Foil Fancy - EpicNail nail foil kit overview

Jme and I were recently contacted by the team over at Epic Nail (love the name!) and they generously provided us with one of their nail transfer foil kits for review! We'll be testing out these transfer foils over the next week or so, but until then, check it out!

The kit arrived in the form of a sturdy white box with EpicNail printed over the top. I love the fact that it's a flip-top magnetic closure and you can reuse it for storage!  

We also received a couple of information cards. I was very impressed by the quality and thought that went into designing these. They're very colourful and easy to read - and helpful too...

There are illustrated instructions on how to apply nail foil transfers, which are really useful for newbies! There's also instructions for applying them by dabbing (I'll have to try that!) as well as for removal.

Also, a colour chart of all the transfer foils available in their online store! A lot of these are ones I haven't seen before in other stores or on eBay so if you're on the look out for something different, you might find it here.

We requested the Essentials kit, which contains 6 different patterns (all 4cm x 100cm), a bottle of nail foil glue (about 5-8ml?) and a pack of orange sticks. I was a little concerned when I first received the parcel in the mail because I could hear things rattling around! It's a fairly big box and aside from what is in the photo, there's no other packing material. However, the only breakable item is the glue bottle and that was packed safely in bubble wrap so everything arrived safely!

These are the patterns in the Essentials kit! Based on the colour chart provided, these are (from left to right), I Heart You, Pipe Dream and Nautical. I Heart You features holographic silver hearts on a dark pink matte background, so cute! Pipe Dream is a multicoloured blend of shiny foil and Nautical has stripes of matte blue, red and white interspersed with some glossy silver.

The other three are Winter Is Coming, In The Jungle and All Laced Up. These are gorgeous! All feature holo backgrounds, with a pixelated diamond pattern on Winter Is Coming, red and black leopard print on In The Jungle and a very pretty floral lace design on All Laced Up.

There was also a generous sample provided of two nail foil patterns; I Heart You and On The Catwalk. I Heart You is part of the Essentials Kit, but On The Catwalk is different, featuring black leopard print on a silver holo background. Depending on the width and length of your nails, there's enough provided for one to two full manicures.

We'll have our reviews and manis using these transfer foils up soon, so stay tuned! In the meantime, check out the Epic Nail website or find them on Facebook to see all the different products they have available! Epic Nail also offers same day dispatch to Australia and New Zealand on all orders, and a 30 day money back guarantee on all products.

But... that's not all! Epic Nail has kindly provided a coupon code for use till the 31st of December! Just enter BLOGPLISHERIFFIC into the coupon code box prior to checkout to get free shipping on all orders with a product total of $30 or over. Yayyyyy~ =)

edit (24/11/13): We now have reviews of all six foils in the Essentials kit up! Check it out!

Speckled Egg - Emily de Molly Hole in the Sky

[Emily de Molly's Hole in the Sky]

This is Emily de Molly's Hole in the Sky. It's such a sweet, pale blue colour with an array of glitter, I do quite adore it. The base is a light blue base, that is opaque at two to three coats. The glitter consists of round, matte silver glitter of varying sizes, hex holo matte glitter, tiny blue-purple holo glitter, and blue-purple microglitter.

[Emily de Molly's Hole in the Sky]

I do love round glitter in nail polish, and the light, delicate colour overall makes this a lovely nail polish.

Red Delicious - Tribal Colours Liquid Sand Suede Glitter

Here we have the last of the four polishes from the Tribal colours texture polish set of minis from Born Pretty that Jme and I received for review!

[Bottle to nail: Tribal Colours Liquid Sand Suede Glitter (1 coat)]

This one is a gorgeous warm red jelly, made even warmer with the addition of gold flecks running through it. It seems like these gold bits are also part of the "sand" that gives this textured polish its pebbled finish.

[1 coat: Tribal Colours Liquid Sand Suede Glitter]

I love this shade, it's really bright and festive. Not just that, these are all only one coat! The formula is this thick-ish syrupy jelly but it applied with evenly and with great colour payoff. This one dried very quickly to a matte finish and the texture was much more even - not to say it's not textured, but that the bumps were all of a similar size.

