Foxy Paws ~ One More Night

Foxy Paws ~ One More Night

Blue/purple shimmery duochrome with a splash of glitter

This Foxy Paws polish has been sitting in my stash of untrieds for a while, waiting for summer to end and for darker seasons to come. Not that I let the seasons dictate which polishes I wear, but it’s just recently that I thought that it is time to use this prettiness.

One More Night is from the 80’s collection. The formula is great and so is the pigmentation. I used two coats for full opacity, and drying time between coats was pretty good.  I applied a layer of H K Girl topcoat for the pictures:

I like the splash of holo glitter added. It makes this polish so much more than “just a duochrome”.

It’s not the easiest thing in the world to catch the duochromatic effect on camera, but I did my very best. The effect is more visible in real life than it is on my pictures.

My favourite picture:

I wanted to try one of my new stamping polishes on it. I recently bought Mentality’s “Wily”, which is a soft pink holographic nail polish with blue flashes. I chose a wavy design from my XL stamping plate “B”. I finished off with another layer of H K Girl topcoat, and here’s the final mani:

Here it is from a different angle:

I really like this, even though I must admit that I thought that Wily would be more prominent, knowing that it’s designed for stamping. I have actually bought three of Mentality’s stamping polishes, so I think I’ll make a separate post with those three only, to show off how they stamp over, for example, black. Isn’t that a cool idea?

It Takes a Woman is available from www.foxyfingertips.com.

Wily is available from www.edgypolish.com.

Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 8/10
Buy again: Yes

Nicole by OPI ~ Wear something Spar-Kylie

Nicole by OPI ~ Wear something Spar-Kylie

Pink glitter

Wear Something Spar-Kylie is from the Kardashian Kolor collection from holiday 2012. I think this is another really stupid name! As long as OPI keeps calling their polishes ridiculous and dumb-ass names, I will continue to mock them about it! ;)

Anyway – the formula is cool. It was really easy to spread the glitter out, and I didn’t experience any problems with bald spots or dragging or anything. Two coats is what it takes to make me happy. The polish dries up to a gritty surface, and I decided to show it like that, now that the textured polishes are so popular.

Two coats, no topcoat:

Being a texture lover myself, I must say that I really like this finish. It’s not a sand polish as such, but the surface definitely is grittier than smooth, haha!

This is not the tone of pink I wear the most. I’m usually into more shocking pinks, but I have to say that I actually like this on me. It’s not as bad as it could have been!

I didn’t quite know what to do with this. I ended up going for glitter on the glitter. I chose a polish from Foxy Paws that has been sitting in my box of untrieds for a while. “She’s got the looks” is from the 80s Collection, and is a clear based polish filled with neon stars in green, pink and purple and sparkled up with orange, yellow and blue microglitter and holographic shimmer. Quite an impressive mix!

I just applied a layer of that onto the pink glitter. I did have to fish for the stars and to arrange them on my nails, but it’s just the way it is with glitters like this, and it’s not a big deal for me.

Here’s another pic, also taken in the sunshine:

I do admit that the underlaying pink glitter isn’t the perfect base for the pretty microglitter with stars. But at least it got a bit of sunshine on it! :) Next time I’ll try it on something that doesn’t glitter itself!

Foxy Paws ~ Before the parade passes by

Foxy Paws ~ Before the parade passes by

Sky blue linear holo

“Before the parade passes by” is from the Holo, Dolly! collection from summer 2013. The entire collection is inspired by the legendary broadway musical, “Hello, Dolly!” 

The formula was a bit tricky on this one, but definitely manageable. I had a few problems with dragging – perhaps I’ll try with an aqua basecoat next time. Anyway, it took three coats before I was satisfied. Some would have definitely had left it at two coats, but I wasn’t quite happy until I had three. Drying time was pretty good, no problems in that department, and then I can live with three coats.

Here’s a pic – three coats in the sunshine:

And another one – this is a very nice holo – I like the blue a lot.

  

It’s a tad more dusty out of the sun than in the sunshine. Actually it reminds me a bit of Nubar’s Absolute. I may do a comparison post at some point :)

Then - I stamped on it. I used a Bourjois 1 seconde lacquer called “Bleu Moonlight”. It’s not a stamping polish, but it’s very pigmented, so it works great for stamping. I used Mash stamping plate Mash-50, and chose a wavy design, because I thought it would look great on the sky blue :)

 

There’s no topcoat on these pictures. I wanted to make sure I still had sunshine available for the last pictures I took.

I quite like stamping with other dark colours than black. It doesn’t get quite as “hard” when it’s not black. I like that.

  

I like “Before the parade passes by”. The colour is cool and the drying time is good. The biggest downside is that it requires three coats, but I’m willing to be forgiving with this pretty polish!

