A Box, Indied - Winter Veil

In Switzerland we're still waiting for winter to come (ok, not all of us are waiting, some people hate snow and are already waiting for summer), if feels more like spring here. While I'm waiting for the snow, I'm bringing it to my nails with the next polish of the december "A Box, Indied": Ethereal Lacquer Winter Veil.

Winter Veil is a silvery white holo polish with added iridescent and silver holographic hex glitters for some extra sparkle. While the sparkly effect reminds me of fresh show in the sunlight, this polish isn't white as snow, more like a slighty grey snow cloud (or a little less poetic: like freshly fallen snow in a very polluted city...). As was to be ecpexted with such a light holo polish, Winter Veil is very sheer. I used four coats and it still wasn't completely opaque.

With flash, not really color accurate, but it shows the sparkles

On top of Winter Veil I added some snowflakes using a England Tristam and Vivid lacquer plate V006. While Tristam is a blue holo polish with only slight purple undertones (as you can see here), it looks real purple in the thin stamped layer. One coat of Rica Glossy Glam topcoat finished this mani.

a England polishes are available at various places, you'll find a complete list of retailers here.


Ethereal Lacquer are sold on Bigcartel (US only) and at Mei Mei's Signatures. Winter Veil was exclusive to the december "A Box, Indied". The box with five polishes is available at Llarowe as a one month only box or as subscription (50$ per box).

My Top 13 polishes of 2013

For new year's eve I decided not to show you a new mani, but to take a look back and show you my top 13 polishes this year (yes, I admit it, I actually planned to show you my top 10, but I couldn't narrow them down to just 10 polishes. 13 polishes for 2013 is ok too, isn't it?). So here are my 13 favorite polishes that were released this year, and that I've already worn. There are a lot of gorgeous 2013 polishes with my untrieds, but they sadly won't appear here. I linked every polish with the original post, where you can find the links to the respective online shops ;-)

So here's my list, in no particular order:



The Polish Well Let Me Go!







Dollish Polish Welcome To Camp Crystal Lake

Emily de Molly Cosmic Forces and Oceanic Forces
(I count these two polishes as one, as they're basically the same polish in a different color)










Crows Toes Tiki Torch







P2 Strict

Different Dimension It RubsThe Lotion On It's Skin

Dior Destin








ILNP Birefringence

Ethereal Lacquer Devoured 

Cadillacquer Night Clouds







A Study In Polish Consulting Detective

Picture Polish Ocean







 KBShimmer I Got A Crush On Blue






What do you think of my favourites list? Which ones are your favorite polishes in 2013?

A Box, Indied - Devoured

For today's mani I used another polish of the october A Box, Indied: Ethereal Lacquer Devoured.





Devoured is a gorgeous plum toned holo polish. The hole effect is more scattered than linear, but still pretty obvious. I used three coats for opacity.

With flash

Then I added a stamping using Essence Petal To The Metal (Metal Glam Trend Edition), a lilac foil, and Bundle Monster plate BM-406. I topped the mani with one coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top topcoat.

Direct sunlight

Direct sunlight

Ethereal Lacquer are sold on Bigcartel (US only) and at Mei Mei's Signatures. Devoured is exclusive to the october "A Box, Indied". The box with five polishes is available at Llarowe as a one month only box or as subscription (50$ per box).