Review: Maybelline Color Show Duochromes!

So I have a problem whereby I buy a lot of nail polish. Not that much and it helps me stop buying other things I don't need, but enough. What it does mean though is that I have a lot just sitting around that I then feel I have to integrate into some horribly complicated design. I never just WEAR a single colour. Last night though I decided that I might just have to swatch a few polishes as they're really pretty and need to be seen. So, let's take a look at some new Maybelline duochromes I found in Rexall on sale the other day. SO MANY PICTURES INCOMING.

First up, Maybelline Color Show Boho Gold, a gold-green duochrome much like Chanel Peridot, OPI Just Spotted the Lizard, etc, etc. I have a bunch like this but never get around to actually using them - I really should do a comparison. Anyway, this polish is absolutely gorgeous, so shiny and metallic. I'd have liked it to colour shift a bit more but it's so shiny I'll let it off. Application was decent, this is three coats with no top coat.

Next, Maybelline Color Show Avante Green, a gold-green-blue duochrome. This one is just as shiny and metallic as Boho Gold but it's green so... I'm just not that big a fan of green. It's really pretty though! Same application as the first polish, three coats is best to make sure it's all even.

Finally, the most unique polish I think I have in my entire collection: Downtown Brown. Not only is it brown, which in and of itself is pretty under-represented in my collection, but it's a brown to blue duochrome! It's so weird to look at. Other than saying it's a duochrome, you can't describe the colour. It just doesn't exist anywhere else. And that's a win (bingo!) in my book. Application is the same as the other two, three coats is best to get it nice and even.

The Verdict: As none of the stores near me seem to want to stock the China Glaze Bohemian collection, this will do in the mean time. The polishes are well priced and super shiny and metallic. Given that they were $3.99 each, you can't go wrong.

Review: Sephora X Outburst

As you can imagine, I was pretty excited when the new Sephora X polishes came out. Not only were there a million of them, but I could go see them in person, circling the huge stand and singling out my prey. I'm not the most happy that the good ones are FIFTEEN dollars each but what am I going to do, not buy any?? That's silly. I have few now but my favourite so far as to be the incredibly Outburst. LOOK AT IT:

All the ILNP Ultrachromes! Like Shiny Beetles!

Guess what guys, it's not glitter today! Instead, I have the incredibly amazing ILNP Ultrachrome polishes to show you! I saw a picture of these on the ILNP site and gasped out loud when I saw the colour shift. I totally didn't sit for an hour at work, refreshing the page when the preorders went up. That would be silly. I was so excited when they arrived as they looked as amazing in the bottle as they did on the site. I swatched each polish over black, took the photos, but no matter what I tried, I couldn't get the finish to a place where I was satisfied. I'm sure it's something about the way I was applying it, but there would be little bumps or inconsistencies in the finish and it was annoying. So I didn't post them. I gave them another shot in a taped mani and YES THIS IS BETTER LOOK:

Pink Mega-Sparkly Nails!

It's hardly a secret how much I love sparklies. If it were at all practical, I would make my middle name Sparkly. Laura Sparkly Tucker. That does have a nice ring to it. Anyway, this adoration of all the sparklies means just about my favourite thing ever is dazzle glitter . It's like a bunch of tiny pieces of glitter were smushed together into a larger piece. And oh, so sparklies. I've done red and silver manis using this glitter before so that's the perfect excuse to use the pink. That makes sense, right?

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