Rainbow Red - Zoya Blaze

A quick one today - rushing this one out, oops! Here's Zoya Blaze from the Ornate collection!

[Bottle to nail: Zoya Blaze (2 coats)]

Blaze is a gorgeous deepened red jelly with plenty of scattered holographic particles!

[2 coats: Zoya Blaze]

Great formula - this was two coats, I think? You get an awesome squishy glossy look and the holo particles are suspended evenly throughout. 

[2 coats: Zoya Blaze]

It has plenty of shine but was not quite as blingy as I expected, but then again, I'm an absolute sucker for glitter. ;)

Rainbows in the Dark - Layla Flash Black, Color Club Beyond

I took my two most halo black polishes and compared them. Here's the verdict!

[From left to right: Layla Flash Black, Color Club Beyond, Layla Flash Black, Color Club Beyond]

Both black holos have dense, holo pigments in them. Layla Flash Black has more holo effect than Color Club Beyond, but the color is sacrificed on the holo altar. Layla Flash Black has a tendency to look more silver-gray than black.

[Pinky: Layla Flash Black over Color Club Beyond
Other fingers: Color Club Beyond]

On the pinky finger, I actually layered Layla Flash Black over Color Club Beyond. The effect is interesting in that the black base is a little darker compared to the regular Flash Black swatch, but it's also more holographic than Beyond.

All in all, Beyond is impressively dark while still being very holographic, but Flash Black still wins the holographic game. Personally? Having both isn't such a bad idea. :)

Berry Berry Pink - China Glaze Merry Berry, Revlon Punch Chrome

The other day I felt like doing a slightly-girly-but-not-too-much manicure, and this was the result!

[Floral me up!]

I combined a vampy berry shade with some reflective chrome stamping in a bright magenta!

[2 coats: China Glaze Merry Berry]

I first started with China Glaze Merry Berry from the Holiday Joy collection. This is a vampy berry red, super shiny even without topcoat.

[2 coats: China Glaze Merry Berry]

Formula was gorgeous - squishy and glossy. This is two coats... it does look a bit like sheer in spots in this photo but it's not at all noticeable to the eye.

[Base: China Glaze Merry Berry (2 coats); Stamping: Revlon Punch Chrome]

I then stamped over with Revlon Punch Chrome, one of the older Color Chrome shades. This one's a pretty vibrant purple-pink shade and definitely contrasted well with the dark base.

[Base: China Glaze Merry Berry (2 coats); Stamping: Revlon Punch Chrome]

Chrome polishes are, as usual, wonderful to stamp with! I've started collecting as many as I can, especially the Revlon Chromes and China Glaze Khromes! =)

Icy Roads - Revlon Downtown

This is a quick one today, because I'm really busy! :O

[Revlon Downtown

Revlon Downtown is a silvery blue, almost foil-like polish. I quite like how smooth it is even though it looks like it should be rough.

I bought Downtown as an impulse buy from Cosmetic Fragrance Direct. They sometimes sell Revlon polishes for a lot cheaper. :)

Handful o' Riches - Revlon Golden Charm

Just a short little post today - had a big weekend and am rushing this one out! Here's Revlon Golden Charm from the Masquerade collection.

[Bottle to nail: Revlon Golden Charm (2 coats)]

Golden Charm is pretty much your basic pale gold foil. Awesome staple, excellent pigmentation and heavy on the bling - just how I like it!

[2 coats: Revlon Golden Charm]

This was two coats of Golden Charm. I reckon it'll work marvellously for stamping as well.... Definitely gotta try that out sometime!

Lava Bubbles - OPI Black Spotted, OPI The Impossible

As you may know from my birthday haul, Ev gave me one of my big lemmings: OPI Black Spotted!

[OPI Black Spotted over OPI The Impossible]

Okay, I admit I'm running low on time these days so this is swatched over OPI The Impossible that I posted about last week. 

You really do have to use thin coats to get the 'bubbles'. Trying it on really long nails is a little hard because you need to have very little polish on the brush to paint thin coats, but at the same time, you need to have enough to drag it all the way to the end in one swipe. Difficult. But the results don't look too bad for a second attempt, right? I just need more practice!

As expected, the effect is really, really cool, and I love it. Next time, I'll try it against a brighter and lighter base.