Yesterday I went sparkley and put on a couple of coats of an old bottle of Revlon Street Wear polish in Prism. This bottle was almost dried up so I restored it to live with Seche Restore. What an awesome product, I shall never throw out an old polish again.
Prism has large hexagonal holographic glitter in a clear base. I only applied two coats and should have done more, cause there were bare patches, but really, in the sun this was so blinding anyway that I didn't notice.
Here is an up close of the glitter. It was so sparkley that my photos were glare effected and appear rather washed out.
The chunky glitter needs a good layer of top coat, and then its still a little rough. And it must be removed using the foil method.
In other news...I went on a bit of a bender last week purchasing polishes.
I really got stuck into a Nfu Oh stock take sale with Vivid Nails, they were selling their existing stock for $2. Yes - Nfu Oh for $2!!. But to go with that I placed an order for the one remaining Nfu Oh Holo that I don't have '62', and six flakie Nfu Oh polishes, including 51 (finally) - at $18 for the holo and $15 for the flakies, you do the math.
I also spent, shall we say, less than $200 but more than $150 (gasp!) buying the rest of the Artform holographic polishes that I don't have (six), plus their six Revolutionary Range multi chrome polishes, plus four Aluminium Foil polishes, plus three two tone illusion polishes.
Finally, I got off eBay a long time lemming, two bottles of the magnificent Sally Hansen Prism polish in Turquoise Opal, which is a duochrome that flashes from purple to green.
So after that effort, I'm officially on a no buy. I just can't wait for them all to turn up. I told my husband that I wont buy anymore polishes until I have worn and posted about all these polishes, and the 50 or so waiting in my swatch box.
However, I'm also a firm believer that if you want a polish (or collection) really really badly, then you should get it. I'm soooo glad I spent the money last year to buy the full China Glaze OMG collection, as its so difficult to get now. I only got six of the twelve Kaleidoscopes, and wish I had got them all.
Nail polish can seriously be an addiction. Does anyone else have this same problem as me?
Hi, my name is Catherine and I'm a nail polish addict.
Is VIvid nails still having a sale? I got some great nfu oh off them for $4 ages ago. I can't wait to see your Artform as they are next on my list, but being on a polish budget I am being careful which ones I get so I don't have double colours like my ozotics.
ReplyDeleteHi Kira - Vivid nails might still have the sale on, you can email Alex - alex@vividnails.com.au and she will email you the list of what is still available.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree about doubling up with the ozotics. The pictures of the artform bottles on their site look very similar with the ozotic multichromes, and I can't find swatch pictures anywhere.
I agree with you. :) I'm glad I snatched up some of the OMG and Kaleidoscopes when I did- the price keeps going up and up. I'm starting to slowly haul less and I'm learning to spend on the big lemmings more. :)
ReplyDeleteI think you can buy a swatch chart (I bought a swatch chart for ozotics myself). However it seems very limited and being on a low buy I am wary.
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