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Thursday, December 15, 2011

New Picture Polish Festival "Flakie Cover" Topcoat Swatches and Review

Attention flake fiends... You'll want to see this new flaky topcoat from Picture Polish. It's a brand new shade called Festival, and it's really really cool. It's a combination of all the different flake types (blue/green, red/orange, gold/orange/green) in different shapes and sizes, all in a clear base perfect for layering.

The first thing I did was try it over the color I was already wearing (Essence Prismatic White, my current obsession):


One coat of Picture Polish Festival over two coats of Essence Prismatic White. I normally love flaky topcoats over white, but I don't think these 'pop' enough over this shade. It looks pretty, but it's subtle.

Then I had to try it over a darker color to see how it looked and WOW.


This is what Picture Polish Electric Blue looks like before adding Festival. A very dark, bold blue shimmer.


And this is how it looks with two coats of Picture Polish Festival over it. You can enlarge these to see the different shapes and colors, the second picture shows the duochrome shift on some of the flakes. Isn't this awesome looking? The blue flakes really make it, if you ask me. Don't think it would be quite as cool looking without the blue ones.

The only complaint I have about Festival is that the flakes are more sparse than I'd like them to be. I didn't get enough coverage with only one coat, but it looks perfect at two. The texture is a little thick, so if you do two coats, you may want to wait a little while in between each coat just to help it dry smoother and faster. I'd love it if the flakes in this were just a little more dense so I didn't have to do two coats.

Festival is already available on the Picture Polish website, but they have plans to release more flaky topcoats (Picture Polish Flakie Cover is the offical name) soon.

Picture Polish is located in Australia but does ship internationally, so please refer to their shipping page for rates. They also have the Picture Polish Network, which is a program you can join to get discounts if you want to order a lot or if you want to resell, so that might be worth a look.

(This was sent for review.)
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28 comments:

  1. florenceDecember 15, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    Looks kinda like Color Club's "Covered in Diamonds"!

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  2. ScrangieDecember 15, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    Florence, nah, it's way better... Covered in Diamonds is sharp chunky plastic bits, these are smooth, glorious flakes :D

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  3. KarenDDecember 15, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    This one looks like a lot of fun!

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  4. AlexDecember 15, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    Oh sheesh! This is super pretty!

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  5. SamariumDecember 15, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    Gorgeous, I caved and ordered it yesterday!
    Can't wait!

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  6. DOPE BeautyDecember 15, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    oooo:) cool mani:D

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  7. florenceDecember 15, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    Good to know! I just recently bought Covered in Diamonds because the colors made me drool. The flaky colors seem similar is what I should have said - sorry for that. I intend to give it a whirl this weekend regardless, but trust your comparison.

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  8. ScrangieDecember 15, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    Florence, definitely! I like Covered In Diamonds, I think it's beautiful, but you have to not mind having really textured nails to wear it :)

    Thanks, everyone! This is such a fun color to layer.

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  9. MaviDenizDecember 15, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    love them, especially the third one

    Xo

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  10. My Autistic AdventureDecember 15, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    That is beeeeyooootiful.

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  11. UnknownDecember 15, 2011 at 3:44 PM

    Gorgeous mani... I really like the flakies!

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  12. GraceDecember 15, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    Looks like one of the new Finger Paints flakies - the one with all the colors mixed together (i.e. the one I want!)

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  13. triceratopsDecember 15, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    That's AMAZING. Wow.

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  14. LDecember 15, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    Really pretty

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  15. Konad-liciousDecember 15, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    Cult Nails Clairvoyant dupe?

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  16. ChoDecember 15, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    Gorgeous!

    Looks a lot like Cult Nails Clairvoyant/Unicorn Puke, or the Deborah Lippman topcoat from the Lady Gaga set, though.

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  17. LucyDecember 15, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    Looks gorgeous over the dark polish. Very pretty.

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  18. KrissyDecember 15, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    So pretty but I'm going to wait for the new Finger Paints flakies!!

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  19. JacquiDecember 15, 2011 at 9:06 PM

    LOVE the flakies! Over the blue, it reminds me of Rainbow Fish :D

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  20. ShatteredDecember 15, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    It's gorgeous, but a bit ridiculous, IMO, for US customers - almost $12 for the polish, plus another $22 for shipping? Hopefully they can work something out for a licensed US distributor or something.

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  21. SaraDecember 16, 2011 at 1:24 AM

    WOW! This is very pretty <3

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  22. Mara SDecember 16, 2011 at 1:29 AM

    Wow the flakies!! And I think over white it´s really subtle and beautiful. I would love to see have prismatic white on its own too! I have one called "prismatic effects" from Catrice, it´s actually a top coat and I love it!!

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  23. JessicaDecember 16, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    Gorgeous! This is what I'm hoping China Glaze Luxe and Lush will be similar to (if it ends up being another Hidden Treasure/2010 dupe I will be extremely sad)

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  24. Lfisher8509December 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    very pretty! i love it more over the darker colors than the white, since it stands out more

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  25. Swatch And LearnDecember 17, 2011 at 7:34 PM

    Scrangie, you had me at 'flakie'. :D How gorgeous is this? INSANELY GORGEOUS! *Drools*

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  26. GooseJanuary 13, 2012 at 4:19 PM

    Hi Scrangie!

    I was just wondering if you've tried the Hard Candy flaky lip glosses? I just picked one up from Wal Mart called Chill Out and it's pretty awesome! It has the same blue and orange flakies as polishes like Finger Paints Alsylum and the Deborah Lippmann Edge of Glory set. Hopefully I'll put up a review soon, although makeup is NOT my specialty in the least, lol. Just something I thought you might really like <3

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    1. ScrangieJanuary 13, 2012 at 4:23 PM

      Yes! And I love them! I have the purple lid one and the hot pink lid one (One of those is Chill Out, I can't remember the other name... Energy?)

      But I can't wait to see your review, you take awesome pictures :D

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    2. GooseJanuary 13, 2012 at 4:35 PM

      Yeah, they didn't have the other one (I think it's Rise & Shine??? I'm not sure...). And thank you! I think I've gotten a little better at capturing nail polishes, but makeup is not as easy for me. Probably doesn't help that I only actually WEAR makeup once in a blue moon, lol!

      We shall just have to see how they come out this time...

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