Vintage Challenge: China Glaze Visit Me in Prism - swatches and review

Today it's double holo joy for me! It's both Vintage Challenge Holo Day AND Holo Friday!

Christine and I have decided that today's theme for our Vintage Challenge is "Holo" and I've got such a treat for you! This is the pretty Visit Me in Prism from China Glaze's epic collection Kaleidoscope released in 2009. It's a pale plumish pink with a weak but beautiful holo effect.

If you want to know more about the Vintage Challenge and how to join click here.

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Holographic.

Color: A pale plumish pink with a weaker holographic effect.

Number of coats: Three. I think it's possible to get away with two coats though.

Formula: Excellent formula! Very easy to control. When it's wet there is almost no rainbows at all but as it dries they appear. It dries fairly fast. No bald spots or holo sickness warning.

Brush: A nice brush. A bit thin but still ok.

Top Coat: No.

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate, but as often with holo - much more vivid and beautiful live!

Grade: 5/5

To me this is almost like a nude holo polish. It's perfect when you want something less in-your-face but still amazingly beautiful! I've almost used half my bottle by now and that's a lot in my book ;) It's time to start saving on those precious drops left...

How do you like Visit Me in Prism?
What is your favourite holo from the Kaleidoscope Collection?

Vintage Challenge: OPI Mad as a Hatter - swatches and review

Today it's all about glitter!! Christine and I who are hosting this Vintage Challenge week have decided that the theme for this Vintage Thursday is "Glitter"! Yay!

To me it was crystal clear on which glitter to show you. This was my first ever really huge lemming for quite some time until a wonderful colleague of mine found it and gave it to me! I'm sure many of you remember the hype of this polish.

So here it is in it's full glory - OPI's Mad as a Hatter from OPI's Alice in Wonderland Collection released Spring 2010.

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Glitter.

Color: Multicolored tiny glitters in a clear base. Silver is dominant and after that purple but I can also see green, blue, gold and red glitters.

Number of coats: Three.

Formula: A very nice formula which is easy to control. The only down side is that it smells strongly of something similar to petrol.

Brush: Very nice! Wide and firm.

Top Coat: Yes. One coat. If you want it super smooth you'll need more coats and you will have to add more top coat almost daily because this darling is a bit of a top coat eater.

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. Of course even more sparkly and glittery live!

Grade: 5/5

Yes, it stinks of petrol and yes, you need at least three coats and lots of top coat, and yes, it's a bit of a pain to remove... But look at it!! Look at all the glitter and shine and sparkle and color!!! It's like wearing jewels on your nails! I love it! <3

How do you like Mad as a Hatter?

Vintage Challenge: China Glaze Four Leaf Clover - swatches and review

Today it's day three of the Vintage Challenge and that means "Green"! I have chosen a green gem from 2010 - China Glaze Four Leaf Clover!

This is such a gorgeous bright medium green with a drop of blue in it! I haven't used it for over three years and I had forgotten how truly beautiful it really is!!

Four Leaf Clover was part of China Glaze's Up and Away Collection released spring 2010.

If you want to know more about this Vintage Challenge and how to join click here. This is also my contribution for today's "Green Wednesday"!

Look at the match with the dress I wore for my god daughter's baptism!! :D

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Cream.

Color: A bright medium green with a drop of blue in it.

Number of coats: Two.

Formula: A very good formula. Easy to control and self leveling. The formula had curdled a bit after not being used for three years but after a good shake it was like new again.

Brush: Ok. Nice width, but perhaps a bit too soft.

Top Coat: Yes. One coat.

Color accuracy in pictures: Quite accurate. A tiny bit greener live.

Grade: 5/5

I sound like a parrot this week ;) but I should really wear this polish more often! It's absolutely stunning and I love these kind of blue/green shades!!

How do you like Four Leaf Clover?

Vintage Challenge: Zoya Posh (Matte) - swatches and review

Today's theme for the Vintage Challenge is "Red" and I've got a gorgeous limited edition polish to show you! This is Zoya Posh (Matte) from Zoya's Limited Edition Matte Velvet Collection which was released during autumn of 2009.

I actually got my hands on this polish via Swedish e-bay and I paid almost nothing for it. It wasn't until years after the purchase I googled it and understood what a rare gem I owned! What a happy surprise that was!

For you who didn't read yesterday's post I can tell you that this week is Vintage Challenge week! My lovely blog friend Christine from Polished Marvels and I have decided to only show vintage polishes this week and you can join us if you want to! Just add the links to your posts in the link gadget below! For more information regarding this challenge and to get the code for the inlinkz gadget click here.

Zoya Posh with a top coat.

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Matte shimmer.

Color: A dark red with lots of bright red shimmer.

Number of coats: Two coats, but you can easily get away with one coat!

Formula: Perfect formula. Easy to control and very self leveling. No streaks in spite of all that shimmer! Dries very fast too.

Brush: Very nice! No complaints at all.

Top Coat: No. It dries matte and it looks like you've got velvet on your nails! <3

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate.

Grade: 5/5

I opened this bottle over four years ago and the formula is just as perfect today as for four years ago! Amazing! This polish is also great for stamping and it looks wonderful both as matte and shiny!

How do you like Posh?
Do you prefer it matte or shiny?

Vintage Challenge: OPI Dating a Royal - swatches and review

Yes! It's finally time for the Vintage Challenge week! My lovely blog friend Christine from Polished Marvels and I have decided to only show vintage polishes this week and you can join us if you want to! Just add the links to your posts in the link gadget below! For more information regarding this challenge click here.

Today's theme for this Vintage Challenge is "Blue" and I've got a wonderful blue polish to show you from 2008 - this is the stunning Dating a Royal!

This polish is from OPI's Mod about Brights Collection Summer 2008 and it's a bright navy blue cream/crelly.

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Cream/crelly.

Color: A bright navy blue.

Number of coats: Three coats.

Formula: A bit thin and a bit weakly pigmented but quite easy to control.

Brush: Very pleasant and wide! No complaints at all.

Top Coat: No. This polish is super shiny on it's own!

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. It dries to a slightly darker shade than in the bottle.

Grade: 5/5

I really should use this polish more often. It's so beautiful! This shade of blue is stunning and it's so shiny! I can't believe this polish was released five years ago. It still feels modern and up to date. I love it!

How do you like Dating a Royal?
Do you remember it?

Textured Tips Skittle - swatches

It's time for another challenge in the Hobby Polish Blogger's "Step Into Summer" challenge! This time the theme is "Skittle"!

I got the idea for this manicure from my dear friend Goldie - but as always I had to do my own take on it ;)

The base is Barry M Gelly Lychee and the textured polishes are:

Thumb - Isadora Love Crush

Index - Depend #2064 Bluebell

Middle - Isadora Sky Crush

Ring - Isadora Pool Crush

Pinkie - Isadora Turquoise Crush

Four done! Four to go! :)

How do you like this manicure?

Are you into textured polishes?

Here you can see what the other participants are doing: