Ahhh, flakie glitter. Fun! I think it looks like magic fish food, although my brother who works with fish disagrees. Regardless, with its green, orange and blue duochrome glitter flakes this is cool top coat!

piCture pOlish hypnotic layered over Zoya Ibiza in natural light

Application was very good. Two coats of Zoya’s Ibiza with two coats of hypnotic.

piCture pOlish hypnotic

In response to Andy’s question about how Mavala’s Agena compares to Nubar’s 2010, I snapped a few pictures. Agena has a blue base and the flakies are are duochrome, but primarily red. Nubar has a clear base and also has duochrome flakies with the most prominent color being orange. The picture is out of focus, but it best showed the colors of the flakie glitter pieces.

Mavala Agena and Nubar 2010 in sunlight

Both applied nicely, but I would only use them for layering as I feel they are too sheer on their own. Two coats shown.

Mavala Agena and Nubar 2010

Nfu Oh #53 is a flake glitter polish in a blue shimmer base. The flakes are duochrome with a red/green shift. Very cool! This polish is fairly sheer, and takes a number of coats to build-up the color. I like it much better for layering!

Nfu Oh #53 over China Glaze Frostbite

Nfu Oh #53 in artificial light

Nfu Oh #53 in sunlight

I really like this combination. The two together look very similar to the bottle color. The glitter does look a bit washed out though Application was good, but this polish is a bit thick. Two coats of Nfu Oh #53 shown over three coats of China Glaze Frostbite (no top coat).

Nfu Oh #53 over Finger Paints Add & Abstract

Nfu Oh #53 over Finger Paints Add & Abstract in artificial light

The difference between the bottle color and the color on the nail is much more pronounced in real life. The sunlight picture much more accurately reflects the teal that my eye saw. For some reason the glitter showed-up more against the somewhat muted background of Add & Abstract.

Nfu Oh #53 over Finger Paints Add & Abstract in sunlight

Two coats of Nfu Oh #53 shown over two coats of FInger Paints Add & Abstract (no top coat).

Nfu Oh #53

Nubar marks its 10th anniversary of Big Three Free polishes with Nubar 2010. This amazing flake glitter polish really delivers! The look of the flakes really shifts depending on the light, and the color of the polish underneath. The base is really sheer, and I do not care for this polish alone. It is really great for layering though!

Nubar 2010 in artificial light

My favorite combination so far was over Sephora by OPI’s Opening Night (a midnight blue shimmer). It reminds me of spectacular black opals shot through with red and green flash!

Nubar 2010 in sunlight

This polish is a bit thick, but application was good.

Nubar 2010

Two coats each of Sephora by OPI Opening Night and Nubar 2010 with a top coat shown.

Nfu Oh #50 is flake glitter suspended in a medium purple jelly. The flakes are a really cool duo chrome green that shifts blue. They remind me of  iridescent cellophane gift wrap. By itself the polish is pretty sheer, and takes many coats to really build-up the color. I like it much better for layering (shown over BB Couture’s Beetle Bailey). This one is lots of fun!

Nfu Oh #50 in artificial light

Nfu Oh #50 in sunlight

Application was pretty good. This polish is thick, but it leveled out pretty well especially for a glitter polish.

Nfu Oh #50

Three coats of Beetle Bailey and one of Nfu Oh #50 without a top coat shown.