Glittering Elements ~ Amethyst

Glittering Elements ~ Amethyst

Violet purple holo

I’m on a Glittering Elements roll again, and it’s time to show you Amethyst. I can’t tell you how thrilled I was to unwrap this when the mailman finally showed up with it.

The formula is great, I can really tell that Casey has worked hard to make it just right. Well, all the work has paid off, that’s for sure. Pigmentation is fine, two coats is what it takes to make this baby shine. And drying time is cool too, no worries about that. Sweet as :)

Here, lovely ladies, is a pic of two coats, no topcoat and it’s taken with flash:

See how that holo makes the polish glow from within. It’s gorgeous, no less!

And it looks great in low lights too, take a look:

You can actually still see the glow in lower lights, how cool is that!

Again, not much covering up of the pretty polish; I just made three small dots on each nail with OPI Ink suede, which happened to stand around on the table :D A layer of Ellagee’s Glass topcoat finished my mani off. Here’s a flash picture:

And a low light pic:

Verdict:

Oh yes, I dig this. Purple is one of my favourite colours, and this one is so pretty. I love the way Casey made the polish glow. Well done!!

Glittering Elements ~ Rain Dancer

Glittering Elements  ~ Rain Dancer

Peacock blue holo, with blue micro sparks!

First one up in this round of Glittering Elements is Rain Dancer. I just love this shade of blue, it’s sooo vibrant and beautiful. The formula is great and so is the opacity. In fact, it was opaque after the first coat but I applied a second one to make sure that the camera wouldn’t show you irregularities that I can’t see myself :D Drying time between the coats is good too, no worries in that department.

Okay, are you ready to see awesomeness? Yes? Here’s two coats, no topcoat, and the pic is taken with flash:

Isn’t that just pretty? I love it. The colour is SO me!

Mmm… and the holo… just gorgeous!

And the best thing? Rain Dancer also looks great in lower lights. Have a look for yourself:

I didn’t want to do much with it to be honest. So I just dapped a bit of microglitter and a star on each nail. The polish I used is number 68 from B. O. I applied a layer of Poshé topcat and here’s the final mani taken with flash:

A low light picture also reveals the microglitter.

Verdict:

Impressive is the best word I can come up with. I just love this polish: the colour, the formula, the finish and the drying time. It’s definitely a winner! Great job, Casey! ♥

Winner of my birthday giveaway

Hi girls,

I've just found a winner of my birthday giveaway!

I've emailed Zebra Nails, and now await her getting back to me. She has the usual 48 hours, or another winner will be picked. 

Congratulations!! ♥

Chaos & Crocodiles ~ LH06 & Secret Identity

Chaos & Crocodiles ~ LH06 & Secret Identity

Lavender linear holo & Indigo with 6 different shimmers

Let me show you my two latest Chaos & Crocodile polishes, now in square bottles (as opposed to round, which they were earlier).

LH06 is lavender, and is therefore a little bit outside my comfort zone. But I have one of its sisters, LH05 (which I showed you here) and that’s a fantastic polish, so I thought I would give it a try.

The formula is just great, and the polish is almost opaque after the first coat. The second coat made everything just perfect though. Drying time is pretty fast.

Let me show you how pretty LH06 is. Here’s two coats, no topcoat, flash picture:

Look how sweet and delicate the rainbows are! I love them!

Here’s what the polish looks like out of the flash light and in lower lights:

Still pretty, I think. I wanted to add darkness to it. I taped my nails diagonally across and painted the unmasked areas with Secret Identity. I dotted down the middle too, and then added LH06 dots in the other dots. I sealed it all up with a layer of Ellagee’s topcoat Glass, and here’s the final mani, low light picture:

And another one:

Here are the two pretty sisters:

I love this mani! The lines could have been more crisp, but I honestly think that I’m the only one that notices that. The dots in the dots just work and the colours look so good together <3

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Fast

Finish: Linear holo & Shimmer

Overall impression: Good quality pretty polishes both of them!

Buy again: Yes

I bought Chaos and Crocodiles from norwaynails.com. LH06 is long sold out, but Secret Identity and lots of other pretties are still available.

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.

