Dupe or No Dupe: Makeup Mekka - Me: Blue Blood vs. YSL - Bleu Majorelle

I recently got my hands on a handful of Makeup Mekka polishes.
One of them looked a lot like YSL - Bleu Majorelle. I wanted to check if they there dupes or not.

Bottle-shots. Yes they do look a lot like each other.

Differences:

YSL - Bleu Majorelle

• Expensive
• Terrible smell
• Bonus for a neat C-brush
• Comes in a full size bottle

Makeup Mekka - Me: Blue Blood

• Cheap
• Comes in a mini bottle
• Standard brush
• Does not smell much

Index: Me: Blue Blood, middle finger: Bleu Majorelle, ring finger: Me: Blue Blood, little finger: Bleu Majorelle

Verdict: Dupes

Retro 80s Mani

I started a twin-challenge with my nailpolish / WoW friend Mishka from Lacquer or Leave Her! .
We decided to call it " Cheeky Girls Challenge", and we are doing one by one plate from the Cheeky set we just got. One image from each plate, one plate per week.

So the first image we are going to to is the Cassette from CH 30. I remember being a young girl having fun, dragging the "tape" out, and taking a pen, and swirl them back in.

My cam stopped working, so I had to borrow another cam, and I had HUGE problems with the lighting. Its been raining for a few days, and its just not working..

So here is what I did. 

I drew lines on my nails, and started filling in with colors. I used mostly my new polishes for this, only "old" polish I used was the blue. Its a decent cobolt blue, but I hate the smell of it, I just cant say that enough..

YSL - Bleu Majorelle
Miss Sporty - 452
Claire`s - 152
Barry M - Berry I/C
ESSIE- Mojito Madness

Stamped with WnW Black Creme


To see what Mishka did, head over here, it looks nothing like my " Crayon-puke Cassette -mani (LoL)

Gamer Geek Chic FTW!

I have a confession. I am a gamer-geek.
With that, I don't mean I play a few games now and then. Oh no no no. I play almost every day.
I play World of Warcraft.

I am a female draenei mage!
I am a blogging fashionista attending to Dalaran`s School of Magic.
Some might call us space-cow, but I don't care, they are just jealous.
I am more sexy than a succubus, and you cant bind me.
High maintenance is just the beginning, I have more dresses than you got gold.

I am the guildleader, of "The Dominion Of Elites" - Darkmoon Faire (EU)

The Dominion Of Elites.

Mishka from Lacquer or Leave Her! and I, wanted to do a twin-post, with World Of Warcraft as our theme. We have been sending mile-long mails to each other, for a while now, and the idea of doing some twin-posts where born. Mishka is an amazing girl, she is really kind and just as much as a geek as myself. <3

I decided to do a tribute to my awesome guild. I have been the leader for the guild, almost 2 years now, and I truly love them. I am going to visit some of the officers and members when I go to the UK in September. 

I started out with YSL - Bleu Majorelle. It is the closest blue I have to Stormwind-blue. Its a nice cobolt blue, but it smells terrible. Urgh. I also used Midnight Kiss from China Glaze and a white striping brush/pen.

Be sure to headover to Mishka, on Lacquer or Leave Her!, for her WoW-themed nails.

Bleu Majorelle, laced in lilac

Well, not really laced in it... but its Lilac Lace again, what can I say, I love it. Its the perfect purple.
I am sure you much get tired of it coming back all the time.

Today I am using it with a colour I haven`t showed you yet, 18 - Bleu Majorelle from YSL. You might ask why, and I cant come with a reasonable explanation. Maybe its because its insanely expensive. I bought it Norway, and had to pay the equivalent of  40,95 Dollar/ 33,61 Euro/ 26,51 Pound. Way to much for a polish, if you ask me. Even if its YSL.

So why did I buy it? Here is post Imperfectly Painted did on it. Its such a pretty cobalt blue.

Rant over, and lets get back to the manicure.

I did three coats of Bleu Majorelle, and then I stamped using Lilac Lace from Max Factor, with the BM 322 plate from the new collection.
Its really hard to see the stamp on this one, but it makes a very subtle manicure.

Posing with my Mana Potion Bottle with Energy Drink.

Bottleshot