Nubar Reclaim

I'm probably going to get stoned to death for saying this but I never quite saw the appeal of Nubar Reclaim...until now. Prompted by Candy's mad love for this baby, I casually added Reclaim into my Beautybay cart and now I know what the fuss was all about.

This is two easy coats of Nubar Reclaim.





Reclaim applied real smooth. It wasn't a nightmare to paint on, as some linear holos can be, which was very surprising for me. Reclaim has the same holo effect as FNUG, Layla and Nfu Oh holos but it applied like any other polish. It flowed so easily, and I didn't have to put in any extra effort. 
I'm an official convert.

My Essie Spring 2012 Picks

I knew I wanted Navigate Her and A Crewed Interest from Essie's Spring 2012 collection when it first came out. Problem is, I was having a hard time tracking these two down. I didn't just want to purchase them online. I wanted to see them in person to make sure they look the way they did in the pictures I've seen but every single time I visited Smoochiezz (the only brick and motar stockist in Singapore who carries affordable Essies), they were always out of these two elusive shades.

A couple weeks ago, I visited one of Smoochiezz's make shift stores at Tanjong Pagar MRT and I asked the lady why Navigate Her and A Crewed Interest are NEVER in stock. She then told me she remembered seeing them both at another of her stores and offered to bring them down for me. Then and there, I decided to jump the gun and ordered them! 

Anyway, enough with my long, grandmother story. Here are the swatches!  

This is three coats of Navigate Her with a coat of Essie Good to Go on top.

GOSH I LOVE NAVIGATE HER. It's the perfect shade of pastachio green. It's so unique - I've never seen a shade like this before and it looks so fresh! Perfect shade for Spring (even though it's rainy and gloomy these days)!

Next we have A Crewed Interest. This is three coats with a coat of Essie Good to Go.

Just like Navigate Her, A Crewed Interest is such a fun, fresh colour! It's a really wearable shade of peach and I'm definitely gonna be wearing this one when my peak period rolls in and I need some fun colour on my nails to cheer myself up.

What can I say? Essie really knocked it out of the park with these two fun, fresh shades! Formula-wise, I must admit they're not the best. I had to be extra careful and they did apply a bit streaky. I'm not sure if it's the anorexic Essie brush or the polish itself, or maybe a combination of both but they were not the easiest polish to paint on. That being said, I love the colours so much I'm willing to close one eye and bite the bullet with these two.

Till next time! :)

Jindie Nails Noel

Heyhey! Today, I have Noel from the Jindie Nails Santa Claws collection to show you guys.

Straight up, I couldn't resist doing a bottle shot. Noel is described as a "neon green, white and red matte glitters and green sparkles densely packed in clear base," from Jindie Nail's Etsy and that couldn't be any more accurate!



I started out with two coats of Essie Going Incognito. Love how glossy it is!



Then went on one coat of Noel. What I love about Noel is that it doesn't have too much jolly green (Christmas green) glitters so using a jolly green base really brought out all its colours!



I also love how the red jumps out and make everything pop even more.



We've been seeing so much red and green hex (and bar) glitters from all the other indie Christmas collections and Noel's matter glitter is such a breath of fresh air!



I also decided to try layering Noel over some reds. This is two coats of Sally Hansen Brick Wall, Beadstreet 74 (or Brick It Up as I have christianed it) and China Glaze Hey Sailor.



This is one coat of Noel over all three nails.



Now on to some close up shots, here's Noel over Going Incognito. Love the colour combination!!!



This is Noel over Hey Sailor. Hey Sailor is a typical Christmas bright red and I'm sad that it kidna swallowed the red glitter in Noel.



This is Noel over Brick It Up. Brick It Up reminds me of gingerbread cookies and it just brings up such not so typical Christmasy feel whenever I see it.



This is Noel over Brick Wall. This one is my favourite combination of the reds. Brick Wall was dark enough to let all the glitters shine through.



LOVE LOVE LOVE!

Jindie Nails is available from Mei Mei's Signatures, who ships worldwide with the exception of Italy.

Disclaimer: This product was sent to me for my honest opinions. I am not affiliated with Mei Mei's Signatures or Jindie Nails.