OPI's Shim-Merry chic

Hello my dears,

I wasn't able to get my hands on OPI's newly released Warm and Fozzie from the Muppets collection, so I decided to console myself with Shim-Merry chic, a metallic taupe-ish flakie polish that came out a few years ago I think.

This polish is complex to describe and my pictures don't really do it justice. I'd say it's a metallic golden taupe (but not a foil) with multicolored flakes in it. It's simply gorgeous! I didn't care for it much when I purchased it but boy am I happy I didn't get rid of it. I had it on the other day and got so many compliments. A few strangers even came up to me to ask me what polish I was wearing.

I applied 3 thin coats but you could easily get away with 2. For my topcoat I used Sèche Vite, which I shouldn't have because it made the polish shrink. Argghh Sèche, why do we have this love-hate relationship??

What do you think of this beauty? Have you tried it?

Emilie

All pictures were taken in artificial lighting (natural light lightbulb) without flash. And yes, that is my shower curtain you can see in the backround :)

Essie's Case Study + Nfu OH 50

Hello lacquer lovers!

Today I have an Essie polish to show you: Case Study from the Fall 2011 collection.

Case Study is a dark, almost taupe nude. The first time I wore it I wasn't too sure if I liked it. It needed a second chance and now it has all my love!

As it is the case with most Essie polishes, the formula was good. No streaks, bubbles or bald patches in sight. I applied 2 coats in order to get an opaque finish without VNL. 

Here it is alone:

Artificial lighting, no flash.

Artificial lighting, no flash.

Isn't it simply gorgeous?

To spice things up a bit, I added 1 coat of Nfu OH 50 (blue/green flakes in a lilac jelly base) on the second day. 

Wow I really like these flakie polishes! They look so interesting on your nails and offer so many combination possibilities!

Sorry for the numerous pictures: these flakies are hard to capture on camera!

Artificial lighting, no flash.

Artificial lighting, no flash.

Artificial lighting, no flash.

Daylight.

Daylight.

I didn't use my regular Sèche Vite topcoat. Instead, I applied Revlon's Quick Dry Topcoat, which is supposed to dry your polish to a hard finish in 30 seconds. Yeah right! I didn't do what it promised and should not be considered a fast drying topcoat! It took a full hour for my nails to be "sheet mark proof"! Although it doesn't dry very quickly, it at least is very shiny and didn't cause any shrinkage.

Thanks for reading and have a nice day!

Nfu OH 60

Hi!

As promised, here is another of my newly purchased Nfu OH polishes, #60.

I layered this gorgeous black jelly based flakie polish over China Glaze's Liquid leather (just a basic black one coater polish) because I didn't feel like applying 3 coats to have an opaque coverage.

The flakes are reddish orange and they shift to green. So gorgeous. I can't stop staring at my nails.

I applied 1 coat of sèche vite to get an ultra glossy finish but I might go matte tomorrow.

What about you, do you like flakie polishes? If yes, which ones?

Thanks for reading!

All pictures were taken in artificial lighting, without flash.

Nfu OH 49 and 50

Hello!

As promised here are a couple of pictures of 2  flakie polishes I layered over OPI's I'm not really a waitress.

These 2 Nfu Oh polishes are stunning! I can't wait to try them over a different colored base.

I used 1 coat of each on my nails then applied a matte topcoat (Essie's Matte about you) for an even better result! I love these flakies and am so glad to finally own a few!

Sorry for the noticeable tip wear...I've had my base polish on for almost a week!

Enjoy!

Nfu Oh #49

Nfu Oh # 50

Van D'Go + Glitter-flakie + matte topcoat = Smile + Summer + Obsessive nail staring!

Hi,

For todays mani, I felt like doing something summery and girly as the sun finally came back, so I used Essie's Van D'Go that I Barbied up a bit with a glitter-flakie polish, then finally added a matte topcoat for a modern and polished look.

As you surely know, Van D'Go is an opaque peachy pink milky shade. The fomula on this polish was good but rather on the thick side (nothing alarming because the polish doesn't streak and dries evenly). But like all the Essie polishes I've tried, it doesn't bubble, goes on smoothly and dries quickly.

As to the glitter polish I used (Cover Girl's Boundless color nail sparkle topcoat in Pink Twinkle #420), it is amazing! It's a mix of different shaped holographic glitters (square and hex.) and flakes in a very sheer pink jelly type base (the base color is very similar to Essie's Pink Glove Service). 

I picked it up the other day at my local supermarket and really don't regret it! The only negative point of this polish is that it lacks shine; you really need to apply a shiny topcoat to get sparkly nails, or go matte with special topcoat. I like Essie's Matte About You and Essence's Matte topcoats but will probably try the Chanel one as soon as the ones I have are finished. For this mani I used Essie's Matte About You topcoat.

I hope you don't mind the numerous photos; I felt like showing you the different phases of this mani and really wanted you to see the flakie effect...that is most obvious on photos 7 and 8.

Have a nice day!

Photo 1:   Van D'Go, artifial lighting.

Photo 2:   Van D'Go, artifial lighting.

Photo 3:   Van D'Go, artifial lighting.

Photo 4:   Van D'Go + Pink Twinkle, artifial lighting.

Photo 5:   Van D'Go + Pink Twinkle, artifial lighting.

Photo 6:   Van D'Go + Pink Twinkle, artifial lighting.

Photo 7:   Van D'Go + Pink Twinkle + Matte About You, artifial lighting.

Photo 8:   Van D'Go + Pink Twinkle + Matte About You, artifial lighting.