Pink Lemonade - OPI The Impossible

~+THE IMPOSSIBLE+~

Sorry, I just couldn't resist the dramatics that comes with this name. :P  The Impossible nail polish. It does have a ring to it, right?

[Two coats of OPI Liquid Sand The Impossible]

OPI's Liquid Sand The Impossible is red in the bottle but dries to a deep pink-red gritty matte polish. It really is rough which makes it fun to pat sometimes, heh. The Impossible consists of fine glitter, silver hex glitter and a scattering of holo glitter. You can't really see the holo on the nail. I have the mini bottle by the way, which doesn't seem to have the star glitter I have seen in other swatches. Maybe it's just really sparse in the bottle and I can't see it or fish it out.

The strange thing is that when I first tried this on, I didn't think much of it. Even though it dries relatively fast, like most matte polishes, it seems to take awhile to really settle on the nail. Hours later when I inspected it again, I found I really, really liked it! I have tried Get Your Number from the same collection and found that it was the same; I liked it better a few hours later. Maybe it's all in my head, so I'll test it out with the next one and see if I can determine what's the difference.

Now, The Impossible with gloss!

[Gloss over OPI Liquid Sand The Impossible]

Mmmmmm, delicious jelly coral red. I love it. It looks so yummy! Despite being so gritty, it actually only took one dry fast top coat to smooth it out.

I really like The Impossible. It gives pink a real edge and when glossy, it looks like a fun, summer colour. All very pretty and still work appropriate.

Sunshine Sparkle - Color Club Beyond, Eternal Beauty, Over the Moon, Jade Fascinio Violeta

A short little post for today... Here's a quick look at three of the polishes from the Color Club 2013 Halo Hues collection! With a bonus mini comparison with Jade Fascinio Violeta!

[Holo skittles: Color Club Halo Hues (pinky, ring, index), Jade Fascinio Violeta (middle)]

Pinky: Color Club Beyond - a black (yes! not gray!) linear holo
Index: Color Club Over the Moon - a medium blue linear holo, dustier than this photo shows.

Ring: Color Club Eternal Beauty - a rich purple linear holo
Middle: Jade Fascinio Violeta - similar in shade to Eternal Beauty, but less opaque and needs more coats to build-up. Possibly more holographic, but this is less obvious in real life.

[Holo skittles: Color Club Halo Hues (pinky, ring, index), Jade Fascinio Violeta (middle)]

The quality of these polishes is similar to the previous Halo Hue 2012 shades I've shown here before so check out Cloud Nine and Angel Kiss!

I won't say tooo much here because Jme and I will have full manicures up with comparisons to other holo polishes at some point. But as you can see, they are gorgeous holos and while not quite as richly coloured as these photos show, they still have a fair bit of pigment to them!

Glitter Parade - Femme Fatale Party Grenade, Zoya Mimi

I wish I had better photos! This is what I wore on the day of Mardi Gras, which was also my birthday. :)

[Femme Fatale Party Grenade over Zoya Mimi]

Femme Fatale's Party Grenade is craaaaaaaaaaaaaaazzyyyy. There are so many different types of glitter and they're all really easy to get out of the bottle. No fishing needed. It's always a little harder to spread big glitter over long nails because they tend to drag to the tips. Or that could be my fail skillz...

I'm going to try to describe what glitter there is in Party Grenade but I'm sure I'll miss some: Green, red, pink, black, holo blue square glitter, black, white, holo silver diamond glitter, big red square glitter, small red, blue, black, pink, gold hex/square glitter. All of this are suspended in a clear base. Zoya Mimi, which is my base nail polish here, is a gorgeous, purple polish.

Party Grenade was easy to apply and was a real party on the nails. Next time I'll try this against nude or cream-colour. :)

Blorange Bliss - Barielle Falling Star

 "Maybe orange and blue is not the best. But you know, sometimes there's other things you wouldn't think would be a good combination, end up turning out to be like a perfect combination.You know, like two people together. Who nobody thought would be together. Ever."

So, I thought this quote was hilariously appropriate for the mani I've got for you today. Like two people nobody thought would be together (ever), here's blue and orange in an absolutely winning combination.

[Bottle to nail: Barielle Falling Star (3 coats)]

This is Barielle Falling Star - a slightly dusty medium blue creme/jelly with orange glitter. Now, I don't really subscribe to the whole X must never be seen with Y, and this is a stunning example of non-conventional colour mixes. Note that the blue is dustier in real life than my photos make it out to be.

[3 coats: Barielle Falling Star]

The formula was alright. It could've been better in my opinion as the first coat was fairly streaky. I think you can get away with two but I used three for mine.

[3 coats: Barielle Falling Star]

What this polish absolutely excels in though, is the orange glitter. A good proportion somehow remains at the surface instead of sinking into the blue and getting muddied up. You do get some slightly submerged particles but because the majority remains on the surface, that gives it depth instead!

Definitely a unique polish and one I'll keep in my collection!

Sweet Shades - Femme Fatale Sparkleshell

Yet another birthday polish! I do so love my glitter in jelly base. :)

[Three coats: Femme Fatale Sparkleshell]

This is Femme Fatale's Sparkleshell. Don't you love the name? SPARKLESHELL. I adore it. One of the best names I have seen in awhile. :D Oh, and about the polish! It's lovely, no surprise there! It has black, gold and blue medium glitter, and small pink and holo gold glitter, all within a white jelly base.

[Three coats: Femme Fatale Sparkleshell]

Application is easy and I love the mix of colours. I don't think you need a base here, as it's pretty opaque even at two coats.

I'm so glad Femme Fatale is easily accessible to us because I do love their polish!

We Are Young - China Glaze 2NITE

I've been on a bit of a holo kick recently so here's another one! This one's an oldie but a goodie from the China Glaze OMG collection. =)

[3 coats: China Glaze 2NITE]

2NITE is a dusty medium blue linear holographic polish. It photographs a bit more vibrant than you see in this photo, mainly just around the curved edges of the nail. The pictures below are a bit more true to shade!

[3 coats: China Glaze 2NITE]

Compared to the recent Color Club Halo Hues collection, the OMG collection has finer particles and a smoother linear effect, but because of that the sparkly holographic goodness is actually a bit duller unless under direct light. This seems quite similar to the new China Glaze Hologlam collection, although they've managed to include a few deeper shades that look quite interesting!

[3 coats: China Glaze 2NITE]

The formula is thin and prone to balding in the first coat but smoothes out with the next. I used three coats because I left my nails fairly long for maximum holo effect! =p

However, I noticed that it does magnify any imperfections in the nail (you can see some ridges in mine above) so a ridge-filling base coat might help. Note though that base coats with these polishes can result in some drag with application!

[3 coats: China Glaze 2NITE]

Still a lovely colour and OMG remains an awesome collection although definitely considered hard-to-find  these days! I consider the OMG holos not particularly in-your-face, especially indoors, but with a bit of light, the rainbows do come out to play!