Love Thy Polish ~ Girly Girl

Love Thy Polish ~ Girly Girl

Cherry red jelly with holographic microglitter

This is my first polish from Love Thy Polish from Australia.

The formula is good for a jelly, it’s easy to work with and the drying time is average. It takes three coats to get rid of visible nail line. I almost stopped after the second coat, but I can’t recommend to do that, since the third coat makes a huge difference!

I applied a layer of Ellagee’s topcoat Glass, and here’s how squishy and delicious the polish looks:

I think Girly Girl is the perfect name for this polish!

Is that delicious looking, or what??

Let’s add some dots, shall we? I made a line of silver holo dots down the middle with Urban Outfitters’ Silver Holo, and two lines of smaller purple dots on each side of the silver dots with Golden Rose Matte Velvet #107. I topped it with another layer of Ellagee’s topcoat Glass, and here’s my final mani:

I like the simplicity and the colours of this mani.

This polish is extremely pretty, but I’m not sure it’s really me. I’m sure that this is just perfect if you want to make glitter sandwiches, but that’s not how I roll, if you know what I mean.

So thumbs up for this polish, it’s a good polish, but I’m going to have to say no to buying it again.

Number of coats: 3
Drying time: Average

Finish: Squishy jelly

Overall impression: Really sweet polish, the name suits it perfectly!

Buy again: No

I bought Girly Girl 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.

Indigo Bananas ~ Cake or Death

Indigo Bananas ~ Cake or Death

Deep magenta linear holo with black flakies and magenta shimmer

In all honesty: I mostly bought this polish because of the name. Cake or Death. That’s exactly how I feel sometimes, haha!! :D

So – let’s see how this baby looks on! Application was easy (three words I love to be able to write together like that!) - and it’s a two coater. Drying time between coats is average, no problems to report in that department. I took a couple of shots with flash first, to make the holo pop.

Here’s two coats, no topcoat, flash picture:

I like that! I like that a lot! Here’s another flash pic:

You can see the black flakies even when I take the pictures with flash – but they show themselves even more in lower lights:

It’s a little dusty, which is why I probably wouldn’t have bought this polish if it hadn’t got such a cool name.

So, what I did was to paint silver stripes on it with a striper from Claire’s and then stamp little cupcakes on it. I found the cute cupcakes on a stamping plate from Cheeky called CH16. I used a no name dark purple polish called Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees – and no, it’s not from OPI, it’s a cheap China copy from evilBay. A layer of Ellagee’s topcoat “Glass” finished off the mani.

Here’s the flash pic:

And here’s a couple of low light pictures for you:

Last one:

I like this in low lights with the stripes and the stamp! So I am glad I bought the polish after all!

So – have you ever bought a polish because of the name? If yes, which was it?

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Average

Finish: Linear holo with flakes and shimmer. Cool mix!

Overall impression: It’s the first time I’ve seen black flakies in a polish, and I’d love to see more of that. The holo effect in this is really good – also out of the sunshine.

Buy again: No

I bought Cake or Death from Edgy Polish

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

Pahlish ~ My Bespoke Psychopath

Pahlish ~ My Bespoke Psychopath

Deep purple with holo effect and red metallic flakes

Here’s one of my latest Pahlish polishes. I fell deep for the rich purple, and the fact that it’s a holo mixed with red flakes was a fantastic bonus!

The formula is good, just like I’ve come to expect from Pahlish. It’s really opaque – I was almost satisfied after the first coat, but the second coat enhanced the depth and made sure that my camera wouldn’t pick up irregularities unable to be seen by the naked human eye, haha. Drying time is great, nothing bad to report in that department either. Big score!

I had access to sunshine but it made my camera freak out, so I took some pics with flash instead. Here is the prettiness in all it’s glory:

Beautiful colour, and you can almost see the red flakes in these flash pictures too.

Let me show you what it looks like in my lightbox:

Mmmm, right? Look at those flakes!

I stamped on it. I found an all nail Hello Kitty motif on stamping plate CF08 and a Hello Kitty head on OB12. I stamped with Mentality’s Wily, which is a light pink holo stamping polish. Here’s the final result:

Lightbox pictures, so you can see the stamping better:

This is a seriously cool polish!

