Nfu Oh 58

Good morning, Dear Reader!

I have another Fall nail polish to show you today, Nfu Oh 58.  By Fall, I mean a color typical of the season, not a new release.

Nfu Oh 58 is and orange to green duochrome jelly base with a whole bunch of flaky glitter in it.  I decided to try it alone to see how well the color built up, and it did well with three coats.  Unfortunately, my short memory allowed me to use China Glaze Fast Forward over it, and jellies seem to show the polish shrinking clearly, so my tips aren't quite as fabulous as they could have been if I'd used a top coat that didn't shrink.

This is Nfu Oh 58 in sunlight after it had dried.

Nfu Oh 58 Nail Polish, Three Coats

I like this one a lot because I think it looks like I have five little tiny piles of raked up fallen leaves on each hand.  For some reason, I always like a manicure better when I think it looks like something else.

That's Nfu Oh 58 and what I know for today, so until next time, Dear Reader, love and nail polish to you!



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China Glaze Cracked Medallion Crackle

Good morning, Dear Reader!

I have another China Glaze Metal Crackle on tap for today, this time Cracked Medallion, the bronze.  I was looking at what I'd like to pair it with, and I thought it might look cool with the glitter in OPI Merry Midnight.

Merry Midnight is a three coater, so I put that on and figured I'd take a new picture of it while it was drying.

OPI Merry Midnight Nail Polish, Three Coats

The addition of one coat of Cracked Medallion changed it a lot.

China Glaze Crackled Medallion Crackle Glaze over OPI Merry Midnight

On a sunny day, this is a good manicure to be wearing.  That's it for today, so until next time love and nail polish to you!

Nfu Oh 40

Good morning, Dear Reader!

I thought I'd bring out an Nfu Oh flaky today, and I went with Nfu Oh 40. For the base color I chose Misa Quirky Smile, a teal shimmer. Quirky Smile was a two-coater, and I just ventured over to Trans Design to see what collection it's from (a recent one, I know), and noticed all of Trans Design's OPI pages are gone - everything OPI-related is just missing (TD got back to be, see update at the bottom of the page). Hmmmm... I'll have to remember to email David to ask what that's about. I also didn't find which collection the Misa's from, to get back to the topic of today's post, but that doesn't especially matter.

I added two coats of Nfu Oh 40 to Quirky Smile, and it turned out being a little bit better in real life than the best picture I could get with artificial light. It's a little mermaid-y, a little like a mosaic, and reminds me why I like Nfu Oh flakies.

Nfu Oh 40 over Misa Quirky Smile, Two Coats Each

I didn't alter this picture, I just had the good fortune of catching one where the bottle really shows how cool Nfu Oh flakies are. I only used one coat of top coat, and now that it's totally dry, the manicure could use one more to smooth it out completely, but I don't think it will take more than that. The only thing I dislike abut flaky glitters is the removal, which always makes me wish I had a mini sandblaster. I'm sure the neighbors would enjoy that show, me sitting on the lawn sandblasting away with my tiny portable sandblaster. Like they don't have enough questions about what the heck I'm up to, always taking lots of pictures of secret things I'm hiding in my hand...

That's the manicure, the made-up removal method, and the Trans Design news for today. If I'm able to get more information regarding the OPI situation, which I just stepped aside to send the email about, I'll pass it on as soon as I get it. Until next time, Dear Reader, love and nail polish to you!



Update from Trans Design: OPI products are on a new site, www.nailsupplies.us, so they're still available. Good news for all of us!

Barielle Elle's Spell

Good morning, Dear Reader!

Today I have another from Barielle's 2010 Holiday Hustle collection, Elle's Spell, which is the only non-frosty one.  As for availability, I got an email yesterday telling me the whole collection is on Barielle.com, so get 'em while they're hot.

Anyhow, Elle's Spell is described by the manufacturer as "a jelly red with multi-colored foil flakes," and I'd say that's accurate.  I'm much more impressed with Elle's Spell on the nail than in the bottle.  It looked interesting in the bottle, but it really comes alive on the nail.

It's much thinner than most Barielle nail polishes, but that's not all bad.  It applied really well, and the color builds nicely.  I used three coats to make it opaque, and it still retains the jelly quality and the flaky glitter isn't too dense in three coats.  Here it is in sunlight, the dry manicure.

