Layla: Flash Black

Flash Black is another one of the Layla's that I ordered from Ulta online. It's a silvery grayish black holo. The rainbow effect of this polish is just so intense, I seriously can't stop looking down at my nails whenever I pass by a bright light. Like I don't think I should be allowed to wear this polish while driving! LOL.

Now here's that super holo rainbow....swoon!

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Layla: Ocean Rush

I've been stalking my local Ulta for the Layla holo display for a couple of months, and all they have are still the magnetics. And there are a lot left in the display, so I don't think they're going anywhere for a while. I finally couldn't take it anymore, so I just bought some online.

This is two coats of Ocean Rush. I love everything about these polishes, but they are a bitch to apply (bald spots!) and the price is steep ($15.50 for a 10ml bottle)....but when you see them in the proper lighting, all that goes away. I mean, wow! Unfortunately, we haven't had any sunlight yet, so I had to make due with indoor lighting.





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China Glaze OMG Collection: TTYL

Man, I wish I would have gotten more colors from the OMG collection when they were still readily available. One of the colors I did get is TTYL, which is a peach colored linear holo. It's not much to look at in regular light, but man, when you get some sunshine or good lighting, the holo really comes out.





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Black Cat - holo franken

I know I already swatched this around Halloween, but I was just in the mood. This is my Spectraflair franken I named Black Cat. I just used WnW Black Creme, WnW clear and some Spectraflair (fine grade). I love the result, but it makes me want to get some of the coarser grade from More Nail Polish while it's still available!





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Diamond Cosmetics: Chainmail Charm

I adore holos! My last swatch of Chainmail Charm didn't do the polish justice, so this time, I think I was really able to capture the color nicely. CC is a charcoal gray holographic color from Diamond Cosmetics. It's more of a scattered holo than linear, but still beautiful. Re-wearing this color really makes me want to grab Zeus from the Hits No Olimpo collection. Check out some picks:








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Funky Fingers: Sand and Stilettos

My bottle of Funky Fingers didn't have a label on it, but thankfully I was able to find swatches online and find that the name of this color is Sand and Stilettos. Kind of a groovy name 8-) This is a very light lilac purple/silver holo glitter. The holo effect on this is not too bad actually, although my photos don't show that off very well.

This is one coat of S&S over my Clarins mani from yesterday:


and in sunlight:




Wow, one week until Christmas, the countdown is on!!
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SpectraFlair holo frankens

So I thought it would be nice to showcase all of my SpectraFlair frankens in one post. I know I've been SF crazy for a while, so I promise I'll give it a rest for a bit after this.


This is my holo topcoat franken I named Starshine:


A W E S O M E over black!


Here is my black holo named Black Cat:


This is my un-named blue franken from the other day:


and these I haven't posted yet. This is a dark purple color, bordering on blurple. It shows much lighter in the swatch then IRL. I haven't named this one yet:


and lastly my attempt at a red franken. It's a bit too pink for me, so I may play with it a bit. I like how the holo effect shows blue in this one. This is also un-named so far:


and that's all of 'em for now. I have one bottle with clear and some pigment in it waiting for me to be inspired. This was all made with only one gram of pigment, and I still have more left in the bag, probably 2 or more frankens worth. I wonder if I should be added a bit more pigment to some of them?

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Holo Franken: ??

Hmm, I think this is a franken in progress. It's still a bit too light for me, I think I want a darker blue, kind of like OPI DS Glamour....so I'm giving myself an excuse for not naming it yet! LOL.



I used Chelsea's Oscar Blue, clear and SpectraFlair pigment. What do you think, should I leave it or tweak it a bit?

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Holo Franken: Black Cat

So is anybody else in the Halloween spirit? I can't wait for September so I can start decorating!!! ha ha. I just got in my SpectraFlair pigment and the 1st holo I wanted to make is a black (ala My Private Jet). I was trying to come up with a cute name for it....I'm lousy at franken names....so I decided it give it a Halloween touch and name it Black Cat.

I used Wet and Wild Black Creme, clear and SpectraFlair.





It's so holo-y!!


