Spring Colors from Kokie

Products provided for review

 

Well hello again. I'm recently back from my not officially summer yet vacation, a road trip from Idaho to Illinois and back again. In a bold move, I left my laptop at home, which meant, among other things, that I was able to wear longer fake nails than usual, but that's a story for another day. The story for today is that Kokie kindly sent me some polishes in colors perfect for spring. Left to right: Iris, Rock Star, Crown Jewel, Classic, Georgia Peach, All the Envy.

 

I started with Classic, a pale milky peach crelly. This was buildable; I did four coats but could have stopped at three for a faux French mani look. This is indeed classic. I wore similar polishes for years early in my career as an accountant when I was trying to fit the mold of a serious businesswoman.

 

Nothing like dots to quickly add color, so I decorated with Georgia Peach, Iris, and All the Envy before adding clear topcoat.

 

Iris is a light lilac creme. This one covered in two coats.

 

I topped Iris with Crown Jewel, which has blue and holographic blue glitter in a sheer gold shimmer base. (I knew this would work because I swatched a different bottle of it over another light cool creme back in 2019. Because I was craving sparkle, I used two coats of Crown Jewel and added clear topcoat to bring out the bling even more.

 

All the Envy is a medium green creme. I used two coats for my swatch.

 

I put one coat of Crown Jewel on top of All the Envy and added topcoat to that. The somewhat deeper base brought out the gold in Crown Jewel more than Iris had.

 

I combined Rock Star, a warm lavender flecked shimmer, and Georgia Peach, a light red-leaning orange creme, into a funky French look alternating with Georgia Peach alone. Rock Star took three coats and Georgia Peach two. I did add topcoat to the funky French nails to smooth the line between the polishes. This look does say spring to me. If you want to see Rock Star on its own, I swatched a bottle I bought myself back in 2019 (and also topped it with another Kokie shimmer/glitter topper).

 

Given that Rock Star was three coats, I wondered if it would work as a topper, so I laid down a base of two coats of Iris and added one coat of Rock Star to all but my index finger. I really liked the combination. Rock Star warmed up Iris just a tiny bit, and Iris brought out the pale golden shimmer in Rock Star.

 

These are all nice polishes; good basic cremes and some bling to liven them up. It's nice that Kokie doesn't seem to discontinue things too quickly, given that I got two of these colors four years ago and you can get them today. The polishes shown in this entry were provided free for review purposes. The content of the entry was not dictated by the provider, and I get to keep the polishes for my own use.

Wheel A16: Gold Shimmers

More gold shimmers today for Nail Wheel Wednesday, back from the holiday break. I'm using "shimmer" broadly here; some might be more precisely called metallic or foil or chrome, but if I take the time to sort that finely, I'll never get all my polishes on wheels. And I still very much want to accomplish that.

 

1. Kiko Smart Fast Dry 834 Golden Tiffany (3 coats)
2. Zoya Severine (2)
3. Orly On the Dunes (3)
4. Orly Color Blast Golden Chrome Foil (2)
5. Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Wedding Glitters (3)
6. OPI Sand on Your Own Feet (2)
7. OPI Love Angel Music Baby (2) [such a pretty satin finish]
8. GOSH Gold (2)
9. Wet 'n' Wild Fergie Grammy Gold (2)
10. Dior 148 (2) [from the Golden Jungle duo, which I swatched here]
11. Elle Gold n' Glitz (3)
12. Elf Pot of Gold (2)
13. Kiko Quick Dry 859 Metallic Gold (2)
14. LA Colors Color lst Champagne Sapphire (2)
15. Sephora + Pantone Latte (2)
16. Essie Getting Groovy (2)
17. Milani Color Statement Gold Plated (2)
18. Avon Brushed Metals Brushed Gold (2) [looks sort of textured without topcoat]
19. Zoya Peterhof Palace (2)
20. OPI 50 Years of Style (2)

Bottles 1 through 5:

 

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11 through 15:

 

16 through 20:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kokie Green Greens and Gold

Sample provided for review

 

Today I've got three more of the new shades in the Kokie Green line, which the brand generously sent me for review. Two of these are green in color, too. Left to right: Feral, Starry-Eyed, and Maybe Baby.

 

Maybe Baby is a teal-leaning medium toned green shimmer flecked with golden highlights. I did two coats for my swatch and added clear topcoat to bring out the pretty sparkles in the shimmer even more.

 

 

 

Starry Eyed has small gold and holo glitter in a clear base.

 

Starry Eyed didn't look like it'd be full coverage, so to try it, I bared just my index finger and put on three coats of it, then did one coat over Maybe Baby on my other digits. I'm not usually a gold person, but this gold and green combination looked really good to me. The clear base of Starry Eyed let the shimmer in Maybe Baby show through while the glitter added lots of sparkle and pop.

 

 

Feral is a warm-leaning medium-toned green shimmer. It looks almost metallic in some lights, porbably due to the wealth of silvery shimmer in it. I used two coats, no topcoat for my swatch. Despite it being lighter in tone than Mabye Baby, it seemed more opaque.

 

 

I liked Feral on its own, but of course that didn't stop me from experimenting on it. I sponged Maybe Baby on the tips to make a slightly messy, sort of subtle gradient. I used clear topcoat to smooth it out. I thought these worked well together.

 

 

And finally, I put one coat of Starry Eyed over the gradient, skipping topcoat because it was smooth enough for photos without.

 

 

In direct light, Starry Eyed popped nicely:

 

In the bottle, I was pretty sure I'd like the blue and purple I shared last week. I was less certain about this trio, fearing a couple would be too warm to flatter my skintone, but I ended up liking them all, especially together. These shades are available at select Meijer stores and online for $8 each on the Kokie website.

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The polishes shown in this entry were provided free for review purposes. The content of the entry was not dictated by the provider, and I get to keep the polishes for my own use.

Wheel W15: Golden Shimmers

 

1. SinfulColors Dripping in Pearls (3 coats)
2. SinfulColors 24 Karat (3) [seems like I should have put this on a wheel with toppers]
3. Dr's Remedy Sincere Snow (3) [this was white when it was new, and has been kept out of the light, but it turned yellow anyway]
4. SinfulColors The Royal Me (3)
5. Finger Paints Midas Touch (3) [almost a 2-coater; probably should be on a textures wheel]
6. SinfulColors Gilded Goddess (3)
7. Wet n Wild MegaLast Studio Glitter & Gold (3)
8. Essence Ticket to Paradise Tropical Heat (3) [still not quite opaque at 3 coats]
9. SinfulColors About Last Night (3)
10. Bonita unlabelled shade (3)
11. Sally Hansen Insta Dri Metallic Sunburst (2)
12. Sally Hansen Insta Dri Gold Rush (2) [matte finish, expected]
13. Beautifully Disney Forever Young (2) [matte finish, unexpected])
14. Milani Gold Lamé (2)
15. Revlon Gold Touch (2) [matte finish, and my favorite on the wheel]
16. Milani Signature Gold (2)
17. Esssence Twilight Breaking Dawn A Piece of Forever (2)
18. Bonita Salon Golden Florence (2) [verging on a texture]
19. Sally Hansen Insta Dri Go for Gold (2) [cooler toned than most on this wheel, oops]
20. Butter London Marbs (2)

Bottles 1 through 5:

 

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