Layering With Zoya Zuza & The Painted Nail By Nubar OMG Gorgeous

Just a quick post with a pretty layered manicure. Zoya Zuza layered with one coat of The Painted Nail by Nubar OMG Gorgeous & topped off with a coat of ManGlaze Matte-astrophe. I love matte glitter!

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April

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Nubar - Reclaim

Good morning! Yes, I failed to post again yesterday after promising green polish spam. I'm pretty sure I ended up with a second cold because I'm sick all over again!

I'll show you some holo today to hopefully win back your love!

Nubar - Reclaim
Reclaim is a grass green linear holo polish which is still readily available on Nubar's website or on eBay.
It's quite a nice color but I'm not totally impressed.

Formula is decent, and it's nice to have available holos, but I just didn't love it on me the way I loved it in other people's photos. I think I'll put this one in my "swap pile."

I've got a paper due this week so I might go on the missing list again. Forgive me!

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!

Hey guys!!!! Whew, I've been so busy today getting ready for our neighborhood St. Patrick's Day party. I did manage to make time to get pics of my mani and post, whoo hoo! This will be short though sorry, because I have to wake Jack up and go run more errands.

Hope you guys have a great day and night!!!

I started with Nubar Reclaim for the base of my St. Patty Day mani

I then used Claire's 14 Karats gold polish and my Bundle Monster plate BM19 for the polka dots.

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OPI Pink Shatter, Two Looks

I still love crackle polishes & I probably always will. I rarely keep my nails the same for more than 3 days in a row, but occasionally I just don't have time to completely start fresh. If my nails are looking chipped or have tip wear & I'm in a rush, I always reach for a crackle. They dry quickly, are virtually foolproof, & easily cover any wear that I want to hide.

That being said, OPI Pink Shatter didn't win me over on my first try when paired with The Painted Nail by Nubar OMG Gorgeous. It dried matte & just seemed kind of weak & washed out. The formula was fine but very sheer for a crackle.

I wanted to give it another try before I gave up on it & I'm so glad I did. I layered it over Maybelline New Year's Blues with almost no expectations. The results were quite amazing. I think this combination would be a good start for some galaxy nails which I still haven't successfully done yet.

 

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April

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Lynnderella - Love Potion No. 99..... Again

Hey guys! I told you in my last post that I would be posting about this polish again, and I am true to my word!
I had to post about it again because this time I layered it over the best polish you could possibly layer this over.
It's a perfect match. I'll show you the underwear first:

Nubar - Violet Sparkle
This is pure purple glitter. As purple as purple gets. Hard to photograph correctly but I think I got it!

This is three coats for full coverage. This needs several coats of topcoat to be smooth because it keeps soaking up the topcoat!

I wore this alone for a few days and I liked it, but it wasn't amazing. I didn't know what to do over it.
First I did some stamping but that didn't turn out nice. And then I spotted my Lynnderella... And realized that they were a perfect match!

Please enlarge that photo. You need to. (And I'm really sorry for the awful cuticles - I was taking photos in sunlight (because we actually HAD some) and didn't realize that it showed how terrible my cuticles were!)

OMG. That's all I have to say.

I took more photos on the second day of wear so some of these photos have slight tipwear.
I wanted to get more sunlight pictures because my first ones didn't please me because of the dry skin, but the sun disappeared again. Of course! So I'm showing you a combination of artificial and sunlight photos.

I can't handle this! I love it so much I made myself some matching earrings and a ring.

It's a purple glitter party.
Are you loving this as much as I am?!

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China Glaze Ruby Pumps + Nubar Fire Sparkle + RA-110

December 09, 2011

I started with two coats of China Glaze Ruby Pumps with one coat of top coat.

The next day, I added one coat of Nubar Fire Sparkle!!!! 

I got my idea for a peppermint nail design from Ashley over at Smashley Sparkles!!!! 

I stamped on a peppermint nail tip with Kleancolor White and Red Angel Stamping Plate RA-110. Then I added one coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust and one coat of top coat!

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CND Midnight Sapphire + CND Sheer 24k Sparkle + Nubar Night Sparkle

November 13, 2011

This is two coats of CND Midnight Sapphire, a rich navy blue creme polish, with no top coat. Simply amazing! Just look at that shine! This polish is featured in the CND The Look Fall/Winter 2011 box. 

Then I added two coats of Nubar Night Sparkle and two THICK coats of China Glaze Fast Dry Top Coat. Doesn't this polish look amazing?

P.S. this polish eats top coat. If I had any gelous, I would have used that instead. 

And if that wasn't enough layers, I decided to add more. I added two coats (but I think I should have only added one coat) of CND Sheer 24k Sparkle, a gold flakie top coat. This polish was also featured in the CND The Look Fall/Winter 2011 box. It was hard for me to photograph this polish for some reason.

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Nubar Reclaim

November 10, 2011

This is two coats of Nubar Reclaim with no top coat. Such a beauty! I didn't even dare ruin it with stamping or layering!

 Short post today. =)

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The Painted Nail By Nubar OMG Gorgeous

I won The Painted Nail by Nubar's OMG Gorgeous from Rin's Nail Files. Another great example of why I love giveaways! I would never pickup this polish for myself; I just don't think of myself as a glitter fan. OMG Gorgeous is a great polish though & I'm glad I have it.
 
Pictured is 3 easily applied coats. Bright purple round glitter in a clear base. I took lots of pictures in full sunlight & the shade. Pretty polish!

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April

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