Finger Paints Twisted

Hey Girls!
Just a quick post.

I finally chased down gorgeous Finger Paints Flakies for a reasonable price:)
For today's manicure I used:
- Nails Inc. Black Taxi;
- Finger Paints Twisted.

Rusty Manicure with Butter LONDON Wallis

Hey lovely Ladies,
This post is about flakies …again. I hope you are not tired of it yet (no one can be possibly tired of flakies, right?)J

As a base I used one of my favorite polishes of 2011 – Butter LONDON Wallis. It’s already has an touch of antique look to it.

At first I thought just to cover it with Essie As Gold as it Gets, but it didn’t quite work out. Top coat wasn’t seen at all.

So, I used Relouis Crystals 443. This is also a flakie top coat. I bet you have never heard of this brand before. It’s a Belarusian brand of makeup. 443 is one of the polishes that I picked up during my recent trip to Russia. It has a very thick coverage unlike most of the flakies. I used only one coat.

On top of the flakies I matified it all with Essie Matte top coat.

flakie macro

So, what are your thought? Do you like the result?

Essie As Gold As It Gets over China Glaze Westside Warrior

As Gold As It Gets is a part of stunning Essie Luxeffects collection. It’s a beautiful golden flakie top coat. I’m not sure if it’s actually flakies or some strange shimmer particles, but it creates a unique effect on the nails.

I decided to experiment with one of my favorite polishes of 2011 – military dirty green Westside Warrior from China Glaze. And Voila!..... As Gold As It Gets transformed urban “ugly” shade into glamorous golden olive patina.

Nails Inc. The Old Vic Collection swatches

This is one more pleasant surprise I’ve got for Xmas. I think most of the girls who read my blog or follow me on Twitter know that I’m slightly obsessed with flakies. I had most of the colors except blue.

The Old Vic Collection consists of 2 polishes:

- Teal Black Kensington ( black crème);
- The Wyndham Top Coat ( blue flakie );

You can find more info along with other flakie collections on Sephora website.

I love The Wyndham Top Coat, it creates beautiful effect, especially with 2 coats, but Kensington is nothing special and can be easily substituted with any nail polish.

As it’s a holiday set I get why both of them are sold together, but it would be really nice if Nails Inc. also released separate versions of flakies.

Barielle Buddha-ful with OPI Sparrow Me Drama

Happy Pink Wednesday Girls,

I hope you all had a wonderful New Year Celebration and wish you only happiness and love in 2012!
Today I’m wearing Barielle Buddha-ful. It’s a light pink jelly with a lot of green flakies. As a base I used OPI Sparrow me Drama.

Buddha-ful can be used on its own for more subtle effect. The pink base is so light that it will almost appear transparent. The quality of the nail polish is superb. I wish Barielle would release more trendy collections with unique colors, but they currently have some very interesting shades in their main collection as well.

Cult Nails Unicorn Puke

This post will probably create huge lemmings, but unfortunately only 275 polishes were released and they are sold out by now.

When the news about the preorder were spread I immediately knew I absolutely need it. I had to wait almost a month, but every day was worth it, because I have never seen anything like this before....absolute gorgeousness.

Unicorn Puke is nothing similar to “Unicor Pee” or Clarins 230 that is a huge hit. It has purple/blue gelly base and a lot of flakies of different colors: pink, green, purple, blue, etc. For this mani I used Priti NYC Bachelor Buttons that is very close to the color of the base.

Catching up on Kleancolor week. Chunky Black Holo with orange and red base

Hey girls,

I want to say sorry for everyone who was waiting for Black Chunky Holo Swatches with orange and red nail polishes.

This week last week was extremely hectic for me. I was preparing for school and on the weekend ended up going to DC. So sorry...

Today’s post is about Kleancolor Black Chunky Holo again (First post with black base is here)…this time with orange nail polish (Butter London Minger) and red nail polish (Revlon Fire).

Frankly speaking I thought that this Kleancolor flakie holo will not work with other colors than black or dark grey. It turned out that it works perfectly with the lighter and brighter colors as well. It makes the base a little darker, because Chunky Holo has a jelly base, but not dark to the point where the color is lost.

Here you go:

1. Kleancolor Black Chunky Holo with orange base Butter London Minger

2. Kleancolor Black Chunky Holo with red base Revlon Fire