Ludurana Marquesa, Princesa, Duquesa and Flormar U16 & U25

Hi everyone! Today I'll be showing you 3 polishes from the Ludurana "Realeza" collection along with Flormar U16 and U25. I love all of them, they are absolutely stunning!

- Ludurana Princesa: pictured here are 2 coats over black. This one shifts from a deep shimmery blue to turquoise to fuchsia/purple to orange;

- Ludurana Marquesa: 2 coats over black. This one goes from turquoise to teal to fuchsia/purple to orange;

- Ludurana Duquesa: 2 coats over black. It shifts from magenta to purple to a fiery orange;

- Flormar U16: 3 coats over a nude polish as it's a bit sheer, I used 157 Blush Pink by Mavala. It's a super bright fuchsia with purple shimmer, it's so pretty and so much better in person than in my pictures!

- Flormar U25: 3 coats. This one turned out to be sheer so I realised I should have layered it. It was only when I saw how sheer it was that I figured I should layer the U16 (I hadn't applied it yet), otherwise I would have worn that one on its own too. U25 is a vibrant turquoise with purple shimmer (at least when worn alone, don't know what it looks like layered over, say, black). It's gorgeous and my photos don't even begin to show how pretty it is. Unfortunately I couldn't capture the purple shimmer for the life of me, but it's so apparent in real life!

I included this photo because it captures the great shift in Princesa, turquoise to  deep blue/purple to fuchsia

Here you can kind of see the purple shimmer in U25 

Stamped with Betina B-02 plate and Konad special polish in black. I love the purple shimmer!

Holographic skittles & Ludurana Fenomeno review

A couple of months ago I spotted some gorgeous, heavenly swatches by picchinails showing holographic polishes stamped with fantastic Konad, Bundle Monster and Dashica designs, among which this one ft. Ludurana Supremo and this one ft. Ludurana Superior. I immediately felt compelled to recreate those manicures on me, albeit not as perfect as hers. All I wanted was to get even just a fraction of that gorgeousness on my nails, so I did a skittles manicure using Layla Cloudy Violet and Ludurana Fenomeno, Superior and Supremo (with Cirque Fascination Street on my thumbnail, only visible in one of the pictures). Speaking of Ludurana Fenomeno, that's the main reason why I'm posting these photos in the first place. My manicure didn't come out perfect as you will see (nor did some of my photos, again, as you will see) and it's not even my own idea as I said, but still I'm posting these swatches because I can't even begin to tell how much I love Fenomeno. It was a total surprise, when I tried it on I had no idea what it would look like. As soon as the magic started happening a spell was cast.

Ludurana Fenomeno is part of the Supernova collection, which consists of polishes that are duochrome/multichrome besides being holographic. I would classify Fenomeno as a multichrome as it takes on green/teal, purple, copper and gold hues. Most of the time it looks either green/teal or purple, but the copper and gold are indeed noticeable indoors as you move your hand. Some of the pics are blurry but at least they are colour accurate and that's the bottom line. I did 3 coats but could have done just 2, really. Mine didn't bubble by the way, but I read it did on a few ladies. I have no clue as to why bubbling occurs. Anyway, this one is too pretty, bubbles or no bubbles. And obviously my pics don't do it justice, it's much better in person, both in the shade and in the sun.


In the sun (ring finger, as stated in the images):

From teal/green...

...to purple...

....to a mix of colours

 In the shade, see how the colours are never boring even without a strong lighting:

Blurry pictures to show how the colour shift is still very noticeable in the shade (click to enlarge):

Here's the copper/gold shift, the picture sucks but the effect doesn't and it's there, I promise.

Sorry again for the picture-heavy post, I'm not very good at narrowing my selection down unfortunately.