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Pretty fast

Finish: Holo with flakes

Overall impression: Cool purple colour with amazing flakes.

Buy again: Oh Yes

You can buy Pahlish polishes from Edgy Polish

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

Joss Affinite ~ Your Mum wouldn’t like it & Crystal Holo Ocean Depths

Joss Affinite ~ Your Mum wouldn’t like it & Crystal Holo Ocean Depths

Magenta with holo shimmer and glitter & Bright blue with holo shimmer and flecks

Here’s another couple of Joss polishes that are right up my alley.

First one up is Your Mum wouldn’t like it. When I saw it first I was thinking pink, but I can see that other girls describe it as purple. Let’s make a compromise and call it magenta, shall we?

Anyway, the formula is good and easy to work with. It takes two coats to make this look great, and the drying time between the coats is average. And girl, can this polish shimmer and shine – I can assure you it can! I applied a layer of Poshé topcoat before taking my pictures.

Here’s two coats plus a layer of Poshé.

Look at the glittery prettiness here!

I took a Brazillion pictures, but I’ll try not to overload you girls too much, so here’s just two more:

And the last one:

I like this polish a lot. I was in a hurry the morning I put it on, so I actually wore it like this! And even though it felt a little bit weird to wear “just one polish”,  really liked it! The only thing that puzzles me about this polish is the name: “Your mum wouldn’t like it”. This is a pretty conservative colour, and I’d expect a more edgy polish for a name like that. But hey, it’s not about the name is it – it’s all about the prettiness!

So yes, polished thumbs up from me!

♥

Next one up is Crystal Holo Ocean Depths, a beautiful blue packed with holo shimmer. The formula is great and so is the pigmentation; I used two coats for full opacity. Drying time is pretty average on this polish as well.

Here’s what two coats and no topcoat looks like – the first couple of pictures are taken with flash:

And from a different angle:

Here’s what the polish looks like in lower lights. No rainbows, but the colour is still cool.

I didn’t quite know what to do with it so I ended up painting little pluses on it. I used a very dark blue polish from Ellagee called Rainbows All Over Your Blues. I painted the pluses with a nail art brush and I topped my mani with a layer of Ellagee’s topcoat “Glass”.

Here’s the final mani – this picture is taken with flash:

And here’s a picture taken without flash:

The pretty polishes and the topcoat:

The short version of the verdict: Chrystal Holo Ocean Depths lives up to my high expectations. It’s beautiful and easy to work with and definitely a winner!

Both polishes:

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Average

Finish: Flecks and holo glitter in beautiful harmony

Overall impression: Really cool polish!

Buy again: Yes

Joss Affinite ~ In a Mermaid’s Dream

Joss Affinite ~ In a Mermaid’s Dream

Aqua blue/green packed with pink flecks

I’ve got a couple of Joss polishes to show you girls. They’re all from the Affinite series, and I’ll start out with In a Mermaid’s Dream. I’ve seen it described as a holographic, but that’s not the entire truth. It has got holo glitter scattered throughout but what makes this polish amazing is the pink flecks.

The formula is good, the polish glides on effortlessly and it takes two easy coats to make it opaque. Drying time between coats is average. And you know I like shiny things, don’t you? Well, this baby is seriously shiny!

Here’s two coats, no topcoat:

If I flick my fingers a little bit, the pink shimmer shows up, and it’s making this polish spectacular!

The blue isn’t always just blue – in certain angles it turns to green.

I paired it up with a deep magenta holo from Hits called Atena. There are two versions of this polish, and this is the newer version. I taped my nails and painted one third of my nails with Atena. I made three dots in various sizes too. I topped it all with a layer of Poshé topcoat, and here’s my final mani:

I think Atena really works with In a Mermaid’s Dream because the pink shimmer looks great next to the magenta.

Here are the two polishes side by side.

I’m not sure I’ve done Atena quite the justice she deserves by using her like this. She definitely needs a mani of her own where she can really flash her rainbows. But the Joss polish is amazing, clearly a winner in my book! :)

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Average

Finish: Flecks and holo glitter in an amazing mixture

Overall impression: Great polish in all levels. I love the colour shift and all the amazing flecks, it’s a winner!

Buy again: Yes sir!