Nail Polish Play

Month: August 2015

Textured Stamping : Stay Quirky “Legendary Bloom” & Uberchic 3.3

Hey guys,

I have a polish from an upcoming Indian brand – Stay Quirky, today. This brand currently only sells through http://purplle.com/shop and the delivery is super fast! I got my polish 2 days after placing my order! They were running a huge 50% off introductory sale so I was fortunate to get my hands on a few colours for a bargain 😀 . There is still a limited 25% discount going on, so you can still get these at a discounted price.

Stay Quirky have a wide range of finishes and colour choices – textured,duochromes,satins,gel finish etc. . Each polish has a name and a number. Though for some reason, none of the bottles have the name mentioned anywhere. In some cases, even the number is only printed on the underside of the bottle along with the expiration date.This is a huge bummer for me as I am someone who remembers the name of a polish more than the number. I’ve said this of Innisfree polishes too, they only have a number instead of a name ( the names are sometimes printed in Korean, but seeing as I don’t know Korean, it’s pointless).A number seems so clinical and impersonal, whereas a name evokes an image in your mind. Ok, rant over! let’s get to the polish!

This one is No.825 Legendary Bloom. It’s from the “Jersey Effect” line of polishes, which are basically textured polishes. These textured polishes have sprinkles in complimentary colours and look really soft and feminine (soft despite being textured :D) on the nails. This one is a lovely pastel mint green with indigo and yellow sprinkles. Completely opaque in 2 simple coats, I didn’t need base or topcoat. It also dried fairly fast. No need to run around trying hard not to smudge your nails while doing a task.

Here are some swatches:

They look almost like a yoghurt smoothie/ice-cream on the nails!

It’s been raining here, so the light is a little dimmer than what I’m used to. Here’s a closeup:

This colour is so pretty on it’s own! I also liked the textured effect. It’s not too textured for me, it has the right amount of grittiness.

I also did not use any basecoat or topcoat as it’s simply not required. Textured polishes hold well on nails without a basecoat and considering this is a light pastel, I’m not expecting any staining on my nails (which is the only reason you’d want a basecoat with a textured polish).

I wanted to try a stamped design on these nails. I’ve done stamping on a textured base before and was really pleased with the result.So I broke out my Uber Chic Beauty plates. Here’s what I used:

Base Colour – No.825 Legendary Bloom from Stay Quirky

Stamping Plate – Plate 3 from Set 3. You can find it here.

Stamping Polish – Konad Blue

Stamper – Gold XL Stamper & Scraper from FabUrNails.

Liquid Latex from Amazon for easy cleanup

Flatbrush from Claire’s Nailart Brush Kit for easy cleanup

All I did for this design was to apply the latex around my cuticles and then stamp the design. I didn’t need to use any topcoat at all. One of the simplest manicures I’ve ever done 🙂

A closer look:

From a different angle:

Macro time!

So what do you think? I’ve still got this design on my nails as I type and the stamped design is intact. No chipping at all!
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August 10, 2015
Watermarble success with OPI Color Paints!

Hello!

This post has been pending for sometime now.I did these nails a while back and thought it was time I wrote a post about it already 😀 . Watermarble nails were something that I was convinced were beyond me.I had countless failures and was about to give up on them. Then I read somewhere about how the OPI color paints collection is perfect for watermarbles.

Anyway, one sunday evening, I thought I should give it a go and this was what I came up with:

Needless to say that these are some of the easiest polishes to watermarble with! The polish is so well behaved, it stays fluid enough for you to drag your designs easily. It spreads really well over water and you don’t have to do anything at all! I created my designs over a white base and topped off with HK Girl topcoat.

Seeing as this is my first attempt, I tried a new design on every nail 🙂

Here are the results in natural light:

I used all the polishes from the Color Paints collection. I got these from ebay here.

As you can see, nothing matches, but I love it nonetheless!

The colours are so bright! My camera is freaking out from all the brightness 😀 These colours together remind me of those fruit sundaes full of colourful syrups..

These are my favourites . I tried to recreate the flower on my other thumb, but ended up with something that looks like a cross between a peach and apple sauce:

So what do you think?

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August 5, 2015
Inglot 367 & Inglot 302 Swatch & Review

Hi guys,

I have a quick post today! I indulged in some random impulse shopping over the weekend and ended up buying two polishes from Inglot. I’ve been in love with their makeup for a while and needless to say, their polish bar is drool worthy 😀

I picked out a pinkish tinged taupe (no. 367) and another seemingly ordinary pink ( no. 302) which is actually a duochrome with a strong green flash.Here are some bottle shots :

Just look at the green! Magical right!

It’s really strong even in the shade!

I must say, it’s really awkward trying to click pictures of the brush with the bottle in one hand the camera in the other! I was trying to catch the last few rays of sunlight and had to hold the bottle at all angles 😀

The other taupe colour (no. 367)has a pink flash which is evident on the nail at a certain angle and was difficult to photograph. Here it is in the sun :

I have swatches of these on a single nail as I wanted to do a comparison. I really love taupe and pink and have a lot of polishes . the distinction being that these are all “similar” and not the same. As for the pink/green duochrome, I don’t have any in my stash that compares, so I’m really pleased with that one.

Here’s a macro swatch of no. 367 :

See how beautiful that pink flash is! It’s perfect for the office or a “grown up” brunch 🙂

The formula was really easy to work with! Opaque and creamy in two coats.Dried pretty fast too. No streaks or patches. The photo above is without topcoat, so as you can see, it’s really shiny!

Here’s a macro swatch of no. 302 on it’s own:

I seriously don’t think this polish is meant to be worn on it’s own. For one, it needs 4 coats to become as opaque as shown in this picture and there’s still some nail line that’s visible. I’m not a fan of those sheer polishes where you can see the nail line, I like using them as a base for some stamping to cover up the VNL ( Visible Nail Line).

One thing I need to mention is that even with 4 coats, it dried very fast and to a very shiny finish. The duochrome is not very apparent when you layer this polish like this. So I tried layering it over the taupe. Here are the results:

It’s lovely! It’s transformed my pinky taupe into a magical pixieland taupe! I really love how these polishes look together. Also, no topcoat here either. The polish is naturally this shiny!

Here’s a look at the two versions side by side:

As I mentioned earlier, I was afraid that I may have gone and bought myself a dupe, so I decided to compare this to all the possible taupe/taupe-ish colours I already have. Here’s a comparison in the sun :

While I was in the store, I was really convinced that this was a dupe for “Commander in Chic” from the Salon Manicure range by Sally Hansen. Later on I thought it also looked similar to “Plum’s the word” from the same Sally Hansen range. However, as you can see, there are no dupes here! Yay for me 🙂

Here’s what they look like in the shade:

These polishes retail for INR 750 at Inglot stores across the country. The products were not provided for review, I paid for these myself. Inglot is a 5 free brand. This means their polish is free of 5 of the most harmful chemicals that may typically be found in polish – Camphor , Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin and Toluene.

That’s it from me! Lemme know what you think below…

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August 4, 2015