More Quirius including Harlem Passion and Belmont Garden

These colours dry matte. But I applied top coat to the index and little fingers. 3 coats. The middle and ring have no top coat but I'd just oiled my hands so the green is generally more matte than it appears here. Look, I know what I mean.

I just adore the bottles. In the middle is Rainbow Glitter. I tried to show the holo characteristics of this but failed. In addition the purple Harlem Passion is accurate in this pic but the green is far too pale! How can this be? One colour is spot-on and the other quite wrong! There's no sense in it.

I have a weird predilection for purple and green. What's that all about? Thank goodness the asylum doesn't let me choose my own clothes. I'd frighten the horses with my bizarre combinations.

Which is worse?
Blue and green together OR pink and yellow?

Jenni

Quirius Frozen Tears

I really like foils. All foils. I obviously ordered this on the basis that I wanted/liked it but it turned out better than expected. Pretty. Pretty is good. But it deepens in colour rather remarkably depending upon the light levels. It's very pale violet at times but much more vivid at others.

See what I mean?

Same polish but good value in different lights. Just look at the bottle too.

I have 3 Quirius left to wear and planned to do them as a series but got seduced by OPI one day and Rimmel the next. So tomorrow will be Rimmel. Or maybe Eyeko. I just can't stick to a schedule. I simply have to tinker.

Do you plan your posts (if you blog) and adhere rigidly to your projected timetable or are you very flighty and changeable like me? Do you try lots of different outfits on before you settle on something or do you just dress'n'go?

Jenni

Quirius Black Coal

You look at this in the bottle and think, "Pleasant silver foil but black coal? Not so much..."

But it does manage to capture a dark quality on the nail. 2 coats. Or was it 3? Let's say 2.5.

It was worth $3 of your earth money. Not such a simple silver.  Actually it was 6 for $15 so even less than that. And when you consider the extra gift polish....Not that I'm counting or anything!

Nail polish is a bit of an indulgence. Do you keep track of your spending on this kind of thing or regard it (for you) as essential and therefore money-no-object?

Jenni

Quirius haul

Black Coal and Lucy Diamond.

Frozen Tears and Erin Island.

Paris Night and Cresskill Eve.

Roose Flambe and an OPI. Bronzed to Perfection.
(Whether Roose was a typo they got stuck with or they actually meant it I do not know...)

So I've already shown Erin and Cresskill. That leaves 6.

Guess what's coming tomorrow. 1 of the remaining 6. Any ideas?

And speaking of prizes (except there are no prizes for guessing) - I'm up to 134 followers so I'll do a giveaway at 150 (if I ever get there). But there'll be a loading towards my most frequent correspondents. It needn't just be nail polish. I'm collecting other items.

In many ways 134 is perfect. If you get squillions of followers you probably feel it's rather a burden and a responsibility and that you have to issue a daily edict or you'll desperately disappoint the reading masses. Plus you can't respond to comments individually very easily. Although some bloggers are punctilious about that. Kelly of Vampy Varnish often answers questions and it's clear she reads her comments so well done to her. (Just one example - I'm sure you're all frightfully respectful of your readers.)

Jenni

Quirius Cresskill Eve

I had visions of Cresskill Eve being a little-known pagan festival (it jolly well ought to be) but after a spot of googling it turns out that Cresskill is just a place in Noo Joyzee (which is where Quirius is located). Somewhat disappointing. Unlike the polish.

This is after 36 hours or so. 2 coats over the Bourjois Beige Sophistique I now use as a base. Easy as an easy-thing.

How about that? Admittedly all that glorious complexity isn't always visible on the nail. But when the sun emerges and bestows a blessing upon it then you do begin to perceive all the golden aspects of this mighty nail-paint.

I ordered another set of 6 Quirius last night. Some bloggers detest the bottle shape. I love it. These look good on my desk, I can tell you. I may pop one in the pocket of my shorts and take it to work just to feeeeeeeel it. I am a fearful fidgeter and feeler and drive the OH wild with pen-clicking and sundry other irritants. Allegedly I should be a skinny-Minnie (all that fidgeting) but I'm disproof (I know that's not a word) of the theory.

Are you a persistent fiddler (no, not the violin) or do you sit quietly with free fingers?

Jenni

Quirius Erin Island

Be prepared for an outpouring of hyperbole, please.

2 coats over Bourjois Beige Sophistique which I am now using as a (brilliant) base coat.

Jenni, I haven't seen Quirius in the shops. How did you come by this?
I'd seen it around a few times on the blogosphere and looked up QRS/Quirius and thought I MIGHT get some.

Why d'you say MIGHT?
Well, I know it's a US brand but I've got this issue with things being made in China.

So what did you do?
I emailed them and asked where they make their polishes and ya know what? They got back to me within the hour and told me their polishes are made in New Jersey (or Noo Joyzee as I like to think of it). So that was fine.

And you ordered some. Doesn't that work out expensive?
Well, it was $10 for 6 polishes and the grand total was less than $26. Today that's £16.92. Expensive? I don't think so.

So you got them obviously. How long did you wait ?
I think it was 9 or 10 days. They were meticulously packaged AND they sent me an extra!

So I got 7 polishes! Ordered 6 and got 7.

Frozen Tears and Erin Island.
I have 5 more to show you. 2 foils, 2 cremes and an extraordinary shimmer. Colours? 2 blues, silver, green and pink.
Their customer service is excellent. I LOVE the bottle design. I love the range of colours and I adore the one I first tried (Erin Island).
Google QRS Beauty and take a gander.

What retail therapy has been brightening your week?
Jenni