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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Wheel L3: Glitters from Sinful, Nubar, and Other Brands

As I mentioned last year in my nail wheel philosophy and organization post, when I started this wheel swatching project of mine, I decided to do glitters by brand rather than color because so many of my glitters are multi-colored. I don't always have 20 from one brand to fill up a wheel though, so end up having multiple brands on a wheel and singletons or pairs from still other brands. It feels sort of messy, and if I had to start all over, I might try harder to sort glitters by color or at least color family. But no way no how am I starting over in the foreseeable future. I'm more than 2/3 done and must push ahead to the finish.

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Numbers 5 through 20 have topcoat added to the coats of glitter noted below.

1. Unknown brand unlabeled color ice cream cone (3 coats) [these are so sheer and sparsely glittered they barely show up, but I bought them for the bottles so that's okay]
2. Unknown brand unlabeled color ice cream cone (3)
3. Unknown brand unlabeled color ice cream cone (3)
4. Unknown brand unlabeled color ice cream cone (3)
5. Sinful Pearl Harbor (3)
6. Sinful Queen of Beauty (3)
7. Sinful Paris (3)
8. Sinful UFO (3) [I'd forgotten how pretty this is; need to wear it more]
9. Sinful Pinky Glitter (3)
10. Sinful I Miss You (3)
11. Sinful Frenzy (4)
12. Sinful Hottie (3)
13. Sinful Nail Junkie (3)
14. Sinful Call You Later (4)
15. Nubar Purple Fire (4)
16. Nubar Petunia Sparkle (4)
17. Nubar Purple Rain Glitter (3)
18. Butterfly Ashanti 353 (2)
19. Nabi Purple Glitter (4)
20. Kanebo Kate PU-10 (3) [such a delicate purple beauty]

Bottles 1 through 4:


5 through 9:


10 through 15:


15 through 20:


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18 comments:

  1. NailsByDianaApril 4, 2012 at 10:27 AM

    i absolutely love that you do this! such a great way to show the colors and all!

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  2. ViktorijaApril 4, 2012 at 10:34 AM

    Those ice cream cones are adorable! Almost as cute as pumpkins and snowmen. I wonder do you paint the wheels each week, or prepare all of them in advance?

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    1. KarenDApril 4, 2012 at 1:23 PM

      Viktorija, I usually paint the wheels well in advance; I have quite a backlog of photos for future posts. I tend to do a bunch a one time when I have the house to myself for an evening--I can spread out my stuff on the kitchen table and watch some tv while I paint, usually something Mr. K is not into, like reality TV or DVDs with some eye candy in the form of someone like Alex O'Loughlin. :)

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  3. MelissaApril 4, 2012 at 10:35 AM

    My personal favorites are Sinful Colors Nail Junkie, Hottie, and Call You Later, which I actually just finished wearing. It's such a great green glitter. Oooh Nubar Purple Rain and Petunia Sparkle are gorgeous as well.

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  4. SamanthaApril 4, 2012 at 10:41 AM

    glitter! all beautiful :)

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  5. turtlechick12April 4, 2012 at 10:44 AM

    I love glitters. I love them all!

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  6. Lindsey RApril 4, 2012 at 11:47 AM

    Mmm.... glitter! Those ice cream polishes are adorable!

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  7. Marias Nail ArtApril 4, 2012 at 12:28 PM

    Nubar Petunia Sparkle is a clear favorite, yummi :)

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  8. PolishandCharmsApril 4, 2012 at 12:45 PM

    The little cones are so cute! I just love glitter, makes me happy!

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  9. The Lacquer TrackerApril 4, 2012 at 12:51 PM

    Those ice cream polishes are unlike anything I've ever seen! They're also ridiculously cute. Would definitely buy for the bottle alone.

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  10. Impoverished by PolishApril 4, 2012 at 1:02 PM

    I have a lot of the Sinful ones, and want even more of them now that I've seen them swatched ;) I've been thinking that I should do a post about Unsolved Nail Mysteries, I have a few polishes where I wish I knew the brand, who sold them, where/when they were sold, etc. Your cone polishes seem to fall under the same category. :)

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  11. Alanna - PrettyPurplePolishApril 4, 2012 at 2:40 PM

    I love the ice cream cone polishes! So cute haha :)

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  12. Libby's Pink VanityApril 4, 2012 at 6:27 PM

    I like the cone polishes too. I had to giggle when I saw the photo because I thought of dunce caps right off.

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  13. Johanna (Paillette)April 4, 2012 at 9:04 PM

    I love that SC UFO. So beautiful.

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  14. drinkcitraApril 4, 2012 at 9:53 PM

    So many lovely glitters! I really like the ice cream cone bottles! So cute!

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  15. UnknownApril 5, 2012 at 8:36 AM

    You can't even imagine the threats my cousin did to me if I won't bring an ice cream bottle for her! XD

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  16. ♥beauxs momApril 5, 2012 at 6:04 PM

    I just love those ice cream cone bottles! They are adorable! I want some! Are they older.

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    1. KarenDApril 7, 2012 at 6:29 AM

      beauxs mom, I got the ice cream cone bottles last year at Meijer. I saw the same type of bottles with bright shimmers in them more recently at an outlet store (I want to say it was Burlington Coat Factory, but that might be wrong).

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