Random Nail Spam

While I'm working on getting back to swatching, I thought I'd post a little spam of random, old, un-posted stuff to make it a little less lonely over here!

 Clarins 230 over Orlane 90

 Orly Bubbly Bombshell

 Orly Coquette Cutie

 Butter London Disco Biscuit

 Nicole Texture Coat in Opal over China Glaze Gothic Lolita

Orly Flirty

 Orly Fresh

 Nicole Texture Coat in Gold over neon pink

 Orly Here Comes Trouble

 Milani One Coat Glitter in Lavender Fizz

 Jordana Glitter in Lunar Lights

Deborah Lippmann Mermaid's Dream

 Finger Paints Motley over Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Ghostly

  

L'oreal Owl's Night

 Nicole Texture Coat in Quartz over a magnetic polish

 Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Ring My Shell over Essie A Crewed Interest

 Jordana Glitter in Sequins

 China Glaze Ulta-mate Holiday

Finger Paints Summer in the City Collection Summer 2012 Swatches and Review

Finger Paints has some nice brights out for summer this year. The Summer in the City collection is mostly cremes, but there's a little bit of sparkle in there for variety.


Finger Paints Beach Bound. A medium bright purple creme. Dries darker than bottle color.

Finger Paints Flip Flop Fuchsia. A bright fuchsia creme. Not neon, but still a very strong-looking color. Reminds me of NARS Anardana, just a little less saturated.


Finger Paints Late Night Rendez-vous. A blue, green and teal iridescent metallic sparkle. Makes me think of all those Zoya Charla / OPI Catch Me In Your Net / Orly Halley's Comet clones from a few summers back.


Finger Paints Movie in the Park. A sheer, purple-tinted base with tiny purple, blue and pink glitter. Very pretty and twinkly and a lot more opaque than I thought it would be!


Finger Paints Sexy Sundress. A bright yellow-toned green. Similar to OPI Did It On 'Em, just brighter.


Finger Paints Toe-teally Hot. Bright teal creme. Less bright than Milani Fresh Teal.

The formula on these was thick. It dragged a little on the nail and I needed to wait a few minutes between coats to ensure an even application. However, due to the thickness, they were also very opaque and I only needed two coats of each. Drying time is on the longer side.

Fun little collection, isn't it? I like Beach Bound and Sexy Sundress the best. A lot of them seem similar to existing colors from other brands, but they're still quite cool.

The Finger Paints Summer in the City collection is available now, exclusively at Sally Beauty.

(This was sent for review.)

Finger Paints Gumdrops & Lollipops Collection Spring 2012 Swatches and Review

One more Spring 2012 collection... This one is Finger Paints' spring set, called Gumdrops & Lollipops. Isn't that promo picture adorable? The polish colors are mostly your standard spring shades, but there's a few nice surprises thrown in to keep it from being too predictable.


Finger Paints Blue Raspberry Taffy. This is a typical bright blue/slightly deeper sky blue creme shade. There really isn't anything different about this one that sets it apart from the dozens of other bright blue cremes that come out every year. It's a pretty color, but very, very common.


Finger Paints Choco Mint. This is a little more green than most of the turquoise/pastel teal cremes we've seen so far this year. The name Choco Mint is spot on- this looks exactly like mint chocolate chip ice cream without the chocolate chips. Anyone know of a dark brown chunky glitter I can layer over this? I could use Nubar Black Polka Dot, that might work...


Finger Paints Circus Peanuts. The bottle color is deceptive- this dries a whole lot darker on the nail than it appears in the bottle. This one isn't quite the color of real circus peanuts, but it's vaguely similar. I'm sure they weren't going for an exact match, but if this was more orange and less pink/peach/coral toned, it would be perfect. Have you ever had circus peanuts? They're... different.




Finger Paints Grape Gumball. This one is a nice surprise! It's not a creme like the others, it has a speckled-looking finish. The shimmer particles are flat and silvery, but reflect a little blue and green at certain angles. But they're not all that shiny, really more of a 'speckle' than a 'sparkle'. Oh, and this is mostly blue, not pure purple or grape-colored. Perhaps this is Finger Paints' answer to the speckled blues in the OPI spring collection?


Finger Paints Lemon Sour. This is my favorite one. It's a light (not too whitish or washed out) lemon yellow creme. It's soft-looking and easy to wear and has one of the best formulas for a yellow polish I've ever used. It's smooth and opaque, not streaky or lumpy like most yellows tend to be. Perfect in two coats. Dreamy.



Finger Paints Pop Rock Pink. Pop Rocks! I love Pop Rocks! And this is a really good Pop Rocks color- translucent and candy-colored with a little bit of fizz to it. It's a bright coral pink jelly base with duochrome glass fleck shimmer. The glass fleck shimmer particles in this are very small compared to other similar-finished polishes. It's also very shiny and pretty, shifting colors between orange and fuchsia.

The formula on these was good. The cremes were smooth and opaque and applied very easily. The shimmers were just as nice, but a little less opaque. I did two coats of the cremes, three of the shimmers. The application was great, but I did experience some bubbling due to the thickness of the polish. The dry time on these is also a little longer than most. Like other thick/dense/bubble-prone polishes, it's best to apply very thin coats and let them dry for a few minutes before applying the next one.

The colors are cute and the formula was good, but I think I'm a little burned out on spring colors already. The only one from this collection that I really love is Lemon Sour.

This collection will be available both in store and online at Sally Beauty starting in March. Retail price is $4.99 a bottle. Limited edition.

(This was sent for review.)