Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Flakie Love

Hi all!

Who doesn't love flakies?  They completely transform the look of a manicure, AND removal is pain free.  The other day I was browsing one of our local drug stores and stumbled upon a full display of Layla Ceramic Effect polishes at a pretty average price, so I picked up this gorgeous purple flakie polish.  I may have to go back and get a couple more :D

  
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To create this look I started by using Gosh Deep Purple as my base, with an accent of the gorgeous Revlon Royal.  Then I added one coat of this Layla Ceramic Effect polish (whose name I can't find?), on top of Deep Purple, and Finger Paints Motley over Royal.  I really loved this look!  My only regret was using such a dark base for the Layla flakies, it masked the pretty purple base and basically made it look like the regular orange-to-green flakies.



Here's a bonus photo showing the colour shift of the flakies.  And if you look closely you can see my kitty's reflection in the window (right above my pinky).. if it were up to him he'd photo bomb every single one of my pictures lol.

Hope you're all having a fabulous Tuesday, and don't forget to go vote for your favourite manicure over at the Nail Polish Canada nail art challenge!

7 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! I wasn't into flakies for the longest time, and then all of a sudden I'm into them like crazy!

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    1. Well that's good to hear, they're so much fun :)

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  2. This is so pretty! It's like Fantasy Fire with flakies. I saw this display last weekend in my Ulta and restrained myself, for the time being, lol. I think they're numbered? But then there are two numbers on each bottle, I think... What did you think of the green glitter? I'm pretty sure I need that one, too :)

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    1. LOL the green one has been on my mind EVER since I bought this one! It looks so squishy and gorgeously sparkly! This flakie alone though IS JUST like FF but with flakies. The purple base is stunning.

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  3. THIS IS SO PRETTY! I need something like this in my life RIGHT NOW! Also I need your kitty in my life too, what a cute photobomber! :p

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  4. Gorgeous flakies! I love them both :D
    Aww haha kitty photo bomb! Love it! lol

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  5. LOL, KITTY!!

    I love how this looks on top of Revlon-Royal (still cannot find this polish!) as it totally changes the look of the polish, but you can still see brightness of the blue.

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