UP Colors Holografico Verde 360°

Another gorgeous holographic color. This time I've picked green. At least it is in the green family of colors.

Verde, literally translated, is green but this nail polish leans more towards a turquoise/teal shade. There is quite a bit of blue in this linear holographic polish. It flashes gold, silver and lime. It has a beautiful soft velvety appearance.

This is 2 thin coats over an OPI clear base coat for natural nails. I have not used a top coat. It is a smallish bottle (10 ml) but the color was very easy to apply and left no unsightly streaks or puddles. The application brush is just the perfect size - not too thick.

You can purchase UP holos for about $7.00 a bottle at the on-line retailers listed below. 

Happy polishing ☼

Llarowe

Ninja Polish

outside

outside

outside

inside under an OttLite

inside under an OttLite

inside under an OttLite



Mint Manis for Talia Joy

The lovely Nicole from NailPolishWars has rallied the nail polish community in a supportive tribute to the spirit of 13 year old YouTube darling Talia Joy Castellano. Her long fight with cancer drew to an end earlier this week. Her determination, vitality, encouragement and passion will be missed.

Nicole shares with us, "Talia was a beautiful thirteen year old girl who was battling two horrible forms of cancer, neuroblastoma and preleukemia. She was also a supremely talented make up and nail artist.  You might have seen her amazing appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show, where she was also made an honorary Cover Girl!"

A beautiful mint manicure was the most recent nail polish post Talia Joy shared on Instagram and hence serves as the muse for us all. Please join us in celebrating her inspirational life. My thoughts are with her family and friends.

(Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet with GGCoutureNails Couture Nail Lacquer in Genevieve with a Dragon's Blood scent and a Shimmer Polish Cassandra accent)

  

Dance Legend Cosmic Rainbow New Prism holographic nail polish

Yet another holographic nail polish. I must be happily stuck in a holo-holding-pattern ☼

This purple grape beauty is from the professional Russian nail polish brand Dance Legend. Cosmic Rainbow (#10) New Prism holographic nail polish is chock full of prismatic goodness with shots of blue, grape, pink and various other rainbow colors.

Indoors it is a vibrant grape purple that shows more beautifully than most holographic polishes. As you holo lovers know, most tend to be quite dull indoors. Not this one. It definitely broadcasts what is about to happen once you hit the sun.

The best part - this manicure required only ONE coat for this much saturation! Can you believe it?

The formula is quite thick, applies easily and did not bubble or leave "bald" spots. I would prefer a thinner application brush as I have a narrow nail base so it was difficult to coerce the polish as closely to my cuticles as I prefer. Other than the wider brush, no complaints. ONE coat! Let's just keep that in mind. Too many companies require 2-3 coats or worse yet, an under/base color. I like my natural nails to appear thin, not built up with many layers of polish.

Ninja Polish

Llarowe

Dance Legend

indoors under OttLite

 outdoors with camera A

 

 

outdoors with camera A

outdoors with camera B

outdoors with camera B

 

 

NailNation 3000 Max A Million

This incredible holographic nail polish is from the indie brand NailNation 3000. It is befittingly called Max A Million. Two coats of the light blue / aqua base glimmers into I-can't-even-count-the-amount of colors. One word:

Insane!

NailNation 3000

 

no, the picture above is not blurry, just incredibly holographic ☼

 

Nerd Lacquer Cyance Friction

I have decided to add my guest post to my own blog because I haven't been keeping up with my entries and a few of my gracious followers have asked me why I haven't posted in a month or so. I am giving my nails a chance to recoup. I like to do this every few months while I pursue my other passions. Thanks so much for your kind words of encouragement and I promise to post new manis soon. I hope you are all having a great Spring/Summer ☼

Please read the previous post to see the full guest post & visit lisasnailobsession

Today's entry features Nerd Lacquer's Cyance Friction.

I am sure you have heard that the incomparable Nerd Lacquer is back in business. The shopping experience was stressful and exhilarating! All polishes in the first sale were out of stock within 3 minutes and apparently there were 900+ bottles listed and an oversell of 500+ for a total of 1400+ bottles. I think it's safe to say, Nerd Lacquer is one of the most popular indie brands on the market.

This is one of my favorite colors - Cyance Friction - which is part of her Nerd Crush series. She has many creative series and names that are all sci-fi influenced. This color is a brilliant cyan-teal with pink shimmer and turquoise and copper glitter. The color cyan may be used as a name for any color in the range between blue and green. This is a vibrant color full of POW that really comes alive in direct sunlight but is equally beautiful indoors. I photographed this manicure under different lighting conditions so you can see the glory that is Cyance Friction.

The formula glides easily, requires only two thin coats for full coverage and lasts for many days with no chipping. Although this polish is packed with glitter, it needs no top coat for smoothness. I did use Hong Kong Girl top coat for shine because the polish is a more muted finish than I prefer.

I hope you enjoy the photographs and good luck with your NL hunting ☼

NERDLACQUER

Glisten & Glow (Hong Kong Girl top coat)

 

 

 

Nerd Lacquer Cyance Friction guest post on lisasnailobsession

I am so happy to be a guest poster on lisasnailobsession. She has a lovely site full of practical information and gorgeous swatches.

Head over there if you'd like to see my Nerd Lacquer Cyance Friction guest post ☼

Please join my blog. I have a very special giveaway planned and it just might contain a Nerd Lacquer nail polish ... more details to follow!

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OPI DS Exclusive Holographic Nail Polish

OPI DS Exclusive Holographic is one of my favorite nail polishes. It shines like no other, has the most beautiful wine/fuchsia tone and glides like a dream for so close to the cuticle manicures. Love! This is a highly sought after discontinued color.

This is my entry in Crumpet's Nail Tarts Laid-Back 31DC Challenge. I hope you enjoy it ☼