Here's another Golden Rose Paris Holographic for you! This is 102 Silver which I was hoping would be like a China Glaze Sexagon (or Hologram). I love how these are so blah in the bottle and always a rainbow on the nail. Go silver!
I did not use a base or top coat and this is 3 coats of polish.
Okay, so yes I'm a bit of a sad panda. I definitely need a base color coat so there's no VNL.
Boo shade. :) You can still see a bit of scattered holo in there.
And finally indoors with the flash - look at that holo! I'm slightly obsessed with holos, as I've seen a lot of us are.
You can purchase Golden Rose polishes from their website. They offer free shipping for orders over $20 and free samples as well. Sadly, they do not ship internationally. You can like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.
I have another Golden Rose Paris Holographic polish for you today! This is 112 which is listed on their website as "Iced Latte" but I'm not sure that's right? Anywho - the holo on this polish isn't quite as strong as the others but still quite pretty.
I did not use a base or top coat and this is 3 coats of polish.
You can see a bit of VNL here in the sun.
And one in the shade.
Yay indoors with flash! You can see the holo now! Especially check out that bottle.
You can purchase Golden Rose polishes from their website. They offer free shipping for orders over $20 and free samples as well. Sadly, they do not ship internationally. You can like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.
My absolutely favorite part of blogging is learning about new nail polish colors, finishes, and companies! BB Couture is definitely a polish I had never heard of before blogging but it's one of those you definitely should check out. Not only do they offer an array of colors and finishes, but they also have a line specifically created for men (and loved by women!). Eros is from the "A Touch of Greece" collection and is an interesting light avocado green with a bit of grey and has very very faint traces of silver shimmer and even a sporadic black micro glitter specs (like literally, you might get one per nail). This is quite unlike anything I can think of that I own, so I was excited to try it first.
Now before I start my review - let me tell you about BB Couture. Here is their official website. What I think is so cool is that throughout their website, in addition to bottle pictures, they have actual swatches from various sources/bloggers. Now that is cool - because we all know that what's in the bottle doesn't always look like what's on our nails. In the men's products, that's actually a man wearing nail polish - and I think it's pretty awesome, personally. Seriously, check out his flickr (linked above). I like a guy with well manicured hands and feet - it shows a lot of thought in my eyes. Now, onto the review!
I used BB Couture's sticky base coat called Grip-Base (available for $11.95), 2 coats of Eros, and a top coat of BB Couture's top coat called Top-Rock (available for $11.95). Cindy, owner of BB Couture sent them in my press packet but mentioned that you can use any base/top coat you want. I found that Grip-Base was easy to work with, Eros had a nice smooth formula, and Top-Rock did dry fairly quickly for me.
Ruffles have ridges... and so do my nails. I really need to do something about them. As you can see, this is more of a creme polish than a shimmer even though there is shimmer in it. It's very camo retro to me. Nice!
Not too much difference in the shade but this makes it look very smooth - almost buttery.
Indoors with flash, you can kind of see the silver shimmer now. :)
As my introduction into BB Couture, I'm a happy camper! It's pretty, it applied well, it wore well.
You can purchase BB Couture from their website or from a company called Overall Beauty which ships globally. Additionally, you can like BB Couture on Facebook or follow them on Twitter.
Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration. For more information, please read this post.
I have another Golden Rose holographic for you today! Paris 109 Lilac is a light purple holographic (um, duh Krystal) that is almost more pink to me than purple. I did not use a base or top coat and this is 3 coats of polish. I do still plan on getting Nfu-Oh Aqua Base probably next month.
You can see a bit of VNL on my pointer finger and just a tiny bit of nail on my ring finger. I think not only would an Aqua Base work well for this but also even maybe a base colored coat. You'll see what I mean in another post later this week. :)
Shade picture isn't as exciting but shade pictures of holographic polishes rarely are.
I felt like including a picture of the bottom of the bottle - I'm obsessed with the holo goodness in each bottle.
You can purchase Golden Rose polishes from their website. They offer free shipping for orders over $20 and free samples as well. Sadly, they do not ship internationally. You can like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.
Check out this line up. From left to right we have deborah lippmann Wicked Game, OPI Not Like The Movies, Sephora by OPI Mash Up, wet n wild Gray's Anatomy, and Zoya Adina. This was a reader suggested skittle to see how they all lined up with each other. Here's a couple more bottle shots for fun.
I did three coats of each polish - no base, no top coat.
Thumb: deborah lippmann Wicked Game
Pointer Finger: OPI Not Like The Movies
Middle Finger: Sephora by OPI Mash Up
Ring Finger: wet n wild Gray's Anatomy
Pinkie Finger: Zoya Adina
Yay for cloudy pictures... BOO. I do hate that I didn't have sun this day.
This is a shade picture - look how dark Adina looks!
And one indoors with the flash.
Overall?
Wicked Game and Gray's Anatomy are VERY similar.
Not Like The Movies had a silver glitter which made the polish look more foggy than the rest.
Mash Up has a green flash instead of purple.
Adina is a darker orchid purple with a yellow olive green flash.
Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration. For more information, please read this post.
