FashionistA nail lacquer in Mystical Dragon

I have been blogging a lot about makeup recently, and therefore haven't really written much about anything nail related. That's not to say that I haven't been buying nail polish, as my bank statement would quite clearly show you that I have!

My most recent purchase is FashionistA's Mystical Dragon. I'd been putting off buying this for a while now. Whenever I placed an order on MUA's website (FashionistA is owned by the same company as MUA), I'd put Mystical Dragon in my cart everytime, and would eventually remove it because some other product would feel more necessary or useful (normally lipstick!)

But not this time! Aha! I finally own Mystical Dragon, and I'm mentally kicking myself for not ordering it sooner. I posted pictures of my manicure with this polish, and even my mum (who rarely ventures from taupe polish) remarked on how pretty it was. I asked if she wanted to borrow it. She said no. She probably had a new Chanel greige polish. Whatevs.

FashionistA Mystical Dragon

(Direct Sunlight)

Direct Sunlight

Direct Sunlight

Mystical Dragon is a definite colour shifter! It couldn't decide whether it wanted to be a true teal or an a slightly emerald leaning teal. My pictures above don't quite show that emerald tinge, as my camera was freaking out, just even focusing on Mystical Dragon. Mystical Dragon is a glass fleck polish, and in the right light, has a golden fleck to it, which I managed to capture by blurring the shot a little. 

Direct Sunlight, purposely blurred

I used two coats in the pictures above, and you can still see some visible nail line (VNL). I''m thinking that Mystical Dragon ma work well on top of a suitable turquoise or teal cream polish, thus making it more opaque. However, this would then probably diminish the colour shift of the flecks. It's like Sally Hansen Nail Prisms all over again. *sighs*

It's only when I was later in my kitchen that I managed to capture this polish in a picture that has the truest-to-life representation. 

Artificial Light

Gorgeous! I'm yet to tell you the best thing about this polish- it's price. £1.50. Less than a bus ticket in Birmingham, and you can get yours here. The polish, that is.

Coming up tomorrow, I have some MAC Holiday goodness to share with you! 

MUA and Fashionista mini haul!

Today's weather has been absolutely pants, and as such, I haven't been able to take any decent swatch photos of my last RiRi Hearts MAC Fall lippie! However, what I do have to show you is a mini that arrived from MUA the other week!

You may already know that MUA is owned by the same parent company as Fashionista,which when the brand was pulled out of Superdrug stores, it became available to buy from the main MUA website, at drastically reduced price points. Yes!

I was always keen to have a Fashionista palette, so a few of their eyeshadows got added to my cart! The look I created the other week was using Fashionista Double Take Baked Eyeshadow in Trendsetter, Fashionista Secret Gel Eyeliner in Cute Route and MUA Liquid Eyeliner in shade 3 (a bargain, for just £1!)

Trendsetter

Cute Route, Shade 3, Trendsetter.

How gorgeous is Trendsetter in the pan?! I was impressed not only by the quality of this eyeshadow, but also the size of the pan- its huge! I shocked that such a good product and such a generous amount of product cost me the grand total of £1.65. Yep, this beautiful eyeshadow cost me less than a single bus ticket in Birmingham! And the Secret Gel Eyeliner? £1.50. Fashionista is truly for a Recessionista! 

I used the Secret Gel eyeliner as a lid colour and a base for the baked powder eyeshadow to adhere to. I then simply buffed the powder eyeshadow up and out towards the brow bone. Trendsetter blended out really easily with a MAC 224 brush and had a good amount of pigment to it. Trendsetter is also quite glittery, due to its baked nature, and you can probably see it best in the close up shot of my eye. I then did a simple gold line using the MUA Eyeliner in Shade 3. I have a few of these £1 eyeliners by MUA, and I love them! (I just wish they did more colours in this formula- hint hint, MUA!)

All three products lasted well throughout the day, staying vibrant for around six hours, fading after the seventh hour, and needing a refresh after eight hours. However, this is probably due to the eyeshadow being a baked product, which for me, don't tend to last as long as a standard powder eyeshadow. 

Daylight.

Artificial light with flash.

Have you tried any of the Fashionista products? If so, what are your favourties? Share in the comments section!