Showing posts with label Flakies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flakies. Show all posts

Saturday, 23 February 2013

The one with a seahorse and tutorial....

Hello lovelies,

So I'm ready for the Beauty Exhibition in London tomorrow, nails done, feeling slightly better so now I just have my fingers crossed that it doesn't snow.

Little while ago I've done a little seahorse on the mermaid nails together with a tutorial. So without any further introduction...

Lucy's Stash - Seahorse manicure
Lucy's Stash - Seahorse manicure
Lucy's Stash - Seahorse manicure
Lucy's Stash - Seahorse manicure
Lucy's Stash - Seahorse manicure


Lucy's Stash - Seahorse manicure tutorial


Thursday, 14 February 2013

Mermaid Nails - Nfu Oh #50 over Nicole by OPI Candid Cameron

Hello lovelies,

I haven't forgotten my small collection of Nfu Oh flakies and when Sarah from Chalkboard Nails posted a manicure with flakies it reminded me that these pictures have been sitting in my 'unpublished' folder for a while.

I have started with two coats of Nicole By OPI Candid Cameron and then applied one coat of Nfu Oh #50 creating mermaid-like finish.

Lucy's Stash - Nfu Oh #50 over Nicole by OPI Candid Cameron
Lucy's Stash - Nfu Oh #50 over Nicole by OPI Candid Cameron
Lucy's Stash - Nfu Oh #50 over Nicole by OPI Candid Cameron
Lucy's Stash - Nfu Oh #50 over Nicole by OPI Candid Cameron
Lucy's Stash - Nfu Oh #50 over Nicole by OPI Candid Cameron
Lucy's Stash - Nfu Oh #50 over Nicole by OPI Candid Cameron



I've done a little experiment with drops of water and really liked it so took some pics for you :)

Lucy's Stash - Nfu Oh #50 over Nicole by OPI Candid Cameron
Lucy's Stash - Nfu Oh #50 over Nicole by OPI Candid Cameron
Lucy's Stash - Nfu Oh #50 over Nicole by OPI Candid Cameron


Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Barielle Buddha-ful over Pink Quartz - Review and swatches

Hello lovelies!

Today? Flakiiiieeees! I finally got my paws on Barielle Buddha-ful and I want to share it :)

Buddha-ful - green flakies changing to blue in a pinky-peach jelly. In this case I've applied one coat of Buddha-ful over Pink Quartz. By itself the polish is sheer and you would need about three coats so it's much better to layer it over a different polish. I was lucky to own Pink Quartz that is almost the same shade as the Buddha-ful jelly base. It applied nicely despite Buddha-ful having a bit thick formula.  I had to use topcoat as the flakies create a little uneven finish but we all use topcoat anyway, right?






Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Color Club Spring 2012 Blossoming Collection - Review and swatches

Hello lovelies!

Finally Color Club Blossoming collection arrived and I could review it. Check out my friend Karen's review who reviewed these polishes first and then kindly shipped them to me.

The collection consists of six shades - five pastel cremes and one diamond flakes.

A bit about collection: "With the beautiful budding flowers of the season as an inspiration, rich color has bloomed! Add Diamond Drops topcoat for a "morning rain-kissed" effect. Blossoming features six nail polishes - from Hydrangea Kiss, Sweetpea and Blue-ming to Blushing Rose and Lavendarling. This new vegan, formaldehyde, toluene and DBP-free collection is sure to signal spring is in the air...or blossoming."




Blushing Rose - baby pink creme shade. It's a lovely traditional spring shade, one of my favourites from the whole collection and it has a good formula. I'm wearing two thicker coats but if you prefer thin coats, you'll probably need three.





Lavendarling - cool-toned dusty purple creme. It has very nice formula - needed just two coats for a full coverage. It applied easily and without bubbles or any other problems and drying time was average. I just love the name of this polish :) Lavendarling is soo cute!





Sweet Pea - dark pastel purple with pink undertones. Well it's hard to desribe the shade. Color Club says it's rosy pink creme but it's more purple than rosy pink. This one has even better pigmentation than the previous two shades. One coat was almost enough for full coverage but I needed two in the end. It applied very nicely.





Blue-ming - bright blue-green creme. Just WOW! Soo bright colour! I've never owned colour like this and now I kind of regret it. This looked so awesome on me! Polish had very good formula, pigmentation was enough using two coats and dried quite fast. Perfect!





Hydrangea Kiss - dusty blue creme with purple undertones. This is a lovely shiny creme colour. The formula is a bit sheerer than with the other polishes. This is two thick coats but next time I'll use three thinner ones. That would also speed up the drying process.





Diamond Drops - shredded silver ice flake polish. It's very colourful overcoat depending on the light and angle. I found it little bit difficult to manage because I needed to spread the particles on whole nail and sometimes they were big and stuck out from the nail creating very uneven surface.

Diamond Drops over Blushing Rose

Direct sunlight


Diamond Drops over Hydrangea Kiss


Other Color Club shredded diamond polishes/overcoats: Diamond Drops, Covered In Diamonds, Fame & Fortune



Overall the collection includes trendy pastel shades which we can see every spring among different brands. What is different is the shredded diamond overcoat Diamond Drops that can be layered over any of the other shades to create very interesting effect. The formula of the polishes was very good, it applied nicely and polishes were not watery. I needed two coats for full coverage with all polishes but the Hydrangea Kiss was less pigmented so next time I'd use three coats. Drying time with all polishes was average, not fast but not very slow drying. If you'd use fast drying topcoat it would definitely speed up the process.

My favourite colours are definitely Blushing Rose as it's classic baby pink creme, Sweet Pea just because I love all purple polishes and surprisingly Blue-ming! That was a big shock for me because I usually don't wear and don't like colours like this but I loved it on me! What do you think of the collection?

The Color Club Blossoming collection is available now.





*These were provided to me by the manufacturer or PR company for a review

Monday, 20 February 2012

Finger Paints Twisted over Sparitual Ripple Effect :)

Hello lovelies :)

I'm excited to show you new Finger Paints flakies I got thanks to Karen. Figer paints are not available in UK so I was really happy when karen bought it for me :) This shade is called Twisted and it's a mix of gold/orange, reddish/pink and blue/green flakies. Really mix of all flakie colours that are in other polishes from this flakies collection. I've used one thicker coat over SpaRitual Ripple Effect. The flakies don't stand out as much as over black or darker colour but I quite like it this subtle too.






Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Layering experiment: Essie Raspberry with Nfu Oh #50

Hello :)

I did another layering over Essie Raspberry I've reviewed here. Nfu Oh's are just beutiful and I love experimenting with them! As it says in the title, I've layered Nfu Oh #50 over Essie Raspberry.






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