LOL is a dark purple, linear holographic polish.
Basecoat: NailTek Foundation II (1 coat)
Color: China Glaze LOL (3 coats)
Topcoat: Nubar Diamont (1 coat)
Love.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
China Glaze - LOL
Here's an oldie but goodie. I was just recovering from being basically in bed sick for an entire week, but my mom wanted to go do some shopping. My darling husband graciously allowed it on the condition that he drive me to meet my mom and pick me up (what actually happened: He drove me, halfway through he met us at the mall and carried all our bags, then drove me home). Anyway, I still felt awful, and purple is my mom's favorite color, so I picked this out of my stash.
LOL is a dark purple, linear holographic polish.
Basecoat: NailTek Foundation II (1 coat)
Color: China Glaze LOL (3 coats)
Topcoat: Nubar Diamont (1 coat)
Love.
LOL is a dark purple, linear holographic polish.
Basecoat: NailTek Foundation II (1 coat)
Color: China Glaze LOL (3 coats)
Topcoat: Nubar Diamont (1 coat)
Love.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
OPI - Road House Blues and Finger Paints - Twisted
I've had Road House Blues sitting in my untrieds for a while (I think it's the only polish I bought from the road trip collection). Twisted was one I just picked up - I still haven't even swatched it on my nail wheels yet. Road House Blues is a deep blue creme, and Twisted is a multicolored flake topcoat.
I adore this combination.
Road House Blues was beautiful on its own, and applied well even though I still hate the Pro Wide brush. I might have tried to be too careful, which explains the HUGE gap at the cuticle of my ring finger. This would definitely be a two coater on its own.
Twisted is AMAZING. I picked up both Twisted and Asylum from this collection (I have almost all of the Nfu Oh flakes, so I didn't feel like I needed the others). I did need two coats of Twisted for this density of flakes, but this polish isn't all thick and goopy like some other flake topcoats can be.
If you don't have it yet, you need Twisted.
Basecoat: Salon Sciences Instant Artificials (1 coat)
Color: OPI Road House Blues (2 coats)
Topcoat: Finger Paints Twisted (2 coats)
Topcoat: David (1 coat)
I adore this combination.
Road House Blues was beautiful on its own, and applied well even though I still hate the Pro Wide brush. I might have tried to be too careful, which explains the HUGE gap at the cuticle of my ring finger. This would definitely be a two coater on its own.
Twisted is AMAZING. I picked up both Twisted and Asylum from this collection (I have almost all of the Nfu Oh flakes, so I didn't feel like I needed the others). I did need two coats of Twisted for this density of flakes, but this polish isn't all thick and goopy like some other flake topcoats can be.
If you don't have it yet, you need Twisted.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Orly - Oui
I really love these Orly polishes. Oui is a purple with lots of gold shimmer. Oui is a little bit bluer of a purple than some of the other light purples-with-gold-shimmer we've seen.
The weather was awful when I wore this, so on the fourth day of wear I broke down and took photos under desk light.
I did need to use four coats for this - it was a tiny bit sheerer than I was expecting. However, application was awesome as usual for an Orly polish. I do have a little bit of tip wear in the photos, but again - this was on the fourth full day of wear (and I'm almost certain I'd already peeled off the polish from all the other fingers, too - yes, I know it's terrible)
Basecoat: Salon Sciences Fiberglass Network (1 coat)
Color: Orly Oui (4 coats)
Topcoat: David (1 coat)
The weather was awful when I wore this, so on the fourth day of wear I broke down and took photos under desk light.
I did need to use four coats for this - it was a tiny bit sheerer than I was expecting. However, application was awesome as usual for an Orly polish. I do have a little bit of tip wear in the photos, but again - this was on the fourth full day of wear (and I'm almost certain I'd already peeled off the polish from all the other fingers, too - yes, I know it's terrible)
Friday, January 20, 2012
Nina Ultra Pro - Glamrock
Yes, I'm behind again - I have a few actual NOTDs (not swatches) piled up - I had some major dental work done a couple of weeks ago, which was followed immediately (as in, the next day) by an awful cold/flu thing that knocked me out of commission until just recently. And, when that all happened I was *already* behind. Oh well.
Also, today I painted my toenails, which I usually don't do in the winter - but it's a weird winter in Texas. Today it's about 80 degrees outside, and I'm wearing sandals when I go out tonight. I'm kind of afraid of what this will mean for summer.
Glamrock is a black jelly with lots of silver glitter in two size - micro, and bigger round pieces.
Basecoat: Salon Sciences Instant Artificials (1 coat)
Color: Nina Ultra Pro Glamrock (3 coats)
Topcoat: David (1 coat)
How hot is that? This was surprisingly opaque and easy to apply. I love this polish a lot - everything about the application was awesome. The finished texture wasn't very rough either - I probably could have stood to do a layer of Gelous before my topcoat but it didn't really bug me.
Also, today I painted my toenails, which I usually don't do in the winter - but it's a weird winter in Texas. Today it's about 80 degrees outside, and I'm wearing sandals when I go out tonight. I'm kind of afraid of what this will mean for summer.
