OPI, El Corazón, H&M and Spell Polish

OPI, El Corazón, H&M and Spell Polish

Red, orange and silver in a shimmery, glittery, holofied mani

Today’s mani is red, orange and silver because that is what I was in the mood for.

There are no step by step pictures today so you might as well get a picture of the whole thing right away:

The polishes I used was:

Red: OPI ~ You only live twice

Orange: El Corazón #423/561 Magic Tail Kamet

Silver: OPI ~ DS Radiance

Silver Glitter: H&M ~ Silver Frost

Holo topcoat: Spell Polish ~ Holo Shield

There’s only holo topcoat on the pointer. This particular holo topper greys the underwear a lot, so I though I would use it on OPI DS Radiance, which is silver. And that works just perfectly. This is a sunshine picture, which freaks out the shimmer on the other nails, but it reveals a pretty rainbow on the pointer.

Here are the five polishes I used:

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The red and the orange are a little too close in colour for this kind of mani; the red dots drowns a little bit. But never mind, I still love the end result, and that’s, my darlings, all that matters! 

Zoya ~ Miranda

Zoya ~ Miranda

Rose pink sparkly texture

Miranda is from the Summer 2013 PixieDust Collection. And no, I haven’t had it for that long. I think I bought it late last year, but I’m not quite sure. It’s so easy to lose track of them, isn’t it.

Anyway, the formula is good and really easy to work with. I used two coats to get rid of any visible nail line, and the drying time between the coats is good.

I had no sun, but here’s how sparkly the polish is in ordinary daylight:

Isn’t it just pretty?

I tried to holofy it. I added a layer of Spell Polish’s Holo Shield Topcoat. I tried to make the layer as thin as I possible could, but it greyed the underneath colour a lot. Check it out for yourself; here’s a daylight picture – same light as on the picture just above.

Here’s a intentionally blurred flash picture.

One last shot taken with flash.

I must admit that I’m kind of puzzled over the holo topcoat. I know it’s tricky to make a holo topcoat that doesn’t grey the colour underneath. I know that the stronger effect you want, the bigger the risk of grey. But why isn’t the holo effect stronger in this topper, when it greys the base colour so much? I don’t get it!

Zoya Miranda:

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Fast

Finish: Shimmery texture
Overall impression: It’s a very pleasant colour and the shimmer is really nice

Buy again: Yes

Spell Polish ~ Bella’s Whiskers

Spell Polish ~ Bella’s Whiskers

Sky blue linear holo

It’s time for another beautiful Spell Polish. It’s blue this time and it has got a really strong holo flame, wait and see.

The formula is good, I had no problems with application. I used two coats for this mani, and the drying time between the coats is good.

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

Take a closer look at that holo flame! Isn’t that just gorgeous!

Here’s what it looks like in low lights. Sky blue, and the rainbows still want to play a bit.

Here’s whiskers. Bella’s Whiskers. Hahahaha!!

If you take a closer look at the bottle on the picture above, you can see that it’s got a purple flash to it too. That purple didn’t transfer onto my nails unfortunately.

Every bottle of Spell Polish comes with a little card with a rhyme on. Here’s the card that came with Bella’s Whiskers.

Now that’s a pleasant blue, especially in the sun.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Pretty good

Finish: Linear holo

Buy again: Yes

I bought my Spell polish 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.

Spell Polish ~ Tongue of Dog

Spell Polish ~ Tongue of Dog

Described as Periwinkle Blue duochrome with a strong Red-Violet color shift and tiny Pink sparkles

Here’s my last Spell Polish for now, Tongue of Dog. I might as well say right away that I don’t agree with the colour description. To me this is periwinkle for sure, but I don’t see any strong colour shift. Allow me to demonstrate in a moment.

The formula is good – Spell Polish has stepped up the Indie Ladder in my opinion, and that’s just great. It took two easy coats to make this opaque and the drying time is good.

Take a look at two coats and a thin layer of Poshé topcoat:

See? No strong colour shift and I don’t see pink sparkles either. And just for the record: I didn’t see them in real life either. But nonetheless: It’s a really pretty colour.

Here’s a flash picture. It reveals a few sparkles, but they sure look blue and not pink to me.

I decided to keep my nail art really simple. I dotted the tips of my nails with a funny polish I bought in Slovakia last year. It’s from Gabrially Salvete and it’s called Galaxy. Another layer of Poshé topcoat and my mani was done:

                                         

I quite like these two polishes together!

Every bottle of Spell Polish comes with a little card with a rhyme on. Here’s the card that came with Tongue of Dog:

I like. Do you?

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Fast

Finish: Shimmer

Buy again: Yes

I bought my Spell polishes 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.

Spell Polish ~ Eyes of Newt

Spell Polish ~ Eyes of Newt

Vibrant cyan metallic blue with holo effect

I might as well show you another Spell Polish now we’re at it. Today it’s the really lovely looking Eyes of Newt that’s going to shine on my nails.

The formula is good and the polish is easy to apply. It took two coats to achieve full opacity. The drying time is good, no worries there.

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

It’s described as a linear holo but I’m not sure I quite agree. It’s pretty nonetheless.

The colour is also pretty in lower lights, that’s always a bonus.

I doodled on it, just to see how that went. I used a white polish from Savina called French White and I doodled with a toothpick I sealed it up with a layer of topcoat before I took my pictures:

There are girls that make it look ridiculously easy to do freehand nail art. I’m not one of them, haha! I think it went okay but I won’t lie and say it was easy! :D

Every bottle of Spell Polish comes with a little card with a rhyme on. Here’s the card that came with Eyes of Newt:

Win. Win. Win. I like this!

