Black Base VS White Base

Hey guys,

So when the Orly Feel the Vibe collection came out it came out with a Black polish (After Party) that while a gorgeous colour on it's own apparently doubles as a base for the neons in the collection. 

For some reason using a black base under Neons never occurred to me, it seemed like white was the choice that made sense so I wondered, what would the difference between using a black base and a white base be?

For my white base I used Orly Au Champagne and for my black base I used Orly After Party.

For my neons I used my Island Girl "Magic Mike" polishes.

This is the black base. This took 4 coats of neon over the 1 coat of black. (No topcoat)

This is 2 coats of neon over 1 coat of the white (no topcoat)

 

Verdict: Most of the colours worked okay over the black (clearly not the yellow) but overall I think it looks a bit better with the white base. Aside from the yellow there isn't a HUGE difference.

Nfu Oh - Aqua Base

Hey ladies,

So I'm going to lay it out right now. I may move to posting every second day just instead of trying (and apparently failing) to post every day.

Anyways so this post is about the Nfu Oh Aqua Base. Is it worth it? Or is another basecoat just as good??

So I did four variations.
Aqua Base
OPI Nail Envy Matte
OPI Natural Nail Basecoat
No Basecoat

Okay so when I paint my nails my normal routine is 1 coat OPI Nail Envy Matte, 1 coat OPI Natural Nail Basecoat, Polish, Top coat.

So it's pretty easy to see the difference.
First thing I noticed was that the Natural Nail Base coat was terrible. It didn't cover well at all even with two coats.
No base coat covered okay but nothing special and the no base coat idea makes me cringe even though I NEVER used to use a base coat ever. Funny how things change

OPI Nail Envy Matte worked really well actually I was impressed. It worked almost just as good as Aqua base.

Verdict: Yes it's worth it, the holo seems to cover the best on the Aquabase. BUT the Nail Envy matte works great in a pinch too.