Nubar 2010 comparison: Glitters

As promised, I'm going to try layering Nubar 2010 over a range of glitter nail polish to see if it works, and what would work.

BEFORE



Index: Zoya Charla
Middle: Orly Royal Velvet
Ring: Zoya Faye
Pinkie: China Glaze Ahoy!

I know Royal Velvet doesn't seem so much like the glitter polish, nor maybe Ahoy! but I wanted to add in something very obviously shimmery and duochrome (in Royal Velvet's case).

AFTER



I painted only 1 coat of Nubar 2010 over each finger.

Index: Zoya Charla
It didn't show up very well in the photo but Nubar 2010 showed up pretty well over Charla, despite the bling-ness. I picked Charla because seeing as it's a sea, ocean blue-green, it might go well with the orange-green flakes of Nubar 2010. I guess it worked, but the flakes seem to be competing with the bling of Charla for attention, which slightly downplays Charla's characteristic mermaid sheen and doesn't give Nubar 2010's opalescence its due either. It's a workable combination, though.

Middle: Orly Royal Velvet
I suppose the shimmer in Royal Velvet lost out in a large way to the flakes in Nubar 2010, because it'd submissively slink back into the background as a dark purple-blue base for the flakes to really shine. You can see that the flakes are at its most obvious here with Royal Velvet just functioning as a backing. Wearable combination, would definitely try it since I don't like black, and I'm not keen on seeing orange-green flakes on navy blue either.

Ring: Zoya Faye
Faye wins. Sorry, Nubar, pretty much can't see you at all.

Pinkie: China Glaze Ahoy!
Being a strong, bright hot pink, Ahoy! pretty much drowned out Nubar as well. You can more of see the shapes of the flakes, which show up as dark spots on the polish, rather than its actual orange-green opalescence. Not really recommended.

I'll be trying it out with some Cremes next, so stay tuned!