Thursday, January 31, 2013

Ludurana ~ Emocionante


Ludurana ~ Emocionante  
Multichrome that shifts between purple, blue, magenta, golden and probably more that I can’t see

I’m very excited over polishes from Brazil. They seem to only make beautiful polishes – shimmery, shiny, holographic, duochromatic, exactly how I like polishes the most. Let me show you one of my Brazilian polishes so you can see for yourself. But first – a suitable underwear! I went for an Alix Avien polish with the number 244. It’s a dark, squishy purple that I received in a swap with sweet Aylin from Posh Nail Art.

I applied two coats. I would have gone for three if I had been wearing this on its own. It’s almost a jelly, but not quite. What’s the name for that? A crelly? A Jreme? :D

Anyway – squishy is a perfect word for it, and shiny of course too!

Two coats, no top coat:


Then I applied one coat of Ludurana’s “Emocionante”. It’s a multichrome, but I didn’t want to wear it over black. The main colour of this polish is purple, which is why I chose the dark purple as underwear for it. It applies very easily and creates the most amazing colour shifts. I can’t even imagine what this polish must look like in the sun!!

Look at this – it’s one coat over the Alix Avien – and still no top coat:



Then I added some extra bling. I used a striper from Art Deco called “Ice Breaker”. It’s a clear base with several sizes of silver glitter. I made two stripes on each nail. I had to place the glitter… if you only paint a stripe, most of it will be the clear base :D

One coat of Seche Vite top coat, and I was done:


On this picture you can see the colour shift. It shifts from almost bluish purple to a warmer, redder purple and to magenta. It’s an amazing polish indeed.


And here is the bottle shot:
  

I am so impressed with these Brazilian polishes I’ve got, and I find it annoying that it’s such a pain to get my hands on them. Fortunately I’ve found myself a very sweet swap buddy in Brazil, so my need for these pretties can be fulfilled :D

What do you think? Is this pretty or not? Have you got any Brazilian polishes yourself? If yes, which one do you like the best?


Opacity: N/A/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Durability: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
Buy again: Yes

14 comments:

  1. Very pretty, and my favourite colour too :-) I don't have any Brazilian polishes but I've been impressed by the swatches I've seen

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    1. I know that my collection would have been way bigger than it actually is if I was living in Brazil :)

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  2. Pretty pretty and more pretty :)
    I really want some Ludurana in my stash!!

    The crelly Looks good to :)

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    1. Thank you, thank you aaand thank you :)
      I'm working on expanding my Ludurana collection too :D

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  3. They are so beautiful, and I envy you your Brazilian polishes just a tiiiiny little bit LOL

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    1. I totally understand that, I've been wanting them for so long! :D

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  4. I am loving that first base color!!! So pretty!

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  5. The blue/purple color shift is so pretty! I really like the glitters stripes you added, as well! :-)

    ~ Yun

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    1. It never fails to amaze me when a polish can shift colours like that :)

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  6. Amazing duochrome! And glitter suits it really well :)

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    1. Thank you so much. I ended up really liking the glittery stripes :)

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