Showing posts with label metallic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metallic. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Ocean Breeze

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Revlon - Ocean Breeze, two coats
TC: Seche Vite


No pics from Day 1, so here's one from Day 3.

Wear: Forgot to record

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Ocean Breeze

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Revlon - Ocean Breeze, three coats
TC: Seche Vite


Oh, this color again! It's strange because I don't tend to enjoy metallics much, but this one is so bright and colorful.. it just calls to me. It's almost a green-blue duochrome, but it shows teal most of the time. In the picture below, you can ALMOST see the blue part of the shift.


Wear: Removed on Day 5 with some lifting

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Shining Sea

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: KleanColor - Shining Sea, three coats
TC: Seche Vite


Oh, this is cute! Shining Sea is a dense blue (and silver?) microglitter in a blue jelly base with an iridescent shimmer. It simply GLOWS at two coats, so much so that I'm tempted to call it metallic. I did add a third coat just to make sure that it would be completely opaque, but I think I could easily get away with two, especially if the second is thick. This is my favorite thing I've worn in a while!


Wear: A chip on Day 2, some lifting on Day 3, removed on Day 4

Monday, August 1, 2016

Ocean Breeze

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: Revlon - Ocean Breeze, two coats
TC: Seche Vite


Ugggh, what? Pearly? Whyyy? Why do pearls exist? I wore this metallic, pearly teal for two weeks on my toes, and it was super cute. I. Just. Can't. Do pearls on my nails.. :/ But.. keep for my toes? Yes. Keep for toes. I should post a pedi sometime.. when I get my toes looking nice. :P

Wear: Removed on Day 4 with lifting (even though I was enjoying it more by that point!)

Monday, February 29, 2016

Peace & Love & OPI

The Polish
BC: Revlon - ColorStay Base Coat
Color: OPI - Peace & Love & OPI, three coats
TC: Seche Vite


I'm not so sure about this one. Peace & Love & OPI is a muddy purple-to-green duochrome that has a touch of a brush-stroke-y metallic finish. It's sheer and needed three coats for opacity, though it would probably look nice over black.


I have yet to own a duochrome I enjoy, though I know they exist. (ILNP has a lot.) This one, however, is going into the swap box.


Wear: Removed on Day 3 with some lifting

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Rockin' Indigo and Turquoise

The Polish:
BC: White glue
Undies: Finger Paints - Rockin' Gunmetal, one coat
Glitter 1: Sephora by OPI - Indi-go with the Flow, one dabbled coat on every other finger
Glitter 2: Sephora by OPI - Not Your Average Turquoise, one dabbled coat on every other finger
TC: Seche Vite


I needed something to wear for a couple of days before I could actually do my nails on the weekend, so I chose to knock out three untrieds. Ignore all the gross ridges.. they were caused by the glue base coat.


Rockin' Gunmetal is my favorite of the three today, which was unexpected. It's a one-coater with a nice formula. I tend to shy away from metallics, but I might keep this one for undies. The glitters, on the other hand, were boring and sparse. I thought I would like them, especially the blue, but I think I'll put them both back into the purge box.

Wear: Two days