Cult Nails Seduction vs Unicorn Puke (aka Clairvoyant) Comparison Swatches

This will be short and sweet. Took some quick photos of Cult Nails Seduction and Unicorn Puke compared.

The jelly base of Seduction might be a bit more red purple than Clairvoyant which is a blue-purple. Clairvoyant appears to have more green flakes and the gold/orange flakes are more gold than in Seduction.

Over Zoya Carly, the differences are quite noticeable but over black, they're REALLY REALLY close.

You be the judge.

Cult Nails Seduction vs Unicorn Puke/Clairvoyant

Cult Nails Seduction vs Unicorn Puke/Clairvoyant

Cult Nails Seduction vs Unicorn Puke/Clairvoyant

Cult Nails Seduction vs Unicorn Puke/Clairvoyant

Seduction is available right now as a limited edition. Clairvoyant is already discontinued. So for those of you who missed out, I do think this is a great substitute.



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Picture Polish Festival Flaky Top Coat Swatches and Review

Festival is a brand new offering from Picture Polish and it's a flaky top coat! And I think flaky fans are going to love it!

Festival is multi-colored flakies in a clear base - blue, green, red, orange, gold...and the flakies are all different sizes.

Picture Polish Festival

I layered it right over Chanel April, which I was wearing when it arrived. I had no application problems, but I did need two coats as the flaky particles are a little more sparse than most flakies I've tried.

Please excuse the tip wear - I've had Chanel April on for about 12 hours and already either have significant tip wear or the Seche Vite top coat I used caused shrinkage. Although, I haven't had Seche Shrinkage with Chanel before.

Picture Polish Festival - one coat

Picture Polish Festival - two coats

Picture Polish Festival - two coats

Picture Polish is an Australian-based company and this polish is available on their website (yes they do ship internationally) or from Leah Ann at Llarowe. I haven't ordered directly from Picture Polish, but I can vouch for llarowe - fantastic customer service!

Here's a photo of it over black (and compared to Ludurana Vento over black)

My First Giveaway!

I will do a post and open entries for this on December 9th! (I figure it will take me that long to figure out Rafflecopter!)

Are you ready to win THIS???

Cult Nails Unicorn Puke
aka Clairvoyant

This is a limited edition, numbered (268 of 275) bottle of Cult Nails Unicorn Puke, now known as Clairvoyant. If you don't have it already, you're out of luck until at least February - unless you win this one! Flaky goodness at its best.

So be looking for the Entry Post on December 9th!

Editing this to add that Maria with Cult Nails is adding the rest of the Power Thief Collection to the giveaway!!!  Stay tuned....

Essie Luxeffects As Gold As It Gets and Pure Pearlfection Swatches

Tonight I decided to try As Gold As It Gets and Pure Pearlfection over my current mani before I changed it up. I've already done a review and swatches of Shine of the Times here and I didn't pick up the other two in the Luxeffects collection because they're straight glitters.

My current mani is Revlon Naughty (the re-released Perplex) and you can see it is time to change it. First up is As Gold As It Gets. It's actually a flaky, which I couldn't tell when I bought it. Yay flakies! It has various sizes of flakes that shift from gold to copper in come lighting.

Essie Luxeffects As Good As It Gets

Essie Luxeffects As Good As It Gets

Essie Luxeffects As Good As It Gets

Essie Luxeffects As Good As It Gets

Essie Luxeffects As Good As It Gets

Pure Pearlfection is a white/silver sparkle, not sure if it's glass fleck or micro-glitter or micro-shimmer, in a clear base. I haven't read anything that mentions it yet, but it has a blue sparkle in it as well. I tried it in different lighting and different locations to make sure it wasn't a reflection and it's not. It sparkles blue. The blue comes across best in the last photo.

Essie Luxeffects Pure Pearlfection

Essie Luxeffects Pure Pearlfection

Essie Luxeffects Pure Pearlfection

Essie Luxeffects Pure Pearlfection

Essie Luxeffects Pure Pearlfection

I may try doing comparisons of some of the white sparkle polishes I have later. I have an OPI one and a couple of China Glaze ones, but I know none of them sparkle blue.

I did have just one "gold sparkle" polish that I've compared with As Gold As It Gets. They're not really alike though.

Orly Prisma Gloss Gold vs Essie As Gold As It Gets

Orly Prisma Gloss Gold

Orly on the left and Essie on the right

Orly, left and Essie, right

The Orly isn't a flaky like the Essie. And the Essie base is slightly milky rather than clear.  They're totally different.

So I have nothing like either one of these in my collection! Shine of the Times, however, is quite comparable to Nubar 2010...except it has more flakies than the Nubar.

My Thanksgiving Mani

You guys pretty much know I'm kind of tame (NO, I did NOT say lame!) and don't typically do nail art or glitter. And this will be no exception. But I did want to do a little something.

So I'm wearing Revlon Ignite, which is a shimmery, rusty orange that just appeared at my local Walgreen. Now, "just appeared" could mean that it's brand spanking new, or it could mean that they found an old box in the back. Walgreen stores in Po-Dunk operate a little differently than most. =) It was in a new display right next to the remnants of the collection that featured Mistletoe, though.

