China Glaze ~ When stars collide

China Glaze ~ When stars collide

Deep plum holographic

Every time the sun shines it’s holoday!

I want to show you another polish from the Hologlam collection from Spring 2013, namely 'When stars collide'. I wasn’t sure whether I should buy it or not when it came out – I was wondering if maybe it would be too brown for my likings. Well - I can reveal already now that it isn’t! :)

I used an aqua base coat, because I’ve heard that this polish works best either with that or with no base coat at all. My nails are still yellow after a green polish that decided to leave its colour on my nails – through basecoat and everything, so I’m definitely not ready to make out with a new polish without using some form of protection!

Anyway, the formula is great – a bit on the thick side, but I don’t mind that – and the drying time is no less than fantastic. The pigmentation is also really good: with thicker layers I might even be able to get away with just one coat. I applied two coats, because then I’m sure that I give the polish the best conditions to show off.

Here it is in direct sunlight, my dear ladies, in all its glory. Two coats, no topcoat:

It’s in the sunlight this polish really shows its beauty.

  

I really like it in the shadows too, and I think that this is one of the holos I actually get to wear during the winter! I like the colour and it’s a great base for some cool nail art. I made my nail art really simple today, because I wasn’t in the mood to make a big deal out of it. I applied a sticker on the ring finger and one on the thumb. The stickers are from Essence and I bought them in Germany way back.

Here’s how that looks:

I quite like the simplicity of this! The polish is elegant, in my opinion, and invites you to decorate with something simple.

I wasn’t quite done though! :) I decided to add extra holo effect, so I applied a layer of Treasures by Tan “Oasis”, which is a spectraflair topcoat. It dulled the colour some, but I actually found it to be okay, since the base colour is so dark in itself.

Take a look at my final mani:

I really like When Stars Collide. I like it because it looks great in the sunshine, but I also like the colour of the polish itself. It’s so easy to be blinded by the rainbows in the sunshine, but I want my polishes to look good all of the time!

So you like this polish? Have you got it?

Opacity: 9/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 8.5/10
Buy again: Yes