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Ludurana Arco Aris

Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 By Glowstars.

Everybody needs flakie nail polish in their life. I’ve got a bit of a weakness for Brazilian brands so naturally my first flakie would be one from Ludurana.

Arco Aris is a blue/green flakie with a smaller flakes of orange thrown in for good measure. as long as you wipe the excess off of the brush before you apply, it goes on like a dream however the flakes are a quite sparse and they definitely could’ve packed more in.

Indoors, no flash

The picture above and the one directly below are two coats on bare nails, no top or base. Arco Aris has quite a shiny finish which I suppose it to be expected from what is essentially a clear polish.

Outdoors, no flash

To get the flakes to really show up you need to layer it over a good, solid colour. I chose Models Own Black Magic because what could be better for layering a flake than black?

Indoors, no flash

As you can see from the difference between flash and no flash, Arco Aris needs a good bit of light to really make an impact.

Indoors, flash

If you take a good look at the layered pics you’ll see what I mean about the flakes being quite sparse. To get a really good finish with this one I’d use at least four coats over a darker colour.

Outdoors, flash

And if you look really carefully you can even see the red toned flakes. I can count three on my nails.

Outdoors, no flash

Arco Aris isn’t a bad effort from Ludurana but if I’m honest I did expect more out of it. I suppose at the end of the day this bottle of polish did only cost £4.00 – not even lunch money – so I can’t complain really.

Unless you’ve found a good Brazilian store in a back street of London, Ludurana polishes are really difficult to get hold of in the UK. I gave up and went to blogger favourite llarowe. Of course it made sense that I’d have to buy a few other polishes while I was there…