Matte Top coat Showdown.

Hi there everyone!!!! today I am doing a Matte Top coat showdown. I have today 8 different Matte Top coats to share with you and see how they stack up to each other.

First up lets check out the Matte Top coats......

ESSIE MATTE ABOUT YOU RRP $17.95

OPI MATTE TOP COAT RRP $19.95

SALLY HANSEN BIG MATTE TOP COAT RRP $9.95

PICTURE POLISH G'DAY MATTE RRP $10.00

CULT NAILS WAX THAT RRP $12.00

MODE MATTE TOP COAT RRP $2.75

CELESTIAL COSMETICS MATTE TOP COAT RRP $7.50

DIY MATTE TOP COAT (1/4 t cornflour in 8ml polish base) RRP$0.00

 All the swatches I did in this post are over 2 coats of Ulta3 Black satin.

Ok so lets get down to the matte top coats. Each matte TC I popped on 2 coats over the black nail. I have photographed them in sun and shade so you can get a good look at the effect each polish created.

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SHADE

SHADE

Without a doubt from all these swatches OPI Matte Top Coat and Essie Matte About You are the best appearance wise. I would sway a little to the OPI as the formula was thinner than Essie and the brush was better quality. A close second to theses two was Picture Polish G'day matte. tho the formula of my one was a bit wishy washy and really I could have used 3 coats for overall effect. The next 2 which were very close was Sally Hansen big matte and Mode matte. the biggest difference was price. For $2.75 the Mode was great value for money but really thick formula and it did separate, but if your happy to give a bit of a shake that would be just fine. Saying that, the Sally Hansen big matte dried really quickly properly the quickest out of all the matte polishes I tried today, so If it was speed you are after Sally Hansen is the way to go.

Lastly the least matte polishes. The DIY matte was crap. I made it up as per the internet instruction, and although it did create a "matte"effect it was nothing like the other polishes. Cult nails and Celestial cosmetics were very similar. more of a wax effect which is quite nice ,but not nearly as matte as the OPI. That said I think you will find this with most indie matte top coats as i'm pretty sure most australian indies get their base from the same supplier. 

Its funny the Celestial cosmetic Matte top coat I thought was quite matte as well as the cult nails,but when you compare them with other brands they look totally different. I like the subtly of the wax look but for a pure matte effect my money is on the OPI or Essie.

I hope to acquire more matte top coats including the new Gel matte top coat by gelicious. so stay tuned for more comparisons.  

If you can think of anything you would like comparing feel free to drop me a line via email or on the comments and I will see what I can do :)

for reference if you would like to purchase any of these matte top coats you can get them at the following places - 

OPI- MYER and David Jones

Essie - Priceline

Sally Hansen- Priceline or Target

Picture polish - Picture polish

Cult Nails - Cult Nails

Mode - local chemists

Celestial cosmetics - Celestial Cosmetics

Until next time......

GOT Challenge - Ruffle Manicure

Hi there Everyone!!!

Todays GOT challenge is Ruffle mani. Ill be honest I actually had to google how to do one as i was not 100% sure, so please excuse my not so great first attempt.

I think I will do a tutorial at a later date to show how to do this as the ruffle mani gives a great result.

I grabbed my bottle of Cult nails annalicious. I'm not really sure if it is over a year old but i have not swatched it yet so I figured it would be ok :)

I also used cult nails time traveler as well and Ulta3 lily white.

I love red white and blue. it reminds me of British airways scarfs.

Don't forget to check out everyone else's manis too below!

Until next time...... 

An InLinkz Link-up

Picture polish Festival Swatch and Review.

Hello there everyone!!!!

Today i have an awesome polish to share. Picture polish Festival. 

Now im a flakie whore! i loves me some flakies!!!! and PP Festival has been on my wish list FOREVER!!!! Finally i was lucky enough to receive it in my birthday group parcel from Nicki! (thanks Nicki xxx)

And well....i little tear rolled down my cheek when i saw it!

Here is the beautiful polish. It does not look much in the bottle i know but thats 1/2 the magic of flakies isn't it!!!!

So as most people swatch this beauty onto black i went for a slightly different shade. Cult nails Timetraveler.

Now if you read this post picture polish...... Pleeze oh Pleeze can you make a navy creme!!!!! i love cults nails but it would be more awesome to have a Picture Polish one!!! im just sayin!!!!

Ok so now i have had my little begging session to Picture polish, here are the polish swatches. As you can see i have used both bottles for my swatch shots :)

And now a swatch mattified!

Ok so the Details.......

Picture Polish Festival was full of multi colour flakies. i only needed 2 thin coats to get a really good coverage of the flakies on my nail. i was totally happy with this. The polish dried quite quick but saying that i did do really thin coats so i expected it to. My undies as i said before were 1 coat of Cult nails Time traveler. and i used a top coat of Seche Vite for the glossy shots and Essie Matte about you for the Matte shot ( i totally need to get my pinkies onto the G'day Matte top coat from PP ASAP!!!!!)

With all flakies they are very random so you get a different look on every nail! 

Verdict???!!! well i love it!!!! tho *Hint! Hint!* i would love to see some more flakies again from Picture Polish. and my dream?? a pure blue flakies polish. I NEED ONE!!!!!

You can pick up Picture polish over at their WEBSITE and dont forget to check out their Everyday Deals.

Overseas buddies??? check out Picture Polishes Network page to find where you can get yours!!!!!