Milani Hi-Tech (pic heavy)

Green. Holo. Two of my favourite words EVER and when you put them together, I almost pee my pants with excitement. And I nearly did with this one! Milani Hi-Tech from the 3d Holographic range. A bright green with yellow tinges with a scattered holo effect.

unfortunately, no sun today! 

The holo effect is MUCH stronger than my pics show, as it's cloudy as all hell today, but sitting indoors under a light I cannot stop staring! 

  This is 3 coats, but it would make an awesome layering polish too. 

It's funny, I almost paid $15 for this on ebay, and then got it in my Valentines Nail Mail... I really need to hunt down the rest of them though, this is an amazing polish from start to finish. Application was perfect, it dried quickly, was easy to apply and I needed very little cleanup.

blurry, indoors, with flash

Look at the rainbow in the last pic! I really wish holos were easier to capture!


So, what other polishes from this collection are worth having?

Valentines Nail Mail!

I LOVE getting nail mail! It's really the only mail I get, and I've been getting it a lot lately...

I'm in a polish group on facebook, PolishAholics Anonymous (PaA) and we recently did a Secret Valentine swap, similar to secret santa, but with polish! And I recieved my package yesterday! I'm not sure who it was from though, she really kept it 'Secret!'

She REALLY spoilt me! I got Milani Red Sparkle, Milani Hi-tech (OMFG!!!!!), Scherer Zodiac, WnW Everybody loves Redmond, scherer golden green and WnW Sparked, and lots of candy (which the bf ate most of)

So a HUGE thank you to my mystery valentine, I love you!

China Glaze - Flying Dragon

Oh how I love this one. I am SUCH a sucker for any purples by China Glaze. I also needed something pretty to perk up my bad mood about having to have shorter nails for my nail tech course. And this had done the trick!

This is the '2nd version' of Flying Dragon, the 'original' came out as a part of the 2008 Ink Collection and was a more purplier (it's a word, I swear!), darker purple, whereas this one is more magenta, more red toned.

The glitter in this is subtle, but gorgeous. It has small pink glitter and some blue glitter. Its a combination I haven't seen before, and have nothing like.

close up bottle shot. 

Application on this was okay, the brush seemed a little smaller than my other CG's. I used 3 coats, and like most CG neons, it dried semi matte, but I really don't like how it looks matte (which is odd for me) so in these photos I've used top coat.

But it is a pretty polish, definitely one for any purple lovers out there!

Dupe-y Goodness!

Picked up a polish today that I'd been umming and ahhing over for a few months now, Ulta 3 Twilight Fever. The main reason I wanted it is because it's a dupe for Chanel Paradoxal, and the other Chanel dupe, Revlon Perplex.

Its a pretty mousy gray/purple shimmer, almost duo-chromey, and it is just GORGEOUS.

 I used 3 coats, formula was a bit thin, i thought it would be a sheer polish, but it built up well on the second coat. I did need a third coat though, as I had a few bald spots.

So I finally decided to snag it today, can't say no to such a pretty polish, especially for only $2! And they always seem to have multiple jars too!

What do you think? I don't own either the Chanel or Revlon, the Chanel is at LEAST $20 here, and Revlons are around $17 here, so a $2 alternative is fantastic!

China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise

Man I love this colour. Its neon, shimmery, matte, eyecatching and a true turquoise. I got it opaque in 2 coats, it applied well and dried quickly.

I made an accent nail by putting a layer of top coat over my ring finger, I think I prefer it glossy.

NOTD - Holo Goodness! (pic heavy!)

Can I just tell you now how good blog sales are? I’ve managed to snag some amazing polishes through them and this is no exception!

What I have here is Nubar Gem with an accent nail of a holo gold franken I was sent as an added bonus, both from the lovely Carli at Vintage Musings of a Modern Pinup.

Just look at Nubar Gem. Isn’t it AMAZING?! 3 Coats, and no top coat. The gold holo is just one coat, which rocks! Nubar Gem is a part of the Prism collection, and is a taupe base which sometimes looks a bit purple, almost duo-chromey, packed with densely scattered holo. 

The gold holo, just labelled "magnetic holo", is gorgeous as well, and i'm not a huge fan of gold! The holo is not as strong as in the Nubar, but it is definitely there. it's more linear than the Nubar as well, and it looks nice alongside the Nubar. I also think that it would make a good stamping polish, if i can ever master the art of stamping LOL!

And a couple of blurry shots to show off the awesome holo-ness!

Nail Mail Spam!

6 packages waiting for me at the post office today, it was like christmas!

A england Perceval
Milani Red Sparkle
Lynnderella Very Pretty Vampire
Orly androgynie
Nubar Gem
A mini franken labelled “magnetic holo”
CG turned up turquoise (neon)
mini CG Ruby Pumps
Pretty and Polished Galax-e
CG Cosmic

I also got a box of sally hansen nail strips, called Groove, and a mini manicure set and some files as part of a pretty and polished giveaway.

I got the A england and Lynnderella from Llarowe's free shipping sale, Galax-E and Ruby Pumps as a part of the Pretty and Polished giveaway, Nubar Gem and the Magnetic Holo from a blog sale, the Milani from a blog sale and the rest on ebay :D

Now... which one to wear first?