Lex Cosmetics Seashell

 I cannot believe I almost forgot to post this today! I took a break from blogging, swatching and well anything really to do with nails last week. I kept my polish on for a whole week and didn't even take pictures!! It was nice not having to worry about posts, but I did miss it and I am ready for the holidays! I have a 25 days 'til Christmas planned and there will be tons of polishes on my blog. I'm on a mission to go through as many untrieds as possible before the end of year, so expect whole collections to be posted.

 The polish I have for you today is Lex Cosmetics Seashell. This is a brown scattered holo, which is so much more gorgeous in person. Pictured is two coats with no topcoat.

 I love the caps to these bottles, but I heard from Kari @ OnceBittenBlog that the image on the caps smeared on all three of her bottles. I didn't want to risk smearing them, so I topcoated them before I used them. Although the caps are adorable, I really don't see myself buying more polishes from them because none of the colors jumped out at me. I pretty much just wanted to buy these for the caps. ^_^

Nfu Oh #61

 I lemmed #61 for the longest of times and was finally able to acquire it during the latest re-stock. The only thing is that it's kind of a dud. The batch that I ordered from has a foil look to it in the shade. A lot of people were upset over this and while I understand their frustration, I am quite happy with mine. Yea, it is a foil in the shade but in the sun... well it's just like any other holo.

Shade.

Indoor light.

Closeup.

 I actually prefer this silver holo over my China Glaze OMG because it's not as dull looking when you're in the shade. I love that it looks like a silver foil indoors, but still get that holo effect outside. ^_^

Nicole by OPI Me + Blue - Justin Bieber Collection

  Yes, that is a broken nail polish bottle. This is the second time that this happens to me, the first time it was with China Glaze IDK! I think it has to do with how I store my nail polish. I keep them in plastic shoe boxes and stack them one on top of the other. When I need to get to a certain box it takes quite a bit of rearranging and usually I'm really careful when moving them. However, today I was in a hurry to get out of the house, and well this is what happened. The good thing about it was that only the top broke and most of the nail polish was able to be saved! It's sad to admit, but if it weren't for this tragic accident, I might have never worn this color.

I cleaned out one of my gloopy Seche Vite bottles, which was hard work, but it was worth it to save this color!

Sun picture.

A closeup of this awesome color.

 I used three coats to achieve bottle color and one coat of Diamond Dry topcoat. I really love this color. It's a beautiful hue of blue and the holographic glitter just makes it POP! My husband even said it was a "badass color". Lol.

China Glaze He's Going In Circles - Kaleidoscope Collection

  

Holographic polishes are, probably, the most sought after in the nail polish community. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know why. These polishes are so beautiful with their rainbows of colors that reflect from the holographic particles. Most of them, however, do not reveal their beauty until they are placed under flash lighting or sunny conditions. Which is why they're the ideal polish to wear in the summer. During the summer, you spend more time outdoors and under the sun, so you are better able to appreciate the holographic uniqueness. However, I'm one those indoor type people that detest the heat! I know I look crazy half the time, but in order to appreciate the holographicness, I use my camera's flashlight. O_o I don't want to bore you anymore today with my chitter chatter of how awesome holographics are, I'll just show you. ^_^

Let's start off with the boring pictures.... I did use four coats, but this formula was so thin that it was really only 2 thick coats. This also has one coat of Seche Vite, and it was taken in the shade. Blah.

Another shade picture, but no topcoat. Eh...

In the sun with topcoat... ooh!

 Far away picture in the sun with no topcoat. NICE!!

Closeup with no topcoat....OMFG!!! O_O !!!

  If you don't have a holographic polish, yet, run don't walk to your computer and place an order! You will not regret it! It's almost as if wearing the holographic backing of one of those stickers that you get for .50 at the entrance of your local grocery store. Who wouldn't to sport that on their nails? Yes, I know they are HTF, but there are many other ways that you can get these without paying an enormous price on eBay. You just have to do some research and some stalking.

 On a side note, I found out where to get some of those Santee polishes!! I'm so excited, they're literally only two minutes away from my house. My brother actually bought me three today! How nice is he?? I want to go back and get some cremes to try out the formula, since the three I have now are all glitters. I think I shall go tomorrow...

China Glaze GR8

 I was in a hurry yesterday, and I literally only had ten minutes to paint my nails. I knew I had to pick a fast drying polish, so I went to my China Glaze holographics. Since, I really didn't want to waste one of my harder to find holo's, I decided it was time to finally try out GR8. I originally bought this one because I found it dirt cheap on eBay, which rarely ever happens on eBay. It never appealed to me as a good holographic color because in the bottle, the holographicness of this polish isn't too noticeable. Boy, was I wrong! It was close to dusk at the time I was applying it, and even in low lighting the holographic effect was noticeable.

This picture was taken right after I applied it. My camera wasn't able to capture much of the holo particles, but if you click on the picture, you will be able to see it much better. This is three coats of GR8, but in the sun I noticed a few bald spots, so I added another coat today.

Here is a better view of the holographic effect, but it's still muted because the sun kept hiding.

This was taken under the same conditions as the picture above, however, the holographic particles are much more visible.

Now we're getting to holographic awesomeness! This was taken with full sun exposure.

I love holographic polishes and I think that this polish hasn't gotten it's share of the glory. Everyone is always raving about all the other colors from the OMG Collection, which I agree are awesome as well, but I don't think people have raved enough about this one.

The next two pictures were taken with full sun exposure, as well, but I added a topcoat. While the holographic effect is still visible, it's not as prominent as it is on its own.

 If you want to get a lasting manicure out of holographic polishes, a top coat is necessary to minimize chipping, since they tend to chip a lot easier than other lacquer formulas. However, if you opt for the top coat be prepared to lose some of the holographic greatness. I normally do not use a top coat, because I love the holographicness so much, that I feel the more holographic it is, the better. Then again, I am not too worried about my manicure lasting too long, since I change polishes frequently. That's it for today. Hope you enjoyed!

Ulta Material Girl

   I was saving this polish to wear during the fall because of it's vampy color, but yesterday it just seemed to call out to me. I had no idea what I was searching for, and when I saw the holographic particles reflecting from the bottle I immediately decided that was my color for the day.

   The main reason why I picked up this polish was because it was free with a promotion Ulta was having. Now, I'm so happy I picked this one because I really could not stop staring at my nails all day yesterday. Well, I'll let you see for yourself how awesome the holo-ness of this polish is.

   Isn't it awesome?? This last picture really shows the holo-ness of this polish, and the first few are pictures of the polish in the shade. The only thing that I didn't like about this polish was that it was a little thick, but I added a few drops of acetone and that seemed to fix the issue. I used two coats of Material Girl and one coat of Seche Vite, but two would have been better because the glitter leaves the surface somewhat grainy. That's it for this post, and I had initially just wanted to do a post a week but for this week I'm going to have nail art week. I plan to do a nail art design for every day of the week with how to directions as well. They're not going to be anything really elaborate, since I'm not great at freehand. I hope you enjoy anyways!!