Catrice Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans! & Matt Top Coat

Hi all! A little more than one week ago I posted about new Catrice products that will be available in November and today I want to show you two additions of their nail assortment. Catrice releases three new colours and also brings out a top coat to mattify your polish - very exciting because I love matte and I needed a new one so this one came right on time!


This is Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans!, an instant favourite for me. It's a deep dark blue creme with light blue glitter. The glitters aren't super noticeable, they do jump out when the sun shines, but in other light it's very subtle. I also feel that the blue is somewhat dusty, it's not that in your face blue.

Application was fine, the formula was a little thicker than I'm used to when it comes to Catrice polishes but it didn't bother me. Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans! is well pigmented, I needed two coats and it was all opaque (and even!). The polish dries quickly but I do think it needs a top coat, it got a little dull after it dried. I feel that Catrice has brought another fab polish to their line and the price, €2.49, makes it too good not to buy it.


Of course I had to try the new Matt top coat over this one. It works good! The brush did pick up colour so when you're done using you should clean the brush but man, for a price of €1.99 with this result I couldn't care less about cleaning brushes. I did a little comparison for you:


I've compared the Catrice Matt top coat with the one I used before, China Glaze Matte Magic. As you can see Matte Magic leaves me with white flecks on my nails. All my matte top coats did that after a certain point, even when I clean everything after using, so I will have to wait out and see if the Catrice does that but so far it has behaved itself.

Catrice Matt and China Glaze Matte Magic give the same result, there's no need for us Dutchies (and Europeans) to buy the more expensive polishes now! Comparing the prizes is kind of ridiculous: Catrice gives you 12ml for €1.99 and China Glaze gives you 9.6ml for ± €4.50 to €7.00 (note: when ordered in the US and web shop prizes. I haven't included shipping costs.) Soooo, if the Catrice keeps me happy for the upcoming months I'll definitely repurchase it because now I'm fully satisfied with it.

So, what's your take on the new Catrice polishes? Happy with this addition?
Michelle

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Catrice Preview - New Products

Hi guys! Be prepared for a long post, longer than I usually do because I have tons to show and tell you. Catrice has been working on renewing their products and on Friday they organized a day for bloggers to come and see what has changed. It ended up in a great fun day with lots of new pretty things to see and show you guys! For a full collection overview Michèle's post is incredibly nice: you can see it here.

As you can see on my first picture, Catrice changes the display a little. The new products will be found mostly in the middle so they're easy to find and they sure have been busy working on new eye and lip products!

Mono Eye Shadow

Catrice comes with 32 new, trendy eye shadows with all kinds of different finishes. From matte to glittery and even more, there is something for everyone's taste! I got six of these and I have swatched them for you. Even though I'm not a beauty queen I still think these swatches are a good indication of how they look in real life.

These swatches are made in daylight, without flash and without a base/primer.
From left to right: 110 Gilbert's Grapefruit, 220 The Violent Violet, 250 Swimming with Dolphins, 210 The Queen is Amused, 160 I Trust Stardust, 070 Mr. Copper's Fields.

Overall I think these are nice. Not only do I like to colours, they are also very pigmented and easy to blend out. The packaging is quite minimalistic and that's also a plus for me. Price: €2.79.

Duo Eye Shadow

There will be 8 of these duo eye shadows available and all of them have nice colour combinations. I have three of these to show you.

These swatches are made in daylight, without flash and without a base/primer.
From left to right: 020 Missing: Jack & Rose, 030 Once in a Blue Moon, 070 Double Espresso Macchiato, Please!

I like them! My favourite is the second duo, the blue is so glittery and wow! These are also very pigmented and easy to blend. Price: €3.79.

Lip gloss

There are two new kinds of lip glosses: Lip Appeal and the Colour Show. The Lip Appeal gloss has a moisturizing formula, gives your lips a perfect glossy look and will be available in 10 different shades. The Colour Show gloss gives a more intense colour on your lips that lasts, also will be available in 10 different colours.

These swatches are made in daylight, without flash.
From left to right: 010 Toast With Champagne (Colour Show), 060 Little Red Dress (Colour Show), 070 Berry, Berry Nice (Lip Appeal).

To tell you the truth: I like them all three. They are not that sticky nor heavily scented (I really dislike that) and the variety of colours is very nice. Little Red Dress is very pigmented as well as the other shades from the Colour Show I've tried at the preview, big plus! Price: €3.79 each.

Nail polish

And of course, Nail polish, the thing that excites me the most! Catrice worked on three new shades and sweet Michèle let me borrow her picture. I promise I make swatches myself, soon!

