Nubar "Iced Licorice"

Well, I survived another Monday! It wasn't nearly as crazy as I had expected. Tomorrow's going to be a busy day, but hopefully that will make the day go by a little faster. I haven't looked forward to the weekend as much as I do now! My mom and I are driving to Chicago on Saturday morning to see a Cards/Cubs game (I'm from and currently live in St. Louis, so these are always great games to catch). A vendor of ours at work gave me 2 suite tickets and is putting us up in a hotel Saturday night. So, it'll be a very mini vacation! Looking forward to it! Go Cards!!!!!!!


Okay, back to the review...


I wanted to show all of you another one of the swaps I got recently, Nubar's "Iced Licorice". Nubar describes it as a glitter polish, but to me, it seems more like a shimmer. Here's a bottle picture from the website www.bynubar.com.

I really hate to say this about yet another Nubar polish, but I wasn't a big fan of this color, either. I really don't know what I was expecting out of either "Stardust" or "Iced Licorice", but when I saw both of them on my nails, I was feeling pretty "eh" about them. I didn't hate either of the colors, I just wasn't impressed. Sorry to say, "Iced Licorice" will be going in my swap/blog sale pile along with it's sister, "Stardust".

I do have to give credit where credit is due, though. Both "Stardust" and "Iced Licorice" applied really well. The formula was nice. It wasn't too thin, but wasn't too thick, either. And I really do like the brush handle and brush itself. Both made application a breeze.

Application:

OPI Chip Skip

2 coats OPI Nail Envy, Soft & Thin Formula

2 coats of Nubar's "Iced Licorice"

1 coat of China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat

Pictures taken outdoors, in direct sunlight:

Indoors with artificial light:

Pictures taken indoor using flash:

Enjoy the rest of your week, everyone! 

Katie

Nubar "Stardust"

Happy Sunday, everyone!


We're supposed to have a high of 83* today! Relief! For the past month or so, we've had temps in the high 90's, even in the 100's! I'm opening the windows and screen doors today and am going to enjoy this to the fullest!


And later this afternoon, my mom and I have a date to go see "The Help". I've never read the book, but I've heard rave reviews about it and the movie. 


Today I wanted to show you all a recent purchase of mine from a blog sale. I bought 5 polishes all together: 2 Nubars ("Stardust" and "Iced Licorice"), 2 Nfu-Oh's (50 and 51) and 1 black label OPI ("It's Now or Never"). It's always fun to get polishes that are HTF or hard to get locally. Plus, who doesn't love some good 'ole NAIL MAIL?!


The first polish I decided to try was Nubar's "Stardust". In the bottle it almost looks coppery-orangey-taupey. Click here to see a picture of the polish on the Nubar store website. But on the nail, it's almost pinkish-coral. It's a pretty color, but I doubt I'll be wearing it again. Instead, I think it will end up going in the swap/blog sale pile.


Other than the color not being quite to my liking, the application was great! I liked the brush handle and shape; it was really easy to work with. And the brush it self was perfect and made application a breeze. Although I didn't care for the color, that won't keep me from purchasing other Nubar's in the future.


Application:
OPI Chip Skip
2 coats OPI Nail Envy, Soft & Thin Formula
2 coats of Nubar "Stardust"
1 coat of China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat




The first and last pictures below were taken indoors, under artificial light. The middle two pictures were taken outside, in direct sunlight.

What are your thoughts on Nubar polish? If you own Nubar polish, what is your favorite shade? 


Enjoy the rest of your weekend!


Katie

China Glaze - "Midtown Magic" - Flakie-fied AND Matte-i-fied!

Just for fun, I decided to add a coat of Nubar 2010 to my China Glaze "Midtown Magic" manicure (man, say THAT 10x fast!). 

And as if that wasn't enough, I added a coat of China Glaze Matte Magic!