2 color victim - 541 night out (dark, greyish jeans blue)
P2 last forever - 031 love letter (peachy pink)

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[NOTD] - P2 forever

For some reason I'm not a huge fan of the P2 polishes. They're okay in terms of formula, application, colour range and the price (€1,55) is great, but I just can't get excited about them.

Still, I use them occasionally when I feel like wearing a cream in some muted greyish colour. Yesterday I chose P2 color victim -  690 Forever.

On the nail it comes out somewhere between a very muted berry an and antique pink with a lot of greyish undertones. It's much lighter in the bottle and I must admit I was a bit disappointed when I first bought it. It's still a nice colour though.

The formula is a bit thick and it's hard to achieve a really thin coat. One slightly thicker coat is entirely sufficient for opacity however, I used two to deepen the colour. Unfortunately my topcoat doesn't seem to like it and I got a bit of shrinkage. *pouts* Doesn't matter though, P2 never lasts more than two days anyway.

Shopping mania

I went out on two small shopping forays in the last two days and, apart from a present for my Mum and a new vanity mirror (with a height adjustable frame, yay! No more ingenious contraptions to raise the mirror to my eye level. Why did I wait so long to get it?) for myself, somehow a bunch of nail products ended up my shopping basket. No idea how it happened, really.

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Ich war gestern und heute recht spontan und planlos einkauf und, Wunder über Wunder, es landeten einige Nagelsachen in meinem Körbchen. Neben einem Geschenk für meine Mutter und einem höhenverstellbaren Schminkspiegel (wieso hab ich mir das Ding nicht früher gekauft? Was hab ich mich mit meinem alten Teil ohne hohen Standfuß abgemüht...).

Das kam mit:

Kiko - 250 Hot Pink
Kiko - 270 Sparkle Touch Aqua Sequins
Kiko - 233 Sparkle Touch Beige Glitter

Essence special effect topper - 01 it's purplicious
Essence Vampire's Love LE - Gold Old Buffy
P2 - 052 goodnight kiss

Catrice - 470 Snow Motion!
Catrice - 120 Plum Play With Me
Catrice - 660 I'm A Star...

The three Kiko polishes are supposedly they are being discontinued. They've been in the discounted part of the display for months - looks like Kiko isn't in any hurrry to get rid of them.

As for Catrice, I wanted to get look at all the colours slotted to be discontinued in February before the aisle is picked clean and in the end I choose these three. The white only because I simply didn't have a pure white creme yet.

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Die drei Kikolacke sind schon seit Ewigkeiten reduziert, sollen wohl das Sortiment verlassen, allerdings scheint Kiko sich dabei etwas Zeit zu lassen.

Die Catricelacke habe ich vor allem in Hinblick auf die baldige Sortimentumstellung gekauft. Habe mir alle gehenden Lacke raus geschrieben und heute in der Stadt ausgiebig angeschaut. Bei den meisten kann ich auch verstehen warum sie gehen. Habe am Ende nur drei genommen, Snow Motion! auch nur, weil sich sonst kein reines Weiß mit Cremefinish habe und es schon öfter vermisst hatte.