(my nails look a bit weird on this picture, but it was taken from underneath - the best way to show off a spectacular holo)
Gosh Holographic. Poor man Chanel Holo.
Note to all evil principals of the boarding schools - if you need to punish a kid, do not use whips. Whips are outdated. Use Gosh holo. I've never used a polish so difficult. For this manicure I did five very thin, very careful coats. Let a coat dry completely before applying a next one; otherwise it will wipe off all the layers you've applied so far. It's almost like coating your nails with metal micro-particles... or foil particles - very cool, but difficult to describe.
You don't need a top coat with this polish. Yes, it will peel off in 24 hours, but good news - you can just slap a quick blob over the dent and nobody will notice. The texture of the polish is extremely forgiving (think Terminator repairing him(it)self). Again - very, very cool. If you still want to use a top coat, be prepared: holo will dull a little; it will be absolutely matte until your top coat is absolutely dry.
Before: Holo polishes are too much. They should be illegal to wear by anyone older than 20.
Now (approximately a year later): I want them all. All, and then some.
My first nail polish purchase since, I believe, October 2008 - Color Club holos. These polishes is a part of two different Color Club collections: Catwalk Queen and Femme Fatale. They are absolutely OMG-worthy.
See for yourself.
Fashion Addict. Lilac-silver holo, incredibly intense, and shiny, and driving hazardous. /Don't forget to click on a picture to see it full size/ Actually, it's more like a rainbow in a bottle, so "lilac and silver" is just to give you a vague idea of a base color.
Worth the Risque. Silver holo. Again, silver is just a base color, but this polish has so much more than silver to it!
Usually I cannot wear silver because they turn me into the Corpse Bride, but Worth the Risque is multicolored enough so I can pull it off (or can I?).
Bam!
I saved the best one for desert. Revvvolution. Black holo, truly black and opaque one. It's so black that OPI My Private Jet looks mousy-brown compared to Revvvolution (bite me, Suzi!).
My husband the dearest says this color looks a bit like a teenager's car. Oh well. It might, but I don't care.
I have to tell you about the quality. Perfect. Amazingly easy application, great formula and a super-fast drying time. These are 3 thin coats and they were completely dry in no time at all. Actually, fast drying time is typical for all holos, but these were fast-drying champions. Really, I do not have any single complaint about these three. They are even work with Konad. I slapped something on my nails to show you the endless kitchy possibilities:
(I used one of China Glaze Romantiques for the purple design over Fashion Addict).
Kudos to Color Club and I hope they will give us more holos in all colors imaginable!
Gotta love these words - "while supplies last". I truly loathe all the limited editions, special collections and limited quantities. Bottom line - these are just gimmicks making us to shell out our hard-earned dollars or euros, or rubles, or sand dollars - whatever your currency is.
But this is not the case here: China Glaze is discontinuing the most amazing holo-collection ever: Kaleidoscopes. I have no idea why. I imagine an evil nail dwarf, cackling at the idea of depriving us, girls, of great polishes. The same dwarf who is responsible for Elizabeth Arden killing off their line of polishes completely; the same dwarf who made sure that only the most boring and safe OPI colors will make it to Colorcopia.
Anyway, to the Kaleidoscopes. They are wonderful. Application is breezy; they are incredibly forgiving and flattering; they dry lighting fast and wear like iron. They come in two sets: Warm and Cool. And let me tell you, they mean it. I'm really warm and the colors from Cool set looked horrible on me. If you have not been blessed with a neutral skin tone, I suggest to stick with "your" set.
Onto the pictures.
The only color I have from the Cool set, Sexagon. Artsy! (Corpse nails alert!) Silver cold holo is not my thing.
Unlike a true gold holo, It's My Turn: It has some green bling to it. Isn't it amazing? Spin Me Round, beige, but not a boring beige by any stretch of imagination: I'd say, you can get away with this one in a non-conservative office environment.
Rated Holographic and Don't Be a Square are kinda similar. Both are just a bit boring, in my humble opinion. Rated Holographic is a beige-pinky and Don't be a Square is a pink-pinky. Here is Don't Be a Square: Now I want to introduce you to my two favorites from this collection. They are very different, yet equally spectacular.
Visit Me in Prism - very delicate silver/beige/mauve, with a warm lilac undertones. The one and only polish I have a backup of. Unfortunately, not the best picture.
Let's Do It in 3D is but delicate or modest. Va-va-voom, wowza etc. If they made black fireworks, that would be it.
All in all - grab these colors if you have a chance. They even worth paying retail for them.
I do my best to provide you with both accurate and huge pictures :) Click on any picture to enlarge it!
About Me
Inna
I have type 2 diabetes. No, it does not define me; but it is kind of a big deal, hence the name. I also have a kid aka The Kid; a job in accounting I love; and a degree to get over with. Used to have a pretty darn good blog about Misa nail polish; but then my degree got in a way. I started this blog to deal with sugar ups and downs; and to soothe my writing itch.
(my nails look a bit weird on this picture, but it was taken from underneath - the best way to show off a spectacular holo)
Gosh Holographic. Poor man Chanel Holo.
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