Now were going to talk about nails, Nail polishes to be exact! and its all about nail polish finishes. so let's start!
1.)
Creme
A creme is one of the most popular finishes we know. This is just a plain color without any glitter, shimmer, etc added to it. The finish is glossy and smooth.
2.) Jelly
A jelly is just like a creme, but the main difference is the substance: more jelly-like. They tend to be sheer but they make up for it by being extremely glossy.
3.) Shimmer
The shimmer finish is a colored base with shimmer added to it, most of the times that color is silver but we're seeing contrasting colors more often.
4.) Glass flecked
Glass flecked polishes look like they contain small glass particles, often mixed in a jelly base. The finish is very smooth, yet sparkly.
5.) Neon
You could say neon describes color, not finish. But most neon do have a particular finish, very bright colors that often dry semi-matte.
6.) Frost
A frost is a very fine shimmery polish with obvious bruststrokes. These kind of finishes are losing popularity and mostly seen in older polishes.
7.) Pearl
The pearl finish is quite similar to the frost finish, but it has a more pearly sheen to it.
8.) Foil
Foil polishes often have a metallic base color with very fine glitter added to it. The finish is very smooth yet sparkly.
9.) Metallic
Metallic finishes make your nails appear like metal. Metallic polishes are especially popular in copper, gold or silver.
10.) Glitter
Glitter is one of most flashiest finishes. These glitters are often put in a jelly base. The amount of glitter can vary a lot. Sometimes you'll need top coat to smooth en the surface.
11.) String glitter
Mostly glitter in a clear base so they're often used as a top coat. String glitter consists out of glitters in rectangular shapes, often in silver or iridescent colors.
12.) Round Glitter
Just as string glitter, these are mostly used as a top coat. The glitters in this clear base are round shaped.
13.) Square Glitter
Another glitter top coat, but with glitter in the shape of squares.
14.) Hex Glitter
A very popular glitter shape: hex or hexagonal. These are very popular and more common these days. Often used in regular glitter polish as well.
15.) Shape Glitter
This is a very special glitter top coat, in this picture you see stars, but there are also glitter top coats containing hearts and diamonds (rhombus).
16.) Matte
This finish dries completely matte, no shine whatsoever. These dry quickly and sometimes end up being streaky. Hand lotion is to be avoided because it decreases the matte effect.
17.) Satin
Satin finishes end up matte as well, but not entirely matte. There is still a slight shine, but not enough to classify it as glossy.
18.) Suede
Just like mattes, suede are completely matte. Suede contain shimmer though, so that's what sets them apart from regular mattes.
19.) Holographic
Holographic polishes contain rainbow colored glitter, which changes color on the reflection of light. This finish is very obvious in sun light.
20.) Holo Glitter
Holographic glitter in a different color base. The glitter is often more sparse and while it does change color upon different light, there is no rainbow effect to be seen.
21.) Flakies
Flakie polishes consist out of a jelly base with very fine opal (often duochrome) particles in it. They're mostly used for layering as the jelly base is often sheer.
22.) Duo chrome
Duochrome polishes change color on the reflection of light. True duochromes are very obvious and often show 2 colors, but sometimes even more.
23.) Iridiscent
This finish is often confused with duochrome or shimmer. An iridiscent finish is a color that flashes a different color. These are not obvious enough to be a duochrome.
24.) Sheer
This is a half transparent finish, often used in French manicures to show off the white tips. A lot of sheers are salmon, nude or pink.
25.) Water
This is a strange and not that well known finish. A water finish resembles the characteristics of a jelly, but is less opaque.
So that's all pheeeeeeeeeeew! So many nail polish finished right? Which one is yours? What's your favorite why not share this post to your friends :) BTW, i would like to thank
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