Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Chromatic pigments swatches and review part 1

A few weeks ago, I received a lovely email from a fellow nail polish lover and frankener Anna who had just started selling color shifting pigments on eBay. Anna offered to send me samples to show you girls and of course you all know how much I love to play with pigments!


I received them in small ziploc bags. They all contained 1g of powder and I used around 1/3 of that in regular size clear nail polish bottles (15ml / 0.5oz).
2 coats over black in all of these swatches, no topcoat.


From left to right :
22808
412604
35202
481804
 462805


22808
fine gold to green shimmer





412604
blue to purple and gold large shimmer flecks






35202
blue to purple medium shimmer flecks






481804
pink to gold medium shimmer flecks






462805
very subtle gold to green large shimmer flecks






Overall :
I'm really loving these pigments, they all look different, offer many layering possibilities and sparkle like crazy!
Stay tuned for the part 2 of the review with 5 other color shifting topcoats.


 These pigments can be purchased from Anna's eBay store AnnasArtAsylum (worldwide shipping). Anna has several listings up : choose 1, 2, 3 or 5 pigments.



*these products were provided to me for an honest review*



43 comments:

WaxWhiteRose said...

really really beautiful, I love them all! I think I need to buy some pigments soon! :D

Voodoo Blonde said...

my eyes are bleeeeding *_* beautiful photos, nice job!

Sarah E. @Samarium's Swatches said...

Gorgeous! I want them, but shouldn't spend $ :(

GothamPolish said...

You photos are stunning (as always). You totally show these pigments in all their beauty!

Something Polished said...

Absolutely gorgeous! They remind me of galaxies

ChromaCraze said...

OMG these are so beautiful!

Megan @ Let There Be Lacquer said...

all I could say was "UGH this is so frickin pretty..UGHHHH THIS is so frickin pretty!!" like two inches from my screen.. NEED

Kelly said...

wow a-mazing :)

Kimberly Purcell said...

This is the best nail porn I have ever seen!!!

The Lacquered Lady said...

drool! How easy are these to use?

thepolishwell said...

Super gorgeous!! Fantastic pictures from you as always <3

Jessika Barber said...

These remind me of CND Effects! Love

Mel, Glassflecked. said...

DROOOOL can't wait for pt. 2!!!

AllThingsNails! said...

Really nice and I like the flakie-like texture of these. She's going to do well with these. :)

vila Amalka said...

omg these aro sooo pretty <3

Girlie Blogger said...

The colors are brilliant. Really nice.

rock-or-not said...

Awesome!!
I need this!!

Katt said...

wow, they're gorgeous!

strī-linga said...

i like them.

Shopping Monster said...

just amazing!

Tuli and CandyDoll said...

Absolutely gorgeous.
Thanks for the swatches.
Tuli from PrettifyourNails

Choco said...

awesome colors!! I love them! *.*

Smaltoitaliano said...

Thank you for the swatching job, I'm always on the quest for interesting pigments.

lepidopteria said...

Wow
they are all gorgeous !
I want all of them

Bia Perez said...

Your pictures are amazing!! They show each detail, and look incredible!

Marina said...

Oh wow! These are absolutely gorgeous!

Ciara said...

They are beautiful! Love it. Amazing pics! ;O

Melissakc1a said...

YUMMY!!!

Jennius - Gold Speck Nails said...

Ugh *drool* they're so gorgeous!

Deborah said...

Seriously. WHY does everything look so damn HAWT on you <3?

jazzqueen64 said...

Gorgeous, thanks for sharing x

KimsKie Nails said...

OMG... those polishes are soooo pretty!!

I ♥ them!!

Lindsey R said...

Gorrrgeous! Colour shift/duo/multichromes are the besttttt!

O' Natur Nail said...

Holy!!!! Crazy Beautiful!!!!

Ida Pie said...

Oh no I can't look away - That means I will have to buy them. I'll wait for your next post for the rest of the (pigment) swatches.

TENDERHEARTR said...

Those are insanely gorgeous! I may have to look into getting some and making my own. Great pics!

Anutka said...

These are beautiful and your swatches are so perfect!!!

Olivia Frescura said...

love the blue to purple one!

Ness said...

What does the term franken mean?

FashionPolish said...

@Ness franken stands for franken-polish. It's a nail polish that one creates by mixing pigments, glitters or other nail polishes :D

Mei Mei said...

gorgeous!! i can't keep my eyes off.

bigs said...

hi, because of your great swatches I just bought 2 of the georgeous pigments :-)

you've a really great blog, I like it much!

MissDoll said...

I don't know whats wrong with me but I don't like those color shifting polishes on my nails but the first photo is so beautiful and magical

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