Novice Nails: December 2013

Essence - Sparkle & Sand Effect

Essence has followed suit with the sand effect polishes by releasing three colours of there own - here are two of them:

Me & My Lover

Here's My Number

The third colour, Hey, Nude, is a very light pink/almost white. I'm not a big fan of that shade, so I decided not to buy it.

True to Essence's other polishes, these paint on easily with a great brush, the colours are gorgeous, and the price even better (AU$2.75). Bravo Essence, bravo.

NN

Matchy Match

A week or so ago, my team at work had a Christmas lunch, and to try to get into the spirit, I decided to make an effort for once and wear . . . A DRESS. Yes folks, you heard it right, I actually wore a dress for a day. Wonders will never cease!

Anyway, I decided to match my nails to my dress, and here are the results:

I used: Sinful Colors Snow Me White, Models Prefer Little Black Dress and Revlon Matte Coat.

And Whilst I was trying to take pictures of my nails against my dress, my puppy, Ruby, decided to get in on the act. She's such a diva!

NN

Chroma Chameleon

A break now from the speight of tactile polishes I've been reviewing . . .

Revlon has released a collection of duo chrome polishes, and, being a sucker for those also, I picked up the three most interesting:

Amethyst

Aquamarine

Topaz

Amethyst is a purple with a secondary colour of gold. In the bottle, it shines a bit teal as well, but that only very slightly showed up on my nails.

Aquamarine is a aqua polish with a secondary colour of purple - again, it's only very slight.

Topaz is a light green polish with a secondary colour of gold. In the bottle, it shines blue as well, but it doesn't translate to the nails.

All in all, these polishes are very pretty, but not big on the duo chrome characteristics,

NN

Liquid Sand

Quite some time ago (yes, I'm a little behind with my blog posts), OPI bought out a few ranges which included "Liquid Sand" polishes - James Bond/007, Mariah Carey's special range, and Oz the Great and Powerful (the prequel movie to The Wizard of Oz) range. Eager to get on board with these textile polishes, I tried out the following:

Honey Ryder (007)

Jinx (007)

Solitaire (007)

What Wizardry is this? (Oz)

Get Your Number (MC)

Verdict: Love love love them! They paint on easily, dry quickly and are extremely durable. All lasted on my fingers for several days, although Solitaire became a little grubby towards the end due to make-up application and office work etc.

NN

Sinfully Magnetic

Sinful Colors has released a magnetic range in Australia just prior to Christmas. There are eight different shades, and here are three of them:

Polar Opposites

Charge it Up

It's Electric

Verdict: They work! Polar Opposites was a bit gluggy at first, but if you carefully apply it thinly, it seems to work better, which is contrary to the instructions on the label. It almost seems that the more coats you apply, the more difficult it is to get the magnet to work its magic.

Googling the polish seems to bring up a snakeskin magnet (which is not what these are), and I would like to try that out, but unfortunately, there only seemed to be the star type of magnet. I have some old magnet polishes which didn't work very well, so I'll see if those magnets work with the polish for a bit of variation. I'll keep you posted.

NN

Space Dust

So, my love of all things sparkly and textured continues, with Rimmel's Space Dust.

Space Dust comes in five shades: Total Eclipse (black with green and purple glitter), Moon Walking (purple), Shooting Star (Silver), Aurora (beige/light pink), and Luna Love (hot pink).

These polishes are two coaters (+), and once they're dry, they have a lovely textured finish (not unlike the Sugar Coat polishes I reviewed in an earlier post.

My favourite is Total Eclipse. The green and slight purple glitters really set off the textured black polish.

NN

Sugar for Nails

Yet another textured finish - may I present - BYS Sugar for Nails.

I have two of the kits - Good Ship Lollypop (predominantly blue and purple particles), and Icing on the Cake (pink orange and yellow particles).

Each kit comes with a base nail colour, a pot of sprinkles and a brush to dust off excess sprinkles.

Whilst the sprinkles do last for quite a long time, they're best applied a couple of hours before going out. They should stay intact for most of the night, but you'll lose a few once you head off to noddy land!

There are quite a few "sugar" nail products on the market at the moment, but I believe these are the closest to actual sugar particles (think chunky raw or coffee sugar).