Essie-Shine of the Times

I'm sure all of you have seen Shine of the Times around multiple times, but I just had to get my two cents in :)  It's a gorgeous gold/green/orange/multi flakie that is really saturated with flakes.  Compared to my Finger Paints flakie of the same color variety, this one seems to have twice the amount of bling.  I didn't want to layer it over boring black, so I decided to go with China Glaze Ingrid (not sure why Ingrid doesn't have her own post yet, I'll get working on that ;))

Let me tell you, it is super hard to get the green flash of this polish on camera without the photo being really blurry.  You can get a glimpse of it on my pointer finger and ring finger, but otherwise the orangey-red and gold are prominent.  Like I said, the glitter is really dense, and this was only one coat of SotT over two coats of Ingrid.  I topped off everything with Seche Vite.

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Mattified Flakies! Finger Paints-Asylum

Again, long time, no see!  I've been crazy busy with work and school :(  Anyway, here is Finger Paints Asylum over W'n'W Black Creme.  It's a gorgeous flakie with orangey/green and blue flakies!  I layered it over black and then added the matte topcoat to show the flakies in all their glory.  I kind of wish that I had used a second coat of the flakies, but I like how it came out, anyway:

The orange flakes turn to green at certain angles/lights, but it was super hard to capture in photos.  You have to look really hard!  And the blue flakies are just breathtaking.
Next time I'll use more than one coat!

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Zoya-Faye

Faye has been one of the polishes I have wanted for a really long time.  I finally got my hands on it :)  I love colors like these that have a ton of gold shimmer to them and this one really shines!  This was two coats and no topcoat:

Lovely, yes?  I want to do a comparison post soon with Faye vs. Orly's Rock the World.  They look super similar to me in the bottle :)  Let me know if you ladies want the comparison!

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Zoya-Adina

So a couple of weeks ago, I took advantage of a bogo sale at Zoya!  I figured it was the perfect opportunity to get my hands on some Zoya and try it out for the first time.  I got Adina, Faye, Meadow, and Edyta and I love every one of them!  This one is Adina, a gorgeous purple/green duochrome with a slightly frosty finish.  I don't mind the finish so much because the color is breathtaking :)  These photos were taken after three coats of Adina and no topcoat:

I couldn't pick just one or two photos!  Each one shows different little nuances to Adina.  Oh, Adina, never leave me!  I can't picture my life without you! Ha.

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Hard Candy-Beetle

Beetle is one of those polishes that is a must have!!  I have been meaning to swatch/post this one for a while, but for some reason never got around to it.  This one is a beautiful purple/green duochrome with a glittery/almost foil finish.  Lovely.  The strange thing about this polish is that it is purple/green duochrome glitter suspended in a tealish/green sheer base.  Weird, but it works.  Pictures!:

Love this one.  Wear is good, I wore it for three days with some tipwear, but no chipping/peeling/flaking, etc. Definitely pick this one up next time you're at Walmart!

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Sally Hansen-Laser (pic heavy)

I want to start out by saying that this polish is from the HD line, so it's bound to be lovely.  I had no idea that it was going to blow my mind, though!  This is a bright blue/purple duochrome glass fleck.  It took me AGES to figure out how to capture the duochrome on camera.  I finally found that if I took pics in really warm lighting at an angle, my camera would pick up the purple :)  These photos are three coats topped with Seche Vite.

Check out those last three pictures!!  Can you imagine anything more beautiful!!??  Drooool.
Unfortunately, I got some crazy tip wear within the first 24 hours of wear (you can see this in the pics).  Maybe with a different topcoat it would behave better :)

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China Glaze-Awakening

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I was thoroughly disgusted by how awful my swatches of Awakening were in my first post about it.  They were basically awful.  I wanted to do this polish justice since it's one of my all time favorites and it's a beautiful duochrome :)  Application is easy breezy, two coats.  These photos are two coats topped with Seche Vite:

this one shows the duochrome the best.  click me!

This one is a stunning purple/gold duochrome.  I can never seem to find swatches of this one which is a shame because I feel like everyone should invest in this beauty.  Definitely one of my top go-to polishes!

Finger Paints-Art Lofty Toffee

Time for an oldie, but a goodie!  Art Lofty Toffee has been one of my very favorite nail polishes since I was around 16.  It is a toffee colored polish with the slightest duochrome flash of teal.  It's barely noticeable, and I mainly notice it when looking at the bottle.  These photos didn't pick up the teal well at all.  I included a bottle picture to try to show it...tell me if you can see it!  I can if I look reeaaallllyy hard.  These photos are 2 coats topped with SV.

do you see the faint teal flash in the bottle?

This is a frost finish, so be careful with brushstrokes.  Overall, I really enjoy this polish.  It's always a go-to for me when I don't know what to wear.  My bottle is about half gone (eep!  time for a replacement) and hasn't thickened up or gone weird or anything over time.

Tell me what your favorite go-to polishes are!
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China Glaze-Awakening

Now that summer is upon us, I think it's time to dip my nails into some flashier polishes :)  Today's nail of the day is China Glaze Awakening, a gorgeous plum/gold duochrome that appears plum indoors, but lights up in the sun!  I was trying to look up some swatches of this color online, but had a surprisingly hard time finding one.  Well, here you go!

here you can see the burgudy/plum really well

I couldn't stop staring at my nails while wearing this color!  (Sorry about my cuticles...ugh)

 

beautiful gold duochrome!