Showing posts with label Jacava Alpha Place. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jacava Alpha Place. Show all posts

Wednesday, 16 September 2015

Jacava Autumn Winter 2015 Woodlanders Collection - Alpha Place

When Jacava got in touch a couple of weeks ago and asked if I'd like to review some of their Autumn Winter 2015 Woodlanders Collection I leapt at the chance. Coincidentally I had been looking at these polishes a few days earlier and had been delighted to see a whole new collection where almost all the colours are firmly in the "me polish" range. And by that, if you don't follow me regularly, I mean blue, grey, green. I have a number of lovely Jacava polishes but most are pinks and reds so I think this new collection is the perfect addition to their range. You can see all their lovely colours here.
The most difficult thing to do was to select which ones to try and in the end I think I listed about 10 and said, "you choose from these" because I couldn't!
I received two blues and a grey.
The first one I tried is Alpha Place, a darkish dusky blue. It is slightly greyer on the nail than in the bottle - no complaints there from me! It is a gorgeous blue, perhaps denim blue, or even airforce blue - despite having lots of blues I don't think I have one exactly like this. Even better, I have a pair of gloves in a perfect matching shade!
The polish applied well, as Jacavas always do. The brush is a lot narrower than most other brands but once you get used to that it is a lovely brush and I was pleased to see that although I haven't tried any Jacavas for a while, the quality is still excellent. They are also free from a whole host of nasties, listing 9 unpleasant things you might not want on your nails and you can read all about that here.
I really like this polish, it is a gorgeous shade and very wearable.
On my laptop the pictures look a bit brighter blue than reality, they looked better on my phone so hopefully you have a better lap top than me.
I did go on to add some glitter and do some stamping - you can see that here if you want to see what I did. I'll be reviewing the other 2 polishes very soon.
Jacava Alpha Place
Jacava Alpha Place
Jacava Alpha Place
Jacava Alpha Place
Jacava Alpha Place
Jacava Alpha Place

September Challenges - Glitter and Chrome

I combined 2 prompts for #30daysofcolourchallenge for this mani - Glitter and Chrome.
I started with a base of Jacava Alpha Place and then added Esmaltes da Kelly Thor diagonally to half of each nail. This glitter is so sparkly, the main colour is gold but it picks up every other colour imaginable in bright lights. In softer light oranges and greens are most prevalent and I thought it looked pretty autumnal. It applied pretty well considering my wobbly freehand and I added 2 coats of top coat to make sure it was really smooth.
Then I added some chrome stamping. I don't like chrome polishes on me and owned very few until I discovered they are good for stamping. I used Avon Metallic Effects Frosted Peach with Yours Cosmetics Sascha Gossen YS04. I do like this plate, the sweeping lines are gorgeous and because it is a full image you can pick up which ever bit you fancy, and angle it whichever way you chose.
I loved the Sascha Gossen plate so much I used it again for some double stamping with Esmaltes da Kelly Doguito. I went roughly at right angles with this lovely nude stamping polish and I'm really pleased with the finished mani.
Esmaltes da Kelly Thor
Esmaltes da Kelly Thor
Esmaltes da Kelly Thor
 Esmaltes da Kelly Thor

Esmaltes da Kelly Thor
Esmaltes da Kelly Thor

Avon Metallic Effects Frosted Peach with Yours Cosmetics Sascha Gossen YS04
Avon Metallic Effects Frosted Peach with
Yours Cosmetics Sascha Gossen YS04
 Avon Metallic Effects Frosted Peach with Yours Cosmetics Sascha Gossen YS04
Avon Metallic Effects Frosted Peach with Yours Cosmetics Sascha Gossen YS04

Esmaltes da Kelly Doguito with Yours Cosmetics Sascha Gossen YS04
Esmaltes da Kelly Doguito with Sascha Gossen YS04

Esmaltes da Kelly Doguito with Yours Cosmetics Sascha Gossen YS04
Esmaltes da Kelly Doguito with Yours Cosmetics Sascha Gossen YS04
 Esmaltes da Kelly Doguito with Yours Cosmetics Sascha Gossen YS04