Sunday, April 8, 2012

Smooth Moves

One of my favorite blues, Smooth Sailing is a gorgeous periwinkle/cornflower from Essie's summer collection last year. It also has a really unique glass-flecked texture with a subtle purple, pink, and teal sparkle.

Essie Smooth Sailing



The formula is fantastic, easy to work with and only needed two coats.


Later I topped it with a coat of Zoya's Opal, one of their beautiful new flakies with pink & green iridescent fire. I think it complements the blue nicely!

+ Zoya Opal



A long time lemming of mine is Misa's Decadent Drifter, a greyish green with stunning coppery-pink shimmer. So with my trusty CND Effects Copper Shimmer and Crimson Sparkle, I decided to see if I couldn't recreate this beauty with some of my colors. Behold the quick and dirty swatches!

[1] Rimmel Steel Grey [2] Revlon Gray Suede [3] MAC Quiet Time [4] Sally Hansen Wet Cement [5] Sonia Kashuk Fatigued (All + CND Copper Shimmer & CND Crimson Sparkle)



Well... not quite, but still pretty cool nonetheless!