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Showing posts with label Nfu Oh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nfu Oh. Show all posts

Essie "Turquoise And Caicos" Plus Glitter

Essie, Nfu Oh 23 comments


What It Is

Nfu Oh's "GS01" (a Glitter Series polish) over Essie's "Turquoise & Caicos" (from the 2010 Resort Collection). GS01 is an almost pastel, multi-colored glitter. "Turquoise & Caicos" is a semi-sheer polish that can build [eventually] into an opaque finish.  

Application

Loved the color of "T&C" but its application was a pain in the butt! Runny and sheer. Bad combo. I tried thicker layers to get better coverage but the polish ended up flooding my cuticles and causing bubbles. I was able to mask them with the glitter though :)
I know I show you Nfu Oh "GS01" ALL THE TIME but I love it! The glitters are small and not in-your-face... so, so pretty! Have I convinced you that you need some Nfu Oh's yet? :) I've seemed to convince myself that I need another one! You can check out my other Nfu Oh's by clicking HERE or visiting my "Inventory (Nfu Oh)" link on my navigation bar above!


Tuesday, November 30, 2010



Chinchilly + Glitter

Essie, Nfu Oh 17 comments

Essie "Chinchilly" and Nfu Oh "GS01"
Nfu Oh "GS01" is probably my favorite layering glitter EVER...
*I used: (3) coats of Chinchilly, (1) coat of GS01, topped with Seche Vite.


Thursday, October 07, 2010



"Barely There" Glitzy Nails

Nfu Oh, OPI 34 comments

OPI "Coney Island Cotton Candy & Nfu Oh GS01
I'm down to nubs right now ;) My middle fingernail became victim to my car door! I swear, most of my breaks are due to the car. I should just trade it in!
Since I'm kind of in shock by how short my nails are, and because I don't want to draw attention to them, I decided to paint them with the new color I got for french manicures: "Coney Island Cotton Candy". I wasn't in the mood for white tips but I needed something because I wasn't thrilled with the odd, uneven, visible nail line... soooo I added a bit of glitter (Nfu Oh GS01) at the bottom of my nail!
I'm enjoying this manicure a lot more than I had imagined. I think mostly due to that glitter! I'll tell you what, Nfu Oh has some great glitters! I've got GS01 & GS09 and they are amazing! I love how small the particles are. They're easy to work with, easy to remove, and do I really need to say it? Gorgeous!
I actually think this could pass for a work-appropriate manicure.
What do you think?
Thanks for reading! :)


Thursday, July 08, 2010



Nfu Oh #568... Better than Zulu!

Nfu Oh 15 comments

Nfu Oh #568
Who needs "Zulu" when you can have #568!? I mean, seriously... have you seen this green? It's gorgeous. Amazing. Perfect!
This is 3 coats. I don't recall there being any problems with the application. Just normal jelly-sheerness. That's the reason for needing 3 coats. What I like so much about this polish is that it is dark but you can still tell it is green! This one is definitely a keeper!
P.S. I've read HERE that #569 is supposedly a dupe for Nars "Zulu". It is a little darker than #568 and touch more blue. So if you don't get your hands on "Zulu" this summer, this is your other option :)


Wednesday, July 07, 2010



Nfu Oh #270

Nfu Oh 21 comments

Nfu Oh #270
Look at that jelly!
This is Nfu Oh #270 (3 coats). It is a cobalt blue jelly. The color really lights up in the sun or in direct lighting, like in my photos which were taken very closely to a lamp. Otherwise, this polish is a tad darker.
How do you like it? I'm a huge fan of blues so I'm loving this polish!


Friday, July 02, 2010



Nfu Oh #531

Nfu Oh 17 comments

Nfu Oh #531
Here is one of my recently acquired Nfu Ohs. This is #531.

#531 is a slightly unsaturated green. It is somewhat of an army green... This polish had amazing consistency. I used 2 coats but I think I could have gotten away with 1 if I'd polished under better lighting... As far as application goes, this is the best Nfu Oh polish I own. It doesn't hurt that I looooove the color, too :)
Look at the detailing on these Nfu Oh bottles. It's just adorable!
I've seen some other swatches online that show this color being much lighter. I was expecting it to be a light green, like the color of jade (the stone). It is obviously much darker than that. Gorgeous non the less...


