KBShimmer ~ Latitude Adjustment

KBShimmer ~ Latitude Adjustment

Periwinkle linear holo

Latitude Adjustment is from the Nauti by Nature collection from spring 2017. It’s described as “lavender leaning blue” but I think it’s periwinkle :D

I used two easy and fast drying coats for my manicure today. The brush had a few wild hairs by the end but it didn’t make the application difficult so I’ll just live with that.

I wanted a really simple manicure today so I just stamped some stripes on it from Lina’s stamping plate Feeling Shapely! 01 and I stamped with Models Own’s Chrome Cerise.

This is my final manicure including a layer of topcoat; the photo is taken with flash.

Here’s the same thing in the shade.

Here’s Latitude Adjustment on its own. Two coats, no topcoat, flash picture.

This is the stuff I used for my manicure.

Simple is good. I like this a lot!

Number of coats: 2

Drying time: Really good

Finish: Linear holo
Overall impression: Great formula, great colour and rainbows, I love it

Buy again: Yes 

Starrily ~ Gamma Ray

Starrily ~ Gamma Ray

Hot pink linear holo

There are colours that always make my nails happy. Pink is one of those colours and it’s a bonus if it’s holographic too.

Gamma Ray has got a perfect formula, it’s easy to apply and it takes two coats to achieve full opacity. The drying time is really good too.

I stamped flowers down the middle of each nail. The flowers are from the stamping plate QJ-L14 and I stamped with Moyra’s foil polish for stamping in black.

This is my final mani in the sun, including a layer of Moyra’s stamping topcoat.

The sun went behind a cloud. This is how pretty the polish is, even without sun.

This is Gamma Ray on its own. I took this picture with flash because the sun was so unpredictable.

Here is the stuff I used for my manicure.

Let me get back to the Foil polish for stamping. It’s a more “sticky” polish, which means that you can stamp with it and then use foil over it for a spectacular effect. I haven’t got any nail foil, but I have got holo powder! I tried to stamp with the Foil Polish and then sprinkle magenta holo powder over it. I brushed the excess off and topcoated the whole thing and it worked! Unfortunately I used a glitter too close to my base colour, so I only did this one nail with glitter. You get to see it anyway, and behold! This is the first time the little finger on my left hand is on the blog!!

It’s pretty, don’t you think? I have now ordered some nail foil from evilbay to see if I can get that to work with the Foil polish. I can’t wait to try it!!

Number of coats: 2

Drying time: Really good

Finish: Linear holo
Overall impression: Pretty colour and rainbows, good quality polish

Buy again: Yes

Anonymous Lacquer ~ Baby Vamp

Anonymous Lacquer ~ Baby Vamp

Turquoise linear holo

Baby Vamp is a HHC Facebook group custom from a collection of polishes inspired by the american TV series ‘True Blood’. It’s not a series I watch myself, but it has definitely inspired the involved makers in an interesting way. The polish came out in December 2015.

The formula is good and I used two coats for full opacity. If you have longer nails you might require three coats for full opacity. The drying time is really good.

The stamp I used is from the stamping plate Lina Feeling Shapely! 07 and I stamped with two stamping polishes from El Corazón: White and Mint.

Here’s the final mani including topcoat taken on an overcast day.

This is Baby Vamp on its own while the sun was still out. It’s two coats here and no topcoat.

Here are the polishes and the stamping plate I used.

Baby Vamp retired from the scene fast, she was available for a month then she was gone. And she was limited edition; what a shame.

Number of coats: 2

Drying time: Ggood

Finish: Linear holo
Overall impression: I like the polish, the formula is good and the colour is nice.

Buy again: Yes