What do you think of this? Would you consider double stamping on it?

“Before the parade passes by” is available from www.foxyfingertips.com. If you buy something, please say hi from me :)

Opacity: 5/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 7/10
Buy again: No

Foxy Paws ~ Well Holo, Dolly!

Foxy Paws ~ Well Holo, Dolly!

Pink linear holo

“Well Holo, Dolly!” is also from the Holo, Dolly! collection from summer 2013, just like “It Takes a Woman” I showed you yesterday was. The collection is inspired by the legendary broadway musical, “Hello, Dolly!” 

I was really pleased to see a red holo being released. Little did I know that there was another star in that collection: “Well Holo, Dolly!” It’s pink and the holo is way stronger. It’s actually amazing! The formula is good, pigmentation is great – it was almost opaque in one coat, but I needed two to cover up the last imperfections. Drying time is good. And the rainbows are amazing. What’s not to love, right?

Let me show you:

I told you: Amazing, right?

I love this way more than I thought I would. I’m a little bit in love, actually!

I decided that only holo stamping would be good enough for this pretty. I chose a flower design from stamping plate Apipila 01 and I stamped with Color Club’s “Beyond”. It’s a black linear holo, and it’s stunning! Here’s the final result without a topcoat:

And another:

And one last shot in the last bit of evening sun. I really like the colours the setting sun made this:

That’s it. I have to say that I like “Well Holo, Dolly!” even more than I like “It Takes a Woman” even though it’s hard to believe. I like it more mainly because the rainbows are stronger, and I’m a sucker for a nice looking rainbow!

Have you considered getting any of the polishes from this collection? Have you even got a Danish polish yet? If not, then it may be time ;)

Well Holo, Dolly! is available from www.foxyfingertips.com. If you buy something, please say hi from me :)

Opacity: 9/10
Colour, prettiness: 10/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
Buy again: Yes

Foxy Paws ~ It Takes a Woman

Foxy Paws ~ It Takes a Woman

Red linear holo

Foxy Paws is a Danish indie brand. “It Takes a Woman” is from the Holo, Dolly! collection from summer 2013. The collection is inspired by the legendary broadway musical, “Hello, Dolly!” 

I’ve been looking for a good red holo for a while. My problem is that many of the red holos out there are either leaning towards salmon or are too sheer. This one looked promising, so I ordered it the moment it became available online.

The formula is nice and the pigmentation is good! Yay! It took two coats to get this opaque, so I was a happy bunny! Drying time is good too, and I didn’t use an aqua basecoat for this holo. It just worked with a regular basecoat.

Let me show you what two coats and no topcoat looks like:

It leans a little bit towards pink, so it’s not a true red, but seriously, this time I don’t mind at all!

The rainbows are so pretty and the colour is great. I love this red holo!

I added a bit of glitter on the tips. I used P2’s “Let’s Dance”, which is a silver glitter. I dabbed glitter on with a makeup sponge, sealed the whole thing up with a layer of topcoat, and here’s the final result:

Red and silver go together much nicer than red and gold :) Perhaps that’s because I like silver so much more than I like gold.

So, my search is over. I’ve finally found the red linear holo I’ve been wanting for so long. Who knew that it would show up right here in little Denmark.

Do you like this? Will you eventually get tired of seeing holos on my blog?

It Takes a Woman is available from www.foxyfingertips.com. If you buy something, please say hi from me :)

Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 8.5/10
Buy again: Yes

Foxy Paws ~ Purple Rain and Spit Spot

Foxy Paws ~ Purple Rain and Spit Spot

Purple linear holo and

Clear base with round glitters in black, turquoise, lavender, pink, fuchsia and holo silver.

Foxy Paws is a Danish indie brand. Purple Rain is part of the 80's Collection and Spit Spot is part of the Mary Poppins Collection. 

I started out with the purple holo. The formula is good, and the polish applies easily. It dries pretty fast too, but it does require three coats to reach desired opacity. It was amazing how big a difference the third coat made! The sun wanted to play with this polish – hooray!

Here it is in the sunshine. Three coats, no topcoat:

I love those rainbows!

Here’s what the polish looks like in the shade. The purple looks dusty and with a hint of grey.

I’ve said it before: I need my polishes to look great both in and out of the sunshine, so I decided to add glitter. I applied a coat of Spit Spot. At first I was sure that this wasn’t a keeper: The first layer I applied contained no less than five big pink glitters that ended up in a lump on my little finger! Yikes. And I couldn’t pull them off again with the brush, so I had to use a toothpick to get three of them off :D 
But practice makes perfect, so I was careful when I fished for the glitter: Not too much but just enough. After it was dry I applied a thick layer of Poshé topcoat to even out the small bumps the glitter left. And this is what the final mani ended up looking like in the sunshine:

The holo effect is dulled quite a lot, but I’m not surprised. One layer of suspension base with glitter and a thick layer of topcoat does tend to have that effect on holos.

