Well that's a...texture.

Ugh I have been sick for the past week and it's the worst. Last Wednesday I had a rehearsal for something I was filming on Sunday, and I felt ok, but like I may be coming down with something, Thursday I knew for sure I was coming down with something, so I tried my best to flush it out. Tea, tea, honey, honey, meds and more tea. By Friday I felt waaaaaayyyy better, then I woke up Saturday morning feeling like crap, so I tried to flush it out again, but alas the damage had been done. I woke up Sunday and I felt horrible and went through the whole day filling up on meds and teas. I currently feel better, but I still feel like poop.

Now let's move on from nasty health to nails! Today I have more polish from Born Pretty. Thankfully this bottle came in one piece :P I wont lie this polish isn't exactly what I expected, but it is still very pretty. From the photo I thought it could be something like Orly Space Cadet, but the reality is the formula is incredibly thin, and you would need more than 5 coats for full coverage. That being said it looks beautiful when added over black. I used 2 coats, but you could also go with one.

The polish is a duochrome and it shifts between magenta, copper, and green with fine holographic glitter. It is technically a peel off polish, but I have NEVER gad a good experience with those so I didn't try peeling it off, also I didn't even realise it was peel off till I got it, as it doesn't say on the site. Now there were 2 things thing that was odd about the polish. The first was the texture. It was goopy, but not old polish stringy goopy, more like slime goopy. It made application...odd. Not in a horrible, unusable way, it was just weird. The second I'm not sure if it was the polish or my top coat, but the polish became foggy when I added Top Coat, specifically Seche Vite(You can see it on my middle and ring finger). Now this happens ever now and then with my Sally Hansen top coat, but never with my Seche. So I have no clue of it was the TC or the polish as the Seche has never reacted with anything else.

Overall this is a a ok polish for layering, but it's not the best. If you want to give it a shot you can pick it up over here on sale for $9.66USD. And use can use out 10% discount code EAL91!

 

 

Fantasy Fire.. Be still my heart!

I love having friends in crazy places, so when five little bottles of Fantasy Fire came into my life, I had one of my friends in England to thank.  If you don't own this baby, GET ON IT.  I didn't think it would be as kickass as it is, but I am in loveeee.

I swatched it over four different things so you can see the differences.  As you'll see, dark colours are best.

Index: OPI Every Month Is Oktoberfest

Middle: Illamasqua Stance

Ring: Illamasqua Poke

Pinky: $OPI Seriously It's a Naan Issue

As you can see, it looks best over the two on the ends, which are the darkest, and it looks AMAZING over Every Day Is Oktoberfest.  It still looks great on the others even if it doesn't photograph as well, I promise!

I made this one its own photo because it's my favourite and my post and I am a REBEL.

Nubar Pink Flame - And the love story continues...

Oh my goodness.  So if Sun Gold started the love affair, Pink Flame made it real.  This polish is just... So gorgeous.  And, maybe just maybe, a little more flattering on different skin tones, so you cooler toned girls, this might be one you can try!  I say this because the pink leans a little blue in certain lights, which may make it a little more versatile than its decidedly warmer sibling.

Pink Flame covered in two easy coats and was fully opaque(though on longer nails I suspect you may need three), but you see three here because I initially applied it without my contact lenses in, at 3am.  You see, when we moved into our new apartment, my bedroom came with the DIMMEST LIGHTING EVER.  I thought I did a pretty good job, but when I woke up and put my eyes in... I needed to fix it.  I just popped another coat on top and did a little cleanup, and voila! You'll see last night's errors on my pointer finger :P

Pink Flame reminds me a lot(and if people are interested I will do a comparison) of one of my favourite polishes, OPI The Show Must Go On from the Burlesque collection.  It's less foily and less shimmery, but the colour shift is very similar, and I'd say the intensity is similar too.  The dominant shift is bright pink to orange to gold, and it's similar in intensity to Sun Gold.

Also, I try out my new lightbox a bit in this post!  Still working out the kinks, but I think we're going to be good friends... My hands and cuticles are also much happier with my new routine, still not perfect, but I think we'll get there!  I'll be sharing my new findings with you all soon!

Nubar Sun Gold - Sexy duochrome ahoy!

So I recently got my hands on a couple of Nubar duochromes and this is the first one I've tried, and CAN I JUST SAY.  I totally understand what all the fuss is about now.  I get it.  I am flipping the hell OUT over how sexy and amazing this polish is.  I feel like this is how other girls feel when they buy really sexy lingerie.  If you needed any convincing on Nubar and their duochromes, now is your time.

