CND's new "Urban Oasis" polish is a pretty, though dark, blue-green/teal leaning further to the blue side than green.
I expected to dislike the polish once I saw how much blue it had, but I've gotten several compliments and it is beginning to grow on me. Kinda like a fungus actually ... but I'll still switch to CGs "Peace on Earth" when it arrives.
After adding the second coat, I almost immediately crashed my pointer fingers together. Go figure, I tend to read between polish coats and books can be a challenge to pick up and put down. With no small amount of dread, mostly because this is a creme and cremes just don't do passable touch-ups as well as shimmers/glitters, I looked at my nails.
No damage. Wow, these dry as fast as OCC Chlorophyll. No surprise, the formulas are very similar.
Two days later, I applied the Teal Sparkle top coat as a funky french. I was noticing the slightest bits of tip wear, and decided to hide them rather than change.
Teal Sparkle has a great deal of green to it, so the combo is unusual, to say the least. It does have a duo effect, with the plastic bits flashing from clear to green so the base color shows through. It has also been growing on me.
These photographs were taken on day four of the mani, I believe. Or day five, but I'll be safe and say four. There was some minor tip wear, which is very common for me. I'm always dragging my nails across something.
Removal of these did turn my fingers blue for a bit, and I used three cotton balls to remove all the lacquer ... a bit more than is typical. I was able to remove the vast majority of the polish, so I wasn't wandering around with asphyxiated fingers for long.
Barielle Ridge Filling Base Coat
Two coats polish
One coat Nubar Diamont
My refill bottle of Diamont seems to play more nicely with polishes than the original bottle. It still dries as quickly for me, but the layering is easier and lasts longer. I had massive peeling problems with the first bottle if I layered anything on top of Diamont, even a second coat of Diamont ... if you change your polish daily or every two days, no biggie, but I like to get at least four or five days from a mani. This refill is definitely working better, but it is an older bottle. Probably close to a year old or more. I've read that Nubar changed the formulation of Diamont, and some bloggers were having a lot of problems. If so, CND still makes "Air Dry" and I've had great results from that quick-dry as well.
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