Just a little update

Hi all, normally I try to keep personal stuff off my blog, but after getting a sweet mail from one of my readers (thanks a lot Nancy!) I figured to give a little update. I've been going through a bad depression lately, and during that I also found out that my cat Bindi's cancer has returned just a few months after her first surgery, which gave me an incredibly shitty decision to make as well. There are some treatment options, but some I'd never go for because I think it takes things too far and isn't in the best interest of the cat anymore, especially for a cat like Bindi. So the only option left would be another surgery, however, it's a very aggressive form of cancer that often returns and Bindi took the last surgery so bad. That month of healing was the worst month I ever had with her, and feeling that horrible thing again so shortly after she healed was just... meh :( I hoped it was scar tissue at first, like my other cat Sue had after her surgery (she's been clean for almost 2 years now!), but that went away and this started growing instead. The vet confirmed my fears, it was indeed a new tumor, so the cancer already came back about 3 months after her surgery. The vet can't give any guarantees for another surgery of course, and has been very clear with me about my options. We already discussed last time that I wouldn't go for further treatment if it would come back, but it's so short after which was unexpected and it's my first cat, she's my little girl, you know? Saying no treatment is the same as saying that she'll die in a while :( But with keeping in mind what kind of cat she is, I've decided to give her the best time I can give her instead of forcing her through the huge amounts of stress and pain a surgery would give. Hopefully it means no more scary cages and scary vet visits for her, just the best time she can have without being scared and stressed, and with lots of love and happy times. Needless to say, she's gonna get even more spoiled than usual ♥ I guess I don't need to explain further how being depressed and finding out the cancer returned took away all the interest for polish for a while, but I'll be back!

Thanks for stopping by and take care!

Cadillacquer swatches - part I

Hey guys, Madeleine from Cadillacquer came out with a new collection and today I have the first bunch of them for you. First thing I noticed was that several of them have a gorgeous shimmer on top of the glitter :) I'm gonna keep it short further, not feeling well, but I hope you'll enjoy the polishes!
The description of them comes from Cadillacquer and all swatches are with top coat.

Restless

Restless

Restless has a light turquoise aqua base with fine holo glitter, different sized brown glitter, small dark fuchsia red and different sized matte turquoise glitter.

This was 3 thin coats, 2 medium ones would've worked too. It applied a bit goopy, and I think I'd prefer the basecolor less pigmented, because the first layer of glitters is completely hidden now. But as usual with Madeleine's polishes, I had no problem getting glitter on my nails, these are packed with them!

Restless

Once More, With Feeling

Once More, With Feeling

Once More, With Feeling has a blue base with a strong red/pink shimmer and different sized white and pastel pink squares.

This was 3 thin coats, but again, 2 medium ones would've been fine too. I didn't wait long enough in between coats, hence the globs onthe tips of some nails >.< Gorgeous shimmer!

Once More, With Feeling

No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home has a soft pastel white base with different colored fine flakies and pastel pink, blue, green and yellow glitter.

3 thin coats, the first coat applied a bit thin and I didn't get much glitter on my nails, but the coats after fixed that. The basecolor varies a bit depending on the light, as you can see. Soft and Spring-y.

No Place Like Home

Where The Wild Things Are

Where The Wild Things Are

Where The Wild Things Are has a smoky green/grey base with a strong yellow sparkle shimmer, iridescent glitter, different colored flakies and small silver glitter.

My favorite of these, the basecolor combined with the shimmer is already pretty, but then there's the glitter and flakies! Once again, 3 thin/2 medium coats needed.

Where The Wild Things Are

I think this 2nd collection clearly shows that it's from Cadillacquer as well, Madeleine really has her own style and knows well how to combine different colors of glitter. And I think the shimmer in a different color is a great addition!

You can find Cadillacquer on Facebook, and you can buy the polishes on Etsy.


The product(s) in this post was/were send to me for review. For more information, please have a look at my Disclosure Policy.

Kiko Sugar Mat Poppy Red

Hey all, as I said when I showed Kiko Burgundy, the other Sugar Mat polish that I got is one that I really love! But when I swatched it, I found out that it's one of those colors that my camera just doesn't handle so well. So the daylight pics are too orange, the lamp pics are too bright red. The real color is somewhere in the middle!

Kiko Sugar Mat 640 Poppy Red

Kiko Sugar Mat 640 Poppy Red - daylight

Kiko Sugar Mat 640 Poppy Red - lamplight

Kiko Sugar Mat 640 Poppy Red - daylight

Kiko Sugar Mat 640 Poppy Red - lamplight

I'm bummered that I couldn't capture the true color well, but I guess this still shows that it's a real beauty :) I'm absolutely loving these Kiko Sugar Mat polishes! It's maybe a good thing that I can't buy Kiko here, cause I know I wouldn't be able to resist them =)

Have a lovely Sunday ♥