Showing posts with label Flakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flakes. Show all posts

Jan 16, 2013

Flaky Ink

Hi there girls.  Hope you're all doing well.  This week's mani is brought to you out of sheer boredom.  I think I'm entering a rut.  I'm glad Spring is almost here and there are many Spring-like shades to choose from so obviously, our nail palettes will change as they always do.  This week I took advantage of another dark shade before things get too bright out there, and being in Miami, we're already wearing shorts and flip flops (I don't think we ever stopped). 

This is two coats of OPI Ink and I covered my ring fingers with a coat of Maisie by ZoyaOPI Ink is some serious purple goodness with purple, blue and pink shimmer. This is from OPI's Night Brights collection.  Maisie is one of the three fleck effect topcoats Zoya released last year.   It's mainly green and turquoise blue flakes.  Pretty, no?

Daylight

With Flash

Happy Polishing!

Mar 12, 2012

Gossip Column Flake

Here we have two coats of Color Club's Gossip Column (Spring 2010 Rebel Debutante collection) followed by one layer of Zoya's recent flaky release, Chloe.  Gossip Column, while it looks pretty teal, isn't a true teal.  It's more on the blue side than green, but gorgeous nonetheless.  Both had great application and I cant stop staring at the Flake.  Depending on the angle it looks either goldish, orangy, green... sooooooo pretty.  What do you gals think?

Happy Polishing!

Jan 8, 2012

Zoya's Fleck Effect Collection - Swatches & Review

Hey Ladies!

Swatching the Fleck Effect Collection by Zoya was fun! I love flakes so much! I wanted you guys to see this collection over a color polish and over a black polish (to focus on the flecks). Just in case anyone is wondering, the black I used is China Glaze's Liquid Leather. (Liquid Leather is literally just that, black leather in liquid form. Pure black.) I figured most of you (if not all of you) would apply this over something else and not alone on the nail. Therefore, I didn't swatch them alone. The base for all 3 of these have a slight tint of color. They are obviously sheer so you will always see your nail underneath no matter how many coats you apply. I didn't apply a base coat or a topcoat. Lets get started!

Chloe - Zoya describes this as a sheer coral pink base with two types of duochrome Mylar flakes: red-orange to gold and gold-green to blue. Spot on description. There are more of the red-orange to gold flakes than there are of the gold-green to blue flakes. The purple polish used was 2 coats of Zoya's Tru from the True Collection. Over this purple, the flakes look more orange and pink than when applied over the black. Over the black, the flakes look more orange and red. Application was great. 1 coat.

Maisie - Zoya describes this as a sheer turquoise blue base with reflective Mylar flakes that shift from green to blue.  This one is tricky. Sometimes it looks more green and sometimes it looks more blue depending on the light. But the blue is more on the greenish side. Did that even make sense? LOL! Application was great. 1 coat. I just wish the flakes were bluer. (More of my thoughts on this below.) The blue polish used was 2 coats of Zoya's Skylar from the True Collection.

Opal - Zoya describes this as a sheer green base with reflective Mylar flakes that shift from bright green to blue. Again, another spot on description. Once on the nail, its easy to get confused between Opal and Maisie. After all, they both shift from green to blue and blue to green. However, as the description says, the green in this one is brighter. I also think Opal shifts less to blue. Application was great. 1 coat. The green polish used was 2 coats of Zoya's Bevin from the True Collection.

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Just for fun I decided to make these matte just so you can really see the flakes! I used Essie's Matte About You topcoat. I love how making these matte makes the flakes pop out even more!

Chloe 

Maisie 

Opal

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Overall: This collection is loaded with flakes. I love it! One dip of the brush into the bottle is all you need for an application overloaded with flakes. You can easily move the flakes around with the brush if you don't like where they ended up on the nail. The polish you use as a base can really help the flakes look more like one color than another. Purple polish brings out the pinkish red of Chloe. Blue brings out the blueish side of Maisie. Green polish brings out more of the bright green of Opal. I love these polishes! I only have one slight complain... But note, this is the blue-lover in me speaking: I wish the blue in Maisie was more dominant than the green. How awesome would an all blue flake polish be? Amazing! Don't get me wrong though, I still love Maisie.

What do you gals think about this collection? Which will you be getting? Thoughts? Comments?

Happy Polishing!

Jan 2, 2012

Teal Heaven!

Hey Ladies!

Today I have CND's Urban Oasis and Teal Sparkle. Can we say FREAKING GORGEOUS! Urban Oasis is a beautiful dark teal creme. The polish is no joke! 1 coat is all you need. Its THAT opaque. And then we have Teal Sparkle... *drools* Amazing clear base packed with tons and tons and tons of teal micro-glitter/flakies. The number of coats for this is all a matter of personal preference. I only applied 1 coat but you can apply another if you want more BAM! I just didn't want it to overpower the dark teal underneath. Either way, this is a great combination. Now that I think about it... I don't understand why I don't own more polishes from CND... Maybe its because I own too many polishes as it is. Is that even possible? Owning too much nail polish? Silly me! Of course not! Any recommendations for must-have CND colors?


Mar 15, 2011

I had to get this blue...

Hey Ladies!

Goodbyes make me feel blue! Have I mentioned how much long distance relationships suck? LOL! Well, they do! The boyfriend was here this weekend for my birthday. I love having him around. But like all good things, it had to come to an end. But I guess that is good for you guys because I can pay attention to the blog again. LOL!

Today I have a blue combination for you! This is OPI's Yoga-Ta Get This Blue from their India Spring 2008 collection. It is a beautiful blue that doesn't do what your typical dark blue polishes do... which is be so dark that its practically black! You can actually tell that this polish is blue. I've seen similar blues like this. However, this one stands out for me because of its blue/aqua shimmer. So vivid and vibrant. The application was great. 2 coats for full coverage. Cleanup was a little tricky. It took me just a little longer to clean since its such a dark color. 

I then decided to add 1 coat of Nfu-Oh's 52. This color looks blue/green in the bottle but its actually a sheer purple base with tons of blue/green flakes. Bottles lie! LOL! You don't see the purple as soon as you layer it over something else though. I applied this only to my ring fingers.


I know everyone dies for Nfu-Oh's 51... but I've always been in love with 52. I'm a sucker for blue!

Check back with us soon! We got some great Nail Mail so I'll be posting swatches up (hopefully this week since I'm on spring break).

Happy Polishing! 

Mar 11, 2011

Merry Birthday To Me At Midnight!

Hey Ladies!

This will be a short post because... Today is my birthday! I'm 26 years young! So I figured I'd share an awesome polish on such an awesome day! Well... it's an awesome day for me at least. LOL! I present to you one of the loves of my life in the polish world... OPI's beautiful Merry Midnight!


Merry Midnight is a GORGEOUS reddish-purple jellyish polish with blue and purple shimmer and red flakes. *drools* I could wear this EVERYDAY of my life if I had 20 bottles of this stuff! It's a little on the sheer side so I applied 3-4 coats (I can't remember exactly right now). I think it was 4. Application was super yummy. Perfect. I have no complaints about this polish AT ALL. As a matter of fact, seeing my pictures makes me want to go home and wear this again...

I have to give credit for this to Lissa from Lissa's Nails! I posted about this polish a while back. I wanted it and didn't know where to find it. She replied and found me a bottle. She is awesome! I am forever grateful. This was a major lemming fulfilled! THANK YOU!

Happy Polishing!

Jan 31, 2011

It's You!

Today I have another Misa for you.  I just love their polishes, and this is no exception.  This is a lovely charcoal jelly with lots of green microshimmer.  At certain angles it has a pink flash (duochrome?)  I added a coat of Sally Hansen's Hidden Treasure to it the next day just for effect (bottom left pic).  And who comes up with these names?  Really?  Seriously.  *scratching head*  "It's You".  It's you?  It's who?  This is Misa's It's You!


  Happy Polishing!

Mar 29, 2010

NOTD: To "Flakies" Or Not To "Flakies"

... That is the question! And the answer is... TO FLAKIES!

This is the mani I did yesterday!



I have seen a lot of lovely bloggers do this look (black/dark and flakies) and I've been dying to try it out myself. So I finally did. And what better way to celebrate the death of my weekend (due to that horrid paper) than by painting my nails black!

So I used 2 coats of China Glaze's "Liquid Leather" as the base (swatched here). Then I used Sinful Color's "Green Ocean" flakies. I can't tell you how many coats I used because I didn't count. If a nail needed more flakies to look even I'd just keep passing the brush over and over until all the flakies came off the brush and stayed on the nail. I put one coat of Seche Vite but once it dried I noticed that the flakies made the nail feel bumpy. So I put another coat of Seche Vite to even it all out. At this point, it looked gorgeous. But I took it another step further and added a coat of Essie's "Matte About You" topcoat.

The flakies are amazing! Even though the bottle is green, the flakies are more blue than anything else. But there is some green too (especially with the bigger pieces).

Do you gals like it?

Mar 19, 2010

NOTD: Purples & Flakies - Difficult to capture!

Hey Addicts!

First, I can't believe the massive jump in followers in just less than 24 hours! It's amazing what a little giveaway can do.

Moving on... Here is the mani I did on Tuesday.


The base color is 2 coats of Sinful Color's "Let's Talk," which is a difficult color to capture (as I said before - swatched here). It's a much more vibrant purple in person. For some reason it looks bluish in all pictures. LOL! Then I put 1 coat of Nfu-Oh's #52. I tried my best to capture the flakies. The pictures don't do it justice. It's hypnotizing in person! And in the sun... OMG!

Hope you gals like it. I'll be back with more soon. =)

Mar 9, 2010

Birthday Present To Me!

I love my mail-woman! Getting packages in the mail is like Christmas morning all over again.

So my 25th birthday is on Thursday and I decided to splurge a little and get myself something nice (something nail related). So I decided to get a Nfu-Oh polish. Now I know many of you out there have tons of these. But for me, it's a big deal. You see, I'm a first year full-time law school student so you aren't allowed to work during your first year. There simply isn't enough time. You basically have to live off your student loans for a year. So paying $12.50 for one bottle of nail polish is slightly painful. That is like 4 bottles of China Glaze at TransDesign! But a birthday is a good time for an exception to the rule.

Behold, my FIRST (and only, for a long time) bottle of Nfu-Oh #52:


I'm sure everyone out there already knows what this bottle looks like. But I'm so proud of it that I want to share it anyways! I can't wait to wear it tomorrow. Happy early birthday to me!