piCture pOlish Swatch-a-thon Part 2
Hot on the heels of the first part of my piCture pOlish swatch-a-thon, here’s the second part with another eight shades. Will there be a third part, etc? Perhaps, but not today for sure.
For this batch, I did two-finger swatches. This was has so that I can swatch more shades within a limited time, while there was still reasonable daylight. We’ve been getting quite a bit of rain recently, so there was no telling when the skies were going to get gloomy.
Read on for the details and photos.
Continue reading»piCture pOlish Swatch-a-thon Part 1
If you’re a regular reader of The Subtle Shimmer, or follow me on social media, you would probably know that I’m started selling piCture pOlish and Ozotic nail polish again, this time on my Star Trinkets shop.
I started selling the two brands on this blog late last year. Then, earlier this year, piCture pOlish wanted to do some administrative restructuring with regard to their international stockists. The two brands took a short hiatus from Singapore while I continued to work out the new details with them.
Continue reading»Two Requested Comparisons
Quite a while ago, someone asked if I could do a comparison between A-England Princess Tears and Color Club Fashion Addict. I apologise that I never got round to doing that. More recently, I was asked for a comparison of Cult Nails Manipulative and Princess.
A couple of day ago, I decided to take a break and do some swatching. I figured I might as well start with these two comparison requests.
And so, I present to you a Fashion Addict shedding Princess Tears, and a Manipulative Princess! Couldn’t resist the word play!
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