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Nubar - Nubar 2010

I wore this look for New Years! (During which I had a smashing time, might I add.) (Literally, smashing. Think broken doors.) (In the plural.)

The image is blurred to fully capture the various colours in this polish.

Here I've layered 1 coat of Nubar 2010 over a coat of black creme. (Some brandless one my mom purchased from the States; I'm sure I've mentioned this before.)

The resultant look is, as described by my mom's friend, a beetle's back. The multi-coloured flakies reflect mostly green, yellow, orange and red from various angles. In dull lighting they appear mostly fiery orange. This differs from the ones in Clairvoyant; Clairvoyant contains blue-coloured flakies as well.

I love Nubar 2010 because it keeps me staring at my nails so much haha I just can't take my eyes off of it! I can't say I love this as much as I love Clairvoyant... but it does come a close second.

Everything was great, actually. Dry time was excellent. I love that it has a clear base! However it doesn't dry very glossy. I always need to fall back on Seche Vite for that...

The flakies aren't as concentrated as those in Clairvoyant but they do provide sufficient coverage. I've tried layering two coats of Nubar 2010 and it's honestly too much. The scattered flakies allow some of the black base to show up around the individual flakes, which creates a very random (artsy, really) and unique look - you can't ''mess up'' the look. Not really.

I'd wanted to mention how it was difficult to get an even coverage of the flakies all over the nail, but I do realise that it's difficult to do that and it kills the whole spirit of random patterning. Guess free-spiritedness is something that a lot of people need to learn. Especially for Singaporeans, we're all so uptight and stressed. In general, I suppose.

Anyways, I hope everyone has a good 2012! Speaking of which, makes it clearly ironic that I've used Nubar 2010... (I need to stop living in the past.)

x, Ish

emotionally absent

Orly - Fowl Play

Rough week. Rougher than all the previous ones.

I've actually used OPI's Russian Navy (Suede), OPI's Designer... de Better and Nubar's Iris Dust the past 3 days but I've been so bummed recently to snap pictures, so here's a guest post from one of my best friends from secondary school, Brittany.

I did her nails a couple of days back (she loves it so much she refuses to take it off) and I just grabbed a few pics to admire my handiwork, hehe.

Just look at the flecks. And the glitters. And the violet jelly base that creates that deep, embedded look. It's amazing.

I think I can let this purple peacock shine for itself. Pity that other than Nite Owl and Fowl Play, the rest of Orly's Birds of a Feather Collection was such a disappointment. To me at least! And to most other nail fanatics as well. I just know that Fowl Play's so overwhelmingly popular I'm so glad I grabbed it like a good month back.

Anyways, prom's tomorrow and I'll be wearing something from the new China Glaze Eye Candy 3D Glitters Collection. I'll promise I'll snap a pic.

Here are Brit's thumbs also coated with Northern Lights Hologram Top Coat.

I've actually noticed minor frosting at the the tips of my fingers with other polishes, though not as obvious as how it looked like with the NL topcoat! I wonder what the problem is, I really need to investigate.

Maybe I just need to trim my claws :-( I don't want to!

x, Ish.