Showing posts with label NUBAR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NUBAR. Show all posts

Monday, 18 July 2011

THE NAIL FILES SHOW & SWATCHES

I'm sure most of you have heard about the TV Guide Networks new show, Nail Files. It follows Katie Cazorla and her unpredictable life as a blonde bombshell business owner of the nail salon The Painted Nail.

When I first heard about this show I was excited, a show about a nail polish salon, I'm IN! Then I realized I didn't have TV Guide Network and was a little bummed. So when the show premiered I asked around on facebook for other nail polish bloggers thoughts. Most really seemed to like it. I did however, catch about a 2 minute clip of the show and I have to say, I was turned off.

Since then I have watched the first full episode and I have to say my opinion changed. The show was actually cute and even funny in some parts. I found myself laughing a couple of times during the episode. Katie is one of those people that seems like she stays in hyper over drive though.

Below I have two nail polishes from The Painted Nail. The polishes are made by Nubar, so you know the quality is good. Since she has several celebs that come to her salon, she will sometimes ask them to name a polish for her, which I think is pretty awesome. On the website, it will usually say if a celeb named a certain polish. The polishes are a bit more expensive than Nubars, at $12.50 each. They can be purchased HERE.


SILVER SCREENED
Named by Hilary and Haylie Duff
This polish is a sheer, light pink sugary color. It looked frosty in the bottle, but didn't come out frosty on the nail. It gave my nails a nice, clean sugar glazed look. This is three coats though, so the color isn't buildable at all.









KATIE SPARKLES
I assume named after Katie Cazorla. I really liked this one, go figure! This is a round silver glitter in a clear base polish. The silver is super sparkly. I am wearing three coats for the swatches. While you can see it doesn't completely cover the nail, it is so sparkly though you can't tell.










Friday, 10 June 2011

NOTD - NUBAR HYACINTH SPARKLE

How pretty is this? This is a light purple super blinged out polish! Hyacinth Sparkle is from Nubar's Sparkles Collection that came out last year. It has been my favorite collection from Nubar - glitters done how glitters should be done.

Not that it really needed, but for extra bling I added a top coat of Color Club Starry. Starry just gives it that really subtle almost diamond like sparkle, with flashes of green and blue glinting off of this beauty.

I might need to make me some t-shirts that warn people from looking directly at my nails in full sunlight :)









***EDIT***

I just had to add a video of this baby sparkling out in the sun :)

Monday, 21 March 2011

CRACKED EASTER EGGS

I'm calling it cracked Easter eggs because the base colors I used are all pastel and Eastery looking :) I used the pastels from Nubar's new spring collection and then applied a layer of China Glaze crackle glaze in Cracked Concrete.

This was the last mani I did on Saturday and it is still holding up well. No chips or anything.










Friday, 11 March 2011

NUBAR - SPRING GARDEN w/ DEW DROP TOP COAT

Now for the exciting swatches from Nubar's Spring Garden collection - the colors topped with Dew Drop! I have to admit, looking at Dew Drop in the bottle, I wasn't that impressed. However as soon as I started applying it to my nails I fell in love. I think it totally looks like the grass you use in Easter baskets! Dew Drop complimented each and everyone of these colors really well and made a good color look great!


PINK LILY






EARTHEN






BABY SPROUT







BLUE HYDRANGEA







WHITE PEONY






YELLOW PRIMROSE






PURPLE ASTER






HONEYSUCKLE