The Phalanges Files: The Hungry Asian We Caught the Purp

Monday, June 13, 2011

The Hungry Asian We Caught the Purp

It's been a while since I've worn one of these, so for today, I've got another Hungry Asian original franken. Meet We Caught the Purp!

We Caught the Purp is a black creme base stuffed with glitter. There's tiny violet and green square glitter, as well as medium-sized blue, orange, and green hex glitter.

Sunlight, no flash.

Natural light, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

We Caught the Purp is probably the prettiest black-based glitter I own. In sunlight, the individual colors of the glitter create this beautiful rainbow sparkle. The way that the colors twinkle and flash from the base, it's like having a galaxy on your fingernails. It's not quite as striking in lower light, but it's still quite pretty, and you can still see all the colors from the glitter. And it gets bonus points for such a cute name.

But as one might expect, the formula for We Caught the Purp was a bit tough. It's a one coater (although I used two) and dried in a flash, but applying it smoothly was a bit hard because of all the glitter and I ended up needing three layers of topcoat for a glassy finish. The good news is that it was worth the pain in the end. n_n

And that's all from me today! Thanks for reading!

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Barilla · 720 weeks ago

My brain must reside in the entirely wrong place, because everytime I read this title in my Reader list, I see, "We Caught the Pimp."
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Chaosbutterfly 88p · 720 weeks ago

L.O.L. Really?!
That's so funny, and it also would have been a good name for it....pimps wear purple after all. :D

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Rory · 720 weeks ago

I keep meaning to buy some Hungry Asian polishes (really want the cookies and creme one!), but just haven't yet. :( This is really pretty though...seriously looks like the cosmos!
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Chaosbutterfly 88p · 720 weeks ago

Ahh I want the cookies and cream one too...hopefully when she restocks, we can both get it. n_n
And yes it does...I was so happy with it once I got some topcoat on there.

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Dale · 720 weeks ago

OOh you're right this is such a pretty color and i like the name, it's so unique. hehe.. I think this is such a great color because I kept looking at it, sometimes it looks black and other times purple and the sparkles really just add to the whole look. Nice post :) xoDale
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Chaosbutterfly 88p · 719 weeks ago

I feel the same way, with the black and purple thing. Colors like that are so much fun. n_n

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Ulmiel · 719 weeks ago

I love it, it's beautiful. Three coats of TC seems a bit much, but for a colour this awesome, I'd do it too.

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Chaosbutterfly 88p · 719 weeks ago

I'm glad that you like it!
And yes, the topcoat was excessive...I was like will this never be smooth? ;_;

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Lynn · 719 weeks ago

This is awesome! I love all the different glitter! It looks great on you too! P.S. I am currently giving away a bottle of OPI - Paris Couture for Sure on my blog, so be sure to enter!! :)
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Chaosbutterfly 88p · 719 weeks ago

Thanks!