Thursday, June 24, 2010



More Nfu Ohs

Nfu Oh 6 comments

Just a quick post to let you know I'm adding some more bottle photos to my Nfu Oh page! You can check it out by clicking the link on my navigation bar above!


Wednesday, June 23, 2010



Nfu Oh #393

Nfu Oh 13 comments

Nfu Oh #393
This is 3 coats of Nfu Oh #393 with a layer of Seche Vite (to give it that smoooooth as glass finish, of course)


Yah, you do see 2 different colors here... in some lighting it looks as it does above and in others it looks like shown below. Don't worry. Either way, it is gorgeous!
It's kind of a Robin's Egg blue... Maybe? It definitely has a greenish hue when compared to other blues. Look below:
[What's With The Cattitude , Just Groovy , Ogre The Top Blue , 393]
See what I mean? Greenish. But definitely blue. And definitely not Tiffany blue... it's way too blue for that.
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Aqua?

What do you think?


Wednesday, June 23, 2010



Nfu Oh #38

Nfu Oh 18 comments

Nfu Oh #38 (Opal Flakes)
I was itching to use #38 again (It's probably been almost a year since the last time I did). I think it looks great over a french manicure but my teeny bottle of white Konad Special polish is almost empty so I opted to use pink instead! It's funky, fun, and perfect for summer!

Start with a blank nail. Then, stamp from Konad plate M19:
I always thought that this image was hard to work with... but actually, no! It's not at all! The trick is to line the stamp up with the "smile line" of your nail (where the nail bed turns into the white tip). If it doesn't completely cover the nail tip, just stamp over it again until it does! So easy...
Look! Easy enough to do all 10 nails! (Another helpful tip: raise fingertips to eye-level when stamping, so you can see what you are doing! Then start at the side of your nail that is furthest from you and roll the stamp towards you. Did you get all that? Hope so!)
Sorry that my nails are slightly discolored. I don't have a good base color for french manicures. Any suggestions? Preferably OPI...

After you stamp, you should apply a top coat. I used Seche Vite. It worked pretty well... No smudging. The only problem I had was with my right hand. I must have been pressing the brush too hard because it picked up and replaced some pink polish where it shouldn't have (index finger).
After everything has dried, put on #38:
Pretty!


Tuesday, June 22, 2010



Current Nfu Oh Inventory

Nfu Oh 25 comments

I've put together some photos of my Nfu Oh polishes for you to use as a color reference. Ideally, I'd like to get these all re-swatched and photographed but who knows how long that'll take! So in the meantime, here are images of my bottles of Nfu Oh. Enjoy!
[If you were wondering... Nfu Ohs can be purchased from Fabuloustreet.com]

P.S. I've created a link to this post which can be found on my navigation bar above. It is titled "Nfu Oh". This will make for quicker access to this information in the future :) I will also be adding more bottles as I order them! Hope you find this helpful!


Sunday, June 20, 2010



Nfu Oh #59 (Revisited)

Nfu Oh 7 comments

Nfu Oh #59
This is the color I chose to wear today. I've worn it plenty of times before and yes, I still have colors in my polish boxes waiting to be swatched... but I was in the mood for red and obviously, not just any red. I wanted to wear some flakes!

Nfu Oh #59 is a jelly. After one (sheer) coat, you would think the polish is magenta, but no. It builds into a lovely shade of red (This is 3 coats). The flakes shift from orange to green, though they mostly shine orange... What I love about flake polishes is how well they sparkle. The flakes are essentially giant pieces of glitter and we all love glitter, don't we? Oh yah, except the removal... and flake polishes are just as bad to remove. You'll definitely need some pure acetone to get those stubborn pieces off!
Here is a shot outdoors. The polish really comes to life in the sun!

Do you all have any Nfu Oh flake polishes?
If not,
Do I recommend them? ABSOLUTELY!


