Cult Nails set up a polish frenzy with Unicorn Puke, a purple blue based multi-colored flakie. I first got to see this at Cosmoprof when I met with Maria, owner of Cult Nails, but now it's finally mine. Maria had a pre-sale of 250 bottles of Unicorn Puke, maximum of 2 bottles per customer, so I bought my two.
Please don't go searching for this on eBay unless you want to pay for the Unicorn Puke sticker on the bottom and gold writing on the bottle. This color has been renamed "Clairvoyant" and will be available in the 2011 Winter "Super Powers" collection which was available for pre-sale last week. If you'd like to read about the eBay situation, please visit Maria's blog posting here.
Back to this baby. I decided to layer it 2 coats of it over nubar Noir and top it with Seche Vite. Before I show you that, here is what it looks like on my nail stick.
On the left is several coats of Unicorn Puke by itself. As you can see, it has a purple blue base. On the right is 2 coats over the nubar noir.
LOOK AT THE FLAKIES. I finally realized what flakies remind me of... fish food! I love it. Look at the colors - red and gold and green and purple and blue. Unicorn Puke!
If you're wondering about the name, it's a bit of a play on Unicorn Pee, also known as Clarins 230. It's a multi-colored polish that normally sells for around $70 on eBay. Here is Chloe's Nails' blog posting on the pee itself. (That was a fun sentence to write.) Maria originally wanted to make something similar to Clarins 230 but with flakies instead of shimmer, so this is how it came about!
This beautiful girl doesn't like to photograph. I wore this for several days and this is after day 3, so sorry for the tipwear.
My shade picture is one of the few where you can really see what's going on. Lots of color, lots of fun. Almost reminds me a bit of a graffiti wall as well!
Indoors with the flash doesn't do it much justice either. Again if you missed out on the Unicorn Puke sale, please note that this same formula, color and everything is being renamed Clairvoyant and will be available this winter!
Cult Nails is available in their shop for $12 a bottle. You can like Cult Nails on Facebook and follow them on Twitter. Once they reach 5,000 Likes on Facebook, Maria will be offering all polishes for only $5!
Okay, so I actually wore this for Homecoming back on October 22nd, but I'm just a bit behind in my personal queue of postings. I'm attempting to catch up with at least 2 posts a day and (hopefully) no more than 1 press release per day. I know it takes me a lot longer to review collections since I only post one color per blog posting, but this way I appreciate and review each color individually. My organizational brain won't let me do it any other way.
So I am a graduate of Texas A&M University - Kingsville, a sister school of the big Texas A&M University in College Station. Our colors are blue and gold and I've tried to find the right combination to wear for football games but always seem to fall short.
Imagine my excitement when I realized that the CND 2011 The Look had the perfect blue and gold for my own manicure!
On the left is CND colour in Midnight Sapphire and on the right is CND effects in 24 K Sparkle. I used a base coat of CND Stickey, 1 coat of Midnight Sapphire, 2 coats of 24 K Sparkle and a top of CND Air Dry.
The sun picture doesn't really convince me that this manicure was the best because the sun hits the effect too strongly.
In the shade however, I'm automatically in love.
Another shade, this time holding CND effects in 24 K Sparkle. Lovely color!
Indoors with the flash and you can see again that big bling of the effects, but it's really a beautiful combination. I can't wait to wear it all next year for the football games (I'm from a football family), and other campus events that I may attend in the future.
CND is available for $9 per colour, and $11 per effect and you can find locations to buy here.
TransDesign and Head2ToeBeauty has the colours for $4.50 and effects for $5.50.
Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration. For more information, please read this post.
The next in the FingerPaints Merry & Bright collection is Comet's Collar, a yellow green shimmer. I was really worried about staining with this color, as it reminded me of China Glaze Paper Chasing - my first experience of staining on my nails.
I used a base coat of Zoya Get Even, 2 coats of polish and a top of Seche Vite. The formula was nice and smooth.
Here in the sun, you can see a bit that this color isn't fully opaque. You can see a bit of VNL on each one of the nails.
The shade is a bit better but again, I have some VNL especially on the middle finger. I also feel like this color gives me a bit of lobster hands (where your hands look a bit red), but overall, not too bad.
Finally indoors with the flash and the yellow of this color really shines through.
I'm super happy to report that there was zero staining on my nails after taking the polish off after several hours. That was my one concern and I didn't experience it.
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.
Continuing with the winter FingerPaints Merry & Bright Collection is Yule Be Marry, a cranberry shimmer. There is a light pink flash to this color which makes it better than just your normal cranberry shimmer (at least for me). As I said, I used it as a base for the Santa Kisses manicure, but now I have it by itself.
I used a base of Zoya Get Even, 2 coats of polish and a top of Seche Vite. The formula was nice and smooth and opaque.
I promise that's not added lens flare but just the shine of this shimmer in the sun! My weather has been weird - some days it's nothing but hot sun, some days it's cloudy and warm and some days it's downright dark and cold. Texas is weird.
I really love the way this looks in the shade - smooth like butter!
Finally indoors with the flash and it's still a beautiful color. I thought this would be kind of a "blah" color at first but it's a nice little addition in my stash.
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.
Back to the nail polish, shall we? FingerPaints came out with their Merry & Bright collection this month, and I knew I wanted to try them right away. I know, I'm behind in fall collections but I do love Christmas (despite my complaining) because it's also my birth month... Double presents anyone?
Santa Kisses is a red glitter in a slightly pink base. At first I thought it was a clear base but it's just very lightly tinted pink. I have no idea what base coat I used for my ring and pinkie fingers (did I even use one?), and then a coat of Yule Be Marry for my index and middle fingers. This is one coat of Santa Kisses on all 4 nails and a top coat of Seche Vite over all.
Definitely prefer this as a layering polish myself.
Here in the shade you can see how the glitter is heavy with just one coat, but not opaque. Layering it almost gives it a China Glaze Ruby Pumps look but not exactly.
Finally indoors with flash - not much else to say. I really liked the way this looked in the bottle, but wasn't absolutely in love with it on the nail. I need to try more layering properties - specially with some green polish as well!
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.
