What I got for Christmas: Takko Lacquer Schiaparelli

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Today I get to show you my most coveted polish of 2013 that my brother and sister gave me for xmas!!! It's soooooooooooooo awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

Takko Lacquer Schiaparelli

Schiaparelli is a bright Barbie pink shimmer with green flecks. I freaking love it! It is a perfect two coater and I topped it off with INM Out the Door top coat. I can't wait to try it matte!
I love these newer takko bottles too, just sad that all my others are in the round one :(

That brings my What I got for Christmas series to an end however, I've got some nail art for you over the next couple of days.


xxx
NPA

Takko Lacquer Winter Collection 2012

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Hello my lovelies,

I'm enjoying cuddles in bed with two furry white boys! They're keeping me warm in lieu of an actual human male on this rainy Sunday! The downside? They don't understand the whole personal 'bubble' boundary thing. Buster is tucked up leaning on my right side and Charlie is in my lap with his head resting on my right arm and he refuses to move it!!! Typing isn't the easiest and my arms starting to go numb, but his real mummy (my mum) is away for a whole month so I feel bad for him. Damn my feminine need to indulge him!!

I have been meaning to post these Takko Lacquers since January! Sheryl released these in November/December (I think) last year.

Takko Lacquer Va-Va-Voom

Va-Va-Voom is a russet red - orange duochrome with a soft scattered holographic sparkle. It photographs a little more orange than it is, but it i definitely not a red red! The application and formula was great, I needed just two coats for full coverage. I'm not sure I'm sold on the colour though...

Takko Lacquer We're All Mad Here

We're All Mad Here is a deep royal blue jelly with ultra fine red shimmer (it might actually be red-green colour morphing powder) that glows, and blue/green/aqua flakies that sparkle like fish in the sea!!!

It's gobsmackingly beautiful, with a dream application. My tips were visible in the photos but not in person, after 2 coats.

I loved how amazing the red shimmer looked with the blue, so I added a flakie with red on top of WAMH

Finger Paints Asylum over Takko Lacquer WAMH

 Holy S*** it looks even more incredible with Asylum on top, right?!!! I love love love the red/pink flakes it introduces :)

Takko has its own website now and is restocking on May 22, so mark your calendars now.

There are a couple of links to international distributors on the shop site too.

Are you as mesmerized by WAMH as me?

Tell me in the comments!

xxx

NPA

Takko Lacquer Fall Collection Swatches & Review

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Ooooh do I have a doozie of a post for you today... the newest collection from Takko Lacquer!!!

I was completely blown away by Sheryl's inaugural collection, she has an amazing way with shimmer that I just cannot get enough of!
And now she's back with an offering of 4 beautiful, new polishes.

Takko Lacquer Jimi's Jacket

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 Jimi's Jacket is a royal blue jelly with real gold and glitter flecks. In the sun the flecks look multicoloured, but in the shade they look very gold. It is beautiful and covers nicely in 2 coats. I did have a little VNL though so I might layer it or use a ridgefilling base coat next time I wear Jimi.

 Takko Lacquer Ooh La La!

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 Ooh La La! is a mauve purple with a strong flash of blue shimmer and flakies a la Nubar 2010 or Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure. I wasn't too sure how I felt about the combination, but I couldn't stop staring at the gorgeous and ever-changing flakies that I wore OLL! as a mani for 2 1/2 days. I'm wearing 3 thin coats.

Takko Lacquer Strangely Delicious

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 Strangely Delicious is a peachy hue with a strong flash of green shimmer/turquoise shimmer. It is a tad sheer so I applied 3 coats, which almost completely covered my VNL. It looks quite pretty semi-sheer and a ridgefiller would probably hide my smile line completely.

Takko Lacquer To Infinity and Beyond

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To Infinity and Beyond is another scattered holo duochrome!!! It shifts between a gunmetal leaning purple and sea green. F*** me, I love it!! The application was a wee bit trying, if I went over the same area more than once the polish would wipe off, so I had to be careful. I ended up using 2-3 coats with this one (the nails I screwed up needing a 3rd coat/some dabbing to look even).


The formulas on these guys were all fairly thick so you might want to add some thinner.

Sheryl's customer service was once again top notch, I cannot recommend Takko Lacquer enough guys, so do visit her store.


xxx
NPA

Takko Lacquer Swatches & Review

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Hello ladies!