I'm very pleased with the results. For great SpectraFlair frankening tips, please visit More Nail Polish. I used her straw technique and instructions at the bottom of the post.

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Nfu Oh #61

I just ordered some SpectraFlair holo pigment and I just can't wait for it to arrive so I can start playing! My 1st franken will be to attempt to make a batch of Fashion Polish's Moonstone Franken top coat. Wow!

All the SpectraFlair talk lately has put me in a holo mood....and what better way to celebrate a holo mood than with Nfu Oh's. I like #61 because it's base is a very pale pink base and a bit warmer than a straight silver holo. I think it looks a bit better with my skintone.





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Night Lights layered mani

I love layered mani's, and this one might be one of my favorites. I started off with Loreal Star Magnet in Grey, but since I didn't like how the star pattern turned out, I decided to layer Sally Hansen Night Lights overtop. NL is a sheer grey jelly base packed full of multi colored holo glitter. Both colors looked great together, but of course, I wasn't done yet. Really, I just never know when to stop and most of the time I ruin a great mani because of it, but this time, I lucked out. I added a layer of my BF Shmoopy's flakie franken overtop and it was perfection!



The flakies in the franken are multi colored, and with the colored holo glitter, they go so well togehter! You gotta enlarge these picks!


Unfortunately, I do not have the recipe, the bottle was Colorama's Shimmer Girl. The base is now a light blue jelly.


Check out the closeup ♥♥♥ Glitters and flakies go so well together.


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Quick Konad

I can't tell you the last time I Konaded. I think it was for Halloween! So I decided to spruce up my Massini mani from earlier. I used Konad plate M65 and Avon's Wicked. Wicked worked perfectly for Konading.



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Massini: Fall Promo Shade

As you probably already know, Massini, which is now called Studio M, is Color Club. The brand is exclusive to Meijer stores. I don't know why CC bothers with a whole new brand, they're the same shades and same price. Who knows?

This shade is really the same color as Love 'Em, Leave 'Em from the Wild and Willing collection. They released the entire Wild and Willing collection, but each shade was just called "Fall Promo Shade". Wierd, huh?

It kind of makes me think of mannequin hands....but with style! It's a very pretty neutral holo.





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Ozotic Pro 513 and 518 - Angels sing!

Ok, so best day ever! First of all it's Friday! But the exciting news is:
1) new Stevie Nicks album trailer (see post below). It's so amazing....I'm in absolute awe and am so excited for the new album.
2) I ordered Clarin's 230!!! and it already shipped out. SQUEE!!!!
3) My Ozotic Pro holos arrived.

Not a bad start to the weekend, huh? These Ozotic's are so amazing. I ordered them from Picture Polish, and I highly recommend the site. They shipped super fast and were great at keeping me updated through out the order, and you can pay through Pay Pal. I have nothing but raves for them.

On to the colors. First off, I wasn't able to get picks in sunlight, so I'll update the post (hopefully this weekend) on the next sunny day I get.

The 1st color is 518 Flame. The name Flame is listed on PP's website, but the polish only says 518. 518 is a true red holo and my Holy Grail of all polishes. This was my biggest lemming ever, and I just can't believe I finally own it.


This next one is 513, called Purple on PP's site. Another awesome linear holo.


and here they are side by side. Swoon worthy!!!!


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Diamond Cosmetics: Chainmail Charm

This is Chainmail Charm from Diamond Cosmetics. It's a gunmetal / charcoal gray holo, love it! I got mine quite a while back, but I've heard that some of the recent purchases of this color have been holo duds.





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Catherine Arley holos: 805, 806

I can't say I'm disappointed in 805, but I wish it had more holo to it. Now I really want My Private Jet!!! But until I get it, this one will help kill the lemming. It is a fun color, just the holo effect isn't that strong:


daylight, no sun:


What a unique color, I don't think I've seen another orange holo before. Like 805, the holo effect is not that strong:




daylight, no sun:


These are the last two CA's I have, so holo week is officially over.

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Catherine Arley holos: 802, 803

Ok, yesterday I lied. There are still two more after today's post. But these last four a really amazing.

802 is a warm peach color:




daylight, no sun:


803 is a bright lime green:




daylight, no sun:


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