Enter Sun Gold:  It's a warm, intense orangey gold that flashes both intense and pale pink in different lights.  I would not suggest this for cool skin tones.  I'm glad I chose this on a cloudy day because I could really see all the different colours and they are absolutely stunning.  This is probably one of the coolest polishes I've ever seen.  I can't wait to try Pink Flame now!

Application was great, thick but not claggy.  Went on in two easy coats(though the first was a bit patchy), though I did have a couple of solitary little bubbles but I think that's due to the fact that I only just took it out of the mail and it was shaken around.  Every time I move my hands the colours shift, and it's a dramatic shift(picture what you see in the photos x5 for an idea of how it looks IRL) at that, not just a little itty change.  The fact that this is considered one of Nubar's weaker duochromes means that the others must be totally crazy.  I wish the camera were better at capturing this gorgeousness!

My glowy, warm-toned sisters: YOU NEED THIS.

But enough talk, let's see that sexy duochrome goodness!

Cult Nails - Mind Control

I think this was the first Cult Nails I ever owned.  Memories.

Mind control is a blackened base with duochrome flecks that flashes magenta and green depending on the light.  Formula was nice and it covered in two easy coats.

I don't know why but when I took photos with flash It just looked gross.

Overall this is a great vampy colour for the fall.  I love colours like this.  And while it's not my favourite I still think it's pretty great and if you can you should grab yourself a bottle.

 Green

 to

 magenta.

 

It looked dirty with the flash.  Maybe that's just me...

Orly's Fowl Play: I don't get you.

I don't get it guys.

Fowl Play is a deep purple jelly based polish (it reminds me of Blackcurrant Ribena if it we made with glitter and a dash of poison).  It's full of  micro glitter, a bit of blue glitter and of course duochrome flakies.  It was opaque in 3 coats.

I feel like this is another polish I can't get an erection over.  Don't get me wrong I don't hate it(great for  fall days when I have really don't know what polish to wear) but I find it underwhelming.  The only place it comes to life is in the sun.  When you can actually see everything.  And I hate the sun.  And even then I almost expect more umph.  This is yet another polish that I don't get what people see in it sometimes.

This polish is probably another reason I don't LOVE flakies.

This polish is also apparently almost a dupe for OPI's Merry Midnight.  So if you do like this or you liked Merry Midnight and either want a backup (and don't want to spend eBay money on it) or you just missed out on it.  I would suggest buying Fowl Play.  And you don't have to worry about ever running out because it's part of their permanent collection.

All photos taken in the sun/natural light.  Minus second last photo (indoor + flash).

OPI Just Spotted The Lizard!!!

Well here it is folks. Tah-dah!

This was pretty much impossible to capture how it looked in person.  So most of these shots are underwater.

Just Spotted The Lizard is a gold/green duochrome shimmer (But you probably already knew that).  Application was good and I used 2 coats for this. The only real negative is in person it's a tad brush stroke-y.

And this post wouldn't be complete if I didn't mention Chanel's Peridot.  Apparently they are very, VERY close.  Pretty much dupes.  So if you really wanted Peridot but didn't want to shell out the cash for it, or you missed it, or you spent the money on it, only to make it part of your nail blog's giveaway.  I would say get this... And wear it underwater for maximum fun.

 Under

 The

 Sea.

 Actually under plain tap water.

 This is probably how it looks most of the time in normal indoor lighting.
ETA: I was looking at my hands today in different lighting.  IRL this polish is slightly more intense than the photo above.  And slightly less intense with the underwater pictures. Flash brings the shimmer out.

 Just Spotted The Lizard... On flash!

I only have a bottle shot to compare.  As the Chanel bottle is for our giveaway.  They honestly look the same in the bottle.  The only difference is the OPI looks more duochrome-y due to the shape of the bottle.

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Sinful Colors Bali Mist - Hmmmmmm...

I can honestly say Bali Mist looks like someone put too much vodka in the punch.  Granted if this was punch and there was too much vodka I wouldn't complain.  There would also be no punch left. But sadly this is not a delightfully alcoholic drink.

Bali Mist is a bright pink duochrome. But on it's own is a disappointment.  I used 3 coats and it was still uber sheer, and had lots of VNL.  And on the nail you would have never known that it was duochrome. So I decided to put one coat over black.  That is when the magic happened. It turned into a pinkish, purple that shifted green.  In natural light it kinda reminded me of Essances Where Is The Party?

This is a polish that I would definitely not wear alone.  I think I will try layering it over different colours.  A purple maybe?  Who knows.  I'm crazy like that!

 

Now that's something to look at!

 

Pretty, oui?