Philly Loves Lacquer: I Love You A Lime

Philly Loves Lacquer: I Love You A Lime

Pastel seafoam green jelly subtle scattered holo, also containing fine golden shimmer and fine opalescent flakies

Here's a polish that has been sitting in my box of untrieds for over 6 years. It was a part of The Holo Grail box for August in 2014. It's been sitting in the box for so long because I was hugely disappointed in it when it arrived. I love colours and I love holo. This polish is a muted pastel and the holographic effect is subtle at best. But it can't sit in the flippin' box forever so today's the day!

The formula is a bit streaky so I needed three coats for full opacity. The drying time is good.

I would wear a muted pastel on its own, so I obviously added a bit of nail art.

First I made some random brush strokes on it, purple with Catrice's "Even More Heavy Metalilac" and green with Vapid's "Who Needs Luck?".

Then I stamped on it. The motif is from the stamping plate "ShopAnts XL-002" and I stamped with a dark purple shimmery stamping polish from Born Pretty Store.

Then I topped it all with China Glaze's holo glitter topper "Fairy Dust".

Here's the final result in the sun.

Philly Loves Lacquer: I Love You A Lime

I quite like this.

Philly Loves Lacquer: I Love You A Lime

Here's the brush stroke manicure before the stamping in the sun.

Philly Loves Lacquer: I Love You A Lime

And this is Philly Loves Lacquer "I Love You A Lime" alone; three coats and no topcoat yet. The photo is taken with flash.

Philly Loves Lacquer: I Love You A Lime

Here are all the things I used today.

"I Love You A Lime" was limited edition and is no longer available. It isn't my colour and it isn't my finish, so yeah... I will see if I can find it a more loving home.

 

Number of coats: 3
Drying time: Good

Finish: Subtle scattered holo with shimmer and flakies
Overall impression: A bit streaky but with good drying time. Both colour and holo effect is too muted for me

Buy again: No

China Glaze: Let's Do It In 3-D

China Glaze: Let's Do It In 3-D

Charcoal holo

Here's another polish from my lucky find of polishes from China Glaze's 2009 Kaleidoscope collection. This collection came out before my nail polish blogging hobby started so I felt really lucky to find some of them in the blog sale at a good price.

The formula is really thin and also a bit sheer. I don't know if it's been like that all the time or if it happened with age but it seems to be the same for all of them. I used three coats for my nails today and the drying time was really good.

I made a brushstroke of red on three of the nails with Gabrini's #B02 Pembe. I stamped on top of that. All of the designs are from the stamping plate "ShopAnts XL-008" and I just stamped with a regular black stamping polish.

Here's the final result in the sun:

China Glaze: Let's Do It In 3-D

This is taken with flash.

China Glaze: Let's Do It In 3-D

Here's "Let's Do It In 3-D" on its own; three coats and no topcoat. 

China Glaze: Let's Do It In 3-D

Here are the polishes and the stamping plate I used today:

Charcoal isn't my favourite colour in nail polish but I like this anyway.

Number of coats: 3
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Linear holo
Overall impression: Thin and sheer formula, great drying time, great rainbows

Buy again: Yes

Morgan Taylor: All Plum'd Up

Morgan Taylor: All Plum'd Up

Purple shimmer

I ordered this polish on evilBay just before the Covid-19 virus forced many countries to shut down. That means that it took this polish an extra month to leave the US, so I was very happy when it finally showed up (along with a sister, that I will show you either tomorrow or one of the following days).

The formula is good and I used two coats for full opacity. The drying time is good.

I stamped a pink leopard pattern onto it from the stamping plate "ShopAnts XL-006". I stamped with the pink stamping polish "Fuchsia Flash" from Colour Alike.

The silver glitter stripes are made with "Glam Glitter Top Coat" from Attitude.

This is the final result:

Morgan Taylor: All Plum'd Up

I love the look of this.

Morgan Taylor: All Plum'd Up

Here's "All Plum'd Up" alone; two coats and no topcoat.

Morgan Taylor: All Plum'd Up

These are the things I used today.

I am so pleased with "All Plum'd Up"; I think everything about it is gorgeous!

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Shimmer
Overall impression: Great polish, formula, colour and finish. I like it!

Buy again: Yes

The Box Of Shame: LynBDesigns: Thirsty

The Box Of Shame: LynBDesigns: Thirsty

Neon orange jelly/crelly

The Box of Shame contains polishes that I've decided not to keep. I may not like the colour or the formula, I may not like the finish - or perhaps the polish just doesn't wow me.

The polishes in the Box of Shame aren't staying there forever. I sell some of them, give away a lot of them, and some get to live in the box for a longer while.

"Thirsty" have been living the The Box Of Shame for about five years. In the end it seems hard for me to get rid of such a bright and beautiful orange. I decided to wear it again, just to see if it can change my mind.

The formula is okay for a jelly. First time I wore it I made it into a gradient and I guessed that the polish would cover in two coats. I needed three coats today to make it all even and nice. The drying time is good.

The stamp is from the stamping plate "ShopAnts XL-007". I stamped with Colour Alike's stamping polish "B. a Red Wine".

I topped it all with Orly's holo glitter topper "Shine On Crazy Diamond".

Here's how pretty it all looked in the end.

Red and orange are great colours together. And I love that glitter topper from Orly.

Here's "Thirsty" alone, three coats. The colour is way more neon than my photos suggest.

LynBDesigns: Thirsty

Here are the things I used today.

I like "Thirsty" but I'm afraid that it will have to return to the Box of Shame. It's a lovely colour, but I've got other neon orange polishes that wow me just a bit more than this one does. It's not the polish's fault though, I still love it.

Here's the link to my original post about "Thirsty": http://rainbowifyme.blogspot.com/2015/08/lynbdesigns-thirsty-and-slay.html

Number of coats: 3
Drying time: Good

Finish: Jelly
Overall impression: Really cool colour

Buy again: No