Patriotic Stars

Accent Nail: 3 coats Color Club Ooh La La w/ Zoya Ibiza & BM21(shooting stars) also Zoya Blair w/ BM14 (solid stars)

The rest of em: 3 coats Nubar Fire Sparkle w/ Konad Special White & BM14 (solid stars) & BM05 (double star) on thumb

Festive 4th Nails

Feeling the spirit of the Holiday Weekend.

OPI Russian Navy Suede w/ Color Club Worth the Risque stamped using several of the plates from the first BundleMonster set, topcoated

China Glaze Tronica Swatches & Comparisons

I've never done this much swatching and comparing.  I have a great appreciation for the blogs I visit daily, but that appreciation is now 10 fold.  :)  Pretty much all across with board with Tronica is a big DISAPPOINTING.  None of the colors hold a true holo status IMO.  Electra Magenta & Gamer Glam had the strongest holo effect.  All the others just give off an extremely mild holographic glow in bright sun.  Anything less than bright sun and it just looks like a dull shimmer.  This collection as a whole gets a huge fail  from me.  It's almost wrong that they labeled these holographic and got the nail world all a twitter about them.  Anyway... off to the pictures!

Thumb: OPI DS Original
Index: China Glaze OMG IDK
Middel: China Glaze Tronica Gamer Glam
Ring: Color Club Fashion Addict
Pinky:  China Glaze Kaleidoscope Visit Me in Prism

Thumb: OPI DS Original
Index: China Glaze Kaleidoscope Octa-gone Wild
Middle: China Glaze OMG LOL
Ring: China Glaze Tronica Virtual Violet
Pinky: Color Club Wild at Heart

Thumb: Wet N Wild Hannah Pinktana
Index: China Glaze OMG BFF
Middle: China Glaze Tronica Electra Magenta
Ring: China Glaze Kaleidoscope How About a Tumble?
Pinky: Wet N Wild Hannah Pinktana

Thumb: OPI DS Exclusive
Index: China Glaze OMG QT
Middle:  China Glaze Tronica Hyper Haute
Ring: China Glaze Kaleidoscope Tickle My Triangle
Pinky: OPI DS Exclusive

Index: China Glaze OMG L8R G8R
Middle: China Glaze Tronica Laser Lime
Ring: Milani Hi Tech

Index: China Glaze LOL TMI
Middle: China Glaze Tronica 3D Fantasy
Ring: OPI DS Couture

Thumb: OPI DS Glamour
Index: China Glaze OMG 2NITE
Middle: China Glaze Tronica High Def
Ring: China Glaze Tronica Techno Teal
Pinky: China Glaze OMG DV8

Thumb: China Glaze Kaleidoscope Sexagon
Index: Color Club It's Worth the Risque
Middle: China Glaze Tronica Hologram
Ring: China Glaze OMG OMG
Pinky: Nfu Oh 61 w/ aqua base

China Glaze Tronica Comparisons: Cyberspace

Soooo, my China Glaze Tronica collection showed up on Saturday!  WHOOT!  First impression upon seeing the bottles?  BOO!  These are SO not Holos!  I immediately did skittle swatches of one coat over my current mani to see if I was right & discovered that these are all over the place as far as texture, ease of application & holographicness.  That being said, I decided to break out the review into individual colors with comparisons from my collection.  I'm a holo nut and own many :)  First up is Cyberspace.  Cyberspace is a taupe shimmer with a slight holographic nature.  This polish was thick and runny at the same time.  Thick in the sense that it did not spread super easy onto the nail, but runny because despite how much I scraped off the brush a big glob would run down and flood my nail with polish in the middle of application.  Despite this, the polish did level itself out on the nail decently upon drying.  After completely dry it has a semi matte or satin finish.  Topcoat is needed for a glossy look.  Overall I do like this color, I feel it is unique in the world of taupes, however being touted as a holographic finish is a bit of a let down :(  I managed to find some weak sunlight to snap pics in, which show how not holographic this shade is.  To my surprise, interior direct overhead lighting brought out the most holo in this shade, which was only a light yellow green glow.  Pics are 3 coats, no topcoat.


Outside Natural Light
Thumb: Color Club Love Em Leave Em
Index: China Glaza Kaleidoscope Spin Me Round
Middle: China Glaze Tronica Cyberspace
Ring:  China Glaze OMG FYI
Pinky: OPI DS Design



Natural Light (inside by window w/ weak sun)
Thumb: Color Club Love Em Leave Em
Index: China Glaza Kaleidoscope Spin Me Round
Middle: China Glaze Tronica Cyberspace
Ring:  China Glaze OMG FYI
Pinky: OPI DS Design



Inside w/ flash
Thumb: Color Club Love Em Leave Em
Index: China Glaza Kaleidoscope Spin Me Round
Middle: China Glaze Tronica Cyberspace
Ring:  China Glaze OMG FYI
Pinky: OPI DS Design

 

Outside Direct Weak Sunlight
Thumb: Color Club Love Em Leave Em
Index: China Glaza Kaleidoscope Spin Me Round
Middle: China Glaze Tronica Cyberspace
Ring:  China Glaze OMG FYI
Pinky: OPI DS Design