Thursday, September 3, 2009

Variations on an NOTD: Obsessive Compulsive Swamp Thing + Nfu.oh #38 + Essie Matte About You

First thing's first: I am in love with Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics nail polish! These are some of the absolutely best creme polishes I've ever used. I haven't tried all of the ones I've ordered but the couple I have tried have been fabulous: the formula's thin without being runny (hence easy to control) and ultra pigmented (so my customary three coats was more out of habit than necessity). I'll do a bigger post about OCC polishes in the coming week but for now, I had to show off my NOTD (and what I did with my NOTD when I got bored)...

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Swamp Thing
Day old mani topped with Diamont. It was hard to do but this photo captures the color pretty faithfully. I love this dark drab olive to pieces. But I had to play with it...!

OCC Swamp Thing with Nfu.Oh #38

As you can see from the bottle, this is a cloudy-clear opalescent flakey polish. Light does marvelous things to this combination of polishes.

OCC Swamp Thing with Nfu.Oh #38 and Essie Matte About You topcoat


I love this even more mattefied: the mattefying does not really dampen the way the Nfu.oh reacts to light. It's not as reflective, but as reactive (though I'm pretty sure I'm not expressing those terms correctly).

"Rawr! I am a scaly Swamp Thing! FEAR ME!"
...says my nails.

OCC Swamp Thing with Nfu.Oh #38 closeup with and without Essie Matte About You topcoat

Last week to enter the BB Couture for Men giveaway! Form on the sidebar, on the upper right.