For today's Golden Oldie Tuesday I used two polishes from the depth of my stash, Catrice Dirty Berry and and GOSH Holographic Hero. The theme was dots, and I tried to create sort of dotty swirls but either my dots were too big or my nails are too small and they just ended up looking a bit random. But hey, it's holo, that makes everything better, right? And I even got some sunshine to quickly snap some pics. Dirty Berry has my name written all over it - dusty purple with subtle holo running through. This challenge is really making me feel guilty about all the unloved favourites I have! I will buy less this year, I will buy less this year...
Swirly dots? Sort of... Green next week, and I've got (another) beauty planned!
This week's Adventures in Stamping theme was glitz and glam, and my first try was an epic fail! I'm not even going to show you, yeah it was that bad. But I'm much happier with take 2, even if it did take a while. I started off with 2 coats of Sinful Colors Black on Black with an accent nail of Whimsical Ideas by Pam Peanut Butter and Jelly as accent nails. PB&J is squishy burgundy jelly with small gold glitter and medium gold hexes. I just love it. Once that was dry, working one nail at a time, I added a coat of topcoat to the black nails before placing a small amount of GOSH Glitter Nail Topper in Ruby Red at the cuticle and blowing it across my nail, with my finger pointing down so it would spread towards the tip. Another coat of topcoat and once that was dry I stamped the image from Pueen 26 in Barry M Gold Foil. Final topcoat and I was done! It seemed like it took ages, but I think it was worth it. Glitz and Glam enough? I think so!
Welcome to day 3 of HoloWeek! Hope you're enjoying it so far :)
Today we're taking a look at probably one of the most anticipated polishes of the year here in the UK - the re-release of the infamous GOSH holographic. GOSH had previously discontinued it because of problems with the formula - people were complaining that it didn't last long enough on the nail and chipped horrendously. Personally, I wouldn't mind because it is SUCH a gorgeous polish, but I can see why it would annoy people. Anyway, GOSH re-released it this summer with the new name Holographic Hero and marketed it with the concept that it was for "one night only for holographic lovers".
So does it really only last for one night? I popped on two coats of the new Holographic Hero over my base (Avon Peeling and Brittleness Solver). On my left hand I didn't add topcoat, and on my right I used Poshe as a topcoat. Please note, these aren't the greatest pictures in the world (for better ones, and a comparison of the new Holographoc Hero with the old Holo check out my good friend Kira's post) but they clearly answer the question of longevity! Also bear in mind, not many polishes last more than 2 days on me - I am in awe of people who say they can wear a single polish for a week or more. Not me. But I have to say they usually fair a little better than this!
Freshly applied, it looked like this:
Almost exactly 24 hours later, after a day of light housework and stay at home mummy-ness, it looked like this:
Left hand (no topcoat)
Right hand (topcoat of Poshe)
Chips and tipwear ahoy! So, I think that answers the question! One night only indeed. The topcoat made absolutely no difference at all. In fact I think the chips are worse on the topcoated hand, besides the left thumb (which had a big peel so polish will chip easier on it).
Worth it? Absolutely! Even these rubbish pictures taken in the evening with the flash on my camera shows the holo effect in this polish. GOSH Holographic Hero can be found in Superdrug stores for £4.99 for 8ml. You can still find the original on Ebay, but for around £30 for 8ml. Either way, you'll only get about a days wear out of it. Still love it though!
And now, because ever since I wrote the title of this post I have had this song stuck in my head, I wanted to share the earworm. You're welcome.
Yes, that's right, it's holo week here at The Nail Newbie! I'm going to post every day with various holo polishes and designs, and hopefully it will get me out of my funk...that's the plan anyway!
We're starting the week with a fairly simple design using two of my favourite holo polishes. I started with 2 coats of charcoal holo Color Club Revvvolution, and then freehanded a tribal accent nail on ring finger and thumb using the new GOSH Holo Hero and my new nail art brushes. The dots were added with a dotting tool, but if I'd had big enough loose glitter I might have used those instead.
I need more practice with the brushes, but I liked using them. Compared to my old nail art brushes they're 100 times better! And thank goodness for a sunny day :)
Coming up this week - stamping with and on holos, a GOSH Holographic Hero wear test and tomorrow, Adventures in Stamping goes holo! Wish me luck!
