Chirality ~ Convergence

Chirality ~ Convergence

Plum holo

Here’s the second Chirality polish I bought from Edgy Polish, which is a Swedish webshop that sells cool indie polishes.

I had forgotten that Chirality’s holos like an aqua basecoat, so I had just applied my regular basecoat. Fortunately I remembered it before I applied the polish, so I slapped on a layer of aqua underwear before I started polishing.

The formula is great over an aqua basecoat. No dragging, no having to be careful and only use light brush strokes. Just great polish coming out of the bottle. It took two coats to make this opaque, and the drying time was good too!

I had no sun available (I do live up in Northern Europe after all), so all the pics are taken with flash. Ladies – this is two coats, and no topcoat:

The holo effect is the same kind as in its sister Asymptote’s (link here) - it’s like a glow from within, that even shows in lower lights.

The plum is a bit dusty – I do wish it had been more “clear”, but hey, you can’t have everything you wish for, can you :)

This looks as if my nails are on fire!

I wanted to add a darker colour to this, to give it a bit of edge. I used a deep shimmery burgundy from Pupa with the number M178. I taped three of my nails and applied the Pupa on the free bit of the nail. Then I made a thin stripe next to the filled in area. And lastly I used a craft punch to make a heart shaped hole in a piece of masking tape; applied it to the nail and filled it in.

I finished the whole thing off by applying one layer of Poshé topcoat, and this is my final mani, right here:

I made hearts on my ring fingers and my thumbs. The heart is a little bit too big for my ring finger, but the craft punch only came in one size so that’ll have to do, LOL!

I am glad to see that Poshé doesn’t dull the holo effect in Convergence – that’s really nice.

I like the quality of the Chirality polishes. They cover nicely and last well. I do wish and hope they would consider making clearer colours too though, so I’ll follow them closely :)

Opacity: 7/10
Colour, prettiness: 5/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 6/10
Overall: 6.5/10
Buy again: No

You can buy Chirality polishes from Edgy Polish – they ship internationally.

You can find more info on Edgy Polish’s Facebook page, link here.

Dare to Wear ~ Starstruck

Dare to Wear ~ Starstruck

Blue base packed with purple shimmer

Starstruck is from their Vintage Hollywood collection.

This is the first Dare to Wear polish where I have to write that I didn’t like the formula much. It was thin and somewhat runny, and I struggled a bit with the first coat. I applied the second coat as thickly as I could, and was happy with the result after all. Drying time is a tiny bit slower than average.

When I look at the bottle, the polish appears more purple than blue, but it’s actually the opposite on the nails. The base is definitely blue, and the purple shimmer is intense. It was *so* hard to capture on pics! I did make a fair attempt, dear girls, trust me!

Here’s what two coats and a layer of Poshé topcoat looks like:

It’s a really special polish for sure! I love a good shimmer, and this one has got that!

I played with one of my newer textures, a light green shimmer from Misslyn called “Dazzling Water”. I used my dotting tool to create two “lines” across each nail.

I didn’t apply topcoat after adding the textured lines – I wanted it to be like a 3D pattern!

My intention was not to create crisp lines, but to make it look a bit fuzzy. I think I succeeded, and I really like the look of the blurple and the light green together!

I’ve found that it’s great to create interesting manis by adding a textured pattern on the base colour. I’ll definitely play around with that some more!

How’s this for a mani? Do you like this? Do you also hate the frustration of photographing purple polishes that turn out blue on pictures?

Opacity: 7/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 10/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 7.5/10
Buy again: Maybe

Colors by Llarowe ~ Dirty Diana

Colors by Llarowe ~ Dirty Diana  

Deep berry coloured linear holo

Are you up for another holo? I know I am. The sun is shining, and the best way to celebrate that is to slap on another pretty holographic polish!

So I grabbed “Dirty Diana”, a holo made by Colors by Llarowe. It’s came out this August, and is part of the ‘Tribute to Michael Jackson’ collection. It’s a deep magenta and it looks absolutely beautiful in the bottle. I haven’t tried any of Llarowe’s polishes yet, so I’m obviously interested in seeing how good they are.

So, let’s get on with it. The formula is good and so is the pigmentation. I used my regular basecoat, and didn’t experience any problems with dragging or bald spots whatsoever. It took two easy coats to reach full opacity and the drying time was really good too. And man – this baby is full of rainbows that just explode in the sun!

Take a look for yourself if you don’t believe me!

This polish could easily enter my top ten of holos. Wow!

The hardest thing about this polish was actually to stop taking pictures of it! :D

The rainbows flash blue, deep red and purple! It’s an amazing polish for sure!

I decided to make some dots on it. I made a line of dots down the middle of the nail. I used Urban Outfitters “Silver Holo” for that. This particular silver holo has become my “to go” silver when it comes to nail art, I love it!

