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FingerPaints All You Need Is Color

While editing these pictures, I had the Beatles stuck in my head ALL NIGHT LONG.  All You Need Is Color from the FingerPaints 2011 Summer Collection is a blue and green glitter in a slightly clear/blue base.  It's hard to explain.  It reminds me a lot of China Glaze Atlantis, minus the holo glitter.


I used a base coat of Seche Natural, 3 coats of All You Need Is Color, and a top of Seche Vite.  The formula was very nice - not goopy or thick.

Very nice coverage and shine in the sun.  You can see a bit of VNL especially close to my cuticles but not enough to fully bother me.

The shade is also a pretty teal/turquoise blue.

Indoors with flash shows a bit of sparse nail on the ring finger.


I also tried a coat of CND Blackjack on my thumb to see how that would work with the glitter.  This is 2 coats of All You Need Is Color over Blackjack.

In comparison to the whole hand:

It doesn't alter the appearance that much, but it is a difference.  Definitely a pretty blue if you are able to pick it up.


FingerPaints can be found in Sally's Beauty Supplies stores and online for $4.99 USD each.  They are a Sally's Beauty Supply exclusive brand, so you can follow Sally's on Twitter and like them on Facebook as well as follow their blog.


Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

FingerPaints Peaceful Purple

I love purple.  From the FingerPaints Summer 2011 "Peace, Love and Color" collection, Peaceful Purple is a nice plum purple filled with purple and silver glitter.  I'm in love already.


I used a base of Seche Natural, 2 coats of polish and a top of Seche Vite.  Formula was awesome.

There is just a hint of VNL in the sun, and almost reminds me a bit of Sally Hansen Rockstar Pink.  It is a glitter, so it's not fun to remove, but it's much more purple packed.

The purple is a tad cooler looking in the shade but still packs quite a punch.  (It's alliteration time for me!)

And indoors with the flash.  I really am a big fan of this color - being purple and all.  :]  Definitely my close 2nd favorite of the collection (first being Give Pink A Chance).


FingerPaints can be found in Sally's Beauty Supplies stores and online for $4.99 USD each.  They are a Sally's Beauty Supply exclusive brand, so you can follow Sally's on Twitter and like them on Facebook as well as follow their blog.


Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

China Glaze Frosty

Oh look, another cloudy day.  Fun.  Kind of a "throwback" to winter 2010, this is Frosty from the "Tis the Season" China Glaze collection.  I originally wanted to swatch this side by side with White-Kwik-Silvr but for now, my comparison posts are on hold until I can get through my mountain of polish.  I'm even trying to hold off on swatching a few new purchases just so I can mentally will myself to get through all that I have here.  You never realize how much you have until you realize you don't have anywhere to put it anymore but more on that later.


Frosty is a white frosty shimmer polish.  I used a base coat of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Frosty and a top coat of Seche Vite.  The application was good - not too runny or thick.

Once again, I apologize for the lack of sun.  Texas weather is so weird... one day it's 60 and cloudy, the next day it's 96 and super sunny.  Go figure.  As you can see, there is some visible nail line (VNL) showing on my fingers, but it's almost okay with it?  I really hate sheers, so this was a weird one for me.

Indoors with flash - again, VNL.  It's almost a pearly white, which I didn't expect originally.

China Glaze [official website] can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty [official website], Sally's Beauty Supply [official website] as well asTransDesign [official website].

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

FingerPaints Psychedelic Sunshine

Also from the Summer 2011 FingerPaints Peace, Love and Color collection is this yellow polish that has micro rainbow glitter called Psychedelic Sunshine.  Now, originally I was pretty much NOT interested in this because I'm not a big yellow fan, but after some buzz on Twitter, I was interested in trying it.  


I used a base of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Psychedelic Sunshine and a top coat of Seche Vite.  The formula was quite thick and gummy and that's why I have heard from others who tried it, so I decided to contact FingerPaints.


Their official statement was that the formula was made thicker to keep the microglitter suspended but you can add some polish thinner to make it easier to manage and it shouldn't affect the quality.  However, if you do add thinner, make sure you mix your polish well because the glitter will probably settle closer to the bottom.


Now I don't know if you're a shaker or a roller, but mixing well for me means a bit of both.  :)


I did NOT add thinner before taking these pictures, so you're dealing with some gumminess.  Also, it was cloudy out (boo!).

Eep sheertown.  I do not like sheer colors.  So what did I do?  Added a base coat of CND Brilliant White first.

You can really see the gumminess on my index finger.


I did take an indoor with flash picture before and after the base of CND.  First the before.

And now the after.

This really shows off the gumminess, but you can also see how much the color brightened up.  It did also swallow some of the glitter, so this was an interesting experiment for me.  I want to play with it some more because this has some amazing potential.


FingerPaints can be found in Sally's Beauty Supplies stores and online for $4.99 USD each.  They are a Sally's Beauty Supply exclusive brand, so you can follow Sally's on Twitter and like them on Facebook as well as follow their blog.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.