So...Peacock Feather is too wintery....Didn't feel like the blue I have...wanted more summery, but not neon...Hm. Wildlife? Too Autumn. Went for Gold Feather. Immediately wished I'd gone for Wildlife. Not that Gold Feather isn't gorgeous? It definitely is. But it's a fall leaf, Autumnal color. It SCREAMS Autumn. And it didn't duochrome on me. So I have a feeling this post will contain a lot of whining about how I didn't want a fall color and how this failed me. But it is pretty. Even Ruby Pumps said so. She loved it.
Here is it, in all it's Maple Leaf Goldness Glory:
I don't know...burnished bronze? It is really pretty...but it's Faaalllll color. :( (That's me whining in text. Odd because I don't actually whine in real life. It was a bad peeve of my mother's. Simply not permitted. It was the one thing that may have made the patient saint snapping on you.) It just wasn't what I wanted. If I had randomly chosen this in October I'd have been off my head with joy. It looks good on me...It shows off my citrine ring beautifully, and I do love me some Phury-eye jewelry (Shout out to my fellow Cellies!! You know who you are. All you Phury haters just hush.) I be wearing my citrines today...a pic do you say? I'd love to but I am not sporting Gold Feather any longer. I'm just that bloody far behind on my blog. And I do apologize for that. I've been sick. Perpetually.
So...yeah. Right now I'm very meh on this color. I was so meh on it I only took this one swatch. What does that tell you? Oh, poor Gold Feather. Had I only waited to put you on until October or so. How I would have loved you then. It's not you. It's me. I can't commit right now. I want a springy bright beachy surf and sand fling. I...**sigh**It was just bad timing. Perhaps we will meet another time, at another season, for another manicure.
I totally just got weird on you, I know. I was inspired. By really bad acting, evidently.
So, this manicure wore...OK. It didn't do badly. It too survived some breakage and a lot of dishes. Really, to be honest, it wore for roughly 5 days and the right hand did most of the peeling and chipping, which I expect. I am ambi, but favor the right so...there are things I definitely do better left handed. Throwing things for one, which is weird. But anyways, I do expect more wear on the righty and that's exactly what I got.
Nubar is a vegan company, for those of you who are interested. They have a rather vast line and you can get some nice deals on their website. They sell their collections as a whole or individually so if you hate every other color you're not trapped. If you buy the whole set they come in a cute little suitcase. I only have a spare few Nubars, not because they're not good colors or anything, but because I have such a miserable time on their website keeping my shopping to a dull roar. If you have some restraint you should check them out. Unfortunately, it was fall last time I loitered around on there and so most of what I have are more fall colors.
Down to the mechanics of it:
1 coat Seche Base Coat
1 coat Nailtiques 2
2 coats Seche Rebuild
2 coats Nubar Gold Feather
1 coat Seche Vite Top Coat
It went on wonderfully well. If you were careful you might pull off a one coater. I just prefer two. I know many bloggers do three, and I confess, their nails often look a bit better, but I'm not that patient. I also confess to that. Painting my nails is not only a vanity, it is one of the few ways I can force myself to sit still for awhile. Otherwise I'm constantly fidgeting. So...that said, I don't have the quietness in me to sit for a third coat of paint unless they just look rubbish without it. It dried fairly quickly, if I remember correctly, and the Seche Vite didn't hurt the color or eat the duochrome. I just didn't get any. Maybe this isn't really meant to be one and I'm confused. I did get a lovely not quite metallic finish, I just didn't get any duo.
I hope you like this one. I did. Just not right now.
Happy Polishing!
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