Categorized: Opalescent

The next big trend now that we have gone through tons and tons of crackles and then magnetic polishes is definitely flake glitter. It seems as though everyone is now coming out with their own version (more coming soon that haven’t yet been announced yet ) and I am NOT complaining about this trend! Flake glitters are my absolute favorite “effect” in a nail polish. To me they are better than duo-chromes, multi-chromes, holographics, regular glitters, bar glitters, crackles, magnetics, etc. I LOVE them. I love the irregular pattern of them and love how they make your nails looks like they are glowing. Plus they are usually much easier to remove than traditional glitter.

Finger Paints jumped on board with their new Special Effects Collection only available at Sally Beauty Supply starting in January.

This collection includes five different flake glitters: Asylum, Flecked, Twisted, Motley and Flashy. They are all set in a clear base, so are best used over a black or dark color. I used two coats of the flake glitters over a black base for all photos. You can get a good amount of flake coverage though using just one coat, but I prefer two.

Below are some macro bottle shots where I turned up the contrast so you can really see the flakes inside.

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I think this is kind of a fitting nail varnish to show on Halloween. It’s Illamasqua Hemlock from their Freak Collection!

This is the only nail shade in the Freak Collection and it’s limited edition.

The color of Hemlock reminds me of an opal ring I once had when I was in my teens. The color is a beautiful green iridescent that changes depending on the lighting. It’s great for layering as well.

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“Is there anything more enduring (besides love and heartbreak) than denim? Jeanius is a celebra- tion of the journey – country cousin to haute couture – the whole world wanted to go on since America made it a national obsession. Since tooth-and-nail workwear jumped the pond in farmer’s overalls to gussy up in the glam of the great Paris couture houses…France may take the credit for creating it in 18th-century Nimes (de Nîmes = DeNim), but bright young American women took it higher! M∙A∙C keeps up with a Jeanius collection of moody blues and indigo ink, the quantum of modern cool, with four new limited-life denimized Eye Shadows, along with new limited-life shades of Lipstick, Lipglass, Blush and Biker Blue & Frayed to Order Nail Lacquer. Like the faux-metal “snap” on the Eye Shadow…completely riveting.”

MAC Jeanius for spring 2011 has arrived and ever since I saw the promo pics I was super excited about this collection.

I am a huge jeans girl, have been my whole life. Jeans are what I wear almost every single day, and now I can wear ‘em on my face

This is a rather small collection featuring 16 items. Let’s take a closer look.

LIPSTICK ($14.50)

• Acid Washed – Grayish beige with gold pearl
• Riveting Rose – Deep burgundy with blue pearl
• Pretty Please – Pale pink pearl

LIPGLASS ($14.50)

• Painted On – Grayish beige with gold pearl
• Indigo Pink – Deep burgundy with blue pearl
• Docile – Chrome pink peach with gold

EYE SHADOW ($19.50)

• White Jeanius – White with silver pearl
• Diva in Distress – Mid-tone grey with silver pearl
• Motorhead – Mid-tone dirty blue with copper pearl
• Stovepipe – Black Black with copper pearl

PENULTIMATE EYE LINER ($17.50)

• Rapidblack – True black

PENULTIMATE BROW MARKER ($17.50)

POWDER BLUSH ($19.50)

• Overdyed – Bright magenta (satin)
• Pink Cult – Mid-tone dirty neutral pink (matte)

NAIL LACQUER ($14.00)

• Biker Blue – Black base with purple and blue pearl
• Frayed to Order – White matte with soft pink duochrome pearl

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Misa, which is one of my very favorite nail polish brands, has two new collections out for spring 2011 and this one is called Wishes.

Wishes contains six pale, shimmery, opalescent spring-like colors. They are not super-opaque, more like a wash of color, but still really quite pretty.

Misa’s polish is on the thicker side, which means most of these were just two coats.

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Estee Lauder’s new collection for summer 2010 is called Bronze Goddess. They have included two new nail colors in this collection, which I have for you today.

These are the first Estee Lauder nail polishes I have ever tried. I’m not sure why, I guess normally their color don’t appeal to me. However these ones were not to be missed…

I kind of loved the bottle shape, even though it does look retro. But it looks retro in a very 1950′s way. It’s like an ice cube with thick heavy glass surrounding the polish.

The formula on these was fantastic as one would hope after spending $22.00 on a bottle. Read on!

Wild Orchid

Wild Orchid is a fuchsia pink with a heavy blue shimmer flash to it. The bright pink with blue flash is pretty popular right now, and I can see why, it’s very pretty. Having said that though, this wasn’t my favorite one of them. This color was very sheer. I used three coats here and you can still see the VNL. Four would have been better, but I just can’t do it. So unless you like to pile it on or you like sheers, I would says this might not be your best bet.

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