Duochromes on Twinsie Tuesday

So I'm super dopey today.. And forgot to publish my Twinsie Tuesday post. I blame my migraine meds;] So this week, we had a pretty easy and interesting topic for TT: duochrome or metallic polish. It gave me the perfect excuse to show you one of my top 5 polishes of all time! Ludurana has some seriously stunning polishes, and I'm beyond happy to have gotten Emocionante [which means Exciting in Spanish and Portuguese]. HITS definitely has a dupe of this polish and I have that version too, but this is definitely my preferred one. While the formula has some problems with being too thin and a bit watery, it smells really good [not like polish, but like perfume], takes 2 coats where the HITS one takes 3, and the brush is way better [the HITS polishes have a history of wonky brushes]. Oh, and this wore like IRON on me. 5 days with just minimal tip wear. It was a beautiful thing haha.

Like my new nubbies? Heehee. This polish is also my go-to travel polish, since I know I love it and won't lose interest and also wears a lot better on me than my beloved glitters <3 Let's face it, glitters don't travel very well :[

Sorry again about my late post! Go take a look at all the stunning polishes my Twinsies have up today:]
Amanda at Amandalandish
Anna at Going to the Showing
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Cordia at Srsly Swatched
Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...
Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Top Coat It
Tara at Polishy of Truth

Glitter in Their Veins Badge!

The wonderful Amanda from Amandalandish created this Glitter in Their Veins badge for us crazy glitter obsessed polish lovers. She's put it in this post, explaining the rules and everything. I think she's so incredibly sweet for making this and for awarding it to me!<3 I think it's pretty evident that I LOVE glitter haha, so I definitely have glitter in my veins [& my hair & on my pants & in the cracks in the floor... thanks, frankening]. So while the rules say I have to post my favorite glitter, I can't pick just one!! But I do have a glitter + flakie layering combo again that I'm currently wearing and I LOVE it, so I decided to show that!

Rules:

-Acknowledge the award/badge

-Post your favorite glitter

-Nominate 4 more "Glitterati" [in Amanda's words!;) ]

This is 2 coats of LA Splash Midnight Rain with 2 coats of Ludurana Trovao [there's also a coat of Ludurana Chuva in there, but it was pretty irrelevant] 

Trying reallyyyyyyyy hard to show the depth of it haha

Manis like this wear foreverrrrr on me, too. Which is perfect, since I never want to take it off ;]

Love how dark is this, but still glittery! Plus, the contrast between the red & blue is amazing. & I really like the charcoal base in it.

glitter + flakies = Sarah's jaw on the floor for the next 4 days.

Ahh! Do you love it?? I can't stop staring. I think it's official: glitter with flakies on top are my all time favorite kind of mani. I can't stop wearing them! So here are my four amazing nominees:

1. Jenn from All That is Gorgeous
2. Anne from Grape Fizz Nails
3. Raych from Polished Criminails
4. And the literally amazing Haul of Fame

Ludurana Emocionante

Happy Tuesday, everyone! The polish I have for you today is from Brazilian brand Ludurana [although you can order them from the wonderful Llarowe] and the name of it, Emocionante, means exciting! Fitting for this beutiful multichrome.  This is my first time swatching a multichrome, so forgive me, my pictures do NOT do this polish justice.

this is what it looked like straight on...

...but turn your hand a little & look at the pink!

then here's that copper coming out:]

Multichromes are so interesting.. I had this on all weekend and kept staring at my nails haha. I put on 2 coats of Emocionante on top of one coat of Wet n Wild Black Creme: the bottles are a little small, and I want to save this polish!!

What do you think?? In awe of multichromes as much as I am? :]

Ocean Nails!

Gahhhh, I'm really excited to show you guys this manicure. It's another one of my all time favorites, I wore it 3 days straight [an eternity to me, haha]. Flakies on top of chunky glitters is so mesmerizing!! Here, I have on 2 coats Revlon Royal, one coat Lynnderella Bibbitty Bobbitty Boo Blue, and one coat Ludurana Trovao [Portuguese for "thunder"].

this was the best way I could get the green flakies to show up

then, one of my roommates said that my nails looked like the ocean, so I stamped little fishies on them [using Sally Hansen Whirlwind White]!

Left thumb

right thumb

ring fingers! it looks like the fish are kissing, teehee. [sorry it came out so blurry:( ]

Layering with flakies, or how I never want to take this mani off.

I interrupt the OPF series to bring you one of my all time favorite manis ever:

it doesn't translate super well to pictures, but Chuva is a dark blue flakie [with sparse copper flakes mixed in] in a light yellow sheer base.

blurry to show the effect

Finger on the left glossy, the 2 on the right w/ Essie Matte About You

close up of the nail: glossy

close up of the nail: matte

LOOK AT THAT. Dyinggggg. This was absolutely one my my most favorite manis ever. & it was an accident!:] So I got my order from Llarowe in, but I didn't have enough time to change my polish completely, so I put on 2 coats of Ludurana's Chuva [Portuguese for "rain"] on top of my existing mani of one coat BB Couture's Napa Valley Red, with 2 coats of NYX Dorothy. I can't even tell you how pretty this was IRL.

Couple of notes about the Ludurana flakie: it's a polish from Brazil that I got from Llarowe. Okay, completely serious, I cannot believe how AMAZING the customer service at Llarowe is. An amazingly nice woman named Leah Ann runs it all, & she is so incredibly considerate of her customers. Also, shipping is dirt cheap, & I ordered on Friday, it shipped Saturday, I got the polishes in my mailbox by Monday. Plus, Leah Ann was nice enough to contact me via email about certain orders. she's also really active on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Llarowe/126027514153022 . I can't recommend her enough!!