Barielle Elle's Spell Nail Polish, Three Coats

Elle's Spell is a really nice polish, I think.  It's unique, holiday appropriate, and I just like it.  So far, so good for Barielle's Holiday Hustle... I'll try to have another for you tomorrow.  Until then, love and nail polish to you!  


*This polish was sent to me fore review by Barielle.

Color Club Untamed Luxury Diamond Collection

Good morning, Dear Reader!

Color Club sent me samples of their Fall 2010 Untamed Luxury Collection, which consists of two sets of seven shades, and I have swatches of the Untamed Luxury Diamond Collection for you today.

I found the application of these was very good, and that the colors are well pigmented.  For the one I'm wearing, the dry time was about average.  I'll tell you specifics of each color as we go through the pictures.

Ms. Haute is a grey taupe shimmer with lots of very fine glitter.  The picture is without top coat, and I think one coat of top coat would smooth is out nicely.  I used two coats of Ms. Haute.

Color Club Ms. Haute Nail Polish, Two Coats

Snakeskin is a kind of muted olive shimmer with gold microglitter, also a two-coater.

Color Club Snakeskin Nail Polish, Two Coats

De-luxe-cious, despite the name, is a great color.  It's a slightly bluish grey shimmer with fine multi-colored glitter.  I used two coats.

Color Club De-luxe-cious Nail Polish, Two Coats

Red Velvet is a whole lot of fine red glitter in a black base.  There are lots of variations on this combination, and this is a good one - the black is very black, but the red glitter shows up well and is quite dense.  I think Red Velvet is probably most similar to Eyeko Vampira.  Again, Red Velvet was a two-coater.

Color Club Red Velvet Nail Polish, Two Coats

Covered in Diamonds is called a "luxury top coat" by Color Club.  It's a clear base with large irregular flaky glitter.  Here, I used one coat over black.

Color Club Covered in Diamonds Nail Polish, One Coat over Black

Untamed Luxury, the namesake of the collection, is a bright teal glitter in a teal jelly base.  I used two coats, I probably could have afforded to use a third.

Color Club Untamed Luxury Nail Polish, Two Coats

That brings us to the last one, Resort to Red.  Resort to Red is a cranberry red shimmer, and the shimmer is really fine, almost metallic.  This one was good in two coats.

Color Club Resort to Red Nail Polish, Two Coats 

That, Dear Reader, is Color Club's Untamed Luxury Diamond Collection.  I'll have the Indulgence Collection, the other seven shades, swatched for you soon.  Until then, love and nail polish to you!  

Sephora by OPI Read My Palm & Nubar 2010

Good morning, Dear Reader!

Today's picture is a Nails of the Day from last week, Sephora by OPI's Read My Palm with Nubar 2010 over it.  I used two coats of Read My Palm and one of Nubar 2010.  This is the finished, dry manicure in artificial light.

Sephora by OPI Read My Palm, Two Coats & One Coat Nubar 2010

It seems like this layering kick may last a while!  I still haven't figured out what today's Nails of the Day will be, so I'll go work on that... Until next time, Dear Reader, love and nail polish to you!  

Nubar 2010

Good morning, Dear Reader!

I looked at the forecast and saw that there's no sun in sight for a while, so I used the light box to show you some Nubar 2010 swatches and a comparison to Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure.

I'll start with the comparison.  With the bottles side by side, the base of Nubar 2010 is a lot clearer and the flakies more colorful.

Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure and Nubar 2010 Bottle Comparison

On the nail over Nubar Black Chrome, the flakes in Nubar 2010 are smaller and a good bit denser (there are patches missing flakes on the HT nails).  This is one coat of each.  On my thumb, you can see that the Nubar flakies reflect a lot of green.

Nubar 2010 & Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure Compared over Nubar Black Chrome

Now for the swatches... I tried it over pastels, neons, and some mid-tone shimmers.  Here are the pastels, China Glaze Something Sweet, Re-Fresh Mint, Peachy Keen, and Lemon Fizz.

Nubar 2010 Swatches over Pastels, One Coat

The neons are Color Club Jackie Oh!, Mrs. Robinson, Wham! Pow!, and Warhol.

Nubar 2010 Swatches over Neons, One Coat

The shimmers are Nubar Conserve, Raspberry Truffle, Pasadena Purple, and Sultry Red.

