Nail Colour: Kate RD-5

I tried a few Japanese nail polishes when I lived there but I bought most at Daiso or a small boutique in the mall. Movers lost my polish :(  and they broke all but one of my eyeshadows and blusher. I never got to try Kate or other high brands.

Packaging

I blocked the light from lamp. My camera wouldn't focus and it had a bad glare.

Artificial light but this is what it looks like in real life.

The formula was really thick. I've never dealt with a thick formula but its well pigmented and this is only one coat plus top coat. (of course underneath it a base coat.) Absolutely love this colour, never thought I could pull off a red...I dont know why I thought that lol. ^_^



Swap with Renee

I did a swap with Renee from Allglitzedup.blogspot and A Polished Life. We met on a Make up talk forum. Renee and I became friends and are going to do another swap in the spring. Thought it would be fun to do a swap so others can get a taste of Germany and vice versa. It was fun shopping for her and I hope she likes what I got her. She got a bite of Germany while I've got a bite of Japan. I lived there for two years and introduced myself to their cosmetics but not all.
This is what she got me:

Here are all my goodies!!

This cute dual eyeshadow had a small crack on the pink side, which spilled all over the inside of the case. I cleaned it up good as new. ^_^ I love animal print and the colours are cute (pink/brownish purple)

Blue glitter nail decoration I'll have to ask her how to use this, I've never used an individual powder like this before. It is very pretty.

Clear polish is called Bon Bon, I'll have to ask Renee if its a top or base coat. Pa has nice blue glitters and Tina Rose is a nice blue colour. Can't wait to try these.

One of the two requests I asked Renee for the swap was a red colour, since I didn't own a red and never wore red. There will be a seperate review post on this. ^_^

This is Majolica Majorica which is a branch off of Shiseido. When I lived in Japan, I tried random cosmetics and fell in love with Japanese mascara particulary this brand. It's like "hairspray for your lashes" meaning once you curl your lashes and put this on they stay curled ALL day and the lashes don't drop. Let me know if you want me to do a seperate review on this.

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