Flakie Friday - NfuOh 51

For today's Flakie Friday I thought I should break out one of my favorite flakie polishes, NfuOh 51.  Surprisingly I have only actually worn it once which was probably nearly two years ago now.  There are pictures of the first time I wore it on Instagram (warning you will need to do a lot of scrolling if you want to see those pics).  I am sure you are wondering why would I not wear this polish if it is one of my favorites?  I could ramble on about new polishes and untrieds but I think most of you can relate.  Even though I personally haven't worn it, I have actually painted a couple of people's nails with it so it doesn't just sit unloved.

I decided to wear NfuOh 51 over OPI Tomorrow Never Dies.  This combination is just stunning.  I absolutely love all the colour shifting that can be seen with this combination.  Unfortunately, the weather wasn't giving my much good lighting to really show of this polish properly.  It is going on my "to swatch again later" pile.  

Now I actually forget to mattify this mani before I got tip wear (I have spend a good proportion of the day cleaning).  How exciting for me.  So what is your favorite flakie polish? 

Flakie Friday - Nubar 2010 & NfuOh 54

Welcome to the first Flakie Friday!  What is Flakie Friday you ask?  Well it's a new little series I have decided to start here on my blog.  I have a ton of untried polishes in my collection (which I aim to start getting through more this year) and a whole bunch of them are flakie polishes.  I absolutely love flakies so why they sit untouched in my drawers is beyond me.  Now every Friday (for how long I don't know yet) I will be breaking out the flakies!  Woohoo!

Nubar 2010 and NfuOh 54 over Nubar Peacock Feathers

Now I know that I have already posted this one on Instagram a couple of weeks ago but it's just too stunning now to post on my blog too.  That and I have extra pictures that I never put up on Instagram so doing a blog post is perfect.

To create this look I first painted on Nubar Peacock Feathers (which I was hoping was much more duochrome like on the nail but the second coat made it rather dark so you couldn't see the colour shift as much - but maybe that was because of my lighting).  I then painted one coat of NfuOh 54 and then sponged two coats of Nubar 2010.  I absolutely love this combination.  I can see me layering more flakies in the future.  

Of course when you wear flakies you have to use a matte top coat as well.  I'm sure there is a law about it somewhere.  I used the OPI Matte Top Coat.

I love flakies!  I love them shiny and matte.  I just love everything about them.  Now to decide what flakie polish (or polishes) I should wear next.  If there is any that you want to see let me know in the comments below.