                                         

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Fast

Finish: Metallic with a splash of holo shimmer

Buy again: Yes

I bought my Spell polishes 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.

Spell Polish ~ Adder’s Fork

Spell Polish ~ Adder’s Fork

Burgundy pink linear holo with chrome effect and a splash of pink flakies

My collection of Spell polishes is slowly growing. Today I’m going to try the first holo I’ve got from Spell Polish! I am so curious to see if it’s any good!

The formula is great, the best of the Spells I’ve experienced so far. It covers really well, and it’s almost a one coater. The second coats does make a bit of a difference though, so that’s what I recommend. The drying time is good.

Take a look at what two coats and a thin layer of Poshé topcoat look like:

I’m not sure that I agree that this is a linear holo, but I do like the holo shimmer that’s added. It makes such a pretty rainbow effect!

This is what it looks like in low lights:

I stamped on it. I found a floral motif from Qgirl008 and I stamped with a silver polish from Kiko’s Mirror collection called 616. I topped it with another layer of Poshé topcoat, and here’s my final mani:

I was all “meh” in the beginning, but this mani really grew on me quickly!

Low light picture:

Every bottle of Spell Polish comes with a little card with a rhyme on. Here’s the card that came with Adder’s Fork:

                                         

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Fast

Finish: Holo effect with flakies

Buy again: Yes

I bought my Spell polishes 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.

Spell Polish ~ Smile Transference

Spell Polish ~ Smile Transference

Pink to blue/violet duochrome

Here’s the last Spell Polishes I bought recently. I want to show you Smile Transference, a lovely Violet to pink duochrome!

I layered it over black on two of my fingers and to wore it on its own on the other two fingers.

The formula is good and easy to work with. Smile Transference is a bit more sheer than “No Place Like Home”, so I used three coats on its own to make it opaque, and I have two coats over the black. No topcoat yet.

It’s pretty! There’s black polish under on the ring finger and the middle finger. The pinkie and the pointer have only got the duochrome polish on:

I can’t tell the difference, they all look the same to me, so in order to save a bit on this relatively expensive polish, I’ll recommend layering it over black. I have to mention that the drying time is slow, so three coats is a bit much to sit through.

I love the colour shift!

I recently bought some small studs off evilBay. They are small so they actually fit my nails and they came in really cool neon colours. I decided to go for green – purple and green is almost always a hit in my book. I applied topcoat over the stars, and here’s the final mani:

oooh yes, I dig it!

Every bottle of Spell Polish comes with a little card with a rhyme on. Here’s the card that came with Smile Transference:

                                         

Number of coats: 3 (or 2 over black)
Drying time: Slow

Finish: Duochrome

Buy again: I’m undecided because of the drying time. I would undoubtedly have said yes if it dried faster.

I bought my Spell polishes 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.

Spell Polish ~ No Place like Home

Spell Polish ~ No Place like Home

Green to purple duochrome

I thought that I might as well show you the other two Spell Polishes I bought recently. It’s time to take a closer look at No Place Like Home, a lovely green to purple duochrome. 

The formula is good and easy to work with, and it takes two coats on its own to make it opaque - that's really nice. Drying time is pretty average. 

Take a look at the green-ness:

This polish is super shiny!

Here's the green side of the polish. It's quite an unusual green in a duochrome - I like how unique it is!

I sponged a bit of glitter by the base of my nails: Picture Polish's Ariels Tale. When I look at the pictures I can see that the green isn't quite right, but... yeah, oh well :) 

One last shot: 

Here are the pretty sisters: 

Every bottle of Spell Polish comes with a little card with a rhyme on. Here’s the card that came with No Place Like Home:

                                         

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Average

Finish: Matte with shimmer. Really comes to life with a topcoat

First impression: Unique colour shift and super shiny polish.

Buy again: Yes, it's unique

I bought my Spell polishes 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.

Spell Polish ~ Toe of Frog

Spell Polish ~ Toe of Frog

Olive Green with gold and purple undertones and a matte finish

My Spell Collection is slowly growing. I started out with two, and now I’ve got three more – all of them received in monthly packages from Norway Nails.

Toe of Frog is olive green – not a colour I’d normally chose. But it’s nice to be forced outside the comfort zone once in a while!

The polish looks thin in the bottle, but it only took two coats to make it opaque. It dries up to a silky matte finish, that’s quite easy on the eyes.

Here’s two coats and no topcoat in my lightbox:

It’s hard to see the shimmers that are going on, but you can see them if I turn on the flash for you:

That’s pretty, yes? And the polish also changes character when a shiny topcoat is added – I like it much better with topcoat. That’s how it usually is for me with mattes – I love shiny things, so topcoat usually makes them prettier for me. Here’s what it looks like with topcoat:

And a low light picture:

I wanted to make this mani fun! I found my little box of fimo fruit slices, found a bunch of green(ish) fruits and stuck them onto my nails with topcoat. I love this end result:

The low light picture:

Every bottle of Spell Polish comes with a little card with a rhyme on. Here’s the card that came with Toe of Frog:

                                         

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Average

Finish: Matte with shimmer. Really comes to life with a topcoat

Buy again: I’m not sure, mostly because olive isn’t my colour

I bought my Spell polishes 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.