Nail Prisms: Golden Cinnabar 10

Nail Prism of the day is Golden Cinnabar 10. Golden Cinnabar reminds me a lot of Nubar Stardust. Golden Cinnabar is more vibrant and the colours seem more saturated.

Golden Cinnabar is duochrome that goes between golden tones to pink to brown tinged pink. At some angles the gold appears to have a green tinge to it. I used three coats, but this was not one of the runny watery Nail Prisms.

Golden Cinnabar 10

I wasn't sure I would Golden Cinnabar after seeing other peoples swatches on the net, but I actually really like it. It has this warmth to it. And just for comparison here's a picture of Nubar Stardust. This time Golden Cinnabar wins.

Nubar Stardust

Nubar Chameleons

Nick refers to my snazzy Nubar duochromes as chameleons and it's kinda stuck in my head.
These pics have been hanging out in my 'to do' folder far too long. I posted the first half of my Nubar Duochromes ages ago! You can check them out here if you want to :)

Dreamers Island

 Dreamers Island...not my favourite. Ok I actually really don't like this one, sure it's probably great for layering...but I wanted a pretty light purple duochrome...not something to layer. It's a very pretty pastel purple that shows off some pretty greens. I couldn't get the pic right, but I was feeling disillusioned with the polish. It's so sheer! This was four coats...4!

Moon Shadow

 Ohhh! Now this is a sexy duochrome. Dark eggplanty purple that shows off bronze, pinky purple and green tones? This one was three coats.

Indigo Illusion

 A more muted colour than I anticipated but a very pretty duochrome. I can see why it's so popular. Dusty blue that flashes green, pink and purple tones. My pictures don't do Indigo Illusion justice. Again three coats.

Wildlife

Wildlife is an odd colour. Olivey bright green with brownish red tones. Yes it does remind me of nature. I can't decide what habitat it reminds me of most...plains, forest, marsh... The tones it portrays are everywhere in our natural world. Again three coats.

Nail Prisms: Emerald Amethyst 05

Todays Nail Prism is Emerald Amethyst 05. Amethyst is one of those words I always want to spell wrong. I want to spell it Amythest. Luckily I know how to spell it, but it doesn't stop me almost spelling it wrong every time I type it.

Emerald Amethyst is a rather drab Nail Prism...or at least my version is. A dull greyed amethyst and more of an olivey green than an emerald. In saying that my pictures were taken on a rather cloudy day. I've been waiting patiently for some sunshine so I could get betters pictures...but the sunshine isn't coming back at the moment.

Emerald Amethyst 05

There's so much promise in the name...Emerald green and Amethyst purple. Emerald Amethyst conjures up a vision of a stunning vibrant green/purple duochrome...so I guess it was slightly disappointing. But it was almost a two coater, I did three because that's what I do. And I should appreciate the pretty duskiness and stunning duochrome that it does produce, but I own Nubar Purple Beach...and that wins hands down! I really need to get Emerald Amethyst in better lighting. Here's Nubar Purple Beach to compare. Although these pics are in better lighting so it's slightly unfair.

Nubar Purple Beach

Nubar Holo's Again

While the first part of the Nubar Prisms collection are smooth, yet not true linear holos, the second part of the collection are gritty scattered holos. A couple of the polishes have duo-chrome tendencies and one is rather frosty. It's something different though.

Prize is a red toned pink, or a pinkish red with a lot of holo glitter thrown into it. Prize works well and I quite like the effect.

Jewel is, I think, my favourite of the collection. Rich brown, with goldy shimmer and holo scatter.

Gem is an amazing colour. Mushroomy grey pink, and scattered holo.

Essence is a tad frosty and some of the holo gets lost. It's still a very pretty warm peach pink.

And just for good measure....Reclaim, a very pretty linear holo green from the Going Green Collection. Well...it shows Nubar knows how to make gorgeous linear holo's...they just decided not to?

Nubar Holo's

I love Holo's. So it's not surprising that I bought the complete collection of Nubar Holo's. I forget the name of the collection. I would google it to double check, but I'm incredibly tired from teaching today. I feel like a broken record and that I'm hitting a brick wall. So no commentary, enjoy the pics!

Absolute: Pretty but very sheer, this was three coats. I have crazy white tips though.

Treasure: again pretty but doesn't cover for me.

Brilliant: I want to love, it's so pretty and girly...but far to sheer for me.

Spark: Office appropriate Holo. Much better coverage than the other three.

Nubar Wedding Possibilities

Ever since we got engaged...2 whole months ago...I've been on the look out for the perfect wedding day polish.

We're getting married on July 22nd, the middle of our winter. But we're going to Rarotonga...sunshine!
So my hands will be pasty, but I need something summery...
For some reason getting the perfect nail polish is really important to me, even though I have no idea what I want!

I ordered some Nubars to test and they arrived a few days ago.

Blushing Bride, Pink Cami and Tulle

None of the polishes turned out how I thought they would, and I don't think they're my 'wedding polish'.

Pink Cami. 3 coats.

As you can see Pink Cami is very sheer. Very pretty, but very sheer. It's a very soft delicate pink with slight green shimmer. It might work better if I did a french manicure, but my nail tips are so long compared the rest of my nail I always feel a little weird about doing a french.

Blushing Bride. 2 coats.

Blushing Bride is such a pretty pearly, shimmey pink. It's too pink though! Well too pink for a wedding polish for me. That's not going to stop me wearing it when ever else I can. I really do like Blushing Bride, it's just not my wedding polish.

Tulle. 2 coats.

Tulle is a very pretty glitter. It'sslighty yellow based, so brings out the yellow in my nails when worn alone, but it is a stunning layering polish. Tulle is a very sweet fine glitter. Just like a sugar coating!