I haven't worn a green in awhile, so today's post is from Illamasqua's Theatre of the Nameless collection - Kink. I had previously reviewed Vice in January (whoa was it really that long ago?) and loved the rubber/plastic finish. I used a base coat of Poshe and 2 coats of polish. I did not use a top coat to keep the rubber/plastic look to my nails.
This is a great forest green that did not stain my nails. I love how the rubber/plastic finish makes it look so complete.
Please excuse my camera reflection in my nails. Despite not having a top coat, this polish has a lot of sheen and shine to it, even in the shade.
And finally indoors with the flash - this almost has a murky blue/green tone to it, but it's just the bad lighting, nothing more. Perfectly pigmented and very smooth formula.
For those in the States, you can purchase Illamasqua from Sephora [official website] for $14 a bottle.
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While purchasing the 5 FingerPaint flakies, I also got suckered into getting FingerPaints Black Expressionism, a black creme that dries matte. Oh yes, matte. Almost rubbery? I used a base of Duri Rejuvacote, 2 coats of polish and no top coat. I wished that had been a one coat black, but it really needed 2 coats to be fully opaque.
Now, the rubber/plastic/matte finish isn't as apparent here, but just give me a moment. You can't see much because it is black with a black bottle, but yes opaque creme.
Now can you see the texture of this polish? Kinda rubbery! I'm calling it plastic, officially. Anywho - nice creme base but I wish it was more of a one coat black.
Finally indoors with the flash - note how shiny this polish is without a top coat! That part did make me happy. :]
FingerPaints [Website] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Blog] can be found in Sally's Beauty Supplies stores and online for $4.99 USD each.
Here's a change of pace - Illamasqua Vice from Theatre of the Nameless. The coolest part of this collection for me is the rubber/plastic finish, much like ORLY Purple Pleather. I used a base of Duri Rejuvocate and 2 coats of polish.
I've mentioned this before, but the square cap comes off for a smaller round top. It's not necessary for painting but some people prefer it over a square top.
Here it is in the sun - nice and rubbery and red. It's not matte, it's not shiny... love the different finish here!
In the shade, the color is really nice and strong. The red/purple berry is a great compliment for my skin.
Indoors with the flash is a bit hard on the eyes but not terrible.
Then, because I can't leave things alone, I added a top coat of CND Air Dry.
I don't know if it's a reaction of CND with Illamasqua or just the rubbery finish but check out how weird this turned out! I left my pinkie alone but the other nails just seem streaky now.
It's a bit better in the shade but still - no bueno. I will have to try a different top coat next time to see what the difference is.
For those in the States, you can purchase Illamasqua from Sephora [official website] for $14 a bottle.
Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration. For more information, please read this post.
When I first met Noubar Abrahamian, founder of nubar, while at Cosmoprof 2011, my first words were "Hi, I'm Krystal and I've actually never tried your polish before." Facepalm. Not the best introduction I've ever done. I had Katie Cazorla standing next to me and she looked at me and cracked up. Mr. Abrahamian is a very firm but soft-spoken man and he just turned and started filling a bag up with his polishes and smiled at me. I think my face was about 10 shades of red.
One of the colors he put in my back was Noir, "one of our basics". Noir is a basic black that dries to a bit of a rubbery finish. I'm calling it "plastic" because it looked a lot like the ORLY Plastix collection to me.
For a simple black manicure, I used a base coat of Zoya Get Even and 2 coats of polish. When I'm layering something on top of Noir, I just use one coat.
Unfortunately, I have nothing but clouds right now. I'm not sure if you can fully see the plastic type finish (or rubbery) but it's not as shiny as when you'd add a top coat.
I should have held a different bottle to show where my nails end, but as you can see this is a very opaque color. It's a great black for me since I ran out of my CND Blackjack and haven't made a purchase yet. I use it for pretty much every layering I do.
nubar can be purchased on their website for about $7.50 a bottle in the US. They do have international retailers in Russia, Sweden and the UK. You can like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter although their Twitter has been a bit bare lately.
Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration. For more information, please read this post.
I'm still new to the Orly bus. While I adore the rubberized tops and I think the Cosmic FX line was amazing (too bad I already pre-ordered the MAC line), I just hadn't really purchased any Orly yet. I found this one at an HEB grocery store in San Antonio and I had seen it before and wanted to try it. Purple Pleather is from the Plastix Collection that came out earlier this year. It's not exactly a matte, but dries much like one - Orly officially says it's a "plastic finish."
I used a base coat of Seche Natural and 2 coats of Purple Pleather but I could have gotten away with 1. Because of the finish, I did not use a top coat. I also didn't get a shade picture as it was super blurry.
It's almost like a light China Glaze Grape Pop, but with that unique plastic type finish. While this does photograph blue, I color corrected to make it color accurate. I now want to try the red from the line "Retro Red" because I do really do like the finish.
I also added Seche Vite to my thumb to show the difference in finishes.
You can purchase Orly for $7.50 through their website, or it's available online at Head2ToeBeauty for ~$6 and in Sally's Beauty Supply stores. Additionally, you can Like them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter.
