NOTD - Matte about Carribean Blue
Written by Elisabeth on August 10, 2009 – 16:01 -
A couple of days ago I got Essie’s matte topcoat Matte about you in the mail. For a starters the name is adorable, but the best part is that this matte topcoat rocks! Today is the third day of wear (the forth day for the polish I mattified) and it’s just some slight tip wear. The finish is now more satiny, but still in the matte family and I have used lots of lotion and spent the better part of yesterday in the kitchen with some greasy abura age.
In the picture you can see how nice and matte Matte about you made my China Glaze Carribean Blue. It reminded me of those blue chalcs I used to draw on the pavement with when I was a kid.
Matte about you is the best matte top coat I have tried, and I love it! I highly doubt I’ll be sporting very many shiny manicures for the next few weeks; with a slight exception of a trip to Iceland (and I still haven’t decided on a mani for Iceland yet - it must be easy to combine with everything, yet be chic and cool as that is the only way to be in Reykjavik: Cool.). Also - at the first day of my new job (which is just two weeks away now) I’ll probably wear very traditional and more professional looking nails - I have to ease them into my nail polish obsession!
Tags: china glaze, essie, manicure, matte
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NOTD - Nfu-oh 54 - Matte version
Written by Elisabeth on July 8, 2009 – 16:46 -
A couple of days ago I tested my flakie polish nfu-oh 53 on top of a black base. The nfu-flakies are so beautiful and change all the time depending on how the light hits. Yesterday I put on some Orly Matte Top, a top coat designed to give polishes a matte satiny effect.
I must say the effect was most satisfactory, and I actually preferred it to the original with a coat of Seche Vite. The matte finish made my nails look like exotic rocks with shiny bits deep inside. Also the blue base became much more apparent.
For this picture I put a droplet of water on my finger to show more or less accurately the matte vs the shiny effect.
Tags: manicure, matte, Nail polish, nfu-oh
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