Klean Color - Bluebell

While browsing around eBay one day I came across a brand called Klean Color. And, of course, the most popular colors that were being sold were these chunky holographic colors. You say holographic and I'm on board! On eBay, they were going for $5-$10, which seemed a little high for a brand I had never even heard of. So, after some research, I found this site here that sold them for $1.75 each. DONE! So I bought six (I think...) and today I have the one that called out to me first: Chunky Holo Bluebell.

All of these photos are -
Pointer: 2 coats Bluebell
Middle/Pinky: 2 coats Bluebell over CG First Mate
Middle: 2 coats Bluebell over SH Black Out

As you can see, Bluebell is a sheer polish and best used for layering. Is it holographic? In my eyes, no. I see it as more of a duo/multi chrome chunky glitter. Do I love it? Yes! I love all of the colors that it brings to the nails, especially when layered. 

Caution...these polishes SMELL. And I mean really, really bad! So if you have a weak nose I would suggest doing your nails in a very open and aired out space. I'll have more posts later with the other colors that I bought, and perhaps even a comparison coming up! 

CM

Franken #1

Hello all! So as a lot of you may have seen on Facebook, I decided to make some franken polishes! All this means is I mix together different polishes to come up with something unique (at least to me). I have a total of 4, so I figured each one deserved a post.

My first one is my favorite. The name? Raspberry Ritz. It's so pretty! It's a berry colored purple with a lot of fine glitter/shimmer in it. There's a little bit of holographic, red, silver and blue. The blue is also a duochrome flash. Really, it's a beautiful polish. But I'm horrible at explaining things, so let's just look: WARNING: PICTURE HEAVY!

Bottle shot in sunlight.

Blurred on purpose to show the holographic glitter.

Shows a bit of the blue duochrome flash.

Good shot of the blue flash.

Direct sunlight.

Shade.

Never did I imagine that the very first franken that I ever made would be in love with it. I thought I would horribly fail. But Raspberry Ritz is my favorite of the 4. All of these photos were 2 coats. Hope you enjoyed it! Have you tried to franken your own polish?

CM

Zoya - Ki

Hey! I hope you all enjoyed the break from polish related posts...but now we have a couple in a row. Today I have Zoya Ki. I'll be honest...the first time I wore this polish I hated it. Like, never wanted to wear it again and wouldn't even take a picture of it, hated it. It was a streaky mess. But I always saw it on other people and it looked so amazing with all of it's duochrome-ness. So, I decided to try again. And I like it a lot more than I did before. I have no idea what I did differently, but it wasn't as streaky this time and actually looked decent. Here we go...and watch out, it's picture heavy.

Can I just say the bottle shot in this picture is AMAZING! Look at that rainbow! If only it looked more like that on the nail!

In all of these pictures I had 3 coats except on my pinky. My pinky had 2 coats over black. It slightly darkened the color, but it didn't change the duochrome effect like it does for some polishes (which we'll see in another post). I'm really glad I gave this color a second chance. It really is pretty! Just be careful with those brush strokes.

CM

Some Flakie Magic

Just a fun fact to start the post: Flakie polish is my absolute, hands down, favorite kind of polish. I hoard flakies, even if they're dupes. And I have been traveling all over trying to find all of flakies from Finger Paints and have only found 3 of the 5. (So if anyone has Motley or Twisted I would be willing to buy them from you!!!). People are selling them for ridiculous prices on eBay...they're only $5 at Sally's Beauty. Stupid. Anyways, on to the polish.

Today I have NARS Zulu, which is a gorgeous dark green jelly. It's seriously so shiny without a top coat. I love it. I decided to do some layering with Finger Paints Flecked, which is green and blue flakies in a clear base. It brought Zulu to life. So pretty! Take a look:

First, Zulu all alone. Pretty! This was 3 coats.

This is 1 coat of Flecked over Zulu.

Here's a good shot of the duochrome flakies, they flash green and blue.

Look at that! The polish glows from within. So pretty.

This is in natural sunlight. 

So what do you think? Do you like the whole flakie trend? Personally, I don't think you can ever have enough. (:

CM