A happy summer rainbow

Before I forget: Have you entered one of my Giveaways yet? My Giveaway extravaganza is still open for another 5 days, and you can win absurdly much, thanks to some awesome nail polish makers who gifted some of the prizes. Oh and you can click any of the underlined words, as there are 7 Giveaways, and each link will take you to one of them.

Some time ago I received a couple of swap packages from my dear swap buddies, and as I had all the nail polishes standing on my table waiting to be swatched on nail wheels, I realized that I had put them in sort of a rainbow order. I decided that it would be best to just wear them that way too, so today I’ll show you a rainbow manicure (I don’t want to call it ombre manicure, because the colours vary from yellow to pink – ombre manicures imho are manicures that show different shades of one colour, not many colours).

I used (from thumb to pinkie) wet’nwild Lavender Pearlescent, wet’n'wild Lavender Creme, wet’n'wild Dreamy Poppy, Sally Hansen Rockabilly and wet’n'wild The Wonder Yellows. 2 coats of each – and prepare for some picture spam, because I liked this manicure so much, I couldn’t narrow down the number of pics to post!

I felt that after a day, this needed some flakies. I have this bottle of orange flakies standing around forever and a day – I bought it from a fellow blogger at the beauty blogger fleamarket last fall, and haven’t gotten around trying it out. The brand is called NOUBA and the polish has the number 455. I found NOUBA polishes at Douglas in Cracow (Krakow), Poland, and they cost ~10€ which I find quite pricey for such a small bottle! Anyhow, I layered 455 over my existing rainbow manicure. The flakies are very dense, so I needed only one coat. I like how the flakie polich adds a somewhat glossy coat to the whole thing and makes everything a bit more sparkly. Nevertheless, I think I will pass it on. I have too many flakie polishes as it is.

If you have any comments on the pictures, let me know. I feel that I have found the right settings for my camera and lightbox, but if you have something (constructive) to add, I’m more than happy to hear your opinions and/or professional advice!