Comparison - Flakies Yellow / Red / Green

ENG: since I received many requests about Nouba flakies (I posted a bottle preview in this post), and since I have them already swatched on false tips (my 454, plus 455 that I bought months ago for a friend), so I decided to do a little comparison between them and other similar flakies from Nfu.Oh. They are all from yellow to red to green, if you apply them over a black polish. There's no need to long explanations, the pics talk by themselves: you can clearly see the colors of all bases and the ammount and dimensions of flakies into them, you can also simply understand any reflection without my useless words. Just... Scroll this page! :)

ITA: visto che ho ricevuto alcune richieste di approfondimento relative agli smalti con flakies della Nouba (ne ho postato una preview di una bottiglietta in questo post), e visto che avevo già pronti gli swatch su unghie finte, sia del mio 454 sia del 455 che avevo preso mesi fa per un'amica, ho deciso di fare un post comparativo tra di loro e altri flakies simili della Nfu.Oh. Tutti quanti, sopra uno smalto nero, virano dal giallo al rosso al verde. Non c'è bisogno di lunghe spiegazioni, le immagini parlano da sole: potete capire chiaramente tutti i colori delle basi, l'ammontare dei flakies che ci sono dentro e le loro dimensioni, e ogni riflessione di luce, senza l'ausilio delle mie inutili fanfaronate. Vi basta... Scrollare questa pagina!

COMPARISON:

NFU.OH - 49
NFU.OH - 51
NOUBA - 454
NOUBA - 455

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Labels: comparison, flakies, nfu.oh, nouba

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BeYu - 209 Brilliant Shiraz + Firewind - Velvet Navy + Comparison VS Max Factor - Fantasy Fire

This layering is made with one of the tons of "dupes" of the famous Clarins - 230 over a dark blue base. Mine is from BeYu and was gifted to me by my friend Daniela. Pics show my hands under different lights with different reactions of this amazing polish, but all of them are very real about what you can see when you wear it, except for the sparkle, in real it is totally crazy!!!!

Lovely combo, don't you think? 

● FAIRWIND - VELVET NAVY
This polish come from a brand I've found on Schlecker stores in a collection made of matte and satin finishes. Actually the color (a very dark and dusty blue) is pretty and the hidden shimmer is interesting (if you use a top coat you can see it, of course, despite it dries satin), but application is nothing special and seems very boring on my nails, so I used it as base for layerings.

● BEYU - 209 BRILLIANT SHIRAZ (INCI 31)

Ahw! This polish is something... Ahw!!! If you wear it alone is a sheer red jelly with a insanely ammount of microsparkles that go on yellow and green if you see it from the side (but the duochrome effect is not so noticeable as other polishes of this type, and it's more evident in the shadow than in the full light). If you wear it over a dark blue base (like me in this post) you'll obtain a shimmer version of Nfu.Oh - 51; then, if you wear it over a black base, you'll see a crazy red sparkle that you can't stop to stare at all day long. I swear it. Pics show the real color, but I couldn't catch the real sparkling, it's really really really... SPARKLING!

COMPARISON:
BeYu - Brilliant Shiraz VS Max Factor - Fantasy Fire

As you can see, they are not dupes at all. The most obvious difference is when you wear them alone, but they are slightly different over a black base: BeYu has much more red particles than Max factor, but MF has a lot more duochrome effect than its cousin. You can see it better in the second pic. In case you wear them over a dark blue base they are dupes, just in that case! :)

What could I say more? If you prefer the sparkle, absolutely you should to buy the BeYu; if you are searching for the duochrome effect more than everything else, catch up the Max Factor with no doubts. But both is the best choice, by my point of view. :P

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Labels: beyu, blue, comparison, duochrome, fairwind, layering, max factor, shimmer

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Comparison - MAUVES

First of all, hands on! This is just a try. Since I made this, I'd like to use my ice-cream-polish sticks not just as samples of my stash, but also for many "useful" comparisons. Anyway I think this first comparison isn't so much useful... I didn't find a good place in my house, nor a good light, nor a good spot, and I'm pretty far to being satisfied from this first comparison... My Canon Powershot A80 has wonderful lens, but recently seems like pics aren't as clear as before... What could be happened? ç__ç
Any tip, suggestion or insult will be happily accepted! ^__^

[b] BASIC - 33
OPI - PARLEZ-VOUS OPI?
COLOR CLUB - UPTOWN GIRL



As you can see, they are not so close from bottles, but they are pretty similar when dry, instead. Anyway, they aren't dupes at all, just a bit similar: the [b]basic one has a subtle pink shimmer into it, the others are totally creamy. More, the OPI one is on the grey way and the Color Club goes on the fucshia road. Best application? OPI. Best duration? They are all on medium level.

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Labels: comparison, purple

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