Saturday, January 14, 2012

Kleancolor ~ Blue eyed girl


Kleancolor ~ Blue eyed girl
Dark blue jelly with blue glitter and hexagons

Kleancolor make a lot of pretty polishes, no doubt about that. But there’s one thing that puzzles me, and that’s how different the formulas are from one polish to the other. Some of them are a dream to work with, and others are just living hell.

Blue eyed girl is such a polish (the living hell variety). It’s very difficult to apply, both because the jelly is so thick but also because the hexagons are curly instead of flat. That means that you have to manoeuvre the brush around to spread them evenly onto your nail. It is pretty opaque though, I only needed two coats to reach the desired opaqueness.

Here’s two coats, and one coat of Poshé top coat.


I really like the extraordinary depth in this polish. It’s rather bumpy though…




However, pretty as it is, this polish dries *very, very* slowly; in fact so slow that I decided to use my China Glaze “Fast Freeze Quick Dry”, which I bought by mistake and hardly ever use. It’s amazing stuff, though - it really does dry all the layers of polish, as if by magic. My mani certainly wouldn’t have survived the evening without that!


Later that evening I applied an extra layer of top coat, to smooth out the surface completely. I quite like it, but it’s tricky to work with.

Beware though! This took two people half an hour to get off my nails again. It took two times the foil method, and then we ended up scraping the rest of the hexagons off. *faint* 

Opacity: 7/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 7/10
Value for money: 7/10
Overall: 7/10
Buy again: No

17 comments:

  1. The polish looks so pretty :) I wear glitters alot, so the removal wouldnt bother me.

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    1. I wear glitter a lot as well, and usually I just take the time and patience, but this one was *really* a challenge. :D

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  2. aww such a shame the application was a pain because it is stunning x

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    1. Thank you - I received so many compliments for this mani! Xx

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  3. This is gorgeous! I was thinking I'd order it next time I bought Kleancolors- until I read about your removal process! I think I'll be avoiding this one!

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    1. I think you should reconsider. Sometimes it's just worth the extra work. Just as long as you know from begin with, you'll be fine. :)

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  4. Novra den er pæn, hvor er den fra?

    Har du prøvet neglelak fjerneren fra Deborah Lippmann, som hedder the stripper? Skulle være rigtig godt til at fjerne glimmerlak, men det billigste jeg kunne finde en flaske til var 150,- kr med levering på Amazon. Dyrt! Så har bestilt en prøve på eBay til 10,- kr. Så må beg overveje om den store flaske skal indkøbes når jeg har prøvet det :)

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    1. 150 kroner for en neglelakfjerner?! O__o Det lyder helt vildt! :D Så nej, den har jeg ikke prøvet. Jeg bruger som regel den fra Matas - jeg bruger jo ret meget af det, såååå... :D
      Jeg mener, at jeg købte denne her fra beautijoint.com - det er en amerikansk side, så vær opmærksom på told osv.

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    2. Vil lige tjekke det ud :-) Seriøst hvis det viser sig at den prøve jeg har bestilt hjem bare er det mest geniale... Så kunne jeg godt overveje det.. Skal teste den på den vildeste omgang glimmer ;-) Bruger også sindsygt meget, men bruger til gengæld den fra Sally Hansen. de har den også i Matas... Synes ikke den er så hård ved hænderne :-)

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    3. Okay, jeg glæder mig til at høre hvordan den er :)
      I øjeblikket bruger jeg en, jeg købte i Ungarn. Den fungerer faktisk helt fint, var selvfølgelig vildt billig, og dufter helt overvældende. Den kan umuligt indeholde acetone. :D

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  5. Altså mener hvor du har købt den henne? ;-)

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  6. I love the base blue color but I am not a glitter fan. Sucks that all the formulas are different!,

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    1. Yeah, it's weird with the formulas. Some of them are just perfect to apply, and others just horrible!

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  7. Very pretty, but perhaps not worth it due to the hard application?

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    1. Almost not worth it, and it'll probably take quite a while before I wear this again. But man... the prettiness... and the looks people give your nails when you wear it... :D

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  8. This looks soooo amazing! Too bad it's a such a pain =/

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    1. I totally agree. I haven't worn it since back then :'/

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