P2 Bohemian Tropics ~ 020 Green Mangrove

P2 Bohemian Tropics ~ 020 Green Mangrove

Acid green shimmer

Here’s part two of my little series of polishes from the Bohemian Tropics collection. I already showed you Violet Bloom yesterday and I’m going to show you the last one tomorrow

The formula is really good and I used two easy coats for my mani. The drying time is good. Again, let me mention the brush, which is semi-wide and flat - and the bristles are curved at the top to make it easy to apply the polish. I love it, I wouldn’t mind if all polishes had this kind of brush!

I made it into this manicure. I reminds me a bit of a green Galaxy but that isn’t actually intentional, haha!  

The colour that looks like a darker green is actually the deep purple from yesterday, Violet Bloom. The glitter on top is a really old polish from Essence called Space Queen – I love that name!

This is Green Mangrove on its own; two coats and a layer of topcoat.

Here are the three polishes I used, side by side. The Essence is so old that it’s even in one of their old style bottles.

Green Mangrove doesn’t exactly look flattering with my skin tone but I don’t mind that much. I love the colour and that’s what matters to me.

Link to the other two polishes in the collection:

010: Pink Lily

030: Violet Bloom

  

Number of coats: 2

Drying time: Really good

Finish: Shimmer

Overall impression: Good polish at a great price. I love the brush!

Buy again: Yes

P2 Bohemian Tropics ~ 030 Violet Bloom

P2 Bohemian Tropics ~ 030 Violet Bloom

Deep purple shimmer

There are three polishes in the Bohemian Tropics collection and I bought all three of them. Today I’m going to show you the purple one, and I’ll get back to the green and the red over the next couple of day.

The formula is really good and I used two easy coats for my mani. The drying time is good. I also want to mention the brush, which is semi-wide and flat - and the bristles are curved at the top to make it easy to apply the polish. I love it, it totally works for me!

I made it into this manicure:

The holo glitter is from QRS and is called Glittering Rainbow. I bought it when I was in New York. The sticker on my ring finger nail is just a cheap sticker from BornPrettyStore. There’s also a layer of topcoat to seal it all up.

This is Violet Bloom on its own; two coats and no topcoat yet.

Here are the two polishes I used.

I think this is a really good and great looking polish and I can’t wait to show you the other two in the collection.

Link to the other two polishes in the collection: (links are coming once the posts are posted)

010: Pink Lily

020: Green Mangrove

Number of coats: 2

Drying time: Really good

Finish: Shimmer

Overall impression: Good polish at a great price. I love the brush! P2PinkLily

Buy again: Yes

Born Pretty Holo Powder LG-06

Born Pretty Holo Powder LG-06

This shifting holo goodness comes in a little container and there’s an applicator in the bag too.

It looks like this:

As always when I do these kinds of powders I use my glitter base from Dance Legend. The texture of that base is a bit ”rubber-y”, which gives a good base for the powder.

I use only one layer of black base and when that is dry, I start dapping the powder on with the applicator. When the nails were covered in powder, I started rubbing it into the base, and that is when all the magic happens.

It’s ridiculously shiny and really shifts too. There’s a layer of water based topcoat over it; a water based topcoat doesn’t ruin the shifty effect.

These pictures are taken in ordinary daylight, no sun. The shift is really something!!

You can see the green when I turn the flash on.

It’s a really pretty powder.

The verdict:

Pros:

Great shifty effect

Cheap, a container goes a long way

Wow!-effect

You don’t need to use anything that cures under an ultraviolet lamp for it to work

Cons:

You do need a sticky base coat for the magic to happen