ABC Challenge; F is for Finger Paints

Hi ladies! I'm back again this evening with the second part of today's ABC Challenge. For F I decided to go for Finger Paints, granted they're the only F polishes I own, but we'll just ignore that fact. Now, onto the swatches!

Late Night Rendez-vous is a Blue, Green & Teal shimmery metallic polish. I feel it's very similar to Butter London - Scouse in the terms of being made up of lots and lots of flakies. I can't believe how long I've waited to wear this colour, it's beautiful! I posted a swatch of this and was told it looks very similar to Zoya - Charla and the coveted OPI - Catch Me In Your Net, but having not owned nor seen them side by side in person I can't comment. The photos above is 3 coats of Late Night Rendez-vous without a Top coat.

Art You Blue? is a Grey toned Blue packed with Silver shimmers which dries to a metallic finish. The application with this polish was a dream, almost opaque with one coat, two being needed to slightly fill in the gaps/patches. I applied 2 coats of Art You Blue? for the photos above without Top coat.


Finger Paints are unfortunately only available in Sallys stores or on their website in the US, which sucks for being able to have easy access to them! Though fortunately I have some brilliant US friends that are able to capture the ones I so desire (too much Once Upon A Time...I think so). Which brand would have been your pick for the letter F?

Swatch: Finger Paints: Special Effects Collection (PIC HEAVY!!!)

Hi ladies! I have the Finger Paints 'Special Effects' to show you today, otherwise known as the 'Flakies'. Now, I've known from the second I saw the preview for the collection, that I wanted them. If you, like me, live in the UK or anywhere else besides the US/Canada, then you'll know that these are NOT available anywhere. So I organised a couple of US based swaps and asked each person if they'd be able to get them for me, luckily enough each person was only able to find one or two of the flakies, unfortunately, they were all the same kind; Twisted, Flashy & Asylum. I KNEW I had to find the other two, so I frantically went searching for them, by this time they were long gone out of the shops, so I knew my chances were slim...but luckily I found someone with back ups of both Flecked & Motley, the final two I needed. Needless to say I grabbed that opportunity as fast as I could.

Even after going through all of that trouble to get a hold of them, they've been sitting in my Helmer waiting to be shown off to the world for about 2 months now, sorry guys! But I've finally got around to swatching them, so here they are! All of the photos below are 2 coats of each 'Flakie' over Essie - Licorice and for the Matte photos, I used one coat of MASH - Matte Top Coat.

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Swatch: Finger Paints - Tough Art To Follow

Hi ladies, I have another Finger Paints polish for you today. I'm completely in love with Finger Paints polishes at the moment, the main reason being that they're completely new to me and I have been wanting to get my hands on some for so long now. The other reason being that they are amazing.

Tough Art To Follow is a dark, forest green creme. It can look almost black in some lighting and reminds me of OPI - Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow which I swatched here. I'll try and get a comparison post up on my Facebook page as soon as possible. As you can see in the second photo, when in direct sunlight, you can definitely see the green a lot more. I'm sorry this is such a short post today! I'm actually writing this at 2:30am and I am exhausted! 

I'd love to try even more Finger Paints polishes, so if you're able to get a hold of them, let me know in the comments or send me an e-mail at polishedcriminails@gmail.com and we can discuss a potential swap in the future!

Swatch: Finger Paints - Vermillion $ Painting

Hi ladies! I'm back again with another swatch for you, this time it isn't from BarryM! *gasp* Today is a very special day, as it is this particular brands debut on Polished Criminails! Can we all give it a warm welcome? Anyway, craziness aside, lets actually get into the good stuff shall we?

Finger Paints is an American brand which is exclusively sold at Sally's stores in the US. Being British, I never thought I would be able to get my hands on any of their polishes but thanks to some amazing people aka Nicel & Sarah, I now have a tiny collection of Finger Paints I can call my own.

Vermillion $ Painting is a bright red toned orange with golden orange shimmer. It's definitely one of those polishes that are impossible to capture on camera, well at least for my hunk-of-junk camera anyway. The pictures do make it look a little lot more red than it actually is. The swatch is 2 coats of Vermillion $ Painting, I think 3 would have been better as the nail line is slightly visible still. Overall, I'm pretty happy with Finger Paints and cannot wait to get my hands on some more! 

Thanks again to both Nicel & Sarah for their kindness! If you haven't checked out their blogs, I suggest you go and do so now, I promise you won't be disappointed.