SpaRitual 2012- Spring Collection- Water- nail art

In case you were wondering where I went to, I was prepping for the launch event for SpaRitual Spring Collection- WATER that happened on 1st Feb 2012.

It was a great success and I am thankful for the guests who turned up!

To cut the story short, I prepped my nails, all decked out in the wonderful colours (6 of them, if you dont already know) with some added nail art to spice things up.

Plus, I have seen quite a lot of US bloggers had the full swatches up anyways... so just to play things up. I hope you dont mind!

Photo-Spam: Beware!

L-R: Ripple Effect (base) + Lucid (pastel lilac creme) + Undercurrent (dark blue creme), Ebb & Flow (base) + Undercurrent (dark blue creme), Hidden Reef, Lucid, Ebb & Flow.

Dotted them on, liked the contrast, made Ebb & Flow less 'neon' on its own. 

The glitters I added on for the remaining shades helped to pull the colour out more and adds some pizzazz to it. 

The shimmer in Hidden Reef is stronger than that in Deep...

Reef is a lovely coral that has both pink and orange... very unique, almost similar to Essie's Your Hut or Mine (which I happened to have).

I would like a dress or fabric in this print and colour.... 

L-R: Deep, Undercurrent, Lucid, Deep (base) Ebb & Flow (dots).

I love Undercurrent so much. Totally different feel from Orly's La Playa which I equally love for the navy...

Pretty disappointed with this shimmer, looks so good in the bottle. But the darkness of the grey seemed to drown out the purple pink shimmer...

Shimmery petals of a flower :P 

I prefer Sacred Ground from the SpaRitual Wilde Collection to Deep... 

Overall, Left hand wins!!

Application was watery on first coat but when you see it drying the colour shows much stronger (making it seem more opaque than watery at first glance). Two - three coats for perfection, especially the pastel based ones. 

The shimmer ones are no problemo ones... :)

Ebb & Flow gives you blue fingers, even with base coat, so if you dont mind then go ahead. If you do, do a double base coat and then gently do filing after polish removal! 

Good luck!

I love the colours in this collection very much. However, Im more looking forward to the Earth day DUO, Gold collection and Pigment collection coming up this March - June!

You may get SpaRitual products from:-

- email your orders to SpaRitual@goldiangroup.com

- collection at My Life Store showroom (Wintech Centre, #08-04)

or

- Essence Vale Spa @ Traders Hotel Singapore

or purchase them on

My Life Store website once they are listed!

Keep informed at the Official Facebook Page!

:)

Launch of SpaRitual Spring Collection 2012: How you can win an invite!

Dear all,
I am back with more local SpaRitual News!

This time, on the 1st Feb 2012, SpaRitual will be launching a special Spring Collection, Water, that celebrates water as an important element in our lives but also aware that many around the water do not have access to clean water.

The limited edition collection features 6 beautiful colours with equally nice-sounding names.
Lucid
Deep
Undercurrent
Ebb & Flow
Ripple Effect
Hidden Reef


20% of all sales from the lacquers go to Surge, a US based organization that improves access to safe and clean water for life.


There are both 15ml and 5ml bottles for these colours. 


I will have the swatches up real soon! :)


Visit https://www.facebook.com/SpaRitualSG  to see how YOU can win an invite to the Media Launch event at Food For Though Cafe 8Queen Street on 1st Feb!

Learn more about SpaRitual and the collection then!

Cheers :)

a-england: Lancelot review

Happy 2012 dear all!

To kick things off, I am here diligently clearing my backlog of reviews and photos :P I have 2 days off work and such makes time precious, and pleasures rare.

a-england: a very themed brand of nail lacquers, with a not-so-extensive variety but very strong character. pun intended.

packaging isnt in the most luxurious of forms, simple stickers pasted on a squared bottle with a round silver cap. 

to crown my hands and feet with its smooth lacquer does add points to it.

Lancelot:

who had an affair with Elaine, thinking she was the Queen Guinevere, subjected him to madness & etc. 

Very dark, broody knight. Mysterious in his mind and wanderings. 

some say dirty. murky.

bloody?

(one coat on the left half, two on the opposite side)

application was precise, brush was good, lacquer was a tad thick that caused the frustrating bubbling.

even after 3 separate manicures with Lancelot.

it isnt black, but a deep wine liquid dries glossy.

leaving his mark behind.

Get a-england from http://www.meimeisignatures.com/ and look out for slashings, in price, of course.

Blues who? - Comparison post

Golden Rose is a European brand of cosmetics and they do pretty decent polishes. I have three of their polishes, essentially glitters in a clear base that I've come to add in other glitters to franken :/ But #phail.
Now they can be found at Watsons in Singapore and I sieved through the buckets to find a colour and finish that catches my eye. There was a one for one promo and I snapped up 4 polishes that day.

Im reviewing two of them in which I bought a backup for one of them. You will know why ;)

First up, a look at four polishes that seemed to belong to the same category.

L to R: Golden Rose 55 Frosted Purple, Golden Rose 54 Medium Purple, Sally Hansen DVD, Color Club Alias.

Names of GR are from the USA website, according to the number on the bottle.

I like how GR 55 has more pink and blue than DVD. DVD is more cool toned and a not so defined duochrome touch to it than GR 55.

Alias is totally different on the nail with the green and gold peeking through. It's a tad similar to Orly's Space Cadet. Just a tad.

I layered them all over black since the GR one looked a tad sheer.

GR 54 is not a duochrome but reminds me a lot of Zoya's Mimi. Scattered grainy little specks of pink, blue and deep purple, the last being the base n dominant colour.

Happy to report no dupes or even close matches here! :)

Which do you like? Im impartial!