Fancy Gloss Dark Knight

Today's polish is a bit special - it's dark, it's thermal and it's a scattered holo! Wow!!! what would there be not to love about a polish with all those features!!
I had not heard of Fancy Gloss until Annette at Rainbow Connection started selling them quite recently, but when I heard of a thermal that didn't change to a very pale shade when warm , I had to give then a try! Dark Knight changes from dark blue when cold to a mid grey when warm, and it has a scattered holo effect too. When cold the blue is a real midnight blue, and with the scattered holo it's like a starry night. It is a lovely blue, and actually a lot nicer than it looks in the bottle, almost an indigo blue, like dark jeans and very wearable.
When warm although still quite dark I did find the grey shade was a little less opaque so I have used one coat of Nails Inc Gilston Road as undies, it is not a bad match colour-wise and didn't seem to distort the colour at all. I can't bear to see the nail line so I felt happier ensuring it was covered.
Here I have used 1 coat of Gilston Road and then two coats of Dark Knight.
I really like this, I wasn't too inspired by the colour in the bottle but I love it on my nails, I love the blue, the grey and all the in between shades as it moves from cold to warm! The thermal gradient looks great although I have really struggled to capture it on camera, and the sparkle is very pretty, but camera shy!
Lots of pictures as I attempted to capture the many colours of this fantastic polish. I bought another Fancy Gloss thermal at the same time as Dark Knight and I can't wait to try that too!

Fancy Gloss Dark Knight

 

  

 

 

  

   

Moyra 254 Aquarius

I am not sure I can do a full blog post on this polish as I am afraid I tried some stamping rather unsuccessfully, and don't really have many pre-stamp pictures. It was raining so I took a few with the flash, with the intention of waiting for better weather to take some more. Then I stamped all over it forgetting it hadn't been blogged.
However, it was a pretty mani and deserves a mention. Aquarius is my 2nd of the Moyra holographic polishes, and again, I am impressed with it!
The holo is really strong as you can see , it's visible even without any sun. Remembering a bit of streaking when I applied my previous Moyra holo, I was careful to make sure I had a generous amount on my brush and it applied well, great coverage with 2 coats. This is a lovely blue, Aquarius is a great name for it, it has that hint of the sea, just leaning a tiny bit towards teal.
The last pic is a tiny hint at my stamping effort!

Moyra 254 Aquarius 

 

  

 

Moyra 254 Aquarius with stamping!

Above The Curve Cherry Blossoms

I have a very pretty pink holo to show you today. I saw someone wearing this a couple of weeks back, and thought how lovely it was. I couldn't believe my luck when I saw it for sale on a swap page just a few days later.
I really like the Above the Curve polishes I have already tried and I really wish they were easily available in the UK. They have some gorgeous polishes, and this one is no exception.
It is quite a thin, runny polish compared to some so I used 3 thin coats. It applied well, dried quickly and the 3 coats gave a perfect coverage. This really is a very pretty polish, such a lovely delicate shade of pink, just the colour of cherry blossoms, with a gorgeous holo effect that is not too strong, just right for this soft spring shade.
I then set off in search of a blossom tree to take some pics, easier said than done! I am sure I saw lots really recently, but most seem to have lost their petals in the few days rain we had. I found some in the park but they were too tall, finally I had to resort to the ones in front of the shops in the village - there  a mad woman with a camera could be seen lurking taking pictures of her nails with the blossoms!
Not all the pictures are in the sun, you need to see that this is pretty even when you can't see the holo, but in the sun it is utterly beautiful!

Above The Curve Cherry Blossoms

Above The Curve Cherry Blossoms

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Liquid Sky Lacquer Midnight Lavender

Yesterday I was going to wear a pale pink holo, but the sun was not shining, and it was a dark gloomy day - not a holo day at all, so instead I chose this dark thermal from Liquid Sky Lacquer.
Midnight Lavender is very dark, moving from deep purple when warm to black when cold. It is also very glittery (with fine green and purple glitters) and without a top coat it has the texture of a sand.
I did wear it for a day without topcoat, but it wasn't wearing brilliantly so I did topcoat it on the second day. I felt I needed 3 coats for full coverage, and as it had worn quite a bit I added a 4th coat before top coating it. It is a lovely quality polish though, painted on well and dried quickly.
The colour change is quite subtle and in some lights the warm purple shade does look more grey than purple, but I still like it. My initial swatch frustrated me a little as I couldn't see the colour change but on wearing this I really like it, perfect for the dark couple of days we've just had, but very sparkly when the sun does peep through!
I may well have included too many pics but there were none online when I was googling this, so I am keeping them all!! They all include the thermal gradient, with black tips, but again, that's what you want to see, right? you've seen black before!

Liquid Sky Lacquer Midnight Lavender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midnight Lavender before I topcoated it

Girly Bits Go and Shake a Tower

This is the third of 3 Girly Bits polishes I bought from Rainbow Connection a couple of months ago. I love Rainbow Connection as Annette makes it easy for us to buy foreign polishes without all the stress of overseas postage! Not quite sure why this beauty had to wait to so long to be worn, but here in all it's glory is Go and Shake a Tower, another spoonerism, like Lack of Pies. And like Lack of Pies, this is also a holographic multi-chrome and it is stunning.
It painted on nicely, I have used 2 coats here and top coated it. The main colour I'd say is a dark blue, then it moves through purple, teal and then a bronze tone and ultimately, in low levels of light, red! All with a gorgeous holographic shimmer which softens the whole effect and a makes this polish extremely wearable. The thing about multi-chromes is you can't help just sitting flexing your fingers and watching the colours change!!! The red was a real surprise, I just went through to another room, barely lit, looked down at my nails and there they were, red and then tinged with green and gold. No way I could capture it on camera, the flash lit the nail up and it was back to blue again, no flash and it was too dark to pick anything up at all. You'll have to buy it and see for yourself!
Well, as you can imagine I've taken loads of pics, but I've been very strict and only posted a few here, but this is lovely, and I particularly like how well it goes with my heathery blue purple cardigan :)

Girly Bits Go and Shake a Tower

 

   

 

 

 

Too Fancy Lacquer Shrinking Violet

I will start by saying, I am 99% certain this is Shrinking Violet. I bought this polish with 2 other Too Fancy Lacquers, A Currant Affair and Prima Donna. The violet shade does not have a label but googling the other 2 names I kept coming up with the Viola Trio, with Shrinking Violet being the 3rd shade.
Shrinking Violet is a stunning shade, quite a lot brighter than I generally go for, and to be honest I thought I would like it least of the 3 so that's why I tried it first. I should say, it's not just about like- it's about how I actually like it on me, who could not like this pretty violet shade but as I painted it on I was wowed, I do like this and I love it on me!
It is quite a thick creamy polish, but it applied well. I used two coats and it dried nicely, pictures are taken with a top coat. This is a beautiful intense shade, that in some lights is blue, in others more purple. I actually have a periwinkle in my garden and this is a little bluer than the flower.
The holo in this is really pretty, I took my photos yesterday but sadly the sun is not shining today, so I just have the pretty purple shimmer with the faintest of holo sparkles. I have included some flash photos as they captured the purple better than the daylight pics

Too Fancy Lacquer Shrinking Violet