Nubar Night Sparkle

Hello lovelies!

I hope you're all enjoying your Sundays! Personally, I hate Sundays even more than Mondays. I'm always too busy being grumpy about having to work the next day to enjoy them. lol

Anyhow. Today's polish is one of the few Nubar polishes I own and so far my favourite.

Night Sparkle is a midnight blue jelly base with a ton of fine silver glitter in it. Isn't it stunning? The name is so fitting, in my opinion. It really reminds me of a star-strewn night sky, cosmos, supernovas...how could I not love this?!

I needed three coats for full opacity, which isn't too surprising for a jelly, even if it's a dark one. (Remember to wrap your tips with both polish and topcoat to avoid shrinkage!) I thought the formula was on the thin side, bordering on runny, but still manageable. Also, drying time seemed to be quite short.

One thing to watch out for: smurf nails! I did use a basecoat, but my nails were still quite stained. By now (two polish applications later) the blue is gone, though. :)

But here's the really awesome thing about this polish: it wears insanely well. I'm such a chaotic, clumsy idiot that polish usually chips in the first 24 hours on me, but this one didn't have any chips when I removed it after two days. Can you say awesome?

On a different note, I'm currently experimenting with nail shapes. Right now I'm sporting round nubbins (as seen above). I'm liking my nubbins these days, but maybe that's because I don't really have a choice. Work basically kills my nails every time. :( But it's been fun to see how different colours look on short nails! What do you guys think? Do the nubbins suit me or should I go back to long nails asap?

Holographic Pink Wednesday!

Hello lovelies.

Firstly, let me apologize for disappearing for a few days, but my allergies have been getting the better of me. Hopefully the new meds will take care of it. :) Also, this Pink Wednesday post is somewhat late, but I'm sure it's still Wednesday for at least a few hours somewhere in the world.

Today's polish is Nubar Prize which is a gorgeous berry pink holo. I really tried to capture the holo-ness, but it just wouldn't show up on camera. Take my word for it, this is crazy holo. I used three coats and a coat of Seche Vite which didn't dull the holo effect at all. I'm wondering if topcoat actually dulls the holo or if this is just something people keep reading and started to believe?

Anyhow. On to the pretty!

Even blurred, my camera doesn't really capture the holo. :( Still, it's a really beautiful polish. <3

That's it from me for today! I hope you're all doing well!

Edit: I just saw that I reached 51 followers in my absence and I just want to thank you guys for reading my blog. I'm still pleasantly surprised anyone's interested. :)

Swatches & Review: Nubar Indigo Illusion

Hello beauties!

I'm very, very tired today and the heat is really messing with my body so I'll let the pictures do most of the talking today.

This was my first time using Nubar and I am super impressed. I am craving Peacock Feathers, but this one's pretty freaking awesome too. <3

This is two coats of Indigo Illusion, plus topcoat. I hope I managed to capture most of the faces of this polish. The blue was shy, but you can sorta see it in the last pic. I hope. At any rate, this is one of the most gorgeous duo/multichromes I own. Totally love it. <3

Like I said, very tired. So that's it from me for today!