Burnout by Urban Decay

 Quick and simple.

Vintage Urban Decay that came out ages ago, probably early 00's or thereabouts.

It has a funny yellowish shade, but has a red-green shift. The original pigment.

You can see a bit of the green, though it's pretty scant.

Three coats. 

I believe you can just make out the red shift.

I believe this is probably just in my collection because of the red-green shift, because it's a pale dijon shade that really does me no favors.

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Vintage Blue

As with all things, what is old is definitely new.

Here is Urban Decay Graffiti:

This was discontinued when I first got into nail polish, and I think I found it on a blog sale. I love the soft blue base and the delightful lilac/pink shimmer that really pops.

This does have a clear base when it all separates that has turned slightly yellow (this can be a problem with oldies) so I am planning to use a dropper to decant the base and replace over time. It's not hard to do, just have a tiny bowl of thinner ready to clean the dropper so it won't stop up.

The reason I mention this is that because of that yellowing, the blue can go a bit warm and muddy. Not a win for me.

This is in the Hard To Find category and so you may want to poke around a blog sale to see what's what.

Speaking of blog sale, I've got to get another one started. I've been purging a lot because I really just have too many polishes, so keep your eyes peeled!

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Pale Blue Shimmers - Part 1

Blue seems to be a theme for the summer, I'll run with it.

If there is something I am crazy about, it's shimmers with other shimmers in them. Here are a bunch that are in the same family: blue, but with another shimmer thrown in.



All are no top coat, all are pretty much sheers and I've set them up as follows:
Left to right:

• Two coats over Sally Hansen Pacific Blue
• Three coats alone
• Two coats over Sally Hansen Pacific Blue
• Three coats alone

L'Oreal Blue-By-U

Starting with my favorite. It's an old L'Oreal I found at the Dollar tree many moons ago.

This really is such a win. It doesn't battle Pacific Blue, but accents it well. Best of all, the lilac shimmer shows up nicely.

A quick browse shows me that this one might be pretty hard to find.




Maybelline Blue Craze

This one if much weaker in the lavender shimmer and somewhat more bland on the nail. I won't lie that this was harder to photograph, but I won't say that it's some kind of purple shimmer monster, either. The blue is a bit flat and lackluster as well, I see yellow undertone and that could be part of the oxidization that occurs in the what-is-supposed-to-be clear base.

Currently on eBay, so it's not impossible to find. Pretty in the bottle, you can see the purple shimmer, but it isn't as strong as I'd hoped.




Ozotic 744

When this one came out I about flipped out, it's gorgeous.

Fairly decent coverage at three coats, but over SH Pacific Blue, it's at it's best. I will say that it pales slightly compared to L'Oreal Blue-By-U, but has better coverage and is a beautiful pink shimmer that is just lovely. It behaves similar to a duochrome, it looks more blue in some light and more pink in others. I think a base brings it out a bit better.

Here the periwinkle base is a star, and over SH  PB it's a super star.

Ozotic: gone. Good luck finding it. Boo hoo Ozotic.




Urban Decay Graffiti

This is lighter and more sheer than than the L'Oreal, but does a good showing over SH Pacific Blue. I think it is okay alone, but do like it over a more intense hue.  The light blue is very pretty, too.

I found these on eBay and am not sure if  you'd call it a duochrome, though there is some shift to blue in the shimmer, it's so subtle, I'd hardly put it into that category.


I didn't bother with comparisons, I love the L'Oreal the best because it exhibits all the best of these types of polishes: pretty light blue and oomph in the shimmer.


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Wow!!! No. Really. Wow!!!!

I admit it. When I see the brilliant observation of a fellow enthusiast over a polish, I probably trip over myself to get it.

Some bright angel mentioned that there were multichrome pigments in Urban Decay's Burnout and I knew it would be mine. I never ever see Toxin, so, I figured, I'd at least grab this before it vanished in a flurry, and it vanished, but I got one and a back up. I'm all about the back up. I don't know why, but that is why my stash is so large, if I love a color, why not have two? Am I weird? Probably. Whatever. Right? That's the beauty of nail polish, two is about as cheap as one, and why not have two?

Circular logic aside, I popped on three coats of Sally Hansen Purple Pizzazz over white. I've been thrilled with white as a base because it really helps pop not only neons, but translucent colors as well. Very helpful in my enjoyment of jellies and jelly bases.

Truly a beautiful color! The pink/coral glass flecks are really so beautiful suspended in the blue trending purple jelly. Gracious! What a nice color!

I just got Urban Decay's Burnout in the mail and tore it open in the car.

The following are my quickie photos:

(cue choir of angels)

Hallelujah!!

I have to admit that I am a sucker for this kind of thing! :D

I kept staring at my fingers for the rest of the day and was loath to remove it!!!

Excuse the lack of clean up, I'm in a transitional period where I am actually trying to clean up my act. Really. No. Really.

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