Flakies are Fun

I rarely go into Sephora stores, since they haven't had the sense to locate any of them along my usual shopping routes. I guess they don't have to, since periodically I'll make big online orders because they send me codes and offers and such to entice me. My latest box from them contained The Donmar, a flakie polish from Nails Inc. that's sold in a set with Chelsea, a purple-leaning black creme. Because I don't like to be told what to do, I tried The Donmar over a base of Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Pat on the Black, a black-leaning plum creme. Two coats of the creme followed by two coats of the flakie got me this:









I was curious to see how The Donmar compared to some other flakies, so I pulled out my newest one, Essie Shine of the Times, and my oldest, Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Hidden Treasure.



I used one coat of the Essie and Sally Hansen flakies because that seemed to give me a similar flakie density to two coats of The Donmar. On the nail, they all show an orange/green color shift but aren't identical. It depends on the light, of course, but in general I'd say The Donmar tends to green more often than the other two, which tend to favor their orange/rust faces.



Top to bottom (all over SH Pat on the Black): Shine of the Times, The Donmar, Hidden Treasure.

I held my nails at all sorts of angles to see what I could see (all in same order as above).







Then I put China Glaze Matte Magic over everything to see how that would look. Interesting, I decided.





Are you yeah or nay on flakies in general? Did you hunt for Hidden Treasure when it was released?