The holo is still visible, and now I also like it out of the sunshine. 

Speaking of which: Here’s a picture taken in the shade:

Here are the two sexy Foxy Paws:

  

I’m glad I paired these two polishes and very glad that I ended up buying Spit Spot after all. I’m usually not a huge fan of great big glitters, but these actually work nicely for me.

 

Foxy Paws ~ Purple Rain

Opacity: 5/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 7/10
Buy again: Yes

Foxy Paws ~ Spit Spot

Opacity: -/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 7.5/10
Buy again: Yes

Foxy Paws ~ Only Teardrops and Orly ~ Aqua Pixel

Foxy Paws ~ Only Teardrops

Aqua blue linear holo

Foxy Paws is a Danish indie brand. Only Teardrops is from a Eurovision Song themed collection of two polishes called “The Eurovision Collection”.

Denmark won the Eurovision Song Contest of 2013 with the song “Only Teardrops” sung by Emmelie de Forest. I’m not hugely interested in Eurovision, but I do think it’s pretty cool that Denmark actually won.

But anyway! I didn’t buy the polish because of all that, I bought it because it’s blue and it’s holographic, and because I didn’t have a shade quite like this in my collection.

The formula was good, and so was the drying time. It took two layers to make it look cool, which is pretty good for a light colour like this. I chose a different polish for my ring finger and my thumb: Orly’s “Aqua Pixel”, which is their version of an aqua blue textured polish with silver glitter. The formula of the Aqua Pixel is no less than fantastic. It almost covers in one coat and the drying time is really good. I applied an extra coat just to give the polish the best conditions to shine!

So, here’s a picture of two layers of Only Teardrops and two layers of Aqua Pixel. The picture is taken in direct sunlight:

I’m really glad I bought both these polishes. They fit so well together. I love this colour, that is a new addition to my stash. And I seriously love that textured Orly!

I know I sound greedy now, but I just wish that the holo was a little bit more prominent in Only Teardrops. It’s lovely, but… you know… just a little bit more! :D 

I should have left it like that, but I had an idea in my head, that didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to. Now you get to see it! :D I painted two “teardrops” on three of my nails. I used a polish from H&M called Active Blue, which is a mini bottle full of navy blue shimmer. I used my dotting tool to make the teardrops. And here’s the result of that:

I’m not as good at drawing teardrops as I thought I was! But never mind, I think it looks pretty cool anyway. In all modesty, obviously ;) 

Here’s when I decided to add extra holo! I used a holo topcoat from Treasures by Tan called “Oasis”. I applied a single layer over the three fingers, and here’s a sunshine pic:

Now that’s much better – look at them pretty rainbows right there! <3

This is a Treasure by Tan polish that I’m sure to keep. The holo is great and it doesn’t dull the underlaying colour as much as I’ve seen other holo toppers do.

In fact; all these three are keepers, yay!

Here’s the winner song of Eurovision Song Contest 2013: Only Teardrops with Emmelie de Forest: 

Do you like this mani? I’m quite fond of it myself :)

Foxy Paws ~ Only Teardrops

Opacity: 7/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 9/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 7.75/10
Buy again: Yes

Orly ~ Aqua Pixel

Opacity: 10/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Durability: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9.25/10
Buy again: Yes

Treasures by Tan ~ Oasis

Opacity: -/10
Colour, prettiness: 10/10
Durability: 7/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 8/10
Buy again: Yes

Foxy Paws ~ I’m Blue - with stars

Foxy Paws ~ I’m Blue

Navy blue scattered holo

Foxy Paws is a Danish indie brand. I’m Blue is from a musical themed collection called “The 90’s Collection”.

The formula is okay – the polish doesn’t need a special aqua base to work. It dries relatively quickly though, so make sure you have the right amount of polish on the brush when you start :) 

The holo isn’t the strongest I’ve seen, but it’s there. What I actually like most about this polish is the colour. I’m really fond of blue polishes, and I’m a sucker for holos. And I love that I’m able to wear this as an actual polish, even when the sun doesn’t shine.

Here’s two coats, no top coat:

The picture is taken in direct sunlight. Here’s one taken when the sun went behind a cloud:

Isn’t this just a cool blue?

I ended up stamping on it. I used my Apipila 01 plate and stamped with Kiko 616 Silver from their Mirror collection. I sealed it all up with a layer of Poshé top coat:

I think the silver stars look cool on the blue base. That Kiko is really an amazing stamping polish.

Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 7/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 7.5/10
Buy again: Yes