Anyway, then I made another dot on the silver, creating a half moon. I used a Pupa polish with the number 051. It’s a berry coloured cream that is definitely in the same colour scheme as Dirty Diana!

A layer of H K Girl top coat sealed it all up, and here’s what my mani ended up looking like:

I actually like that there’s some non-holo polish to break the surface a little bit!

Here’s what the mani looks like in the shadows.

This is why I really like Dirty Diana. She looks great out of the sunshine as well!

Here are the three polishes I used:

I’m well impressed with this polish, both the colour, the pigmentation and the drying time. I may even end up with more holos from Llarowe, who knows? ;)

Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 10/10
Durability: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
Buy again: Yes

CrowsToes ~ Merope

CrowsToes ~ Merope  

plum/denim blue duochromatic shimmer

Merope is Electra’s pretty sister (link here). Merope has got way more plum and red in her than Electra has though, so they are definitely very different.

I have read that it builds up – three coats is what it takes. It does get more vibrant over black though, and I love vibrancy as you know, so that’s exactly what I did. I started out with one layer of Essence “Black is Back”, my default black. I have used up several bottles of this darkness! Then I applied two coats of Merope. The formula is simply no less than great, and the drying time is really good too. Talk about Win-Win! (we won’t, but you get my point). I’m not sure that coat number two made that much of a difference to be honest, but at least I know that I gave this beauty the best conditions to pose in!

I applied a layer of Poshé topcoat to make this baby shine as much as possible. And here’s what Merope looks like; Two coats, one layer of Poshé:

The pictures are all taken under a light bulb in my bathroom. That seems to be the best place to catch all the colour shifts.

I can see some golden or yellow in the bottle too, but I can’t see that on my nails at all, neither in the pics or in real life. I don’t mind that at all!

The colour shift is really cool in this polish, and I love all the colours it flashes!

Merope is so much more than just blue and purple!

I wanted to spice it up a bit with some glitter, and I went for Rainbow Honey “Unstealable Jewel” that I got for a review from Norway Nails a long time ago (link to original blog post here). It’s pink, and I though the colour would be better with this duochrome than it actually is.

My apologies to Merope for pairing her up with this particular glitter – it won’t happen again, I promise!

Here’s the final mani – all sealed up with another layer of Poshé topcoat:

That’s Merope for you! Do you like the colour shift, or are you not impressed? I know I am! :)

Opacity: 6/10
Colour, prettiness: 8/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 7.5/10
Buy again: Yes

I bought Merope from norwaynails.com.

You can find more info on NorwayNail’s Facebook page, link here.

Norway Nails have kindly offered my readers a 10% discount code. Just use the code RAINBOWIFYME10 at checkout, and you'll be getting 10% off your purchase.

Lilipad Lacquer ~ Pink Flamingo

Lilipad Lacquer ~ Pink Flamingo  

Neon pink holo

The colours of Lilipad Lacquers never fail to amaze me. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a neon pink holo before!

The formula is good as always. I expected it to be by now, because that’s all I’ve experienced with this brand. I use my regular base coat and don’t experience any dragging or bald spots. The pigmentation is really good – it almost covered after the first coat! I did apply two anyway, to give the polish the best possible posing conditions for the camera :)

So dear ladies, here’s what two coats and no topcoat looks like:

All the pictures are taken with flash, because the sun is not being at all cooperative at the moment, grr!

The holo effect isn’t the strongest one on the block, but I must say that the pink neonliciousness makes up for that fact!

I couldn’t stop taking pictures of this – it’s seriously pretty! Seriously. It’s pretty!

One last shot of it on it’s own:

I stamped on it. I used gorgeous “Bejewelled” from Cirque (check it out here). It’s a dark blue linear holo, and I thought it’d look really pretty with this pink flamingo. I used a motif from my XL stamping plate B. Poshé topcoat finished the mani beautifully:

I have to pat myself on the shoulder for choosing Bejewelled as my stamping polish. I think these two colours look fantastic together, and the holo of the blue works really good.

That’s another Lilipad Lacquer for you to enjoy. I don’t think that any of them will ever leave my stash!

Opacity: 9/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Durability: 10/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 9.5/10
Buy again: Yes

You can buy Lilypad Lacquer at norwaynails.com.

Norway Nails have kindly offered my readers a 10% discount code. Just use the code RAINBOWIFYME10 at checkout, and you'll be getting 10% off your purchase.

Pahlish ~ Prayers for Rain

Pahlish ~ Prayers for Rain

Dark teal jelly base with blue and green glitter

Here’s another indie polish for you to enjoy. It’s the only Pahlish I’ve got, but I’m always interested in trying new brands, so let’s just see how it goes.

The formula is nice ’n easy to work with. I’ve looked up swatches, and most of the reviews I read stated that they had used two coats. I wasn’t quite satisfied after two coats, so I applied a third, and it’s amazing how big a difference that last coat made! The depth changed amazingly, so yes, I’d say that this is definitely a three-coater. Drying time is good, so that shouldn’t hold you back from trying it if you’re into blue, green and glitter!

