Chirality ~ Echelon

Chirality ~ Echelon

Light teal/turquoise scattered holo

Echelon is described as teal, but I think it’s leaning turquoise. It’s pretty no matter what – I’m going to prove that to you.

So, the formula is good. It takes two easy and fast drying coats to make Echelon shine. I’ve come to really like Chirality’s polishes. I think they’re really cool and good quality for a reasonable price!

Here’s what two coats and no topcoat looks like taken with flash:

I love the look of the scattered holo!

The polish is also really pretty in lower lights:

I was in the mood for stamping, so I picked a hearts design from Moyou London’s stamping plate Princess Collection-11, and I stamped with a beautiful dark teal scattered holo from A England: Saint George. I’ve had a crush on Saint George since I first laid eyes on him!

Anyway – here’s what my mani ended up looking like. The picture is taken with flash:

A low light picture:

And a final picture, just because I like the way it ended up.

  

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Fast

Durability: Good

Finish: Scattered holo, not quite bold enough for me to wear on its own – but perfect as underwear colour like here!
Overall impression: Good quality!

Buy again: Yes

Chirality ~ Quarks

Chirality ~ Quarks

Blue/purple holo

It’s time for a couple of Chirality polishes, I think. They want to move from the box of untrieds to the Helmer. I’ll start out with Quarks, which looks really lovely in the bottle. I found it hard to determine whether it is blue or purple – so perhaps it is a little bit of both.

Application was a dream because the formula is just good. Drying time is good, and so is opacity: It takes two coats to make this baby shine to the max! I didn’t apply a topcoat just yet.

Here’s what it looks like, two coats, picture taken with flash:

Aren’t those rainbows just darling??

The polish changes quite a lot when you look at it in lower lights – here’s a picture taken without flash:

Still pretty, don’t you think?

I stamped on it. I used a design from Bundlemonster BM-406 and I stamped with Essie’s Nothing Else Metals. I topped it with a layer of topcoat, and here’s what my final mani looks like:

I think this knotted hearts-design is really pretty!

The last low light-pic: 

I like Chirality’s holographic polishes; the formula is good, the colours are pleasant and the drying time is good. Do you know the brand?

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Fast

Durability: Good

Finish: Holographic that is glowing from within
Overall impression: Great polish – I love the colour that changes between blue and purple depending on when and where you look at it.

Buy again: Yes

Smitten Polish ~ Love Is Actually All Around

Smitten Polish ~ Love Is Actually All Around

Red linear holo

I bought Love Is Actually All Around at the same time as I bought I Never Drink… Wine, that I showed you yesterday. I was honestly unsure whether I really wanted this or not, because I couldn’t really figure out if this was a true red holo or not. I might as well spoil the surprise right away: It’s not a true red holo. It is gorgeous nonetheless, and let me show you what I’m talking about.

The formula is good, and application was a breeze! The polish dries fast and it takes two coats to make it look its best.

And here’s the pictures taken with a flash. There’s no topcoat involved just yet:

It looks great, doesn’t it?

The holo flame is amazingly beautiful!

Here’s a picture taken in my lightbox without flash. This shows that we’re not dealing with a true red. There’s a hint of something else. I hesitate to call it brick red, but… yeah… Judge for yourself:

I paired it with a Chirality polish: Cu2+, which is a lovely blue holo – it’s my favourite Chirality. I showed it in this post. I painted three stripes on each nail – a long, a medium and a short, starting from the base of the nails. I topped it with a layer of Ellagee’s topcoat Glass. And here’s a flash picture of the final mani:

And another one. I love these two colours together.

Here’s a lightbox picture.

 The pretties:

Oh yeah, I am glad I decided to buy Love Is Actually All Around too! What do you think of this?

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Really fast

Finish: Strong linear holo

Overall impression: Really cool colour – but not true red, the holo effect is great, and the drying time is really something!!

Buy again: Yes

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

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

Chirality ~ Bloodshot

Chirality ~ Bloodshot

Deep burgundy scattered holo

When I bought Bloodshot I wasn’t aware that there are two versions of it. I had only seen swatches of the lighter version, so imagine my surprise when I opened my nail mail and found the darker version! I seriously thought that I had gotten a wrong bottle of polish, because they don’t look anywhere near the same! And I obviously like the lighter version better.

Anyway – the polish has now been sitting in the box of untrieds long enough, and it’s time to see if it looks the same on the nails as it looks in the bottle.

