OPI Rainbow Connection: Muppets Collection 2011

Do i dazzle you?

This is kind of how I would imagine my fingers would look like after being dipped in Edward Cullens ashes.

Sparkling  fairies aside - this is the most amazing glitter I have ever owned. I looked everywhere for a bottle of this HTF beauty , and found it on ebay for £16, and even though my bank account begged me not to do it and my wallet shriveled up and died, I had to have it!

I could of gone for the cheaper  Technic Carnival Dupe (which is awesome) or the Nicole & Milani Dupes but I wanted the original.

I don't know why though, after my purchase and the  excitement had worn off I realized  It's not a polish I would immediately go for.   I think it's just the HTF enigma with popular (soon to be rare) polishes; and my excuse is, 'It's a good investment" 

               
























This is one of those  polishes that  looks amazing in and out of the bottle. I didn't want to layer this so I went all out and built a fortress of glitter on my nails - I just know by looking at it that this is going to take forever to remove, so I am pretending that problem doesn't exist.....

Excuse the tip wear. When you have children asking you every 5 mins to "feed me, open this,  reattach my dolls head, brush my hair"   etc and your nails are still tacky, you will lose polish and kick yourself for not doing this when they are at school.

                            Inside                                                                                           Outside

All images = a bazillion coats (5) This took forever and a day to dry, and when you have children this is a nightmare that even Seche Vite cannot fix

                                                          One Coat Under Artificial Lighting

One coat just looks blah and awful.  It looks like my mani is half finished.   I would recommend layering this or you will lose a half a bottle of polish if you use more than 2 coats at a time. Although the glitter does not sparkle it is  incredibly shiny. I would also recommend a top coat , because the glitter does stick out and snag, especially in your hair,  if you are wearing 3-5 coats like I am. 

Overall: I adore this! and can't wait to get my hands on the other dupes so I can compare. 

China Glaze: HTF Holographic

Finally got hold of three brand new China Glaze Holographic Polishes, which are unfortunately discontinued and HTF. I can now cross these off my wishlist! I love ebay!

These are the three I purchased: 

TTYL : from the China Glaze Spring 2008 OMG! collection.   Kaleidoscope Him Out and Let's Do It In 3D  from the  Kaleidoscopes Collection

I cannot wait to try these out! I almost don't want to due to their rarity.

Nfu Oh: Holographic 65: Nail Of The Day.

I  recently purchased 4 bottles of  Nfu Oh Holographic Nail Polish and I have been tapping my foot impatiently waiting for the sun to come out so I could try one. 

Up first is Nfu Oh: 65 , a  strong linear blue holo.  In the bottle it doesn't look like much, just a shimmering pale blue, but get it on  the nails  and it just dazzles.

65  is going in my favourite's pile. I can't stop staring at my nails whenever I am outside, it's very distracting but hey that's what we want nail polish to do!

So as one of my favourite blogs likes to say:  "Let's Go Sparkling!"

                                                                      Indoors: With Flash

All images are without base & top coat. Top coats tend to dry to a cloudy finish over holographics, and it dulls their brilliance which is a shame as I like my mani to last more than a few days. At first I had to keep touching up my mani but it's wasting the polish so I caved and used Sally Hansen's Super Shine top coat. It dulls the holo a little but not by much and there was no shrinkage at all.

One niggle about this nail polish is the streaky application and the tendency to leave patchy holes. I tried everything from  base coat, top coat & ridge fillers etc, nothing worked.

I  recommend using the Nfu Oh: Aqua Base prior to use, or like I did, just brush onto bare nails, I found this to be a problem free solution which meant I didn't have to use a bazillion coats to hide the mess. The polish is easy to remove, dries in seconds and doesn't leave any staining. 

   Depending on the light , the holo's flash between a standard pastel blue to full  blown holo. 

         Indoors Without Flash. 

                                                                        With Flash 

Outside: Direct Sunlight: Nfu Oh 65 tends to go holo mad when it's under indirect sunlight, with a little shade. The images taken with the flash above are pretty close to how that looks. Direct sunlight seems to make the holo look weaker.

(On  Emerald Sparkled :  I saw  that the old  formula of this polish was out of this world and since changing their formula the effects are not as pronounced, you can  see the  difference in the bottle below compared to mine above. Nfu Oh: why did you have to mess with perfection!?

Do I want the old formula? ......you bet I do! this is a lemming. :)

Has anyone else tried the old formula; what did you think?

                                            Nfu OH 065 - Old Formula Copyright  © Lextard