Ninja Polish Divinity

Happy Memorial Day for those of you celebrating in the US, in the UK we've had a bank holiday today so it's a short week for us too!

Today I have for you Ninja Polish Divinity from the Enigma collection. This polish contains colour shifting pigments and sparkle. It is modelled on the likes of the famous Clarins 230 and Max Factor Fantasy Fire but it can be worn alone without undies.

I took the some of these pictures below in the light box which really didn't show much colour shifting but I wanted you to see the polish in this light because it does show some of the colour shifting which was really hard to capture.

For these swatches I used 2 coats of Divinity and one coat of HK Girl topcoat, make sure you scroll down further for more pictures and a comparison.

Look at that bottle shot! Unfortunately I never got quite so much colour shift on my nails.

These pictures were taken outside in the daylight, very little colour shifting but lots of sparkle

I think the most colour shift I got from this polish was in low light which meant it was really hard to capture. You can see some green shift in this picture but in real life it was more apparent.

OK, so I am luck enough to also own Max Factor Fantasy Fire and Clarins 230 so I thought I would show you a quick comparison. I swatched Fantasy Fire and Clarins 230 over black, as you can see Divinity is quite different, even over black.

Fantasy Fire and Clarins 230 are very very similar and I felt that Divinity just lacked the depth of the other 2. I know it's not supposed to be a dupe but for us in the UK where Fantasy Fire is plentiful I probably wouldn't bother with Divinity. It's one of those polishes that I probably would really have loved if I didn't already own something even more incredible.

Oh, look at that Clarins....... I still haven't worn it for a full mani as I'm too scared!

Which do you like best??
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Ninja Polish Girly Floam

It's midweek finally, my most tired day of the week and as I'm still naked (see Monday's post!) I thought I would show you something fun that I wore a few weeks ago. I'll be posting my results for the naked challenge tomorrow so you can see for yourselves.

During this bleak midwinter I wanted to wear something girly and fun and as this has been sitting in my untrieds for a few months out it came. Ninja Polish Girly Floam is a matte pink and purple fine glitter in a clear base. For this mani I used it alone and it took 3 coats to reach full opacity.

As everyone who has worn Floam knows, it is one hard polish to remove so I thought there would be no better time to try the PVA basecoat method we've all been hearing about. I've been a bit wary of this method just because I don't really like the thought but then again the thought of removing Flaom was enough to push me into it!

The PVA basecoat method was reasonably straightforward but the only thing that puts me off using it again is that I was tempted to pick at it most of the time it was on my nails and I'm not even a picker! It was particularly soft after a shower so that would be a good time to take then off if you have more willpower than I do.

Anyway, on to the swatches:

 

Look at that shimmer!

 Now, before I took off this mani I had a little practice at stamping, I still need lots more but here are some of the nails I was able to peel off when I wanted to remove the mani. Really it was easy but I will probably be reserving this method for really hard to remove polish. These look a bit creepy don't they??!!

 

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