The formula is good, no worries in that department, and I have no bad things to say about the drying time either. It took two coats to make this opaque.

And here’s what this very dark version of Bloodshot looks like without a topcoat, and taken with flash:

And from a different angle:

The reason why I wanted the lighter version becomes quite clear when I show you this picture, which is taken in lower lights without flash:

It’s really dark, and what’s worse for me: It looks brown. And I am not fond of browns polishes in general. Not at all.

I lightened it up a bit with my to go-silver holo from Urban Outfitters. I used a nail art brush and brushed the silver holo on from side to side down the middle of the nails. I sealed the mani with a layer of topcoat, and here’s the final mani taken with flash:

I quite like that. Here’s a low light pic:

I wish I had known there were two versions of Bloodshot when I bought mine, because then my bottle would have sat unloved in a box for such a long time.

Here are a couple of links to bloggers who show the lighter version of Bloodshot: Colorbyte and Life in Color.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Pretty fast

Finish: Well covering crelly

Overall impression: I usually love Chirality polishes, but was disappointed in this one because I thought I had bought a berry colour, and I ended up with a brownish looking polish.

Buy again: Not the dark version, 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.

Nostalgic ~ Rid of Me

Nostalgic ~ Rid of Me

Blue jelly packed with blue, green and golden shimmer and flecks

I like trying new brands! The first Nostagic I’m going to try on is a ‘this-is-so-me’ polish if there ever was one. Stay tuned and see for yourself.

The formula is a jelly and very sheer, so my heart actually sank when I applied the first layer. It so looked like a layering polish to me. I decided to see if it built itself up, which happily it did very nicely. Three coats is what it took to make it opaque. I can live with that because it dried fast between layers, and because this polish is absolutely beautiful! I love, love, love the shimmer, it’s amazing! I have a word for this, and it’s ‘MMMWWAAHH!’

Take a look at three coats and a layer of topcoat:

How’s that? I mean, I love it, but what about you?

I’m usually not a girl who likes golden polishes very much, but this is just perfect!

I decided to make an experiment and stamp with something I wouldn’t usually use on a colour like this. I chose Chirality’s “Sly”, which is a pink stamping polish, and I used a swirly design from Moyou London’s stamping plate “Sailor collection-07”. When I was done I topcoated it, and here’s my final mani:

And from a different angle:

One last shot to show off the design:

Verdict:
Rid of Me is great! And a good song too, although Polly Jean is not my favourite artiste. I wonder if anyone will make a polish called ‘Lick My Legs’, inspired by the same song. If someone does, you read it here first ;) 

Anyway: I wish this was a two coater, but I am willing to live with three because the drying time is so good. I love the colour and I love the shimmer and flecks. It’s a me-polish for sure! Don’t you agree?

As for Sly, I must admit that I had expected more from a stamping polish. It’s a little too…vague?... for my likings. But anyway – it works on this mani – I think it looks great over the Rid of Me!

Number of coats: 3
Drying time: Fast

Durability: Good

Removal: Easy
Overall impression: Oh yeah baby, I love this colour!

Buy again: Yes

Chirality ~ CU2+

Chirality ~ CU2+

Blue holo

I might as well say it right away. CU2+ is my favourite Chirality polish. It’s blue, it’s holo, and it’s absolutely beautiful! I bought it from Edgy Polish, which is a Swedish webshop that sells cool indie polishes.

Application was a breeze. I didn’t apply my aqua basecoat (because I forgot), but this lovely polish was really easy to apply anyway, and all it took was two coats to make this look at it’s prettiest!

I was so lucky to have a ray of sunlight for the first photo session, so dear ladies, here’s CU2+ in all its glory. Two coats, no topcoat:

How about that – is that pretty or what? Huh? Huh?

I like that it flashes green when the sun hits it, that gives me such a thrill!

One last shot, I really love this polish!

I decided to copy the style of an old mani I posted in the beginning of September (check it out here). I taped my nails diagonally across and painted with a glitter from Icing called “Force of Love”. It’s a thick teal jelly with glitters and hexagons. I left the middle bit, and sealed the whole thing up with a layer of H K Girl topcoat, and here’s the result:

The sun had gone down at this point, so these last two pictures are taken with flash.

  

Now, dear ladies, you’ve seen my favourite Chirality polish. I’m so glad that it’s part of my stash! Do you like this as much as I do?

 

Opacity: 7/10
Colour, prettiness: 10/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 8.5/10
Buy again: Yes

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

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

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.

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.