Hello lovelies,

Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes yesterday, I've had a great day! 

I also finally found some time to write this post which is all about the new Models Own Mirrorball collection! I suspect Models Own is trying to use the current obsession with indie polishes and glitter bombs but hey, it's great! I don't buy indies because they are a bit expensive and most of the girls live in US which becomes very expensive including shipping to UK.

But I wanted this collection! I was prepared to buy it but then something happened... lovely Vic from Glowstars blog has sent me this collection and didn't want anything for it! Could you believe it? My first Random Act Of Kindness and I am so grateful, thank you so much Vic! You all visit her blog and show her some love because she's an amazing person!

Freak Out! - mix of magenta, light and dark blue glitter. The glitters are of different sizes and shapes creating very interesting mix. I've applied one layer of Freak Out! over A England Lady Of Shalott and Pure Ice Oh Baby! combo. It applied nicely but I did have to place the glitter a bit.

Dancing Queen - mix of green, gold, light and dark blue glitter of different shapes and sizes. I've applied one layer of the glitter over A England Tess D’Urbervilles.

Disco Inferno - mix of green, gold and orange glitter. Disco Inferno is one of my favourite shade. The glitter is not big and chunky so it looks very nice on the nail. There's plenty of glitter in the bottle so I've had no problem applying it. One layer of Disco Inferno over OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons.

Boogie Nights - mix of silver, blue, purple and magenta glitter. Some of the glitter is a bit bigger in this polish so it has caused an uneven finish. I haven't used topcoat which might help smoothing it out. This is one coat of Boogie Nights over A England Ophelia.

Hot Stuff - small red glitter mixed with differently-shaped rainbow (colour changing) glitter. It applied very easily and I'm wearing one coat of Hot Stuff over A England Jane Eyre.

I really like this collection despite the removal being a PITA. Next time I decide to wear any of these glitters I will use the PVA glue as a base coat. Otherwise they are really pretty, they apply nicely and dry fast. There is however one drawback with these - the smell! They smell like diluter of some kind, it's a very strong and unpleasant smell.

Mirrorball collection is available now at the Models Own website but is not included in the current 50% off sale (code SUMMERSALE, sale until 2nd October) and right now it's sold out until next stock comes in. One bottle costs £5.

Hello lovelies,

As you all know (and if you don't know, I'm telling you), lovely Adina, the creator of A England brand, has released a new collection called Gothic Beauties.

The Gothic Beauties collection consists of five shimmer shades. Four of them are black with coloured shimmer and one, Dorian Gray, has metallic finish. Each shade is named after a well-known book character and each one of them tells tragic yet beautiful story.

It was quite hard to capture the beauty of the polishes as the shimmer is visible under certain conditions like artificial light or under the direct sunlight. Here they are:

Dorian Gray -gunmetal grey with metallic finish. Dorian Gray has this very subtle shimmer/grainy particles that make the finish look very interesting. It's not plain smooth metallic look but this mix of grey and charcoal particles. It applied like butter, really smoothly. This polish has a great pigmentation as you could do with one thicker coat or two thinner coats. I'm wearing two coats and topcoat. Dorian Gray is a little bit streaky but nothing too bad as you can see.

Jane Eyre - black base with reddish-brown shimmer fleck. The shade looks much more shimmery in the bottle than what translates to the nail. Pictures below taken on daylight in the shadow show how dark the polish really is. Shimmer is visible the most in the direct sunlight. It applied very easily and the pigmentation is excellent. It's almost one-coater and I'm wearing two coats and topcoat.

Lady of Shalott - black creme with navy blue shimmer particles. This shade is my favourite of the whole collection because it shows the shimmer even without direct sunlight. It applied very easily and it also has really good pigmentation. Lady of Shalott is almost one-coater but I'm wearing two coats to get the perfect coverage.

Ophelia -black creme with purple shimmer particles. Ophelia is the darkest shade of the collection. The shimmer nicely shows in the bottle but it is not very visible on the nail. To be honest I would prefer the shimmer to be bolder. It applied nicely and easily, same as the other shades. It is also one-coater if you'll use thicker coat. I'm wearing two thinner coats and topcoat.

Tess D'Urbervilles -black creme with emerald green shimmer particles. Now we're talking! This is such a beautiful shade! The shimmer is bold enough to be visible in the daylight yet the colour is still almost black. It applied very easily and the polish levels itself out nicely. Its pigmentation is excellent, I'm wearing two thin coats and topcoat.

Overall, this collection is a must-have for dark-colour lovers. I was a bit disappointed, that the colours were actually too black as I would have preferred for the shimmer to be more visible. All of the polishes have an excellent formula that applies easily and have great pigmentation. All of them are almost one-coaters and they dry quite fast. Well done Adina!

I would recommend you to read Ommorphia Beauty Bar's review as she went really into a depth and into the stories of characters behind each polish. It's very beautifully written.

*These were provided for a review