The application was actually fantastic and took only one medium coat!

First, Revlon Ignite on its own...

Revlon Ignite

Revlon Ignite

Revlon Ignite

See how it shimmers???

Then I layered on Barielle Elle's Spell, which is a great multi-chrome flaky that flashes green, red, gold and orange. Everything's better with Barielle Elle's Spell.

A close-up showing the flaky goodness...

Revlon Ignite with Barielle Elle's Spell

In the sunlight, it's STUNNING, but the sun's not cooperating right now.

And indoors, it's pretty inocuous, but still gorgeous.

Revlon Ignite with Barielle Elle's Spell

Revlon Ignite with Barielle Elle's Spell

I've been really impressed lately with the "drug store" polishes. Revlon and L'Oreal have both stepped up their games in the nail polish arena tremendously, as has Nicole by OPI. Either that or I'm just lucking out with the ones I'm choosing.

Day Three of Sinful Colors Swatch Fest - Green Ocean (Flaky)

I could not find this one ANYWHERE in the stores. But a very thoughtful person knew I wanted it and sent it to me. Gotta love a ROAK! (Random Act of Kindness)

Green Ocean is a flaky top coat, or layering coat and it's pretty awesome. For the photos, I layered it over the OPI You Don't Know Jacques I was wearing.

As with all color-shifting flakies, it's impossible to capture all the nuances of it in various lighting, so I just took a bunch of photos and hoped for the best. You can see that there are green flakies, blue flakies, yellow flakies, iridescent flakies, clear flakies...

Sinful Colors Green Ocean

Sinful Colors Green Ocean

Sinful Colors Green Ocean

and a close-up...

Sinful Colors Green Ocean

This has turned out to be one of my favorite flakies!

Cult Nails Unicorn Puke (soon to be Clairvoyant) Swatches

Cult Nails Unicorn Puke (aka Clairvoyant)

Yes, I said Unicorn Puke. *giggle* I love saying it. Unicorn Puke Unicorn Puke Unicorn Puke! Unfortunately, saying it three times does not make more Unicorn Puke appear. Maria at Cult Nails has a terrific sense of humor. As most nail polish junkies know, Clarins 230, a multi-chrome shimmer in a reddish base, is more commonly known by the name "unicorn pee" referencing its elusive quality. (It's not made anymore and goes for exorbitant prices on eBay.) Well this is better! It's multi-colored flakies in a sheer purple jelly base.

Maria recently released 275 Limited Edition bottles under the name Unicorn Puke, which disappeared almost immediately. Thankfully I was one of the lucky ones. But don't fret if you missed it. It will be released as a part of the Super Powers Winter Collection under the name Clairvoyant.. For more information, visit Cult Nails or Maria's blog.

Now on to the photos. I am a bit hesitant to even post photos, considering my photographic skills are still in the infant stages and considering that probably not even the best photographer would do it justice...but I will.  Just keep in mind that it's 10 times better in real life.

First, some bottle shots which show it off best...

Cult Nails Unicorn Puke (aka Clairvoyant)

Cult Nails Unicorn Puke (aka Clairvoyant)

Cult Nails Unicorn Puke (aka Clairvoyant)

Cult Nails Unicorn Puke (aka Clairvoyant) - my L.E. number!

First, photos of Unicorn Puke over Cult Nails Vicious:

Unicorn Puke over Vicious

Unicorn Puke over Vicious

Unicorn Puke over Vicious

These are the other colors I used as a base to show how it looks different with each color. Actually, I also did black on the other hand and I think black/dark colors show it off best if you want it to looks like the bottle shots.

Taupe, Olive Green, Navy Blue, Red, Camel

Cult Nails Unicorn Puke (aka Clairvoyant)
as a top coat over various colors

Cult Nails Unicorn Puke (aka Clairvoyant)
over taupe, navy blue and red

This is a must-have for any flaky lover...check Maria's blog and the Cult Nails sites (linked earlier in this post) and be sure to like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter for up-to-the-minute information on releases, give-aways, etc.

Wet n Wild Craze Nocturnal and Joe Fresh Twilight

Well I pulled this one out for "black and/or blue" week and got a lil surprise! This is Wet n Wild Craze in Nocturnal and I really thought it was black.  Doesn't it look black here?

Wet n Wild Craze in Nocturnal

Well guess what!  It's a really, really dark teal blue.  Don't believe me?

Just look!

Wet n Wild Craze Nocturnal

I didn't intend to wear it alone anyway - still not over my aversion to strictly black polish on my nails. And since it read black on me anyhow, I went ahead with the layering.  It was a little on the thick side, but application wasn't really bad.  I used two coats, but one would have sufficed, especially with the layering.

Joe Fresh Twilight

Joe Fresh Twilight

Twilight is a green flaky in a blackened base and as with most layering polishes, it's pretty thick to keep the flakies suspended. It could certainly be used alone though - it would be opaque in two coats for sure.

While this would look really good on a LOT of people, it was just a little too far outside my comfort zone and didn't stay on long.