Elle's Spell (Pic Heavy)

Hey guys, First things first.. you might have noticed I changed the layout/design of the blog. Id love to hear what you think.. better.. worse or about the same? Plz take a min to give me some feedback.

Also im now at 61 followers, so since we are creeping up on 100 I wanted to let you ladies know that I'll be having a 100 followers give away.. so stay tuned for that ladies :D

Ok on to the polish, Ive been forcing myself to try reds hoping I could find some that Im in love with and Ive found one. Barelle's Elle's Spell which came out locally around Christmas. Im such a sucker for flakie's.

This polish is very sheer with a majorly red tone so it's best layered over an opaque polish, So below I layered it over Zoya Janice, a red with magenta tones that I dont care for but it worked at a good base.
I tried to capture all the sparkly goodness thus all these pics..Click them to see details.

 Straight on, the flakes are fiery Yellow, Red and Orange. But to sides and from the top and bottom the flakes pull Green.

and if all those pics weren't enough for ya, here's some video showing off the sparkle..

I passed this up twice even when my husband said I should get it and then after seeing swatches online I ran back to get it and Im so happy I did.. Anyone else pass on this one? have you seen it over dark colors, cause thats simply breathtaking..
Well thats about it, Thanks for reading
-ilectra

Flakie Week: Franken Friday, Bar Hopping

Alas it is Friday so we have come to the end of our Flakie week, and it was fun but today I an sticking with our theme and sharing a Franken I made with Nubar 2010 that I call Bar Hopping.. It's by far a total success as a flakie franken but the color and tone that I ended up with makes me so happy so that is way its a total keeper for me.. Here she is in pic spamage..(click pics for larger size/more detail)

 The weather was real crap so I had to take pics in the light box, this one in shade conditions.

 I am so in love with the color this came out, its a jelly/shimmer/cream mix .

 This is two coats but as you can prolly tell it could have used one more. I made the base thin enough so that with each layer you could still see the flakes in the layer under it.

 Close up above you can see the flakes peeping out, its very subtle but just enough to add some fun twinkle of color to the baby blue.

I really wish I could have gotten pics of this in day light, its so lovely outside, soft and interesting.
But again as a Flakie franken not a huge success but im still very taken by it, what do ya think?

Well guys and gals, that's the end of flakie week I you guys enjoyed it..
On a side note it's now only 8 days til my wedding so things are getting hectic, im going to try and stay on top of blogging here but I feel like it'll be mostly NOTD's til after the Wedding.. But Ive got fun stuff planned after the wedding so think good thoughts for me the next 8 days heh Im gonna need um :)
Thanks so much for reading -ilectra

Flakie Week: Cover Girl.. really??

Thursday brings us to a polish that just about all of you can get but people never really think of it as a flakie but it is indeed and it's cheap and beautiful sooo what more could ya want.. lol

It's Cover Girl's boundless polish in Pink Twinkle, I layered it over Essie's Lapis of Luxury.

 One thing I wasnt quite able to catch in pics was that the pink layered over the blue made a soft lavender kinda magic in doors and in shade. But in the pics with the sun on it looks much more blue and the Essie shines through.

First I thought Id show a close up of it on the nail just in case there are any doubt that this polish is indeed flakie.

Granted the classic color shift of flakie's is very minimal in this one but it's still super stunning.

I really like the subtly of this one, this is with 1 coat over 2 coats of the Essie. 

For me this has been a real must have polish, its so sparkly without being over powering and so easy to get, atleast in my area.
It's almost the end of flakie week sadly, tomorrow will be franken friday and so it'll be a flakie franken and so I wanted to comment that I yes we did a flakie week without Nfu Oh polish and yes I know thats kinda weird but I simply dont own any yet and they aren't as easy to get ahold atleast not the super amazing ones lol.
So hey maybe another flakie week will have to happen in the future, but tell me what do you think of today's polish? have you seen it while out and about? 
Thats all for today see ya tomorrow, thanks for reading -ilectra

Flakie Week: Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure

Who didnt know that Hidden Treasure would make it into flakie week?? ha ha yes yes the polish that women sold theyre kidney's to get a hold of this last spring had to be included even if ive posted it before and even if you've seen it a billion times here she is again.

This time I layered HT over China Glaze' Flying Dragon a beautiful bright purple polish with pinkish purple and blue glitters. Not alot to say about this polish that I haven't already said it really speaks for it's self so here is pic spam ..Click any pic for larger size/more detail.

