From pastels to bright orange; today I’m showing you a very Dutch polish, topped with a topcoat I personally never used before. Let’s dive into it!


Only You’s “30 April 2013 Bye Bye Beatrix” is a polish to comemorate the change of throne in The Netherlands, from then Queen (now Princess) Beatrix to her son, King (then Prince) Willem-Alexander. It’s a Dutch orange polish, that I don’t wear a lot because I do not want to come off chauvinistic in my new country, haha! It’s a true orange cream that is opaque in two coats.


Catrice’s “No Smoke Without Fire” is a topcoat from the limited edition “Million Styles”. It’s basically a very sheer black, that creates a gradient when applied to another polish. In this case, I left the index finger without topcoat, the middle one with one layer, the ring finger with two layers, and the pinkie with three layers of this topcoat. It’s fun!
However, it does not level out that well, so it comes off somewhat grubby. Regardless of that, I think the topcoat is a fun addition, and one that does look interesting in a skittle.