Orange Lipstick: Floam

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Match your tips to your jewelry with Floam!

FLOAM! Oh my gosh, I can't even express to you how long I lusted after this polish.

This is an I'm Feeling Nail-venturous polish that is now being made by Ninja Polish. I've shown you Floam before HERE but here's a refresher:

(Be the envy of all your friends!)

Anyway...this is the Floam polish that started all the other incredible Floam spin-offs.

According to Ninja Polish's website Floam contains "matte neon blue and yellow-green fine glitter in a clear base."

Unfortunately, I think my yellow-green glitter bled a wee bit because my base seems a tinge yellow. It gives the whole thing a greenish cast and I do wish it were a bit more blue. Whatever - I still adore it!

This is three coats of Floam. It dries incredibly quickly, unlike some glitters, so you can actually get the three coats on in a reasonable time. Next time I'm going to try layering this over a deep blue or black to really make it pop!

And since I was wearing Floam on my fingernails I had to wear my BeadsInk Floam ring! A nice lady name Steph has run this Etsy shop for over a year and she makes jewelry using nail polish! How cool is that? She custom-made this Floam ring and I adore it. Seriously...you'll catch yourself staring at these pretties when you wear them. I love that BeadsInk has polishes from lots of indie polish sellers and that Steph happily accepts custom orders.

You can buy Floam HERE for $9 (+ shipping). You can check out BeadsInk on Etsy HERE.

XOXO

-Kaitlin

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All items were purchased by Orange Lipstick for personal use and review purposes.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Have a sparkly, Floamy Hanukkah!

Listen, I can't tell you how long I've wanted to buy something from Ninja Polish. I finally took the plunge on Black Friday! Woo hoo!

This gorgeous polish is Hanukkah Floam.

Please tell me you remember Floam!

I don't think I ever owned any Floam but I've been positively dying over wanting Nail-venturous Floam. It finally came back into stock and I snapped it up. This, however, is Hanukkah Floam!

This has blue matte and silver holographic glitter. Love it! So absolutely beautiful.

I used two coats in my swatches but you could make it more opaque with three coats.

This eats up top coat like crazy so you'll probably need two coats of top coat. My nails aren't glossy even with the two coats of top coat.

This color is just wonderful and I appreciate that Ninja Polish did a Hanukkah Floam. Seems like so many Holiday collections only focus on Christmas.

This year I bought myself a mini, tiny menorah. It's so cute and comes with all the necessary candles. (Trivia: how many candles do you need to make it through all the nights of Hanukkah? Maybe I'll send a prize to the person who comments correctly...)

Do you celebrate Christmas? Or Hanukkah? Or something else? Or nothing at all?

Either way, Hanukkah Floam would be a really nice addition to your collection! You can purchase HERE for $9.

Next time, I'm going to layer this over China Glaze Up All Night or OPI Blue My Mind.