ILNP ~ Sweet Pea

ILNP ~ Sweet Pea

Seashell pink holographic sheer jelly

Today's polish is unusual to me in many ways. It's sheer, it's pastel, it's a jelly... not really my kind of polish at all. I got it in one of my grab bags recently, haha!

The formula is sheer but it's possible to build up to full opacity. I stopped after two coats because I can live with seeing a hint of a nail line with this sort of polish. The drying time is really good.

There's no way I can wear it alone though, so I decided to stamp on it. The design is from the stamping plate "Beauty Big Bang XL-017". I stamped with a dark shimmery purple stamping polish from El Corazón called "Restless Night".

Here's the outcome including a layer of topcoat to finish it all off.

I like the end result.

Here's "Sweet Pea" alone, two coats and no topcoat. The holo effect is really nice.

ILNP ~ Sweet Pea

And here are the things I used today.

"Sweet Pea" is nice, but not really my colour - it's too work friendly, I guess. I'll see if I can find something awesome to layer it over.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Holographic sheer jelly
Overall impression: Great holographic effect and drying time. Sheer and work friendly

Buy again: No

Celestial ~ Hell In High Heels

Celestial ~ Hell In High Heels

Vibrant magenta linear holo

"Hell In High Heels" is from Celestial's "Good Girls And Bad Habits" collection from Spring 2017.

The formula is really good and easy to work with. I used two coats for full opacity and the drying time is really good.

I made dots on it. I used two stamping polishes from Colors by Llarowe for the dots: A silver linear holo called "Sparkling Diamonds" and a bright blue linear holo called "Turq'd".

I topped it with topcoat to seal it all up and here's my final manicure photographed with flash.

This is the same thing photographed under a lamp. The rainbows still want to come out and play and the colour is amazing!

Here's "Hell In High Heels" alone; two coats and no topcoat yet. 

Celestial: Hell In High Heels

Here are the polishes I used today:

Celestial: Hell In High Heels; Colors by Llarowe: Sparkling Diamonds and Turq'd

I bought my bottle of "Hell In High Heels" in a blog sale just recently and isn't it just lovely!?

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Linear holo
Overall impression: Great colour, rainbows and formula. Great polish!

Buy again: Yes

El Corazón ~ 423/1052 Coronation Queen

El Corazón ~ 423/1052 Coronation Queen

Purple with shimmer and holographic sparks

Today's polish is a true beauty from El Corazón: A lovely purple with lots of shimmer and holographic sparks. I loved it from I first laid eyes on it.

The formula is really good and so is the coverage. I used two coats for full opacity and the drying time was good.

The stamp is from the stamping plate "Nicole Diary-L03" and I stamped with El Corazón's stamping polish "Orchid".

I topped it all with topcoat and here's how pretty it turned out.

El Corazón ~ 423/1052 Coronation Queen

Look at that shimmer! Isn't it just gorgeous?

El Corazón ~ 423/1052 Coronation Queen

This last photo is taken with flash.

El Corazón ~ 423/1052 Coronation Queen

Here are the things I used.

I really like "Coronation Queen", I think it's lovely!

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Shimmer with holographic sparks
Overall impression: Really great polish, gorgeous and easy to work with

Buy again: Yes

Femme Fatale ~ Pearl Droplets

First of all: 

I wish you all a very happy new year! 

I hope that you made it safely into 2020!

Today's polish is:


Femme Fatale ~ Pearl Droplets

Described as sheer cool-toned pink base packed with red-shifting iridescent glitters, fine holographic shimmers and a super soft blue glow

"Pearl Droplets" is a store exclusive to Hypnotic Polish.

The formula is sheer but my short nails only required two coats for full opacity. The drying time was pretty good.

I made stripes and dots on it with red, glitter and white.

Here's what that looked like:

This polish is quite "soft". That's why I added the red and the glitter :D

I quite like the design here.

Here are the polishes I used. OPI: The Thrill of Brazil and Glitter To My Heart, El Corazón: 418/1 and Femme Fatale: Pearl Droplets.

OPI: The Thrill of Brazil and Glitter To My Heart, El Corazón: 418/1
and Femme Fatale: Pearl Droplets

The colour of "Pearl Droplets" is sweet but it looks as if all the added extra shimmers, glitters and glow drown a bit in the polish.

Number of coats: 2 (3 for longer nails)
Drying time: Good

Finish: Glitter, shimmer
Overall impression: Sweet colour, formula is sheer and effect isn't as effective as it could have been

Buy again: No