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.

Aww no it is getting warmer. I will miss winter.. is it fall yet?

Because I am not looking forward to warmer weather (yuck!) I went for a darker manicure with Zoya – Kalista a few days ago. Kalista was the base for my Floral Burgundy konadicure but I had to post Channelesque first the second it was on my nails because I was so excited to finally get it.

But back to Kalista. I love this nail polish! It is such a stunning brownish burgundy with copper shimmer. ♥

Hopefully we will get informations about the new fall nail polishes soon. Apart from the holiday collections the fall collections are my favorite collections of the year.

I am a little late to the Zoya Ultra Glitter party but I thought quite some time if I should purchase them or not. But then I finally caved and ordered them and I am glad I did. Because.. well.. GLITTER!

The Zoya Ultra Glitter collection for Winter 09 included three nail polishes full of glitter in sheer base colors.

I know I am a little late to the MatteVelvet Winter party but I thought quite a long time about purchasing this collection. The matte hype was huge but I don’t want to buy nail polishes just because they are matte. For me (and my wallet) it made more sense to buy a matte top coat to add a matte finish to the nail polishes I already own.

What made me buy them eventually was how they look with a shiny top coat. I couldn’t get the pictures how these three nail polishes look with a shiny top coat out of my head.. and so I cracked and purchased them.