Cirque - Coronation (Special Edition 2013) and comparison with Max Factor Fantasy Fire

Last day of 2013...last chance to post...and then there was Cirque, a festive end of the year 2013!
I fell in love at first sight with Cirque's Coronation, what a lovely polish and a lovely crown ring as a bonus, together in a cute little satchel and box. The price I won't talk about, it's ridiculous (I bought it with a discount, but still...>auch<).

The polish is a purple jelly with red shimmer and that colour shifting stuff that you all know too well as unicorn pee (Fantasy Fire, Clarins 320, Nfu Oh 51 etc.). It works well with 2 coats, although 3 might be better. It EATS top coat, so prepare and add an extra layer!

Cirque - Coronation

Love it! The little catch is...I had major chipping within a day! I used China Glaze Fast Forward top coat, next time I will use something different and pray that will work better.

Next up I needed to compare this with Max Factor's Fantasy Fire, naturally.
To achieve the same result with two coats of Coronation, I needed 5 coats of FF.

Cirque - Coronation and Max Factor - Fantasy Fire

left: Fantasy Fire... right: Coronation

You can see that Coronation has also some micro glitters in there next to the shimmer.
Colour wise it is very much the same.
5 Coats is, well how shall I put this, a bit exorbitant; so I thought of a solution: 1 coat of Sation Miss Emo Shun All and two FF.

Sation - Miss Emo Shun All and Max Factor - Fantasy Fire

top: Coronation...bottom: Sation & FF combo

A very lucrative alternative to the pricey Coronation and less visible nail line as well!
But then you do NOT own the rose gold plated crown ring by Jeannie Vianney.....

I wish you all a very happy, healthy and colourful 2014!!!

Happy happy, joy joy!!! A rainbow mani with OPI, Essie, Zoya, Sation, Orly, Koh, Collistar, H&M and Sinful Colors

I love rainbows!
I love arranging pencils in a rainbow, hair elastics, egg holders, plates, glases, books, clothes, necklaces and naturally to select polishes in rainbow shades.
So that is what I did and then I mixed them up to get it a little more playfull....things you can do on a not so sunny afternoon...... ;-)

My left hand

Diffused light

Natural light

My right hand

Diffused light

Natural light

I used the following colours, on my left hand (all 2 coats):

Thumb: Essie - Fear or Desire
Index: Collistar Smalto Gloss - 534 Verde Dinamica
Middle: Zoya - Kristi
Ring: Koh Colours! - 265 Rock Chick
Pinkie: Orly - Fancy Fuchsia

On my right hand I used:

Thumb: Collistar Smalto Gloss -538 Giallo Ambiziosa (3 coats)
Index: H&M Nail Polish - Chica Boom Boom
Middle: Koh Colours! - 217 No Worries
Ring: SinfulColours - 80 Dream On
Pinkie: Sation - Miss Emo Shun All

I think it worked: the colours were balanced and it made my not so sunny day a bit brighter!