Saturday, June 25, 2011

Illamasqua Boosh and Nfu.Oh 56

Illamasqua Boosh is a pretty standard black creme. I have 'issues' with black cremes. I spent my teenage years sporting Boots No.7 black nail polish (or occasionally 'black cherry' for variety, which was...well black, basically) which I applied on a weekly basis in front of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. So, perhaps unsurprisingly, it's been years since I've been willing to go near black creme. I'm not sure if I'm looking back on my younger days with rose tinted glasses (unlikely, to be frank) but I didn't think the application on Boosh was that great. It was a little sticky and required a bit of work to get it to level. Then again, that's black cremes for you. Man am I glad I don't wear this stuff all the time anymore.


Fortunately, I can't say the same for the lovely green flakies I put over the top, which are much more my to my twenty-something taste. This is the infamous Nfu.oh 56, which is every bit as good as I'd hoped. Bright green flakies with shimmer and a blue duochrome, these really pop layered over a dark colour. I had a hell of a time trying to pick up the duochrome (it drifts between grass, emerald, teal and blue, with the blue showing up best indoors in low light - I am sure those of you who are into lenses will know why this created such problems!) but here's a couple of badly focused macro shots which kind of show it. Click to embiggen.





Yummy, no? The only problem with Nfu.Oh is that I keep wanting to type it 'NFU', which is the national farmers' union. I wrote a couple of my Masters essays on path dependency and regional governance in EU agriculture. I can't see the national famers' union producing nail polish somehow. Anyway...

The Nfu.oh was sent to me for review by Affiniti, the Illamasqua was purchased by my own fair hand. Although technically it came free in the Art of Darkness four polish set, so I'm feeling like a big cheap-o today. No-buy status: 6/35.


Edit - the UK Nfu Oh retail site has now launched. It's at Nfuoh.co.uk. Enjoy!
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14 comments:

  1. rianneJune 25, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    Gorgeous flakies. <3
    But what else do you expect from Nfu-Oh, right? (:

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  2. MintyJune 25, 2011 at 7:52 AM

    This looks stunning! I love the colors.

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  3. ToyomiJune 25, 2011 at 8:22 AM

    This is aboslutely gorgeous . I'm in love with the flakies !

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  4. Girly BitsJune 25, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    So pretty! My go-to black is Wet n Wild Black creme. Always.

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  5. AnonymousJune 25, 2011 at 10:06 AM

    Oh my god!!! Simply stunning!

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  6. beachgalJune 25, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    Fabulous...dressy, chic, well done, professional, and yes, like you said YUMMY!

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  7. MelissaJune 25, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    And now I have a new lemming. LOVE IT!
    www.shineandpolishment.blogspot.com (check out my giveaway)

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  8. FionaJune 25, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    That's totally gorgeous!!
    Haha, I have the same "issues" with black nail cremes... only the only I used a lot was a Hot Topic black that was also terrible.

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  9. ♥ Sarah Claire ♥June 26, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    Nice!

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  10. fleur de lisJune 26, 2011 at 6:33 PM

    Stunning! I need to get me some Nfu-oh...

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  11. MeganJune 26, 2011 at 10:48 PM

    Hehe. Embiggen.

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  12. LucyJune 30, 2011 at 2:04 AM

    Such a beautiful manicure. I'm ashamed to say I only own 2 Nfu.oh's, a red & a green. Of all the polish I buy I never think of this brand. I must correct this. I had to laugh at your black polish Buffy watching self. I've never seen the show. I worked nights when it was on and never thought to tape it on the VHR.

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  13. polishlovingJuly 20, 2011 at 1:54 AM

    I freak out when i buy nfu-ohs. The same feeling kids get at xmas i get from those flakies :D

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  14. AnaJanuary 5, 2013 at 12:36 PM

    Magic.

    Magicmagicmagicmagicmagic.

    ... Okay, got that out.
    Now I can continue being a productive member of the society.

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