In sunlight!

In Shade!

Close up!

Sooo there has been alot of hype about this polish and I really really can see why, cant you??

I have heard that bottles of this once thought sold out everywhere are popping up in stores a bunch these days so dont give up hope on this one yet if you havent scored a bottle its still to be found and if not grab a bottle of Nubar 2010 and you'll never know the difference :)

In an exciting note... LOOK what came in the mail today..

Looks like I could do a Glitter Week, sooo what do ya think?? Glitter week with These? Or Just one monster post?

That's all for today's post, thanks for reading guys -ilectra

Flakie Week: OPI Merry Midnight

Tuesday flakie time, so happy to hear that you girls are digging this week's theme. Today I have a lemming fullfilled and the main reason I chose to do flakie week, non other than OPI Merry Midnight from the 2009 Holiday Collection.
Here's a bottle swatch..(click pics for bigger size/more detail)

Yes indeed it looks like flakie insanity right there but as you all know in the bottle and on the nails is so rarely even close.. but even if on nails it doesnt look like the above it is still a beauty..see...

This polish is amazingly opaque this is with 2 coats in sunlight..I found this polish to be a pain in the butt to get good pics of cause its so freakin shiny ha.

In direct sunlight you can see the beautiful plum purple color but in norm light this polish is super dark.
Blue,Red,Pink,Orange and Purple shimmers and flake colors litter this polish, I cant stop staring at the blue bits.

I lemminged this baby for quite awhile and now that I have it I can say that's its a real pleaser.. This is a be careful while driving polish , it catches a sun beam and the orange flakes look like they are on fire.

Here's an on the nail close up in shade and sorry about the quality of this one again so hard to capture how awesome this one is..

That's all for Tuesday, stay tuned for Weds.. Thanks for reading -ilectra

Flakie Week: LA Girls Rock Star - Crowd Surfing

Happy Monday guys and gals it's the start of Flakie week so let me say that I know many people either love or HATE flakies but Im in the love camp so Im featuring them for a whole week, but for those of you that hate them next week I'll be back to non flakie goodness and I would love to hear what you DO love so that I may feature it too :)

Now all disclaimers aside ha ha Here we go..
Today's flakie is LA Girls Rock Star in the shade Crowd Surfing , I layered it over the top of a beautiful Nina Pro polish Called Never Glum Plum, its a creamy plum grey..Here are the bottles side by side.

The LA Girl Flakie is a light green jelly base full of green shimmer and orange/gold flakes. Here is it over the Nina Pro Never Glum Plum in direct sunlight.

Here it is in shade in its full glory..

Look at all that flakie goodness..This is two coats layered but one would have been good for a slightly more subtle effect.

As you can see the green base and shimmer really take over and so this is one that could be great on its own in 3 coats or so.

In the sun it really shimmers and sparkles due to the green shimmers..So this is like most flakies a polish of many faces.. I love it because its the mix of my love of Green and my love of flakies..
So do ya love it? or is it a fist full of ugly? lol
That's all for today, see ya tomorrow with another flakie beauty thanks for reading -ilectra

You've seen it all before.. one more time!

Many of you like myself have seen Nubar 2010 and Sally Hanson Hidden Treasure in almost every nailblog Ive seen in the last 4 months. But I was curious to see if you savvy nail gals could tell the diff between the two if not marked..
So here's another comparison of these two beautiful flakie polishes, over the top of Diva of Geneva.
These really are a great way to spruce up a old mani that ya dont have time to remove.
As you see in the first pic above they look similar in the bottle but hardly exact.


In all of these pics I have SH HT on 2 fingers and Nubar 2010 on two.
But can you tell which is which? The two above are in sun and Below are two in shade..
So now that you are at the bottom, I bet you are wondering which is which, well if you cant tell then I'm not telling :D Needless to say, they really are pretty much the same.. DONT spend $30 on ebay for HT if you cant find it or get your hands on it, you can get the Nubar 2010 for under 10 and thats with shipping..

Dupe's are fun, I might have to try and do more of them. I picked up a Ulta purple polish with my reward points on sunday that looks like an exact dupe to OPI Rumple wiggins , I think its called..
Ok so there you have it, my comparison blog post to join it's twins out in blogland.
Thanks for reading
-ilectra