The glitter dried up completely flat on the nail, but I applied a layer of Poshé topcoat to make this baby shine even more. Here’s the final result: Three coats + one layer of Poshé:

I’m not usually a jelly fan, but I’m definitely willing to forgive this for being a jelly. It’s like a deep, shiny ocean!

Here’s a slightly blurred picture – this is so pretty!

Perhaps I took a bit too many pictures of this, but I really like it. All the pictures are taken in the sunshine, btw! The Sun is pretending to be a Cat at the moment: It comes out, it wants to go in. It comes out , it wants to go in.

Here’s one last pic. It’s an attempt to show you the depth of this pretty blue:

I decided to decorate this in a real simple way. I made one stripe diagonally across with a striper polish from Art Deco called Tropical, and applied one last coat of Poshé topcoat.

Here’s my final mani:

Look at that shine!!

That’s my first Pahlish polish for you. I like the colour, the glitter and the drying time. It would have been nice if two coats had been enough, but I think I’m able to live with the necessary three!

Have you tried Pahlish? If yes, which one have you got?

Opacity: 5/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 7/10
Overall: 7/10
Buy again: Maybe

You can buy Chirality polishes from Edgy Polish – they ship internationally.

You can find more info on Edgy Polish’s Facebook page, link here.

Sephora X ~ Mr. Positivity

Sephora X ~ Mr. Positivity

Dark green jelly with green microglitter

I bought Mr. Positivity in New York, along with a bunch of other Sephora X-polishes. My boyfriend chose this as the first one of them to try on. Good choice!

I was very curious about the formula, since these polishes weren’t exactly cheap, speaking in US terms. This one cost $12.5 plus tax, which was 8.875% = US$13.61. Not expensive here in Denmark, but not cheap in the US.

The formula is good though. I had no problems with application at all, and coverage was good, even for a jelly. Two coats is what it took to make this baby shine. The polish dries up a little bit gritty, not more than a layer of topcoat can handle though. Drying time is pretty average, no problems in that department either.

Here is what two coats and a layer of Poshé topcoat looks like:

I am really pleased with the look of this glitter!

I still wanted to do something fun with it, and decided to go with stripes today. I picked a hot pink striper and a silver glitter striper. I painted one pink stripe down the middle of each nail. Then I painted one silver glitter stripe on each side of the pink. When that was dry I added a second coat of pink to the middle stripe, to make sure it was nice and opaque, and made one thinner stripe over the silver glitter. When that was all dry I sealed it all up with another layer of Poshé topcoat, and here is my final mani:

I love the pink and the green together, I think they go really well together!

Here is one final shot of my mani.

And the pretties: 

The Sephora X polish didn’t let me down. I loved the formula and how easily the glitter spread out. The colour is really nice and I really like how the mani turned out. I’m glad that I bought more than one of them!

What do you think? Have you tried the Sephora X-series yet? Do you want to?

Opacity: 7/10
Colour, prettiness: 8/10
Durability: 9/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 8/10
Buy again: Yes

Chirality ~ Asymptote

Chirality ~ Asymptote

Moss green holo

Some polishes simply aren’t that easy for us European girls to get our little hands on, and so I was very happy to see a Swedish shop sell Chirality polishes. I bought three of them, of which this is the first I’ve tried on.

I didn’t use an aqua basecoat for this green pretty polish, but I should have. I could feel that the formula was okay, but I did experience some dragging with the first coat. So I used the lightest touch possible on coat number two, and I was happy to see that everything just evened out. Yay! The drying time is good too, which is always a plus in my book. I’m also pleased that it only needed two coats to look great!

The sun wasn’t as cooperative as it has been lately, so I had to take these pictures in my bathroom under a lightbulb.

Take a look at how pretty it is:

The polish can shine for sure. And the holo showed too – I just know that this’ll be a beauty in the sunshine once that’s back.

I tried to take pictures from many different angles, just to show you the full spectrum of it.

One last shot alone:

I decided to spice it up a little bit. I taped my nails and applied a layer of A England Avalon – which is a damn pretty purple shimmer, and a one coater. Then I made a line of dots over the taped area, sealed it all up with a layer of H K Girl topcoat, and here’s my final mani:

I think the green and the purple go great hand in hand!

And here’s one last shot – I like this!

So my verdict on these Chirality polishes is that yes, they’re definitely worth giving a go if you’re into holographic polishes. Formula, drying time and pigmentation is good, just take my advice and use an aqua basecoat and you’ll be fine.

Opacity: 7/10
Colour, prettiness: 8/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 7/10
Overall: 7.5/10
Buy again: Yes

You can buy Chirality and A England polishes from Edgy Polish – they ship internationally.

You can find more info on Edgy Polish’s Facebook page, link here.