franken polish: out of time by shine eye

i love making my franken polish concoctions. as i already said, i usually just have some empty polish bottless that i fill with the last droplets of other polishes. i already made a few of those (you saw she's thunderstorms) and i am loving all of them. out of time (inspired by a blur song, link at the bottom) is actually one of my favourites!

out of time is a purple-eggplant kind of shade filled with silver shimmer and lighter purple hex glitter. i love how it looks in shade, as the glitter is more pronounced. therefore, a bit more photos than usual, but what can i do, i am in love!

sun:

barry m neptune sea (magnetic effects)

after showing moon dust, it's time to present neptune sea, my other barry m polish from their magnetic effects collection.

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i loved moon dust, but i had "problems" with neptune sea. although with it being mostly silver (as you can see from the polish on its own, without using the magnet), magnetic particles are actually blue glittery particles. it took me a lot of wears until i realized that i don't like it with the magnet that it comes with, this weird star-like pattern. i feel like it somehow difuses the effects, and you are left with the feeling that something is missing, that either magnet is not good or that the polish itself is not behaving well.

illamasqua kink (the theatre of the nameless)

my urge to show something green was fulfilled with kink from illamasqua's theatre of the nameless collection back in 2011.

i got kink and taint on a blog sale, otherwise, i'm not sure that they would catch my eye. this collection features polishes with an interesting, rubbery finish.

kink's colour is dark, winter green with some blue undertones. the formula is interesting, it's not streaky but the drying time could be better (or maybe i'm just too used to using fast drying top coats). i find this finish to be really interesting, somehow leather looking.

natural light:

opi turn on the northern lights (island)

it's been a while since i bought an opi polish, but i knew i had to have turn on the northern lights from their last year's island collection.

opi describes it as "straight from the midnight sky, this deep purple sets the stage for an unforgettable show". i call it HOLLY COW! this polish is pure awesomeness!

it is a dark blue, filled with this absolutely spectactular "lit from within" shimmer that closely resembles the elusive "unicorn pee" pigment. the shimmer makes the base colour look more blurple/indigo even though it isn't.

formula is also good, it flows easily, and it has this crelly look that opi pulls off so well. i also keep forgeting that opi has one of my favourite brushes, so this is another plus. anyhow, if you still don't have your bottle, run for it!

ysl feuille d'or (spicy)

i have been away for a while, do to work travels, and i make my return with some bling! i am showing one classy topper, ysl feuille d'or. i love the ysl collection, spicy, that it was a part of. it seems like it was only yesterday when it appeared, and i just now realized it was back in 2014!

i think the name matches the polish beautifully, as it really looks like having golden leaves on your nails. it is a topper that looks good over any shade, which i hope to show here in time.

ysl feuille d'or over ysl sepia 7e art

dance legend nickel (sahara crystal)

it's time for another dance legend beauty. nickel was my choice from the sahara crystal collection.

sahara crystal is a collection of highly sparkly textured polishes. i found nickel to be the most interesting shade.

it really is strange. the shade is kind of a cold baby blue, with white gold/silvery sparkle. it looks like it just jumped out of frozen!

even though it truly is a textured one, it is not as rough as you would expect. it truly is an unique polish and i love it.

natural light:

opi get your number (mariah carey)

yup, i am still on the texture finish bandwagon. this one is an oldie, get your number from opi's limited mariah carey colection back in 2013. i already showed can't let go from the same collection.

can't let go is a light blue jelly-like base fileld with various glitter. it dries gritty, with some holo bling as well.i wore it over picture polish alice, as i have only a mini bottle and used up pretty much all of it.

natural light:

fun lacquer seductive marmalade (summer 2015)

i love fun lacquer polishes, they just look so rich and special. today i am going with seductive marmalade from summer 2015 collection.

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it is described as  a juicy orange-red holographic polish with different sizes of micro gold holographic glitters throughout! and it sure is juicy, no doubt about that.

formula is decent and it dries smoothly, of course, with some help of my top coat.

natural light:

illamasqua mottle (i'mperfection)

when illamasqua  arrived to slovenia,  the i'mperfection collection was the first one available so i had to get one. my favourites were mottle and fragile, i finally decided on latter but it was sold out so i took the last mottle!

this collection was inspired by birds' eggs. i love this polish, it really holds a special place in my collection. the base is pastel, almost mint green creme, with black glitter in various shapes (round and hex) and sizes. i love this speckled effect, but also the depth of the base colour.

even though it's glittery polish, the formula was superb, no problems with applications, i really have nothing to complain about, so on to the pictures!

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topper: essence cool breeze (special effect topper)

i had my obsession with essence toppers, so it's no surprise that i own cool breeze!

cool breeze consists of flakies suspended in clear base, and the majority is hexagonal, with additional smaller hexagons. i really love the effect this polish gives, i can't stop looking at my nails. the flakies transform from turquoise to even purple, while the smaller ones usually look loke gold particles. the formula was surprisingly good, maybe a bit thick but really easy to work with.

it goes best over dark shades, because of the contrast and reflection, but i used it over variety of polishes.