Perfect Holographic ~ #6 & #7

Perfect Holographic ~ #6 & #7

Nude Linear holo & Purple linear holo

I’m trying to work my way through some of the polishes in the infamous box of untrieds, and today it’s time to show off some Perfect holos that I bought in Bulgaria.

I’ll start with #6 which is a nude strong holo. I looked at it and it took me a while to figure out why I had bought a nude polish, when I am not the kind of girl who actually wears nude polishes. I don’t like them. It took me a while to figure it out, and then it struck me. I didn’t order #6, I ordered #5, which is pink: They sent me the wrong one! Oh well, shit hap…

I had forgotten that these holos love aqua basecoat as underwear. I don’t know why I don’t read my own blog, because then I would have known! :D So I experienced quite a lot of dragging and bald spots, and it did take three coats to make it look good. Two would have been enough with the aqua basecoat as underwear, I promise! Drying time was fast. I have to mention the sinking of the holo pigment too. It sinks and it sinks pretty damn fast, and then it does take a lot of shaking to mix it in again. And I’m not talking about 30 secs of waving it around – it takes 5-10 minutes of vigorous hard core shaking to mix it! <phew> But - when that work is done, the polish is ready to rock and is really easy to work with.

Here’s what it looks like; three coats, no topcoat:

The holo flame is just amazing!

Here’s what it looks like in low lights:

I must admit that I like it, and if I had been wearing nudes from time to time, I would definitely have kept it. It has however already found a new home where it will be appreciated more.

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I’m also going to show you #7, a lovely purple strong holo.

Again: I had a whole lot of shaking going on first to mix the pigment with the polish. I used aqua basecoat this time, and had no problems with application at all. Two coats is what it took, and the drying time was really good.

And girls! Wowza!! is all I have to say about this polish. Two coats, no topcoat, picture taken with flash:

Another show off picture:

And here’s a low light picture. There are still rainbows, yay!

This holographic polish from Perfect isn’t going nowhere else, that’s for sure. It’s lovely!

Have you tried any of Perfect’s polishes at all, or is that so last year for you?

Perfect Holographic ~ #4 and #8

Perfect Holographic ~ #4 and #8

Blue Linear holographic and pink linear holographic

It’s holo time again today girls, and today I’m wearing two of my holos from Perfect – same brand as I wore yesterday. I went for two because I wasn’t in the mood for complicated nail art, and by using two I can still get my daily colour boost, haha!

Both polishes needed a lot of shaking up before use, just like the rest of the holos from Perfect. But once they’re shaken up, they’re very good polishes! I used my aqua basecoat first, and then two layers of the holos. They are very opaque, almost one coaters, but the second coat evened out the last few irregularities.

Here’s a pic of the two polishes making rainbows in the sunshine:

The holo effect is so good in these polishes, and the colours look cool in the shade too, which is a huge plus in my book.

Here’s a shot from a slightly different angle:

I went for a simple dotticure. I made three dots across each nail – one big in the middle and two smaller ones on each side of the big dot. It’s simple, yes, and I like it like that.

Take a look at it in the sunshine:

I don’t have enough superlatives about these little polishes. They are really cool.

Here are the polishes before the shaking up:

And after:

I don’t wear any topcoat on these pictures, but I did apply it afterwards and it didn’t dull the holo effect at all.

Are you getting tired of holos yet? Don’t worry – I think we’re running out of sunshine here soon, which is why I go crazy in holos now that it’s finally here! :D

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

Perfect Holographic #1

Perfect Holographic ~ #1

Lavendar Linear Purple

I’m so over the moon over the fact that the sun in shining, so I pulled out another one of my holos. This one is from a brand called “Perfect” and it doesn’t have a name, but can only be identified by it’s number: 1!

Let me start out by telling you that this polish needs a lot of shaking up before use. And I’m not talking about half a minute of gentle shaking, I’m talking about shaking vigorously for over five minutes. I tell you: That’s a whole lot of shaking going on.

And another thing: This polish loves an aqua base. I tried with my regular base coat first, but I ended up with a streaky patchy mess, even after the second coat. So I took it all off, and was very happy to find out that the aqua base coat solves all the problems in that department :)

The formula is great though. It applies easily over the aqua base coat, it dries fast and it covers really well. It was almost done after the first coat, so the second coat was mostly for the camera.

Here’s what the pretty polish looks like in the sunshine:

The rainbows nearly blinded me! Here’s another shot:

I picked a simple stamping design for this. I found some stripes on my plate Apipila 01 and used Altered Reality from China Glaze’s Tranzitions collection for the actual stamping. I sealed it up with a topcoat (a mix between Depend and BK topcoat – BK was runny and Depend was getting thick, so I merged them), and here’s the final mani:

I used my squishy XL stamper, and that shows, but I keep practising and at some point I am going to learn how to get the designs exactly right :)

My holos are for the sunshine. Have you got special polishes that you only use in the summer?

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