Tuesday, May 25, 2010



Nfu Oh #116

Nfu Oh 18 comments

Nfu Oh #116
When I bought this color, I thought it was more on the side of magenta. As you can see, it is definitely not. The first coat is a semi-translucent magenta (see the edges of my nails? They are magenta) but as you add more layers the color darkens. This application was 3 coats. The result is a dark purple. If you look closely, you can see tiny pink/magenta shimmers. It's a gorgeous color! If I hadn't broke my pointer finger (far left) I'd wear this a few more days.

Yep... I broke another nail. It's actually broken in this picture! I spared it for the sake of this swatch. Sadly, my nails are cut all the way down to my nail beds. I probably won't be posting for a while. The nail that broke is really gnarly and gross! It's going to take a while before it grows to a decent length.


Friday, January 15, 2010



Little Blue Box

China Glaze, Konad Nail Art, Nfu Oh 20 comments

Little Blue Box Manicure
Well, it's pretty obvious where I got the inspiration for this manicure. Does that explain all the "Tiffany blue"-like swatches I've been doing? Here is Nfu Oh #394...
There were so many other Konad motifs that I wanted to incorporate into this design. However, there just wasn't enough room on my nails! The bow is from M59. The gem and box are from M14. The silver glitter is China Glaze's Tinsel...
Ideally, I would have liked a bow on my pinkie nail but there was no way that was happening! That bow is huge! Also, I wish I had put a bow on my thumb... It's always easier to criticize when you actually see the prints on the nails vs. ideas swirling around in your head! Hope you like it!


Wednesday, January 13, 2010



Side-by-side

China Glaze, Nfu Oh 9 comments

Here is a picture of the colors (from my last post) side-by-side.
[Left to right] #206, #394, For Audrey, & #172

This gives you a better idea of how they compare to each other. As you can see, #394 and For Audrey are very similar. For Audrey is a little more blue and dusty (grayish) looking. #394 is greener and more saturated. The differences are a even more obvious in real-life. Hope this helps a little better! Thanks for looking :)


Sunday, January 10, 2010



"Tiffany Blue" Search (Swatches)

China Glaze, Nfu Oh 15 comments

Here are my follow-up swatches for this previous post...

Sorry for the inconsistent lighting. Some colors get washed out (by my stupid camera!) if they are photographed in direct light. I wandered around the house trying to find the best location to take pictures of each shade. I probably looked like a nut. I was all over the place with my face at my camera's display screen. I'm surprised I didn't trip over anything, including the cat!

Here are the shades I started collecting to try to find a Tiffany-blue. Nfu Oh #172, 206, & 394, as well as China Glaze's For Audrey. I bought #172 and #206 based on their color from the pictures online. Once I received them and saw how off I was, I asked Jocelyn (at Fabuloustreet) to help me find the closest match.

#172
This is that color I talked about in another post. It is almost identical to Essie's Mint Candy Apple. A gorgeous color, but not what I was looking for. I'd put this in the range of sea foam greens. The formula for #172 isn't as nice as Essie's. It's kind of streaky. This was 3 thick coats.

#206
I'd seen some swatches of this color online and I wasn't sure if it was truly as dark as in the pictures posted. So I ordered it anyway. It's way too green and much too dark! Pretty color though. The formula for this polish was decent. I'd call this a creme but it kind of had a translucent jelly-like quality. I think this was 3 coats.

For Audrey
I think I had told you that I bought this and then gave it to my sister. Well, she didn't use it so she gave it back! Yay! This is supposed to be a Tiffany's inspired color. It's very dusty looking. Too dusty to settle for this as Tiffany-blue. Is it just me or does anyone else think it needs a touch of green? This was just 2 coats.

#394
I FINALLY gave in and asked for assistance in finding a color! I couldn't spend anymore money on the wrong shade. (...Which, actually, I did. After I got #394, I bought #393 because I thought it would be a little bit better. Oops. Waaaay too blue!) Initially, I thought this was a duplicate of "For Audrey"... but as I should have known, you can't judge a polish by its bottle! When I put it on, I saw that it was much more saturated and didn't have that grayish weird tint to it. I have yet to see if it matches the Tiffany & Co. box but I can say it is nearly a perfect match to the envelope they mail their catalogues in :)

[The first photograph in this post is of Nfu Oh #394]


Saturday, January 09, 2010



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