Glamrock is a black jelly with lots of silver glitter in two size - micro, and bigger round pieces.
Basecoat: Salon Sciences Instant Artificials (1 coat)
Color: Nina Ultra Pro Glamrock (3 coats)
Topcoat: David (1 coat)
How hot is that? This was surprisingly opaque and easy to apply. I love this polish a lot - everything about the application was awesome. The finished texture wasn't very rough either - I probably could have stood to do a layer of Gelous before my topcoat but it didn't really bug me.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Color Club - Cold Metal
This might be my favorite of the Foiled polishes, but I really love them all.
I probably could have stopped with one coat, to be honest - it was totally opaque then. I added a second coat to see if it would enhance the awesome glowy blue, but it doesn't really. So: this is a one-coater. Because it's so opaque, cleanup is a bit of a biatch. I love the Color Club brush and I'm good at controlling it, so I didn't have a lot of cleanup, but in the third photo you can see where it's stained my skin some. Normally I would wait and take photos tomorrow in this case. However, I picked a foil because I needed it to dry super fast so I could resume knitting, so I'm sure this will be totally trashed in the next couple of hours.
Basecoat: Salon Sciences Instant Artificials (1 coat)
Color: Color Club Cold Metal (2 coats)
Topcoat: Seche Vite (1 coat)
I probably could have stopped with one coat, to be honest - it was totally opaque then. I added a second coat to see if it would enhance the awesome glowy blue, but it doesn't really. So: this is a one-coater. Because it's so opaque, cleanup is a bit of a biatch. I love the Color Club brush and I'm good at controlling it, so I didn't have a lot of cleanup, but in the third photo you can see where it's stained my skin some. Normally I would wait and take photos tomorrow in this case. However, I picked a foil because I needed it to dry super fast so I could resume knitting, so I'm sure this will be totally trashed in the next couple of hours.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Orly - Rock Solid
I'm not very sure how to describe this polish - it's an odd one, for sure. My best guess is a charcoal Mineral FX-like sparkle, with a bunch of holographic glitter pieces.
See what I mean? Anyway, application was really good - my brush tended to get a whole lot of polish on it, but as long as I was careful to wipe off any excess, it wasn't a problem. Consistency was fine, and cleanup went a lot better than I expected it to. I have a couple of bare spots but it's not really noticeable, either in photos or in real life.
I believe NYC Grand Central Station is really a clear quick-dry polish as opposed to a topcoat, but it's been getting rave reviews as a topcoat, so I decided to try it. Dry time is very nice - not as fast as Seche but just fine, and it's reasonably shiny. My manicure still has a little bit of texture to it, but I'm not blaming my topcoat for it - I used a not-smooth base coat, and this polish has a lot of glitter. It's still an acceptable texture - not anything like the Nubar Sparkles - and although I think a Gelous topcoat sandwich would work here, I just don't been like it's necessary.
Basecoat: Salon Sciences Fiberglass Network (1 coat)
Color: Orly Rock Solid (3 coats)
Topcoat: NYC Grand Central Station (1 coat)
See what I mean? Anyway, application was really good - my brush tended to get a whole lot of polish on it, but as long as I was careful to wipe off any excess, it wasn't a problem. Consistency was fine, and cleanup went a lot better than I expected it to. I have a couple of bare spots but it's not really noticeable, either in photos or in real life.
I believe NYC Grand Central Station is really a clear quick-dry polish as opposed to a topcoat, but it's been getting rave reviews as a topcoat, so I decided to try it. Dry time is very nice - not as fast as Seche but just fine, and it's reasonably shiny. My manicure still has a little bit of texture to it, but I'm not blaming my topcoat for it - I used a not-smooth base coat, and this polish has a lot of glitter. It's still an acceptable texture - not anything like the Nubar Sparkles - and although I think a Gelous topcoat sandwich would work here, I just don't been like it's necessary.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Orly - Au Champagne, China Glaze - Party Hearty
This combination came out very similar to my last year's Christmas manicure, but I don't care. Last year I used China Glaze Frosty with Wet N Wild French White as underwear, but I like this combination better.
Au Champagne is a pretty, shimmery opaque white. It's a little softer than a straight white. It dries to a satin finish, which I thought was interesting, but I also think that's why it applied so nicely. I had zero problems with it.
I might as well have skipped the holo topcoat altogether, because the sun has not been out - at all - until this morning, and these photos were taken yesterday with already four full days of wear (see tip wear if you embiggen).
Basecoat: Salon Sciences Instant Artificials (1 coat)
Color: Orly Au Champagne (3 coats)
Topcoat: China Glaze Party Hearty (1 coat)
Topcoat: Northern Lights Silver Hologram (1 coat)
Au Champagne is a pretty, shimmery opaque white. It's a little softer than a straight white. It dries to a satin finish, which I thought was interesting, but I also think that's why it applied so nicely. I had zero problems with it.
I might as well have skipped the holo topcoat altogether, because the sun has not been out - at all - until this morning, and these photos were taken yesterday with already four full days of wear (see tip wear if you embiggen).
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