Mattified Flakies

I hope you are having a great Thursday! I'm quite behind on getting posts up. Things have been hectic. I'm trying to prepare for a trip next week. I had planned to post about this particular manicure Tuesday, but time got away from me.

I love mattified flakies! I started with two coats of Milani Fresh Teal, a teal blue neon. Then I added one coat of Finger Paints Asylum, a clear base with glitter flakes that shift red, blue, orange, yellow, green and purple. A final coat of Hard Candy Matte-ly in Love gave the flakies a fun finish.

Milani retails for $3-5 at various stores (a list can be found on their website) and sites. 

Asylum is part of the Finger Paints Special Effects Collection. The collection has been discontinued and while bottles can be found online, the prices are generally marked up quite high sadly. Hard Candy retails for $4 at Walmart.

Everything Blue

I hope you are enjoying your Sunday! Today, I have a layering combination to show you with nothing but blue polishes.

I am really enjoying wearing this combo! I started off with two coats of Ulta Mint Condition. Next, I did a layer of Finger Paints Motley. You can see some of the flakies peeking out behind the crackle. Finally, I did a coat of Funky Fingers Teal Scales. It is a gorgeous crackle with tons of shimmer. The application on all of these is wonderful.

Ulta Nail Lacquer retails for $6 at Ulta. Motley is part of the Finger Paints Special Effects Collection and retails for $5 exclusive at Sally Beauty Supply. Most stores are sold out (given it is Limited Edition)  though some sites online will have them. Funky Fingers Crackle retails for $4 at Five Below.

Mermaid Mani

Its Stamping Sunday! And April Fools! Since its April Fools Day, the theme is non-stamping. I did a flakie bomb, that ended up reminding me of a mermaid's tail.

Two coats of L.A. Colors Sea Siren then five different flakie polishes, one coat each. Finger Paints Motley, Essie Shine of the Times, Finger Paints Asylum, Flecked, and Twisted. All layered in that order. The application on all of these is amazing.

L.A. Colors retail for around $1 and can be found at most Dollar stores. Shine of the Times is part of the Essie Luxeffects Collection and retails for $8 at Walgreens, Walmart, Target, Ulta, and several other stores. Motley, Asylum, Flecked and Twisted are part of the Finger Paints Special Effects Collection and retail for $5 exclusive at Sally Beauty Supply. Most stores are sold out though some sites online will have them.

Finger Paints Twisted

The Finger Paints Special Effects Collection had many of us watching the Sally's Beauty Supply nail aisle waiting for them to hit the shelves the first of January. My first visit I was only able to find Flecked and Asylum. Eventually, Motley joined my collection as well. But Twisted seemed to have disappeared from the display with no hope of restocking. It wasn't until this month that a very lovely woman from PAA named Karine offered to pick up bottles since a store near her was well stocked. Twisted was finally mine!

I'm sure most everyone has heard of or owns this collection by now, but if you haven't... The Special Effects Collection contains five flakie polishes. Twisted, Asylum, Flecked, Motley, and Flashy. All of them are just gorgeous! You may have noticed I only talked about owning four of the five. Flashy is a dupe for Essie Shine of the Times, so since I owned the latter, I saw no point in tracking down the other.

On to the pictures!

I did a bit of layering to give this the depth I wanted. I did a layer of L.A. Colors Nuclear Energy, Finger Paints Twisted, Nuclear Energy again, and Twisted again. Nuclear Energy is a sheer purple jelly, so it allows you to see the flakies that are suspended between polish layers. Both polishes apply very well. Twisted has a nice amount of flakies in one coat and they spread out evenly. It is my favorite out of the Special Effects Collection. There is literally every color of the rainbow packed into this polish.

L.A. Colors retail for around $1 and can be found at most Dollar stores. The polishes from Finger Paints Special Effects Collection, if found in store, will be at Sally's Beauty Supply and retail for $5.49 (less if you have a Sally's card). There are some for sale online from different sites if you look around.

Color Club Blue Topia & Finger Paints Asylum

Bring on the flakies! I absolutely love this trend of flakie polishes. 

I used two coats of Color Club Blue Topia and two coats of Finger Paints Asylum. Despite there being four coats plus base and top coat, this layering was not thick at all, which I am happy for. Blue Topia applied easily. It is a dark jelly polish. Asylum applied like a dream. The flakies distributed evenly.

I absolutely love this combination!

Finger Paints Flecked over Sally Hansen Plum Power

I'm back! :) I am finally starting to feel better. Not 100 percent better, but getting there. I did not paint my nails much at all while I was sick, but I did a few times. I couldn't stand chipped polish or bare nails.

One of my manicures was a layering combination with Sally Hansen Plum Power and Finger Paints Flecked.

Flecked is from Finger Paints' new Special Effects Collection. This flakie polish flashes green and blue. Its absolutely beautiful in person. The whole collection is meant to be worn over black; however, they are gorgeous over other colors. I really like my combination of adding purple. Flecked applied beautifully in just one coat. It also was removed very easily with polish remover. Much less stuburn than glitter. If you've ever removed glitter polish, you know what I mean.

The Finger Paints Special Effects Collection is still at Sally Beauty Supply, or should be. Several stores have sold out. So far, I've only been able to find Flecked and Asylum.