Readers Choice! Catrice Iron Mermaiden!

Part two of this week's Readers Choice winners! Yesterday I mentioned that we ended up with a tie, so I would do a post on both Dirty Berry and Iron Mermaiden.

Iron Mermaiden (I love the name BTW) is a sheer duochrome. It reminds me of OPI Not Like the Movies and Wet N Wild Gray's Anatomy. I have seen some comparison posts on other blogs so I didn't feel the need to do one myself. I also hear Essence Where is the Party is also a close match.

Iron Mermaiden seemed to take a bit longer to dry and I ended up with some bubbling. I applied 3 coats this time, and topped it off with Qtica Extending Top Coat. Unfortunately, it was cloudy and rainy all day today so I couldn't get some sunshine shots.

Artificial light, no flash.

Catrice is a brand of cosmetics found in Europe. Click HERE to visit their website. Unfortunately, their products are not sold online, you can only purchase them at authorized retailers. 

Readers Choice! Catrice Dirty Berry!

WOW! Last week we ended up with a TIE! You got to chose from some of my Catrice polishes, and Iron Mermaiden and Dirty Berry BOTH won! They each received 14 votes, with 26% overall or 52% combined. So it looks like I will be doing TWO Readers Choice posts this week! Today is Dirty Berry, I will post Iron Mermaiden tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who voted!

Dirty Berry is a dusty medium purple holographic polish. The holo effect is slight, it was hard to capture with my camera. I really like this shade of purple on my skin tone. This has now become one of my favorite polishes!

Two coats, topped with Qtica Extending Top Coat.

Artificial light, no flash...

Direct sunlight...

Ahhh here you can see some of the holo-ey goodness!

Catrice cosmetics are a European brand, click HERE to visit their website. These are not sold online, they are only available in authorized retail stores. I am fortunate enough to have an awesome friend in The Netherlands and one in Austria who swap with me. If you want to get your hands on some Catrice, my suggestion to you would be to make friends in Europe! LOL ;-)

Readers Choice! Cult Nails Living Water!

Thank you to everyone who voted last week! This time you had a choice of my Cult Nails. Living Water won with 19 votes, 48% overall.

This is my first time using this polish. Living Water looks black from afar, but its really a deep dark blue. It has teeny silver and teal bits of glitter. I found this polish to be a "hungry glitter", although its not really what I would consider a glitter polish! So I decided to add a layer of Gelous before applying CND Air Dry top coat.

Two coats, artificial light, no flash...

I <3 Gelous!

I also <3 CND Air Dry Top Coat!

Sunlight, no flash...

Cult Nails is currently having a SALE through Monday July, 4th 2011! All of their polishes are only  $7.40 (normally $10) in honor of 7/4/11. Click HERE to shop now!