I am so sorry that I have been MIA in the last week. I’ve been so busy that I couldn’t blog.

Today I wanted to show you my current manicure – China Glaze’s Strawberry Fields – but the minute I wanted to take pictures the sun disappeared.

But then I remembered that I haven’t posted the swatches of one of my current favorite nail polishes yet: Catrice’s Sold Out For Ever. I still have to snicker when I read this name.
I haven’t seen Chanel’s Jade in person but guessing from all the swatches I have seen of Jade this one is pretty close.
The only difference (IMO) could be the density of the shimmer. In some swatches it looks as if Jade is a tiny bit more shimmery than Sold Out For Ever.

Let’s take a closer look at this gorgeous mint green:

Happy Monday (yeah right ^^) everyone!

I usually don’t do haul posts anymore but I just have to share the haul with the new nail polishes I got today with you because I am so excited about them!

Cosnova, the company that makes Essence, has a second brand which is called Catrice. I was never really interested in this brand because firstly.. I found it pretty boring.. and secondly because its much less available here than Essence.
While you can buy Essence at almost every drugstore in my town only four stores sell Catrice. I have to take a train to get to all four of them but also two of them are in a err-I-don’t-have-all-day-distance. So only two are left which didn’t bother me before but now that Cosnova is changing the brand Catrice, to make it much more interesting (IMO), their lack of availability is a shame.

What makes the change of the brand Catrice so interesting you ask? Their new nail polishes of course!
Let’s take a look at the Catrice nail polishes I could purchase today plus the three H&M polishes I got because of Michèle’s evil enabling skills!

One of the current most popular nail polishes surely is Purple Rain by NARS. When I saw the first swatches of Purple Rain I knew that I had to have it.

I only rarely buy expensive nail polishes but this dark shimmery purple.. I had to buy it and it was love at first swatch.

However when I’ve read that there are two possible dupes available with China Glaze’s Let’s Groove and Zoya’s Yasmeen I had to get them as well. Not only to compare them but especially because the little backup devil wanted me to buy a Purple Rain backup and I didn’t wanted to cave. You are not winning this time, backup devil.. hear me!?

Let’s take a closer look at how close Let’s Groove and Yasmeen are to Purple Rain. Dupe or no dupe? Let’s find out.