Nubar 2010 Swatches over Shimmers, One Coat

One thing I noticed is that the flakes appear to be a different color based on the base they're on.  They look more yellow on the pastels, opal-y orange on hte neons, and are all over the place on the shimmers.

For my Nails of the Day, I put Nubar 2010 over Sensual Red, and I'm happy with the outcome.

Nubar 2010, One Coat, over Nubar Sensual Red, Two Coats

I would have preferred sunlight for these pictures, but I also didn't want to wait a week to do them.  Those are my Nubar 2010 swatches for you, and the update for this morning.  Until next time, Dear Reader, love and nail polish to you!  

Nubar The Night Sky & Nubar 2010 Preview

Good afternoon, Dear Reader!

I just got a package from Nubar with samples of their new releases from May 1, Nubar 2010 and The Night Sky Collection.  Nubar 2010 is their 10th anniversary color, and I just did a preview of one swatch of it because I was racing a storm for light.  Nubar 2010 is like Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure all hyped on a couple of pots of coffee, so it will get its own post later.  I happened to be wearing Chanel Black Satin when I got it, so I slapped on a coat and took some pictures.  The Night Sky Collection is a collection of mattes packaged with a bottle of Diamont to make them super shimmery normal nail polishes.

First, the Nubar 2010 preview.  Here's a picture of the bottle.

Nubar 2010 Bottle Picture

Here's one coat over Black Satin from two different angles in relatively low natural light.

Nubar 2010, One Coat, over Chanel Black Satin, First View

Nubar 2010, One Coat, over Chanel Black Satin, Second View

Can you see why this one's going to need its own post on a day when I have good light?  Two things I noticed are how shiny it is and that it's super quick drying.  I see real potential for this one!

On to The Night Sky Collection.  It consists a silver, golden bronze, and charcoal, all very shimmery, and packaged and advertised to be worn either matte or with top coat, so I took pictures of both.  I'll show you without, then with, for each.  All three were quite smooth to apply, took two coats, were very fast drying, and are smooth with one coat of top coat.

Sunset is the golden bronze.

Nubar Sunset Nail Polish, Two Coats, No Top Coat

Nubar Sunset Nail Polish, Two Coats, with One Coat Diamont

Twilight is the silver.

Nubar Twilight Nail Polish, Two Coats, No Top Coat

Nubar Twilight Nail Polish, Two Coats, with One Coat Diamont

Midnight is the charcoal, and this one is over a base of Nubar Foundation.  I'm wearing this one.

Nubar Midnight Nail Polish, Two Coats, No Top Coat

Nubar Midnight Nail Polish, Two Coats, with One Coat Diamont

Those are Nubar's new offerings for us.  There's rain in the forecast for me for the next few days, but as soon as I have some sun I'll swatch Nubar 2010 over different colors so we can see what happens.

That's all for today, Dear Reader.  Until next time, love and nail polish to you!  

Konad Plate M71 & Hidden Treasure

Good morning, Dear Reader!

Today I have a couple of Konadicures using Konad plate M71 for you, as well as some bonus pictures of Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure.  The Konadicures are photographed in natural light, the Hidden Treasure pictures are me trying to find the right spot to use in the light box.

The first Konadicure is a base of China Glaze Something Sweet from the Up & Away Collection, two coats, stamped with Psyche Pink Konad Special Polish using a lace pattern from plate M71 and tip patterns from plate M19.

Konad Plate M71 over China Glaze Something Sweet, Two Coats, using Psyche Pink

The second is today's Nails of the Day, three coats of OPI Fiercely Fiona stamped with a lace pattern from plate M71 at the tips using Green Konad Special Polish.

Konad Plate M71 over Fiercely Fiona, Three Coats, using Green Special Polish

Now for the bonus pictures of Hidden Treasure... I have three because each different angle showed Hidden Treasure differently.  The manicure is two coats of Hidden Treasure over two coats of Rescue Beauty Lounge Mismas.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Hidden Treasure Nail Polish, Number One

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Hidden Treasure Nail Polish, Number Two

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Hidden Treasure Nail Polish, Number Three

Pretty cool, huh?

That's it for now, Dear Reader.  Until next time, love and nail polish to you!  

L.A. Girl Rock Star Nail Lacquers

Good morning, Dear Reader!

