Alessandro Crystal Punk swatchesAlessandro Crystal Punk

First time I saw Alessandro Crystal Punk promo photos I knew at least one would be mine. Blue set was my least favorite and turquoise my darling. Other two – I had no clue what would they look in real life.

Alessandro Crystal Punk (Go Magic)
Alessandro Crystal Punk (Go Magic)

First I received the Alessandro Toxic Turquoise set for review and put in on the desk so I could use it at first opportunity. Meanwhile I needed black nail polish and I just used the one from the set … and was blown away. One coater, good shine, drying time is average but the formula is my favorite for cream nail polishes. I know that not all of you like this kind of formula (Illamasqua Thorb, black from Essence My Sparkling Acrobat are the only two other polishes in my collection with this kind of consistency), but for me personally they are my holy grail for cream nail polishes. :silly:
I could not decide between Freaky Orange and Green Underground so I kind of just closed my eyes and picked one out … my goal was to have another black nail polish anyway so the flakies were just bonus. :biggrin:

First I tried out Alessandro Freaky Orange flakies. No special technique I simply applied 2 coats of flakies over black polish (I let base to dry for 2-3 minutes). Amm – result was not so hot. Frankly – I was not terribly surprised as this seems to be common problem when you have mini bottle and not so mini (stiffer) flakies. But I wanted to give you idea how the application looks straight from the bottle. I usually top these kind of flakies with smaller ones to give the manicure depth.

Alessandro Crystal Punk - Freaky Orange swatch (Go Magic!)
Alessandro Crystal Punk - Freaky Orange nail polish swatch (Go Magic!)

With Alessandro Toxic Turquoise flakie I tried another technique. Nothing special really, but I find that if you swirl brush few times in a bottle it tends to pick up a lot more of glitter onto the brush. Here is how 2 coats of Toxic Turquoise top coat look on black base.

Alessandro Crystal Punk - Toxic Turquoise swatch (Go Magic!)
Alessandro Crystal Punk - Toxic Turquoise nail polish swatch (Go Magic!)

Price: 10 EUR for set with 2x5ml (0.17 fl.oz.) nail polishes.

Don’t get me wrong, flakies look nice (I am flakie nut anyway), but the black nail polish … :wub:
I’m trying to stop myself from buying Green Underground just so I would not run out of this black gold nail polish base. :blush:

*I received Toxic Turquoise for review from Alessandro SlovenijaKo sem prvič videla Alessandro Crystal Punk promo fotografije, sem takoj vedela, da bo vsaj en set moj. Modre krpice so mi bile že na fotografijah najmanj, turkizne pa najbolj všeč. Odločitev oranžnem in zelenem kompletu, pa je čakala na bližnje srečanje z njima. :silly:

Alessandro Crystal Punk (Go Magic)
Alessandro Crystal Punk (Go Magic)

Naneslo je tako, da sem najprej dobila Alessandro Toxic Turquoise set za review in ga postavila na mizo za čim prejšnje igračkanje. Nekaj dni kasneje sem potrebovala črn lak za bazo in se odločila, da bom preizkusila kar črno bazo iz seta. Noro fantastičen lak! Prva plast popolno prekrije, visok lesk, črno črna barva … Vem, da niste vsi navdušeni nad takšnimi formulami (Illamasqua Thorb in črn lak iz Essence My Sparkling Acrobat sta bila do sedaj edina takšna laka v moji zbirki), ampak zame so to najboljše formula za krem lake.

Odločitev med Freaky Orange in Green Underground setom je bila pretežka, tako da sem enostavno zamižala in izbrala enega … moj cilj je bil itak kupiti rezerven črni lak, krpice so bile samo bonus. :biggrin:

Najprej sem preizkusila Alessandro Freaky Orange krpice. Brez kakršne koli posebne tehnike – 2 plasti čez črno bazo (2-3 minute sem počakala preden sem nanesla krpice). Hja – rezultat ni bil pretirano navdušujoč, vendar iskreno povedano nisem bila zelo presenečena. Že nekajkrat sem naletela na težavo pri mini stekleničkah z malo večjimi bleščicami. Vendar sem želela, da vidite kako izgleda nek tipičen nanos takšnih bleščic. Jaz ponavadi nadgradim takšno manikuro z manjšimi krpicami in tako dobim večjo globino.

Alessandro Crystal Punk - Freaky Orange swatch (Go Magic!)
Alessandro Crystal Punk - Freaky Orange lak za nohte swatch (Go Magic!)

Pri nanosu Alessandro Toxic Turquoise krpic sem uporabila rahlo drugačno tehniko. Pred časom sem namreč ugotovila, da pri bleščicah pomaga, če s čopičem nekajkrat zaokrožiš po laku. Očitno se na tak način več bleščic oprime čopiča. Takole izgledata 2 plasti Toxic Turquoise nadlaka na črni osnovi.

Alessandro Crystal Punk - Toxic Turquoise swatch (Go Magic!)
Alessandro Crystal Punk - Toxic Turquoise lak za nohte swatch (Go Magic!)

Cena: 10 EUR za set dveh 5ml lakov.

Krpice so tako ali tako ena izmed mojih obsesij, tako da ni nič nenavadnega, da so mi le te všeč. Ampak zvezda tega šova, je bila zame nesporno črna baza. :wub:
Moja največja trenutna težava je, da se moram prav prisiliti, da ne kupim še Green Underground … ker kaj pa, če porabim oba črna minija? :blush:

*Toxic Turquoise set sem prejela v oceno od Alessandro Slovenija

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  1. Druga kombinacija mi je zelo všeč. Sama krpic in bleščic ne uporabljam velikokrat ker je potem preveč dela pri odstranjevanju.

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    • Eh – če vse drugo pade v vodo, daš folijo čez pa je. Škoda se je odpovedati bleščicam zaradi odstranjevanja – sem bila na istem kot ti, zdaj jih imam pa neprestano gor. :nails: :silly:

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  2. Krpiceeee :happy:
    Zelo všečno. Ampak men se zdi predrago. :( A tole se bo samo v kompletu/setu prodajalo?
    Zaaaakaaaaj nisi zelenega vzela? :))

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