Thursday, January 30, 2014

A soft leopard print look

Hi everyone~I saw this amazing nail art over at Katrina's blog (I can't find the post anymore ><) and knew I had to try it out for myself :)

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I applied three coats of NOPI Kim-pletely in love onto my index and pinky nails. For my fourth finger, I applied three coats of China Glaze Sunset sail. Two coats of Ulta3 lily white was applied onto my thumb and third finger. I then took Kim-pletely in love and Sunset sail to apply the random dots for the leopard print. The prints were outlined with Ulta3 black satin.

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I loved this mani so much I wore it for four days :D What do you think of it?

Thanks for reading.
~Sharon

Monday, January 13, 2014

Ludurana - Admirável Multichrome

Here is the multichrome amazingness that is Ludurana Admirável.
The colour shift in the polish is identical to Ozotic 503 - the polish that is nay impossible to get these days, unless you managed to scoop one up through Picture Polish when they had them available earlier this year.

But there is something very special about these Ludurana polishes compared to Ozotics, but I will get to that a bit further down.  First up, here is some Admirável spam.







The big difference with this polish, compared to Ozotic 503 is in its opacity.  Ludurana Admirável is much more opaque.  You can get total coverage in three coats, whereas three coats of Ozotic 503 on it's own is still very sheer.

I really love that I can get this opaque on it's own as I often get tired of a black base because I feel my nails look a little dirty when I wear one.  You know when you wearing a pretty colour on top, but underneath the tip its all dark and constantly has you making sure it's clean under there.

Here are some comparison shots of Admirável against Ozotic 503.


It is worth noting though, that both Ludurana Admirável and Ozotic 503 look identical applied over a black base.



Again for some reason I had a few issues with bubbling with the Ludurana,  I'm guessing it was more to do with user error and rushing my mani, rather than a formula issue.  But I'll reserve judgement until I wear this again.

These polishes are available from llrowe (or through an awesome swap buddy in Brazil).