Showing posts with label Elemental Styles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elemental Styles. Show all posts

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Rubidium Cube by Elemental Styles

WARNING: The following pictures are old and, quite frankly, pretty horrible. This is another puppy that has been sitting in my draft folder for far too long! I bought Rubidium Cube the day that Whitney announced she was getting out of the polish business, and put off posting it because, well . . . I hate to show you polishes that aren't readily available anymore! But with today being Green Day, and I'm really feeling neons as I wait for winter to end, it seemed the time was finally right. 


Three coats of Rubidium Cube alone, topped with a coat of Gelous and a coat of Seche Vite. 


Rubidium Cube is a clear based polish filled with micro neon yellow-green and white glitters. I wore it alone, attempting to build it up to a Floam-like consistency, but it is probably more suited to be a topper. 


You can see here that, even at three coats, full coverage was not achieved. I don't personally own Floam, and don't know how many coats it takes to get the look.


I do love the look of micro glitter polishes, this one included! It gives the appearance of textured nails (which are all the rage right now!), without me actually having to have anything other than a glassy smooth nail bed. I don't even care for matte polishes, as the texture bugs me, so this is a great alternative. 

Elemental Styles is no longer making polish, however some colors are still available on the Elemental Styles Blog Sale. 







Thursday, October 25, 2012

8 Spooky Nights: Ghosts



October 8th was a ghost prompt in the This Is Halloween Nail Art Challenge, so I wanted to do something completely different for this time around. I wasn't feeling too inspired on the first go around, but after seeing all the lovely ghost manis in that challenge, I racked my brains to come up with something fun and unique this time around!


This is what I came up with: ghostly (but happy!) faces peeking through the eerie mist. I started with a base of Elemental Styles' E=MC2, a greyish base filled with black and gunmetal grey glitters. I haven't reviewed this one (and might not, since Whitney is no longer selling her polishes!), but it was a great performer. I stamped on my faces (Keroppi, ?, and Hello Kitty) with a grey franken I made and QA plate 31. Then I painted over the top with two coats of Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Polar Bare. So what do you think? Ghostly enough? 

Be sure to check out the rest of the challengers for more ghost manis!
Cheers,
-Liz-



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