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Hello lovelies,

After a very long time I started to participate in a challenge together with some other lovely bloggers. The challenge is called Deadly Sins Challenge and was put together by Alice from One Nail To Rule Them All and Nail Wish. I will do my best to do all the challenges (two per week) but it might happen that I'll do just one in given week. Here's the whole challenge:

Illustration by Dahlig (her DeviantArt is http://dahlig.deviantart.com/)

So what did I want to do so badly for some time? I wanted to try drawing on nails using Sharpie pen. Well it was a fail :D I think I've chosen the wrong type of Sharpie pen so it didn't give opaque colour. I actually think I can produce better results with a brush and acrylic paint! Never mind, at least I've tried :)

I've used Tip Top Oh La La as a base colour (reviewed here).

Lucy's Stash - Sharpie drawing on Tip Top Oh La La

Lucy's Stash - Sharpie drawing on Tip Top Oh La La
Lucy's Stash - Sharpie drawing on Tip Top Oh La La

Have any of you tried a different Sharpie or any other pen? Which one do you recommend? I have normal gel pens too but the ink pools and slips on the nail polish :-/

Hello lovelies,

Today I'm trying another new brand to me - Invogue. It is a new mainstream brand and it is also sister brand to Eye Candy London...

Lucy's Stash - Invogue Matt Suede Effect polishes

Invogue Domination - light grey matte finish. The colour looks like mixture of dark and light grey particles which creates a bit of depth in the polish. The formula was good and fast drying. I'm wearing two coats which provided full coverage. I did have one problem with it - it dries a bit too fast so patching can occur when going over already painted area again with the brush.

Lucy's Stash - Invogue Domination

Lucy's Stash - Invogue Domination
Lucy's Stash - Invogue Domination
Lucy's Stash - Invogue Domination

I've played around with the Invogue Domination and OPI Alpine Snow and you can see a bit the difference between the textures. I like the contrast between matte and glossy polish.

Lucy's Stash - Invogue Domination
Lucy's Stash - Invogue Domination
Lucy's Stash - Invogue Domination
Lucy's Stash - Invogue Domination

Invogue Hot Gossip - medium rose pink matte.The formula is exactly same as the previous shade so I won't repeat myself. Just to say I really liked the shade and the matt finish.

Lucy's Stash - Invogue Hot Gossip
Lucy's Stash - Invogue Hot Gossip
Lucy's Stash - Invogue Hot Gossip
Lucy's Stash - Invogue Hot Gossip
Lucy's Stash - Invogue Hot Gossip

I have tried a nail art with topcoat but the difference is not major so the top coated parts are not that visible...what do you think?

Lucy's Stash - Invogue Hot Gossip
Lucy's Stash - Invogue Hot Gossip

I am very grateful that I have been introduced to this brand. Not only I like these Matt suede polishes but they also have Feather effect (like Nails Inc polishes), Neon, Concrete (yes, also like Nails Inc.), Liquid Metal and Hi-Res glitter lines at the fraction of the price of Nails Inc. polishes. I have already ordered polishes from most of the lines to try them out. I am yet to receive my order so can't comment on Fragrance Direct's customer service.

There are two places you can get this brand at: Superdrug from £2.99 and at Fragrance Direct from £1.99 (here they are overall cheaper!). Each bottle has 10ml.


*These were provided for a review