Happy International Women’s Day, ladies Perfect reason to celebrate us, don’t you think? Today I have My very first… L’Oreal Resist & Shine Titanium Blacks collection.

This is the bottle shot of Black Gold, with all the glory of it It’s pretty unique, rectangular in shape, thin on the side, quite cute.

When the lid comes off, however, inside is a not-too-pretty cap that looks like it belongs to a medicine bottle. Why ruined my admiration of a sleek design by this? The flat shape also made it a little uncomfortable wiping the brush on the bottle neck before painting. I was afraid it would fall over.

It’s small too (only 9ml). It’d suck paying full price, as it is around CAD10 (if I remember corrrectly). I got it on clearance for CAD4, so I shouldn’t complain

I chose Black Gold to try for the weekend, as I love the antique gold shimmers that I see in the bottle. Unfortunately, the shimmers didn’t transfer well to the nails, as the shade appeared pure black when applied.

In the picture, with flash, you could see a bit shimmers reflecting the light. But with naked eyes, I can’t see it.

I don’t have problems with black, but the fact that the bottle promised shimmers and didn’t deliver disappointed me.

Didn’t want to wear a pure black on the nails, so I zinged it up. 1 layer of Wet ‘n Wild Sparked down about 3/4 of the nails toward the free edge, and another layer of Claire’s Sparkle down to half the nails. Was trying the gradient effect but didn’t show very well

On the thumbs, I added a layer of China Glaze Atlantis down half way. I was just playing around,

A black like this would be a perfect base for a coloured flakie which I don’t think I own any yet. For now, I would suggest L’Oreal to call this polish just “Black”, lol.

I spent almost all day yesterday documenting my nail polishes. It was quite a chore, lol. I took a lot of pictures, so it might be too much for one post. As a few of you requested to see my “collection”, does that make sense to you to follow through different posts or you prefer everything in 1 post? I certainly don’t want to over do it. Let me know, please!