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**Edit** Apparently the photos look good depending on your monitor. They look great on my iphone, but not so great on my laptop. Go figure!**
Hello Lovelies! Welcome to yet another late edition of Flakie Friday! This week I had this ready to go on time - although when I went in to choose my photos.....disaster! They were nowhere near color accurate and my usual lighting was way too bright and washed out the photos. So I pulled out all my photo equipment and tried again. This time, I managed to capture the base color, but the flakies were all wrong. So I photographed a third time, this time in very low lighting and with pretty much every camera setting imaginable tweaked somehow. My skin tone is still a bit wonky, and the photos are slightly overexposed, but that's the only way I could capture this manicure accurately. Lesson learned - do not mix a neon base color with flakies! Also, Susan is taking this week off, but will be back with more flakie goodness next week!
Before I get to the polish, I want to thank everyone again for all the wonderful comments that have been left on Kalli's story. I can't believe how far that one post has spread! It's wonderful! Please feel free to share our story anywhere you would like. Several of you have asked if that is okay and it's more than alright.
I also want to thank Leah Ann from Llarowe - she shared pictures of my Autism Awareness Ribbon Manicure as well as Kalli's story. She is also donating proceeds from the sales of one her polishes from April 2 to an Autism related charity. I was very touched to Leah Ann's reaction to Kalli's story, and her willingness to share openly. Thank you Leah Ann!
Also, one of my fave Indie polish goddesses, Christian from Polish TBH, will be donating some of the proceeds from the sales of her blue polishes during the month of April. How awesome is that?? This is a great excuse to pick up some awesome polish - hint hint hint!!! The shop is currently on vacation but will re-open in about a week.
And last but nowhere near least, please check out some of the awesome polish jewelry from Puzzled and Polished (Link will also be on my sidebar tomorrow) Mandy is also an Austism mom, and the proceeds from her jewelry go to Walk Now for Autism Speaks (her team is Christian's Crusaders). She has also developed an app that provides calming scenes to help when our kids are feeling sensory overload. Hopefully we'll be seeing this app become available soon! Mandy works tirelessly for the Autism Community and, more importantly, is an amazing mom to Christian. Let's help support her and Autism Awarness!
And now....polish!
Today's Flakie is a gorgeous little gem that I picked up from Llarowe. La Femme Destak is a mylar flakie with a red/gold/green/teal duochrome shift. Since this is a mylar flakie, the color shift is entirely dependent on your base color. Darker colors will show the colors better than a lighter base, however this flakie looks awesome over almost any color.
Since I love the red/gold color in this girl, I wanted to layer over a brighter base color in order to keep that color dominant. Great idea, unless you have to photograph it! ;) I chose Sinful Colors Endless Blue, a bright, highly saturated neon blue with the weirdest formula ever. The result is stunning IRL, and I wish it transleted in photos.
This is 2 coats of La Femme Destak over Sinful Colors Endless Blue (Polish colors are accurate - skin tone is not!):
Despite not being the best photos ever, isn't Destak awesome? I love Mylar flakies. How can you not love a flakie that still has a ton of color over lighter colors? I mean, look at that red/gold in Destak - I love how it looks almost fuchsia in some lighting.
Destak's formula is perfection. It's thick enough to carry a ton of flakies but thin enough to be easy to work with. I had no issues with flakie placement, clumping, or dragging. Application was stellar - Destak practically applied itself! Despite being packed with flakies, I had no issues with glopping or gooping, and the flakies lay perfectly flat on the nail. Well, I did have one rogue flakie on the very tip of my index finger, but that happens with stilettos. :)
I wish I could rave about Endless Blue, but that polish had the funkiest formula ever! It's thick, yet it still has a tendency to flood, and it did not want to stick to the sides of my nails. The color is worth the strange application, but I have never had a polish act like that!
I can't wait to try out Destak over some other colors. I have a feeling she would look awesome over a deep purple or a navy blue.
Want your own bottle? Destak and other La Femme beauties are available at Llarowe! Destak sells for $8.00 for 9ml.
What do you think of this combo? Would you wear a flakie over a neon base?
Be sure to check back soon! I have Julep's holographic, some more awesome Daring Digits, BG Cosmetics and Polish TBH coming up!
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber
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