Rainbow My Favourite Blue Shimmer Pink

From my Green Fairy in Singapore swap. Rainbow number whatever.

That looks like polish on my index finger but it isn't. I have no idea what it is.
This Rainbow stuff has an extraordinarily good formula. This is 3 coats and it is exceptionally manageable.
This has not only a pronounced blue cast to it but also some very fine sparkle. It has a certain subtle duochrome quality to it in addition to its many other virtues. In short, bloomin' marvellous.
I have no idea how expensive this brand may be in its native land but, should you chance to spy it in your travels, I recommend strongly that you purchase.

I am sporting pink on each hand today. Quite unprecedented. What has got into me? Am I becoming.....................normal?

Report on YSL Copyright Red
Removed today after 4 days of wear
Minor tip wear barely visible
Rated 10/10
Obtainable on ebay by searching for "YSL laque" at a significantly reduced price

Now for the history.
Radio 4 has an excellent series which seeks to chart the whole of human history (well, perhaps that's a slightly exaggerated claim) through the examination of 100 objects.

OUR object today is this:

It is a cosmetics palette. The text below is from the BBC website.


Cosmetics palettes like this one were used to grind cosmetic paints, such as galena or green malachite, with a pebble. There is a slightly polished area on the palette where the grinding would have occurred. The earliest cosmetic palettes are dated to 5000 BC and were rectangular. This one was made between 3400-3300 BC and would have been used by someone in the middle classes. It is made from mudstone, which is fossilised compressed mud, and the stains visible in the photograph are probably from the next stratum of rock.

In Ancient Egypt woman and men both wore cosmetics and cosmetic equipment, such as this palette, have often been found in tombs indicating that they were vital objects to the owners.

Cosmetics are as old as vanity and Ancient Egypt has the earliest evidence of their use. The way in which cosmetics are used has changed very little in the thousands of years since their invention, they are still used to highlight features or cover blemishes. The global cosmetics industry today is worth an estimated £30 billion but its origins are in ancient mudstone palettes like this.


Jennifer is my name


Education is my game

Rainbow My Favourite Pink - enamel, varnish, lacquer, polish - which?

Rainbow !@£$%^&*()_+ (from my swap with Green Fairy)
Technically it's a number but as of this minute it's My Favourite Pink.

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2 coats + base + top
Looks as if I could have profited from a 3rd coat for the deeply-ridged ring-finger nail but it was not to be.
Naturally one sees these shades all over the nailiverse but I didn't have one. I had several which promised this level of pinkitude but proved sadly deficient in terms of coverage/pigmentation/opacity when put to the test.
I simply adore this polish.
Nobody predicted that I would select this today (refer to yesterday's post)  but 2 respondents made a guess and therefore I shall contact Panderbear of Stupid Nail Polish Names on the basis that she was the first to hazard a guess.
I do recommend  Stupid Nail Polish Names. PB (if I may abbreviate thus) is a writer of no little erudition and wit. The only criticism I have of her blog is that she so rarely posts thus depriving us of her witticisms for weeks at a time.

Ah, yes. Which of these do you prefer? I am beginning to take against the word "polish" but would like to know which of the four following you favour. They are:

1 nail enamel
2 nail lacquer
3 nail varnish
4 nail polish
5 (in those immortal words) Bovvered?

Jennifer

Swap with Fern of Polished Serenity - who doesn't love a good swap???

All the way from Singapore!
From the lovely Fern who runs Polished Serenity

Skin Food
Ah, problem. They don't have names so...
Creamy Green
Sparkly Red
Foily Amethyst

Line-up from a different angle - I just love the manila labels! And polish specifically for pedicures! Hurrah.

This one is still in the plastic and I like scrumpling the bag so that stays on.
Sparkly Magenta

2 Rainbow and a Canmake. No names.
Er, candyfloss pink, blue-tinged pink, sparkles in pink.

And...

Shampoo + conditioner sachets. Useful as I had my hair cut today and it could do with a good conditioning.
A blackcurrant sweet sachet which I thought at first was a (poor eyesight) BLACK CARROT sweet.
Mmmm,  *eats all 5 little sweets in one go* quite powerful.
A serum which Fern (Fern, you ARE lovely) has written instructions for use on in English because it's in "Singaporean". I am so ignorant that I don't know what language it is - Malay? Better go a-googling.

I must start adding sweets/candies to swaps. I forgot how much people like them.

What's the weirdest sweet you've ever had? Personally I detest liquorice and can't understand why anyone likes it. But black carrot actually rather appealed to me.

And have you ever done a swap?

I'm about to do my RH nails with one of these polishes. The first person to post a comment guessing correctly will receive an email from me asking their address and ultimately a parcel of polishes based on their preferences for tried/untried (obviously there's less choice if you opt for untried only) and colours and finishes. But wait for me to ask you. Any country but postage can be expensive so a UK resident might just get a bigger haul. But surface mail (ship) is fairly cheap so that might work.

So just guess which of the swap polishes above I am about to paint on my nails. Or just tell me about sweets if you don't want any polishes. For a teacher I can be very poor at exposition so I hope that's clear.

Jennifer