As you can see Catrice comes with three new colours and a matte top coat. I don't own the green but will soon (it looked fab!) but you can expect swatches of Absolutely Chinchilly, Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans! and the matte top coat the upcoming week or so. I can tell you already that the formula's are even better than they were! Price: €2.49 each, the Matte top coat costs €1.99.

The new Catrice products will be hitting the stores in November! I really like the new eye shadows - they are very well pigmented and Catrice offers a huge range of colours. In my opinion Catrice now shows they are one of the best budget brands around and I definitely love the changes they've made.

I had a great day Friday and I'd like to thank the people from Catrice and their PR representatives for everything. It was really nice seeing all the new products and being able to test these. It was also really nice to meet other bloggers and have a chat with them. I'm definitely not disappointed at all! :-)

Any thoughts about the new Catrice products so far? I'm curious!
Michelle

Catrice - Expect the Unexpected Collection

Hey everyone! Catrice has been busy again and released a new limited edition collection for this fall - Expect the Unexpected. The colours that Catrice has used for this collection (and I'm not only talking about the nail polish) are contrast colours. You will find bright and darker shades for the changing seasons!


The first polish of the collection is Spruced Up, a teal creme that wants to go green. In some promopics it looked like a washed out green but really, it's a teal. I'm wearing two coats.


Here we have Looking Greyt! Looking Greyt is a grey creme with a hint of blue. I'm wearing two coats.


Purposely Purple is a cool toned purple creme. I'm wearing two coats. This one reminded me of Ciaté Talent Scout but I'll have to do a comparison to see if these match.


The last polish of the collection, Crispy Crimson. Now I thought this was a berry but it's actually a darker red creme with a tone of pink in it. Again, this is two coats.

I think it's funny that the colours looked really faded and washed out on the promopics but they aren't in real life. They are pigmented and they are all two coaters. Application is really good, the formula is spot on. I don't think the colours are that original and I'd love to see them working on shimmers and glitters but it's definitely a nice collection. They costs €2,49 per polish and are available in drugstores in the Netherlands. I'd love to tell you where you can buy them in the rest of Europe but I have no clue about that! :o)

How do you feel about this new Catrice collection?
Michelle

Catrice - Oriental Orange

Hi everyone! Today the second polish of the Catrice Caramé collection. I really like the idea of this collection - it's based on an evening stroll on the bazaar - and I think they've come up with great colours. Especially the bronzes in this collection got my attention but after trying out Oriental Orange I'm glad I didn't missed this one!

Oriental Orange isn't a true orange, it's more of an orange toned red jelly. Yes: jelly! I love jelly finishes and this is no exception, it's really glossy. I wanted to build this one and see if I could get it opaque but after four coats I still had a visible nail line. But who cares, that's a common fact when wearing jellies and it doesn't disturb me at all. Application was smooth and the Catrice brush is one of my favourites.

Conclusion? Worth buying! Just think of this: great price tag (€2,49), cute bottle, limited edition and it's a jelly. WIN.

Roses

Hey guys! You're probably familiar with the roses manicure that lots of people seem to fall for. A few days ago I decided to try for myself. Seeing such a manicure makes you think it's really difficult but here's a secret for you: it  isn't! You can paint the roses using a brush or you can use the 'swirl' technique. You put a few drops of nail polish on your nail and swirl these colours so that they blend a little. You can use a toothpick for this but also a rosewood stick or even a dotting tool.

In the picture on the right you see what I've used and you can click it for an enlargement..

For the roses I used Catrice Berry Bazaar and H&M Love at First Sight. The leaves are created with OPI Green-wich Village and OPI Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow.

My base coat is China Glaze For Audrey, one of my favourite polishes all time. In the end I used Viva La Nails larger glitters.

I'd love to write a tutorial about this but... There's already one in town. You can find it on a Dutch website called Beauty Lab. Make you sure you have a look on the other nail art tutorials too, these contain clear pictures and she always comes up with something cute.

Have a nice day!

Catrice - Bronzed Brown

Hi everyone! As some of you might know, Catrice has a new limited edition collection called the Catrice Caramé collection. These colours are based on an evening stroll on the bazaar. The polishes that came out in this collection are Bronzed Brown, Spiced Bronze, Oriental Orange and Berry Bazaar.

This is Catrice Bronzed Brown, a warm shimmery brown. Unlike some of Catrice's core polishes, this one was not so thick and it was easy to apply. I really like the brush because it's not too small or too big: it's right in the middle! I needed two coats of this one to get an opaque result.

I don't wear browns that much but I think I'll wear this one a lot in fall. The Catrice polishes cost €2,49 which is incredibly cheap for good quality polishes like this. If you want to buy yourself one or you're looking for someone to do a CP for the pretties from the LE make sure you'll be there on time. Before you know it they're gone!

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