17 Seventeen Holographic Nail Polish

Only the other day when I was not so impressed with a China Glaze holo I was saying that there needs to be more affordable holos out there, lo and behold I go to Boots and the Seventeen range had one! 

At only £3.99 its the perfect price, had to pick it up right away.

This is actually my favourite holo so far. I prefer it to china glaze and to the GOSH holographic heroes, which is only made to last 24 hours, this lasts a few days before chipping. I used 2 coats to cover the nail, and no topcoat, using a top coat can ruin the effect. Now we finally have sun, its time to bring out the holo nail polish. I love it. The gorgeous rainbow effect it has, I can't stop looking at my nails when I have it on.

I hope I have captured it well. The photo below is what it looks like it normal light, just a nice glittery/metallic silver:

I really really hope 17 bring out some more colours in the holo range, I will definitely buy them all.

You can purchase it in store and online.

China Glaze Holographic Collection: Infra Red

I bought this polish aaages ago on a website for about £6 I was amazed at the price, and I really liked the colour, sadly as a holographic (and I only have limited experience) this was quite disappointing.

This weekend we had a 2 day summer so on the one day I had plans to go out thought I would get out a holographic polish to stand out. Its a nice colour but I just don't think theres much 'holo' to it. The other two china glazes I had were much better, even Gosh Holographic Heroes stood out more.

Infra-Red is a great pinky red, the colour is really nice, but it looks more glittery than holo. I find all these polishes very thin. My nails are terrible, full of ridges from acrylics, slowly growing out, I should really buy a ridge filler though. I would use 2 coats of Infra-red but no top coat, in can mess with the holo effect.

When it isn't in sunlight it has a metallic look to it, and really shows off how bad my nails are! It didn't last very long either, I didn't do too much during the day, but it was starting to wear away at the tips. only slightly but for the usual price of £9 I don't want it to start to fade.

I took this a few hours after, you can see the tip wear, its not so bad though, we only had 2 days of sun so it didn't matter in the end! I am disappointed in the lack of holo though. 

I really hope a cheaper brand bring out a holo collection, I would definitely buy them all then!

China Glaze Holographic - Galactic Grey Swatch and Review

Just a quick post, usually china glaze is way out of my price range but I was given a link to get the holographic collection for £.5.95 each. 
When I got them the weather was a bit miserable so couldn't try them out, once we had a bit of sun I got this one on right away.

I would say that Galactic Grey has more of a brown tone to it than grey but just wow. I love holos! When I put them on and I'm in the sun I just cant stop looking at my nails. I used 2 coats here, was quite thin at 1 but 2 sorted that out. The rainbow holo is very strong in this one, and I have tried my best to capture it. I didn't use a topcoat because it takes away from the effect and it did chip after 2 or 3 days, but I have an active 2 year old so my nails don't stay perfect long!

The photo on the left shows what it looks like when its not in sunlight, I found that even when it was in a bright light there was a slight rainbow shimmer to it, but it really comes out in the sunlight.

Have you tried any of the china glaze holos yet?

A England The Legends: Saint George Swatch and Review

A special one today! Saint George, part of The Legends collection from A England. Now usually these are £9 available from the website, but I was naughty and got this for £4.89 off eBay. I am all about getting a bargain after all!

Its at times like this I wish I could figure out how best to use my camera! This polish is so gorgeous, really tried to capture the holographic effect.

I think you can see it best in that second picture. It is very thick, but that isn't a problem for me, it goes on so easily and what I have on is one coat! I haven't used a top coat either so it has a lovely shine to it that lasts. That is all it takes. I had it on for 4 days and it hadn't chipped which is good for me. Its a dark emerald green with a lighter slightly gold shimmer.

This is the polish without direct light, and as you can see its still very pretty, unlike the other holos I have it doesn't turn into a metallic polish.

Coming up in the next 2 weeks, lots of Barry M. When I started this I bought too many new and slightly expensive polishes, so I am on a spending ban and going to work through my 60+ Barry M nail polishes.

GOSH Holographic Heroes Swatch and Review

When I first heard about holo nail polish, I started looking around for one that was more affordable than the china glaze range. I came across GOSH holographic heroes, but it seemed to be selling at double the price on ebay. Few weeks later I went to the superdrug in Manchester Arndale, didn't realise they had a GOSH stand, and there it was! At £4.99 its right at the top of my 'budget' limit, but I had to get it. I love it.

Its been a very strange day of weather here, bright sunshine but snowing at the same time, I was lucky when I had the time to do this, we had a small patch of sun so I went outside right away. The holo isn't as strong as china glaze, but it is still very impressive. The polish is quite thin, would require 2 - 3 coats for full coverage, I used two. 

This is the best picture I took where you can really see the effect. You can see the rainbow in it clearer.

These are how it looks in normal light, the first picture is inside, the second outside. It looks a lot more glittery than a metallic, its very pretty without the holo as well, I wish it came in more colours!

Do you like the holographic effect?

China Glaze Holographic - Sci Fly By

Normally I wouldn't be able to afford a nail polish like this, but I got a voucher for amazon and I just HAD to have a holographic nail polish. 
In a future review I will show a more affordable one from GOSH, but for now we have this one. It took me a while to choose which colour to buy, I wanted it to be perfect, and it is, its a gorgeous pale blue. I took so many photos, on my new camera and my iPhone. I found the iPhone actually picked up the effect better.

First pictures what it looks like in the shade, just a normal metallic blue:

 On its own I think its a really nice colour

Then in bright sunlight. I love it so much I just wanted to keep taking photos. These are off my iPhone

It applies thinly, I used 2 coats and one layer of base coat, it really shows up all the ridges in my nails from when I had the acrylics, so in future I will use 2 layers of base! I went out when I had put it on, and in the rare moments of sunlight I couldn't stop looking at my nails.

As my very first polish from china glaze I am very pleased! If I have the chance again I will definitely be getting more holo colours.

Do you own or plan to own any holos?