Duochrome madness - MAC Mean and Green

This one's a beauty - my first MAC polish is a glittery duochrome which shifts from bronze to purple and gold with tiny flecks of blue. By itself this polish is pretty hideous - a slightly sparkly swamp green polish and the color shift does not show up like it does in the bottle. Instead, to achieve the full effect, I have opted to layer it over black. 

*faints* It's so pretty! i'm surprised at how nice the formula was (layered, of course) and the brush was pretty good. I liked the rubber cap, as well. Overall, I probably wouldn't pay this much for a normal polish from MAC, but this is worth it just for the color shift. 

Do you own any MAC polishes?

Delicious duochrome - layering with Nfu-oh 51 and Revlon Royal

Coming back to kickass duochromes - Nfu-oh 51. A purple jelly base with iridescent purple to green to gold flakies and a scattered pigment of the same nature. This polish colorshifts like nobody's business and it's great! I've shown it here before, but this time... I can show you the full range!

It's layered over Revlon Royal. 

Let's start with this:

Looks purple, right?

Wait a minute

You can see the gold in this

Oooh there it goes!

Nothing better than wearing a few colors at once, eh?

Dear RUS LAD538

In this photo, it's warm on the index finger, normal on others. compare how the tips look very different!

I have not worn this polish for a few months since I got it, but I finally decided to give it a ago and to try some nail art with it! My nails are far too long for a Konad stamp to cover them all, so I tried to leave some space at the base of the nail. This polish is the same in finish and formula as the other Dear RUS polishes: LAD560, LAD556 and LAD554.

This one is a grey shimmer which turns to a much darker grey when cold. I like that it's also very cool-toned, almost greenish in its color. The darker tips look fantastic and I ended up really loving this under the stamp!

Nubar polka dot jelly sandwich

Finally got my hands on the Nubar Black and White polka dots! They are clear polishes with scattered fine black/white glitter and bigger hex glitters in their respective colors, as well. I decided to sandwich this in OPI My Pointe Exactly, a grey jelly. It definitely turned out interesting, I need to try polka dots over bright colors as well. It sort of reminds me of  cookies and cream, would be even better if I used a peachy/cream jelly instead!

Stripey french tips manicure

What's this? A french manicure? Stop looking at me like I'm crazy!

Nice and nude base, stripey tips - something I've been wanting to try for a while and my nails are the right length for it! Base it L'Oreal Sweet Nothings and white and black nail art polishes were used as well. They turned out surprisingly nice, I'll have to try this again. Wearing a french manicure for the first time made me feel so dainty, even though it wasn't a traditional version by any means. I think with my nails so long, it may have looked tacky if it wasn't for the stripes. When I cut them short, that might be another story.

What do you think of french manicures?