Nubar Peacock Feathers

Wow...I can't believe it's Monday...how come the weekends seem so short?  DH did good for my birthday...definitely took care of me.  He also got me some Nicole by OPI polishes that I'll have to swatch for you all.  What a good boy!  :)

Peacock Feathers was a long time lemming of mine that I finally fulfilled during the recent Nubar sale.  It's actually the first Nubar I've ever tried!  It did not disappoint either!!!

Peacock Feathers is a purple-based duochrome.  I've always heard that no one does duochrome like Nubar...I believe it too!  I really wished my pictures properly captured the awesomeness that is this polish!  I tried so hard to capture the green flashes, but I don't think I did a good enough job.

This is 3 coats.  This is the polish that I wore during my Zoya Color Lock wear test, so I know that the wear was pretty decent as well.

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Orly Cosmic FX

I know that this collection has been posted everywhere at this point, but I still wanted to post it as well.  I debated whether or not to get this set for awhile.  I heard about dupes and whatnot, but I also knew that I only had a couple of the "dupes".   Speaking of dupes, there have been plenty of blog posts dealing with comparisons.  Scrangie and Magic Maid both had great posts, and I'm sure there are plenty more out there.

There colors are so complex and I'm not sure my pictures really do them justice!  Orly touts this collection as being infused with crystals, which is where the multi-dimensional shimmer comes from. 

It's Not Rocket Science

 It's Not Rocket Science is a mossy green infused with gold and green particles.  I've seen some blogs comparing this to China Glaze Zombie Fest from the the Awakening collection. I honestly haven't swatched it yet, so I can't comment on that.   I really like this color...it's a little odd initially, but it grew on me. 

Halley's Comet

I wish my pictures did this justice.  I couldn't seem to capture the gold/green shimmer in it.  From what I'm gathering around the blogger-verse, Halley's Comet is the most disappointing of this collection just because we've seen this color from a couple of different brands.  It's pretty much a dead on dupe for OPI Catch Me In Your Net (which I don't have) and REALLY close to Zoya Charla (which I do have).  If you want me to do a side by side comparison of Halley's Comet and Charla, let me know!

Out of This World

Out of This World is a dark purple with a green/gold flash of shimmer.  It's really pretty, but I guess it's comparable with Zoya Julianne, which I don't have yet.  Styrch has a great picture showing them together. 

Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse is a vibrant blue with a pink/purple duochrome flash to it.  It's definitely a "me" color!  I've seen some talk about it being pretty dupe-ish to Sally Hansen Laser.  I'm looking at the two bottles side by side right now, and I think Lunar Eclipse looks a *bit* darker in the bottle...DH agrees and he's a guy!  I also think the particles are a bit bigger in Laser.  If you'd like me to do a side by side of these two, please let me know!

Galaxy Girl

I LOOOOOVE this polish.  It's my second favorite.  It's so complex and interesting.  The base color is a red/purple with a purple and turquoise shimmer.  It's so neat looking and I couldn't stop looking at it.

Space Cadet

First of all, excuse the ink mark on my pinky.  I took this picture after our first day back at school!  I definitely think that Space Cadet is the star here.  It totally embodies the duochrome properties that this collection boasts.  It flashes between pink to purple to green.  People comment that they think I'm wearing a couple different colors because my nails look different every time they see me.  Love it!  I think my pictures do a pretty good job at capturing the duochrome...I'm actually pretty proud of these images...lol!

Well, that's my take on the Cosmic FX collection.  All in all, I'm not dissappointed at all in it and I'm really glad I got it.  If you have the dupes you'd have to evaluate what you want to do, but I'm a collector and pretty much had to get it!

Have a great Wednesday, and don't forget to enter my Happy Birthday to ME Giveaway...You only have a week left!

Sally Hansen Laser

This past spring Sally Hansen released 8 more shades into their HD collection.  Laser was part of that release.  This color SCREAMS me.  It's blue, glittery and duochrome!  I wore this polish as a mani for about a week, and had such a hard time NOT looking at my nails!

Laser has a dark blue base, with glitter that gives flashes of purple.  In the right light it looks more purple than blue.  If you click on the images you can see a bit more detail.  I think I picked up the flashes of purple, although I wish you could see it more.  In my pictures you can only see it in the bottle, but in real life it's very evident on the nail as well. 

I needed 4 coats to get even coverage.  The polishes released in this collection are sheer, but buildable colors.  If you are into layering (I'm really not) then you'll love these! 

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Zoya Laney

The fair is doing well and amazingly I'm awake enough for a post!  I'm not getting in until 10:30 pm every night , don't get to bed until about 11:30 and the kids don't let me sleep in past 7 am.  Not good, as I need a decent amount of sleep to function.  It's only for the week though, so I'll manage!

I received Zoya Laney during this year's Zoya polish exchange.  It's another polish from this spring Reverie collection, like my previously posted Adina. 

Laney is a silver based duochrome.  You can see a little flash of green on my nails in the above image (click to see a bigger pic), and in the bottle there is also a slight flash of pink.  I did see the duochrome on my nails, but it just didn't translate into an image well. 

While the duochrome isn't as strong in this as in Adina, it's still pretty cool looking.  As you can see in my image, the polish is susceptible to brush strokes, so be careful there.  Obviously I had shaky hands putting this on (look at my middle fingernail!).  I used 3 coats...it was pretty streaky, so it was needed...I highly recommend it though!

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Zoya Adina

Hey everyone!  I wanted to post one of the polishes I received in the Zoya Polish exchange this year.  I got 12 polishes this time.  I love that Zoya does this every year.  It forces me to go through and purge polishes that I don't love as much as I thought I would. 
Zoya Adina is part of the Reverie collection released this past spring.  The entire collection consists of duochrome colors.  Zoya describes them as having an "oil slick" effect.  Definitely true.

Here you can see the green flash of duochrome.  I wish it translated into my pictures more because it really is quite fascinating!  Such a cool polish!!!

Did any of you participate in the exchange?  What did you get? 

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NOTW - Nicole Boys'N Berry

Hello! I haven't posted in a little while. I started back to work this week, and it's all been a blur. Once we get home the craziness doesn't stop. It seems like I hardly get to sit down except when I feed the baby. I wanted to post earlier, but even my Saturday's are a little hectic in the mornings - it's my time for my bellydance classes...that's right, bellydance. It's fun, and I'm really trying to get into better shape. Hopefully it'll help!

Anyways, this week I pulled out a Nicole by OPI polish. I really love this brand. This is an older color, although I think they re-released it. This is obviously an older bottle, it was a little thick to apply. It'll definately need some thinner the next time I use it. The color is nice, although I think I like it better in the bottle than on me. The bottle has a bit of a duochrome cast that unfortunately didn't show up on my nails. Let me know what you think!
























This angle shows the duochrome that I was talking about:






















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