Nubar 24K - From Design Nail Arts

From the same collection (Nubar Royal Gems Fall 2009) as the brown Tiger´s Eye and the blue Sapphire. Opposite the previous two, this is sheer in two coats already. But nice. It´s a yellow-gold shimmer with a few gold glitters. I have 2 coats with Essie Good To Go! top coat. In real life it doesn´t have so much orange undertone as you can see here, it´s really a yellow-gold, more yellow toned than Orly´s Glitz & Glamour.

Quickie- Reader Requests.

Did you guys know I will totally swatch stuff for you if I've got it?  Well, I will, and I won't even grumble about it within earshot of you.  I can also help you out with dupes, colors etc. Just email me.  Here are a few quick request swatches.

This is 3 generous coats.  DO. NOT. WANT.

3 coats. Blackened green shimmer.   I wish this wasn't so blue toned. I HATED it in the bottle but on my nails I like it better.

2 coats. This polish is GORGEOUS. It is a dupe for Orly Wild wisteria AND OPI Sapphire in the snow. I like the Orly the best. 

This is 2 coats.  This polish is killer.  It's a purplish pink to greenish grey duochrome and I love it! 

I am still terribly ill.  Truthfully as I'll as I've ever been.  SO DON'T GET ALL HUFFY ABOUT MY DINKY LITTLE POSTS.  I will be back to bombarding you with walls of text as soon as I can breathe without hacking up organs.

LOVE, MM

Say Whaaaaaat?

I got my first Illamasqua from a wonderful MUAer a few days ago.  It isn't just any Illamasqua.  It is THE Illamasqua, it is to me anyway.  I wanted this polish so badly I probably would have paid an E-bay scalper like $20 bucks for it.  Yeah. I know that's not a lot of money, because I'm BROKE fool.  Ok, not totally broke but I hate the idea of paying triple retail to some stooge on E-bay.

This is one of those rare as a hobbit, type polishes where I want it just as terribly for the name as I do for the color.  I felt so cool typing out the name while I was watermarking my photo. Propaganda...mmm I am a GANGSTA! Straight Up G from da hood yo.  Sippin' on Gin and Juice.  

Here it is in different lighting.  This is 2 coats.  Ahhhhhh, delicious U.K. exclusive polish.  I am such a jerk.  I LOVE getting polishes from other countries that you have to take drastic measures to acquire in the U.S. because I can be all, "na na na na na na, ha ha ha ha ha ha".

Here it is with matte tips.  Straight up playa pimp.  This polish is awesome yeah, but It did have some streakyness to it.  Nfu-oh 557 or 119 would be good alternatives.


In other totally unrealted news, Konad can SUCK IT.  I have completely given up on it.  I simply cannot move at the speed of light.  Not to mention I am pretty good at freehand nail art and I feel so much more bad ass doing it free hand.  So I went out and bought a huge set of awesome art brushes, which I shall use to create glorious nail art and torment and torture Konad with it until it begs for death.  Plus it just sounds WAY better to say, "I would rather do it freehand, I'm awesome" than it does to say, "I'm a looser that is too retarded to use a freaking STAMP that kids use all the time". 

 Still even more unrelated news.  St. Patricks Day is coming up folks. This may not be a big deal to you, but MY man is full blooded Irish. And I just have to do the most over the top, AWESOME, KILLER, SUPER COOL mani EVER.  I just have to!!!

 This is my first stab at it.  It's Nubar Forest with Zoya Envy tips and a white nail striper for the line.  I really like this but I can't use it for St. Patty's because I'm a dumb ass and I loved it so much I did a full mani of it and have been wearing it since yesterday.  Fail.

Thanks Tina!

Welp, the floodgates are open all thanks to Tinab123.  Why did you have to coerce me into trying Nubar Tina?  I violently refused your offer to swap me some Nubar, Tina, and you FORCED me to try it.  SHE FORCED ME, people.  You know I am a compulsive polish hoarder and I would become obsessed .  Until now I have successfully avoided trying Nubar so I could focus on collecting 10 or so other brands before I opened yet another floodgate.  Well that plan FAILED.  We will just throw that plan in the trash to keep all my other failed plans company. 

This is 2 coats of the glorious, habit forming Nubar Forest.  If there was a polish to addict you to a certain brand, this would be IT.  How perfect.  I absolutely adore this Tina.  Thank you so much for corrupting my fragile little comfort zone.  I love it!

I mean, so what if the transaction actually went more like this-

TINAB123: Hey, you wanna try some Nubar Manatee Mama?

MANATEEMAMA: Damn right, Tina!

That is totally irrelevant and how dare you bring that up at a time like this?