Lilypad Lacquer ~ Happy Holo-Ween

Lilypad Lacquer ~ Happy Holo-Ween

Deep purple with holo shimmer

I hope you’re ready for something really cool today, because I’ve got something really awesome to show you: Happy Holo-Ween!

The colour is red-based purple, it’s holographic and it’s gorgeous.

The formula is great, pigmentation is really cool and so is the drying time. Two easy coats is what it took to create beauty on the nails.

Behold, here’s two coats, no topcoat – picture taken with flash:

Lilypad Lacquer ~ Happy Holo-Ween

"Whoa" is the first word that springs to mind here.

Lilypad Lacquer ~ Happy Holo-Ween

Here’s a low light picture. I still love the colour. Score!!!

Lilypad Lacquer ~ Happy Holo-Ween

I dapped some glitter on the tips: Coco Allure’s Family Jewels, which is a clear base packed with blue, red and purple glitters and hexes. A layer of Poshé finished my mani, and here’s a flash picture:

Lilypad Lacquer ~ Happy Holo-Ween

And a low light picture. The purple glitters fit the purple Happy Holo-Ween just perfectly in my opinion.

Lilypad Lacquer ~ Happy Holo-Ween

Happy Holo-Ween could end up as one of my favourite purples, because I think it’s absolutely gorgeous. Do you like it too?

Glitter Gal ~ Hidden Violets

Glitter Gal ~ Hidden Violets

Duochromatic polish that shifts between purple, blue and cobber

I know Glitter Gal mostly for their beautiful holographic polishes. It turns out that they also make very pretty duochromes!

I’m going to show you Hidden Violets today, and Evening Light tomorrow – stay tuned for that.

Many of these shade shifters really pop if you apply them over black polish. I like to know how my polishes work on their own, so I decided to give that a go. The formula is good – I didn’t experience any problems with application! It took three coats before I was satisfied, and the drying time between coats is pretty good.

And I like it! I love that it works on it own. Take a look at how shiny and pretty three coats and no topcoat looks like:

See that duochrome? It’s cool, isn’t it!? If I flick my fingers like this, you’ll be able to see a completely different side of this polish:

I love the colours it flashes!

And I have a soft spot for shiny things – can you tell? Hahaha!

I paired it up with a glitter from Coco Allure called Family Jewels. That’s a polish I showed you a while ago (check it out here), and is a mix of blue, red and purple glitters in various sizes and shapes. I think it’s perfect for a glitter gradient here! There’s a layer of topcoat to finish the mani off:

This may not be most girls’ choice of glitter for this blue/purple/copper multichrome, but I like it because the purple glitters in Family Jewels match the purple tone of Hidden Violets perfectly. 

 One last shot: 

Verdict:
I can conclude that Glitter Gal can make other cool stuff than holos. This multichrome definitely works for me – I like both the colours and the fact that I don’t have to layer it over black to make it work.

Number of coats: 3
Drying time: Pretty good

Durability: Good

Removal: Easy
Overall impression: Great colours in the shift, and fantastic shine.

Buy again: Yes

Coco Allure ~ Family Jewels

Coco Allure ~ Family Jewels

Blue, red and purple glitters and hexes in various sizes

I checked if Family Jewels was a “real polish” (as in: working alone) or a topper, and decided that it is a topper. Then I spent a little time deciding which colour to show it over. I went for baby pink, since that works with all the colours, and it doesn’t overwhelm the glitter. I’ll show you the base colour on its own in the end of this post.

When the pink base colour was dry, I applied a layer of Family Jewels. The glitter is packed into the bottle, and there’s so much of it that it’s necessary to dap the glitters in place on the nails. It wasn’t hard though. The drying time was pretty average. The glitters dry up almost completely flat – that surprised me a bit. I applied a layer of Poshé topcoat, and here’s what it ended up looking like:

What you see on each nail is the result of one dip in the bottle per nail. No fishing after big glitters or specific colours or anything.

Not long ago, I wasn’t that crazy about bigger glitters, but I must admit that they’ve really grown on me. I like this!

  

Here’s one last shot of the glitter, just to show it off, haha!!

And here, as promised, is the pink that I used as base colour. It’s a pink crème from Pastel; it hasn’t got a name, just a number: 144. It applies easily and dries pretty fast, and the most surprising part? This is one coat:

Yes, I would have applied an extra coat if I would have worn this on its own, but that wasn’t the case here.

  

I have already found a spot in my Helmer for Family Jewels, so yes, it’s a keeper. I like the colour combo and the huge amount of glitters that is in the bottle. Next time I’ll try and use it for a glitter gradient – I’m sure that’ll look fantastic too!

Opacity: N/A /10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 7/10
Buy again: Yes

Coco Allure ~ Purple Lagoon

Coco Allure ~ Purple Lagoon

Purple sheer jelly base with purple flakies and blue glitters

Coco Allure is new to me – but I always welcome new pretties in my stash. 

Purple Lagoon is a jelly, and a sheer one, so it requires quite a lot of coats to reach full opacity. I decided to layer it! I layered it over an old Essence, “Passion for Fashion”, which is a lovely purple crème. I’ll show you what that looks like alone at the end of this post.

I applied a layer of Purple Lagoon over the purple base, and man, that’s a pretty polish! Let me show you what it looked like after the first coat:

I wanted a bit more though, so I applied a second coat of Purple Lagoon. Mmm, now it’s perfect! I love the shimmer, the flakies and the subtle blue glitters! Take a look; two coats over a purple base:

This polish is really special! The purple shimmer reminds me a little bit of “Fantasy Fire”.

There isn’t any topcoat on these pictures by the way. It dries up completely flat and shiny, so it wasn’t really necessary imo.

I promised to show you the base colour on its own. Here’s two coats of Essence “Passion for Fashion”. It’s a really nice purple, it applies easily, dries fast and is really cheap. I don’t have anything negative to say about this polish:

The verdict? I had hoped that this would have worked on its own so I didn’t have to layer it. But now that I’ve actually seen it (layered) on my nails, I must say that I am willing to forgive that fact. I love the blue (iridescent?) glitters; they make the polish really special. That’s what I think anyway – but what do you think?

Opacity: 5/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 7.5/10
Buy again: Yes