Guess how I have been spending my Saturday so far? Catching up on SLEEP!
Seriously.

And it has been the best day for swatching ever! The sun was out and everything!!! Oh well, I'll survive.

I went CRAZY when Takko Lacquer opened on Etsy in July; but I held off purchasing for a little over a month, because a) they are $15 a bottle and b) there were no swatches anywhere!
But I talked to Sheryl about placing an order and she was so helpful and let me know that Nails and Noms was working on swatches.
So I waited a little longer and stalked N&N's blog but she was on holiday for ages so I made the gamble and ordered 6/8 Takkos available!
Sheryl was amazing again and gave me a major shipping discount plus threw in my choice of mini polish!

Well, on Tuesday they arrived in my letter box!!!

I had to go to work 10 minutes after the mail man dropped them off and it was so hard for me to walk out the door without them!!! They are truly that amazing. It also helped that N&N posted her review last week as well!!!

So every night I've been working hard at getting them photographed, so I can make you all drool over them!!
All these photos were taken under my lamp and I'll discuss the formula and application at the end of the post this time.

Kaleidoscope Eyes

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Kaleidoscope Eyes is a holographic purple/aqua green duochrome. It's probably considered to be a scattered holo, but the shimmer has a very weak linear look under direct light. And this is not spectraflair!!!

I Love Rock 'n Roll

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I Love Rock 'n Roll is a warm eggplant purple with purple/pink flake shimmer. It applies quite jelly like and those flakes are awesome.

The Electric Apple: NYC

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The Electric Apple: NYC is a medium grey base with golden green shimmer which gives the polish a pronounced sage green tint. Amazingly opaque and unique.

Wanderlust

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Wanderlust is a beautiful greyed lavender/mauve with blue/green shimmer that reminds me of the colour-shifting pigments. It just glows and sparkles like crazy.

Lemon Macaroon

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Lemon Macaroon is a lemon yellow with green and orange shimmer just like Wanderlust. It has a decided green tint in indoor lighting.

Kiss The Sky

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Kiss The Sky is basically an opaque Max Factor Fantasy Fire (without the green duochrome shimmer). A vivid purple jelly base with glowing red shimmer like Wanderlust and Lemon Macaroon. Absolutely jaw-droppingly AMAZING!

The Blue Flamingo

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The Blue Flamingo just would not photograph right. It's a darker, less aqua blue and the pink flake shimmer (you can spot it on the shadowed side of my nail in the macro shot) is always visible. It is crazy sparkly.

Have you ever seen such an epic inaugural collection before?! 

Now on to the formulas and application:

 

These are all advertised as solid two coaters. That is quite true, however I applied them in thin coats and found that Lemon Macaroon & The Blue Flamingo looked better with 3 coats. The only one that had VNL was the Blue Flamingo. In the future I might use an undercoat in a similar shade of blue or just some ridge filler to completely hid my smile line!

The formula for Kiss The Sky, Wanderlust and I Love Rock 'n Roll was jelly like only thicker. Very easy to apply. Wanderlust dried to a satin-matte finish.

The Electric Apple: NYC was more like a thickish creme and I could get away with 1 coat - it is that opaque!

The Blue Flamingo was rather sheer but still on the thicker side.

Lemon Macaroon was sort of unique. It wasn't thick or thin and I could only compare the formula to Nicole by OPI  Kim-pletely In Love, only LM applied more even and was easily.

Kaleidoscope Eyes had a formula just like the Enchanted polish multichrome holos; maybe slightly thinner.

Now the only negative thing I have to say about these polishes is there are bits of pigment in a few of the bottles. You can see them and I'm not really sure how to mix them except for giving the bottles a good shake. You can see the dots of darker pigment on my nails in some of the swatches. 

To be honest, it doesn't really bother me because these polishes are so amazing and you don't notice the pigment unless you look up close. Maybe adding a bit of thinner would help dissolve them?

My favourites are Kiss The Sky, Wanderlust, Lemon Macaroon and The Electric Apple: NYC.

Takko Lacquer is currently on vacation mode, but stalk the s*** out of it because everybody needs these polishes! They are completely worth the $15 price point. Also, these are 100% 3-free, vegan, mineral based lacquers with no animal testing - sounds pretty great, no?

Enjoy your weekends!!

xxx

NPA