Showing posts with label amy's nail boutique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label amy's nail boutique. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

F4 Pink Penguin - Swatches & Review

If you missed out on the first review I wrote on F4's wonderful nail polishes, click me!

Hi guys!!

Today I want to show you some pictures I took when I wore my second F4 nail polish! I received 5 polishes in my first order placed on their website, and instead of putting them all in one swatch & review post, I want to break them up as I wear them so I can enjoy how beautiful and gorgeous they are!

The next nail polish I wore is Pink Penguin, a beautiful mix of small black and white glitters with medium-sized pink hex glitters thrown into the mix to keep things interesting. It is loaded with these matte glitters, and really easy to build up to full coverage on its own. For the sake of removal though, I prefer layering.

You can purchase F4 polishes via their Etsy shop. You can also follow them via their Facebook to keep updated on restock information, etc etc.

I already had on my daisy jelly sandwich and thought I would play around with Pink Penguin and layer it over the whole shebang before taking it off. I figured I already had on 6 layers, how much more could another layer hurt? Also, I personally find it easier to take off glitter if it's on top of some non-glittery polish rather than close to my nail. It could all be in my head, who knows.

Pictured below are my right and left hands. My left hand has Daisy from Amy's Nail Boutique under it (as in my previous NOTD post) and my right hand has Pink Penguin on top of my OPI jelly sandwich (OPI Care to Danse and Pirouette My Whistle)



Right hand - F4 Pink Penguin over OPI care to danse/pirouette my whistle
The pinkie's a bit sparse. Whoops

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ & just because this looked like a cool shot


I wore them this way for like 3-4 days and only took them off because I'd had on the OPI jelly sandwich, which was the original mani that started this glitter layering frenzy, for over a week and it was looking all kinds of worn down and crappy. I did NOT tire of this polish at all, it was so quirky and with the yellow and orange glitters of Daisy peeking through, just cute as hell. 

The glitters were perfect - application was easy and the formula is not too runny or sparse that you have to dab or fish for glitters, nor is it so full of glitters 

F4's next restock will be August 22nd so look out for 'em! They are three of the most wonderful people I've met in the nail polish making community. Amazing customer service, and they really go out of their way, above and beyond, for every customer who purchases from them. 

NOTD - Jelly Sandwich Daisies

Hi guys! Still working on swatching up the Essie Yogaga collection. Once I do that, I'll have giveaway all set!!

In the meantime, here's a manicure I wore last week :) It was rather BEAUTIFUL!!

I wore the following -

OPI Care to Danse
OPI Pirouette My Whistle
Amy's Nail Boutique - Daisy 

AMY'S POLISHES CAN BE PURCHASED VIA HER ETSY SHOP BY CLICKING HERE!

The OPI nail polishes are from the OPI Ballet collection, and they're beautiful! Care to Danse is a sheer grey jelly and Pirouette is a super sparkly silver/holo topcoat. Reminds me of one of the OPI Glam Slam polishes that I can't remember the name of. It's also very similar to a Revlon glitter. I don't have them but I might try to get my hands on em to prove that they are dupes! Or discover that they aren't.

It's a beautiful layering combination, I'll tell you that!

I wore 1 coat of Care to Danse, 1 of Pirouette My Whistle, and 1 more of Care to Danse. I wore that for a day but it got very boring/girly for me really quickly. It was really pretty but it was too monotone. To spice it up, I added on 1 coat of Daisy - Amy's Nail Boutique

Take a look at the gorgeousness!!

I wasn't going to take a picture due to tipwear of the original jelly sandwich, but wanted to show you how Daisy looks. Bear with me, ignore the cuticles, and enjoy the glitter!


Indoors, artificial light!
Outdoors light!
See the buried white hexes that are smaller than the white in Amy's Daisy? Those are from OPI Pirouette My Whistle sandwiched between OPI Care to Danse. Trust me, this was a spectacular effect in person.

I know, I've been featuring a lot of indie nail polishes, but that's alright...I'm linking you to where the polishes are and enabling them!!

Next up is another F4 polish, Pink Penguin. After that, I'll begin a polish series of Horoscope-based nail polishes you can ogle over and appreciate it! I'm wearing Aries on my nails right now...once I get through a few of them, I'll begin posting them here! I don't want to leave you hanging so I want to make sure I have enough "nail material" ready!

Alrighty, thank you for reading!! I hope you're looking forward to the upcoming manicures as much as I am!