Showing posts with label almost black. Show all posts
Showing posts with label almost black. Show all posts

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Hits- Afterglow over Eyeko- Vamp Polish


I have an interesting layering combination composed of two international brands. This is Hits- Afterglow layered over Eyeko- Vamp Polish

Afterglow is a multi color-shifting glitter! It shifts from purple to pink to orange, and indoors you see primarily blue and purple.
Afterglow was very concentrated so I only needed one coat of it. It applied very evenly.

Here you can see some of the blue.

This was mesmerizing! 

I took this picture indoors without the flash, because it looks completely different in low lighting. 
Here is Eyeko- Vamp Polish before adding Afterglow. Vamp Polish is actually a very dark blue creme.  It looks black though. It had a great formula and applied in two even coats.

I hoped that capturing it with the flash, you'd be able to see the dark blue base, but it still looks black. My hands are so dry! This winter is brutal. Sadly, Eyeko has discontinued their nail polish. I just loved the cute little jars and the labeling! 

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Sephora by OPI- 212-SEPHORA


I wore Sephora by OPI- 212-SEPHORA. The name of this polish is actually the number to call the Sephora in Times Square. I thought that was interesting. This is a brilliant shade! It's a black jelly shimmer filled with flakies and prismatic glitter! I can't classify this polish as one finish alone because there's just so much going on.

In daylight you can see all of the different flakies in this. The formula on this was really good, but a little bit on the streaky side so this needed three coats to be opaque.

The flakies flash from orange to green and the smaller pieces of prismatic glitter flash all kinds of colors. Due to the orange flashes of the flakies, it gives the illusion that this polish is brown, when it fact it's just flakies in the black jelly base. This polish isn't a true black. I would consider it more of a charcoal.

An indoor shot with no flash most accurately captures this shade. It looks almost black in some lightings. This reminds me of a darker, more glittery and flakie-filled version of the newer OPI- My Private Jet.


Here is a picture indoors with the flash. You can see the prismatic glitter! I wanted this polish for such a long time because I was unable to find it at Sephora. I stumbled upon it in a blog sale a few months ago. Now I am seeing this shade at Sephora and it is also on the Sephora website.

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving! 

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Wet n Wild- Under Your Spell


Here I'm wearing Wet n Wild- Under Your Spell. This is in one of the older Megalast bottles and I found it in a clearance bin a couple months ago. It is a gorgeous dark vampy red that is almost black.
I was expecting this to look close to the bottle color on the nails, but it was much darker. It was pretty much red shimmer particles in a black base. The formula was pretty sheer and this needed three coats to be opaque.

This was super shiny, You can see how reflective it is! Unfortunately this developed some tipwear pretty quickly, so it didn't last very long for me.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Color Club Revvvolution

I recently purchased Color Club Revvvolution on eBay. I don't own many Color Club shades, but I heard that they have recently started carrying them at Sally's, so that may change. I love those dark prismatic colors. I own the new version of OPI's My Private Jet, but unfortunately I can't bring myself to shell out nearly $100 for a bottle of it on Ebay. Color Club Revvvolution fulfills that lemming (plus it didn't cost nearly as much!) This picture is with the flash.

Here it is without the flash. I love this color so much! I wish I could leave it on for longer, but it seems to be chipping fast. I wouldn't consider this color as a black, but almost a charcoal shade. I decided to label it as "almost black", since it isn't quite there yet.