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Goooood morning!! Believe me when I say that likely comes across as much more chipper than I actually feel, lol. I start to feel a little cranky when either faced with multiple mornings of having to wake up to my alarm or in the middle of one such sequence. I know that sounds spoiled. My job gives me hours all over the board, though, and there is nothing, NOTHING, better than sleeping in. Going back to bed is a close second.
Also, I have a touch of eczema around my lips and chin and a recent... uhh... "salon treatment" has not been so kind to me and I'm not feeling overly pretty right now. Sorry for the tmi and the complete deviation from the topic at hand. I'm sure this was NOT what you intended to read when you kindly chose to open this page today.
So those polishes up there are a couple Penélope Luz offerings, and the last in my parade of Awesome Brazilian Glitters. I fully expected Gitana to be another flashy red glitter bomb à la Wednesday's Dorothy Shoes, but it's not. In fact, for as packed as the bottle looks, it's surprisingly sparse. It's a cherry red jelly base with quite a bit going on inside-- small and medium red hexes, black hexes, and little gold and holo glitters. It's one of those cool jelly sandwich in a bottle polishes and for that kind of base, it's surprisingly opaque. I used two coats.
Bellatrix is a blackened jelly base packed with tiny rainbow glitters. This glitter does translate on the nail the same as in the bottle, which is good and saturated. The base reads more and more indigo the more layers you apply. I used three. It gives the glitter remarkable depth BUT it makes for kind of a thick manicure.
Both polishes applied beautifully and neither were overly topcoat hungry. I used one coat of Seche Vite over each polish.
Penélope Luz polishes are available for sale internationally for $ 8.50 each through color4nails.com.
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Bellatrix is gorgeous! Lovely swatches Liesl :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Pearl <3
DeleteBoth of these are really beautiful. I like the sparse-ness (?) of the glitter in Gitana. It just works. Bellatrix reminds me of BL The Black Knight. Very pretty! I hope you have a better day than morning:)
ReplyDeleteOhh, The Black Knight, yes, good call! And thank you :) When I wrote that, it played out as sarcastic and ironic but reading over it, it's just whiny, lol. Oh well, tomorrow will be better and I'll never wax again, lol.
DeleteI was just thinking the exact same thing!! (Both are totally gorgie!) Gitana is soooo juicy & squishyyyyyy. :D It reminds me of a maraschino cherry, sprinkled with awesome glitter.
ReplyDeleteAnd I was gonna say that Bellatrix (...LeStrange - I ♥ HP!) reminds ME of Orly Fowl Play, but with microglitters instead of flakies. YUMMM. I love me a glittery vampy purple jelly! ;)
Brazilian indies.....gurllll, you so lucky!! :D ♥
They are completely different polishes but I see what you mean, because I had that exact same thought! Makes me want to pull out Fowl Play and wear the heck out of it, despite its somewhat rude manner of being. And yes, lol, I am lucky ♥♥
DeleteWOW - great minds think alike?? :P Although what pray tell, is "its somewhat rude manner of being?" Did FP give you application problems? :-/
DeleteYeah... the flakies make it thick and gloppy and that's how it applies. It's possible I just have a bad batch but I did try to wear it a few months ago and I became so frustrated with it that I just tool the whoe thing off. I recall having to redo a few nails and that gets maddening after a while.
DeleteGreat polishes and as always your swatches are fantastic!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, sweets ♥♥
DeleteHey gorgeous gal - we all have those days :( I hope tomorrow *wink, wink* ROCKS! I LOVE these swatches and here's to a dupe post!!
ReplyDeleteYep, here's to it, friend ;) I had a blast yesterday, as always!
DeleteSold. I need anything called Bellatrix, haha.
ReplyDeleteLool, it definitely adds a little to how this polish comes across... totally in a good way ;)
DeleteYou know that I am a big red nailpolish lover as having a constant pull to dark colors so guess where these two sit in my list of likings ;-)!!! Both of them totally stunning. Did I mention how much I like the fact that there are more and more red based glitters? This is a match made in the nailpolish fairy pot ;-)
ReplyDeleteI agree! I'm thinking I might actually do a comparison post on them because I do seem to be amassing quite a few....
DeleteThis would be AMAZING and soooo helpful!!! <3 great idea
DeleteBellatrix is stunning! Reminds me of a discontinued polish by catrice: I wear my sunglasses at light. Only this one is way prettier!
ReplyDeleteBetter name, oto, lol. Not a fan of "80s pop or their references, lol. I heart Catrice sooo much but they really need to stop discontinuing their best colors! *mourning King of Greens and heavy Metallilac*
DeleteI love Bellatrix...it looks similar to The Black Knight, only since it's a jelly, probably behaves better than that blasted man does!! The cherry-colored jelly looks fabulous on you too!
ReplyDeleteYou're not the only one who drew that comparison... stay tuned for a dupe post in the near future (but not on here, lol). "That blasted man"... I love your post on him, lol ♥♥
DeleteThey're both beautiful, but Gitana makes my heart go pitter-patter...:)
ReplyDeleteIsn't Gitana a pretty little thing? My heart did the same thing when I opened it ♥
DeleteI want penelope Luz polishes! She creates such beautiful polishes! These two are no exception. very on point!
ReplyDeleteThey are pretty cool :) Totally amazing in the bottle, too.
DeleteBellatrix looks so similar to The Black Knight. Pretty.
ReplyDeleteMommy Does Her Nails did a dupe post! Bellatrix has finer glitter and an indigo vs. black jelly base, and a nicer formula, lol :)
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