The Hungry Asian Who Gave You This Black Eye?

        First off, bit thanks goes to everyone who entered my giveaway! I need a couple of days to validate the entries and then I should be ready to announce the winners! Yay!

 For today, I've got another franken from The Hungry Asian. This one is Who Gave You This Black Eye?, which I got a while ago. And no, I am not seething at the question mark, because the title is a question and should be punctuated as such. It's not a random sentence that is punctuated for fun. Seeee how that works, Suzi? 

Black Eye (as it shall be known henceforth) is a black creme base with tons of gold microshimmer and some larger blue glitter pieces. 

Sunlight, no flash.

Natural light, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

I just like the little face on the label. 

Sunlight, no flash.

      Black Eye is fabulous. It's very cool and is also quite unique in my collection. The shimmer makes the base look more...olive green or brown than black, and the small blue glitter pops and sparkles so beautifully against the black base. I also really like how none of the elements get swallowed up...black-based colors are notorious for that, but with Black Eye, everything is nicely showcased, which is a testament to Kae's frankening power.
     Formula-wise, Black Eye was okay. It was thinner than I expected, so three coats were necessary. But they went on very smoothly and gave me no trouble at all. 


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

The Hungry Asian Fender Bender

       Hello guys! For today, I have another franken from The Hungry Asian sale. This time, it's Fender Bender. 

Fender Bender is a ton of tiny lime green, fuchsia, and bright blue glitter in a clear base. 

Sunlight, no flash.

Natural light, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

     Fender Bender is pretty, but it's not quite what I wanted. When worn opaque, it comes out much darker than I thought it would be and I can't see the individual colors as well as I hoped I would be able to. I do love that it's super sparkly, and I enjoy how in terms of the sparkle, you can get individual colors (like you see blue sparkle, green sparkle, etc. all at one time) but that's not quite enough to make me fall in love. Before I relinquish it to the purge pile though, I'm definitely going to try it layered over other stuff to see if I can't bring some brightness to it. 

    Fender Bender's formula wasn't bad though. It needed four coats to be opaque, but the polish went on smoothly and dried fast, without too much grit. One layer of topcoat was enough for it to be smooth and shiny. 

And that's all from me today! Thanks for reading, and have a happy Friday!

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.

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! 

The Hungry Asian Sneeze Breeze

       Like...a week ago, Kae from The Hungry Asian had a blog sale featuring her amazing frankens. I set my alarm so I'd be ready, and happily, I managed to get everything that was on my wish list. One of them was the polish that I've got on today, Sneeze Breeze. 

Sneeze Breeze is small-ish azure blue and black hex glitter, floating in a clear base. In the bottle, it reminds me of the hand sanitizer with the little beads in it.

Sunlight, no flash.

Natural light, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

I also tried it with some Essie Matte About You on top:

Sunlight, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

lol, I've used up so much of this stuff. 

   Whee, I love Sneeze Breeze! It's so utterly unique and pretty, and I love how saturated and bright the glitter is. The black accents in there are also really cool, and give the polish this speckled bird egg look. And even though it's technically a glitter bomb, it doesn't sparkle at all. What you get indoors is exactly what you get in sunlight. Normally, that would be a bad thing, but it totally works for this polish, and makes it a good choice for winter days, because you can enjoy it to the fullest, no matter what the sky is looking like. 

   In terms of formula, my only complaint about Sneeze Breeze is that the glitter was a bit sparse. I ended up needing underwear (one layer of China Glaze Blue Sparrow) and three layers of Sneeze Breeze to cover my nakedness. Also, it needed Gelous and Poshe to be smooth. AND clean up was hellish, so I shudder to imagine what removal is going to be like. But besides that, everything was all good! ^_^

And that's all from me for today! Thanks for reading, and have a great day!