Nubar Sun Gold tiger time!

Oh now I missed you, tiger/zebra stamp! Presenting Nubar Sun Gold - an orange to red polish that glows like the sun itself. The polish texture was great and it wore very well - the only downside is that I did not see too much color shift, but it was still a wonderfully fiery color.

I wouldn't really call this one a duochrome, maybe an orange metallic with a golden shimmer? At least that's what it looks like to me. It was listed as a duochrome among other Nubars, like Indigo Illusion  but I am not convinced.

See? Even in the bottle it's not really shifting, colors but you can see the golden shimmer inside.

Still a nice polish, just not a true duochrome.

GOSH Galaxy

GOSH is a canadian brand, found mostly in Shoppers. This polish really stood out from the rest - a reddish, golden glitter with blue specks in a silvery bronze base. The bottle itself separated into a red and yellow half, but it's all mixed on the nail. It's a charcoal base not unlike Revlon Carbonite and it has teal, bronze, gold and green microglitter. It looks grey with bits of gold and a flash of teal. 

Texture is nice, a little thin, but applies smoothly. I couldn't get it to try properly, since it needed about 4 coats to be opaque. It looks a lit less bronze on the nail, but I like the subtle flashes of other colors.

Definitely one of the most unique colors I own, especially in the glitter department.

Nail art - Metallic Zebra

I always love the Zebra stamp on the Konad plate m57 - it's always crisp and perfect. The base is Essie Blue Rhapsody, a perfectly blue metallic color. There's never a season without Zebra nails!

What's your favourite Konad/stamping plate?

Essie Blue Rhapsody

Essie, Essie Essie! 

I finally found some Essie metallics and grabbed my favorite of the bunch - an icy metal blue, called Blue Rhapsody. It's a bit brushstrokey, but that makes it so reflective and with a steady hand, it didn't look too bad. I LOVED this color. It was a 2-coater (1 will fill and 2nd will cover the bald spots) and it dried very fast. The formula is creamy and glides on, but if you go over wet polish with a brush, it can create bald spots. The best part is how shiny it was. Somehow, I like it better than plain silver because it appears even more metallic and less dull in my opinion. The blue looks great on my skintone, which I was surprised by. This is my favourite metallic polish I own so far, even though it shows brush strokes.

Also, these photos are some of the best nail photos I took so far. This is an awesome milestone, compared to a year ago. Hurray to improvements!

T-Sing Magnetic polish in Grey

First of all, I would like to apologize for the lack of cleanup on this one. I messed up the mani, wasn't feeling it and ended up taking it off right away.

In any case, this is my first magnetic polish, T-Sing in Grey, a Taiwanese polish. I got this in Richmond and it even came with a magnet! It folds into a little box, which you put your nail into. I had some trouble with it, since I still need some practice. The design turned out a lot better in the photos and I smudged the nails a bit when using a magnet. The polish was thick, goopy and gritty. Exactly what I imagined magnetic polish might be like...

While I did not like the texture, I liked the color. Even by itself, it's a nice metallic grey. It dries fairly fast and the magnet seems to work well. I was surprised it even showed a design, since my nails have a very pronounced c-curve. I will be trying it again, as well as the dark blue one I got as well. 

What are your thoughts on magnetic polishes? Like em, hate em? Favorite brands?

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Deep Blue Sea

Uh oh, excuse the flooded cuticle!

Deep Sea Blue is an interesting addition to my collection: it is a dusty blue subdued foil! I didn't think it would come out so metallic looking but it did and it reminds me of icicles. Very pretty!

I wore this for 3 days, no chips, barely tipwear. Dried fast, took 3 coats for full color to show up. It was a little less shiny before the topcoat, but topcoat fixed it completely. This color also reminded me of jeans...as in it is a metallic denim-colored foil. I honestly really like and you know the best part? It was so EASY to remove! No acetone, to foil method...just off it goes. And that is one of the best things a foil could do for me.

Missha HGR01 and Konad

Missha HGR01 is one of my favourite duochromes, even if I don't  really like green. This polish is cool toned green to blue, with hints of gold. This polish hits close to home, since it reminds me of my favourite insect - the green beetle (Cetonia Aurata). It's a two-coater and smells like roses! The topcoat diminishes the smell or it goes away after a day or so, but I find it super nice and girly. Formula is great. Not thick but still opaque, its extremely finely milled metallic shimmer is beautiful. It does not show streaks and doesn't chip very easily. The brush is HUGE but it helps cover the entire nail, which is useful for longer nails. The big cap is a little hard to hold but I didn't mind too much. HGR01 is somewhat similar to Chanel Peridot, but it's more green-blue as opposed to green-yellow duochrome Peridot has.

Absolutely beautiful color, it's even better in person...My most favourite green!

Revlon Carbonite

So guess what! I finally got my hands on Carbonite, long after the hype is gone and it only cost me 3 dollars. I feel like a winner. Carbonite is supposed to be a pretty-close-but-not-quite-dupe to Chanel Graphite, with less of a golden sparkle. I'm a big fan of metallics and Carbonite is no exception. A grungy, almost green toned steel with a bit of reflection, but texture as well. The formula wowed me the most... It applied like a DREAM. The color was solid in 1 coat, but I added the second for full saturation. The polish is very creamy, doesn't snag and dries fast. It's very different to see a metallic finish like this (don't think it's a foil) apply like a creme and be super solid without any grittiness. Removal was also easy! It slides right off, instead of leaving the glitter behind. I honestly did not find any flaws in the formula, color and wear of this polish. I wish it was a little more sparkly, but that can be fixed with a glitter topcoat.

Revlon Carbonite gets a BIG thumbs up from me and I'm happy to add it to my collection.

Sexy Bomb s66

S66 is much more of a foil than the other Sexy Bombs. It's a green base with a LOT of light green shimmer.

On on the nail, it's a salad-green foil, very reflective and fresh! I've never seen a foil like this myself, so it was a welcome surprise.  Most of the color is the foil shimmer, so application was good, but a little patchy due to larger particles. There is a TINY flash of light gold in this color, as seen on the pinky and more so in the bottle. Since this is a true foil, taking it off was a bit of a pain but I still love foils :D

Overall, I like this salad foil. It isn't a bright color but I like using it as a base for nail art.