[1 coat: Tribal Colours Liquid Sand Suede Glitter]

Again, I popped on some topcoat to see what would happen. It certainly brightens things up when you have gloss on, but one coat isn't enough to fully smooth it out. This colour looks gorgeous either way though!

Once again, this is set #10, which includes a mint green, soft pink, bright blue and this shade reviewed here. This set is pretty good value especially since you get to try out multiple shades. As always, you can use our  coupon code for 10% off and Born Pretty offers free shipping, yay~ =)

Blue Shores - Tribal Colours Liquid Sand Suede Glitter

A little while ago, Jme reviewed two polishes from the Tribal colour set of textured mini polishes that we received from Born Pretty. You can check out her posts on the minty green and soft pink shade! This week, I'll show you the remaining two shades from set #10 in this range!

[Bottle to nail: Tribal Colours Liquid Sand Suede Glitter (2 coats)]

This one is a gorgeous bright blue with large pieces of holographic glitter. It's a gorgeous shade and very nicely sparkly. At one coat, it can be a bit patchy as the base is a jelly, but it evens out very nicely at two coats, which are what my pictures show.

[2 coats: Tribal Colours Liquid Sand Suede Glitter]

It dries slightly matte, but as you can tell, there's still a bit of gloss to it. There is a sandy component to the polish that gives a textured finish, but it seems to be mostly overshadowed by the texture of the large holo glitter after drying.

[2 coats: Tribal Colours Liquid Sand Suede Glitter]

I also tried putting a layer of topcoat over the top and it looked really good that way too! One point of note is that I found that the brushes are fairly large so it may take some getting used to to apply them cleanly. Dry time is on the long-ish side - it's touch dry fairly quickly but dents and smears easily for a while after, so be careful with your nails!

I'll have the next and final polish in this set posted tomorrow, so remember to check it out! If you'd like to try some of these textured polishes yourself, don't forget that you can use our code to get a further 10% off at Born Pretty!

Sparkling Wine - Zoya Blaze, LA Girl Sparkly Ruby

Swatching and comparison time!

In the photo above, I have swatched Zoya Blaze and LA Girl Sparkle Ruby! Now, which is which do you think?

No peeking!

Take a guess!




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Here we go!

[Zoya Blaze and LA Girl Sparkle Ruby]

Tada! Did you get it right? I have to say...the colour difference shown here is almost deceptive, because there's hardly any colour difference in real life. The Zoya Blaze on the index finger is the only one that is very slightly darker than the rest, and I'm not sure why! It's darker than the other Zoya Blaze swatch as well. I suspect it might just be a slightly thicker coat than the others. The others are really hard to tell apart in person.

Anyway, both nail polishes are a gorgeous, deep wine red with red microglitter and holo microglitter. The only difference I could really see is that Zoya Blaze is slightly, very slightly more holographic.

[Zoya Blaze and LA Girl Sparkle Ruby]

The last photo is slightly blurry to show off how shiny and sparkly the nail polishes are. :)

Jelly and Gems - China Glaze Strawberry Fields, Crystal AB rhinestones

Good morning! Today's manicure was something I came up with to go out to high tea with the girls. I wanted something bright but girly, and of course with some sparkle!

[Spot the Sparkle]

This is what I came up with, a combination of pink and rhinestones...

[Base: China Glaze Strawberry Fields (2 coats); Rhinestones: Crystal AB]

I started with a base of China Glaze Strawberry Fields, a medium bright pink with heavy gold glass flecks running through. This was two coats, I think.

[Base: China Glaze Strawberry Fields (2 coats); Rhinestones: Crystal AB]

I then used some clear polish to stick on some crystal AB rhinestones that I purchased off eBay. They're so colourful and shiny, I love 'em! 

[Base: China Glaze Strawberry Fields (2 coats); Rhinestones: Crystal AB]

I think it would have looked more interesting with a stamped pattern or perhaps some french tips to go with, but I was super rushed for time when I was doing this so I reckon it turned out well enough!