I'm about a year late showing the L.A. Girl Rock Star nail lacquers, but I just got a few of them recently and they were too cool to not show you.

Overall, they're somewhat sheer, so I layered the lighter shades over black.  I used one coat of Nubar Black and one coat of the Rock Star polish for each of those swatches.  The darker colors, I just used two coats of the Rock Star.

Scandal is a pale pink shimmer that doesn't really show up on its own, but really comes alive over black.

Scandal L.A. Girl Rock Star Nail Lacquer, One Coat over Black

Crowd Surfing is an interesting green with glaky gold glitter, also over black.

Crowd Surfing L.A. Girl Rock Star Nail Lacquer, One Coat over Black

Addict is a vampy red jelly with gold glitter.  This is two coats.

Addict L.A. Girl Rock Star Nail Lacquer, Two Coats

Overdose is a pink and purple glitter in a clear base, and one coat over black worked well.

Overdose L.A. Girl Rock Star Nail Lacquer, One Coat over Black

Rock Star is a purplish brown with gold glitter.

Rock Star L.A. Girl Rock Star Nail Lacquer, Two Coats

Punk is a kind of duochromey blue base with purple glitter.  I think it would have been better over black.

Punk L.A. Girl Rock Star Nail Lacquer, Two Coats

Those are the L.A. Girl Rock Star nail polishes I chose, but there are quite a few more.  I got them from Cherry Culture, where I believe they are still available.

That's it for this morning, Dear Reader.  Until next time, love and nail polish to you!  

Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure & Her Complete Salon Manicure Friends

Good morning, Dear Reader!

Yesterday I stopped at a Walgreen's and found the Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure display with Hidden Treasure, which I think is a Tracy Reese collection.  There were a bunch of cool ones in the display, I just passed on the reds.  The funny thing was on these, I did no drug store stalking for them - what caught my eye on the way in was the limited edition Revlon Pastels, the scented Revlons, and an LE Maybelline display with two colors I hadn't seen before.  It was the mecca of all drug store LE's.  So here, Sally hid her treasures poorly - I usually have to hunt for these collections forever.

The Sally Hansen display didn't even seem to have a collection name, so I have no info to give you other than pictures of what are in the display and what I know firsthand.  I got six of them, there were two or three reds there as well.  They applied nicely, with the exception of getting used to the big brush again.  Once I did, it worked well, and the polishes have a good dry time.  Most of these were three-coaters for me, but I think that's because they're intended to be more sheer than I like.  I'll let you know how many coats were used in each picture.  All but the last picture are in natural light.

Ring My Shell is a delicate pink with a great sparkling shimmer, and this is three coats.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Ring My Shell Nail Polish, Three Coats

Silver Lining is like the silver version of Ring My Shell with the sparkly shimmer and delicate coloring, and also required three coats.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Silver Lining Nail Polish, Three Coats

Dive Deeper is the blue version of the previous two, just a hair lighter than baby blue, also a three coater.  This one is my favorite of these three.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Dive Deeper Nail Polish, Three Coats

Sea and Be Seen has the same shimmer finish in a light medium blue and was a three coater.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Sea and Be Seen Nail Polish, Three Coats

Lagoon is different than the others, a shimmering greenish teal similar to Sephora by OPI's Mermaid to Order.  This one only took took coats.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Lagoon Nail Polish, Two Coats

So, that treasure I've been hiding from you... I tried two coats over Lagoon, it wasn't so impressive, although nice.  Hidden Treasure is a flaky glitter in a pearly white base.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Hidden Treasure Nail Polish over Lagoon, Two Coats

This morning before writing this, I thought I'd try Hidden Treasure over black to see if it's worth the all the hubbub.  It is.  This is two coats over SpaRitual Body.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Hidden Treasure Nail Polish over Black, Two Coats

That's so much more impressive!

That's Sally Hansen's Hidden Treasure and her Complete Salon Manicure friends who came home with me.  I'm really happy with my picks - even though the first few are three coaters because I like them more opaque, they're so delicate and have such a fabulous sparkle that they're totally worth a third coat to me, and I don't have much along those lines.  The pink is appropriate for anything, but can also take a little decoration - I think they're just great.

That's what I have for you this morning, Dear Reader.  Until next time, happy drug store LE hunting, and love and nail polish to you!