China Glaze Hologlam Collection Comparison Swatches

Hey y'all! Thought I'd do a quick comparison post for the China Glaze Hologlam shades. I know you all want as much info as you can get so I'm here to supply you with that information!

Ever since I got my nail swatch sticks, I've been happily swatching my babies and I think I'm a third through my collection. I've swatched my holos, indies and toppers (that includes flakies and glitters) and I'm not really looking forward to starting on the rest because it's gonna be a long project. Back to the sticks, I think they're a great way to catalogue your collection. I'm trying to sort mine by colours and I love how you can rearrange them so if you buy a new shade of polish that's in between two existing shades you own, it's easy to fit the new one in.

The sticks are also fantastic for doing comparisons since I don't have to reswatch anything so today's post is gonna feature my lovely sticks! Hope you guys don't mind that.  

All the pictures were taken indoors, under my table lamp.

Starting with the corals, we have China Glaze TTYL, China Glaze Digital Dawn, China Glaze TMI, China Glaze Not In This Galaxy, Layla Shock Pink and Layla Red Taboo.



Next, we have the magentas. From left to right, Layla Red Taboo, Layla Purple Illusion and China Glaze Infra-Red.



On to the lilacs, we have Color Club Halo-Graphic, China Glaze Astro-Hot and China Glaze Electric Magenta.



For the lavenders, we have Layla Ultra Violet, Color Club Cloud Nine, China Glaze Get Outta My Space and Color Club Fashion Addict.



Moving on to the dusty purples, we haveChina Glaze When Star Collide, Layla Misty Blush and Layla Cloudy Violet.



For the light blues, we have OPI DS Sapphire, Color Club Blue Heaven, Layla Mermaid Spell, FNUG Fusturistica and China Glaze Sci-Fly By.



Moving on to the medium to darker blues, we have China Glaze 2NITE, China Glaze High Def, China Glaze Strap On Your Moonboots, Into The Night (Franken), China Glaze Take A Trek and Glitter Gal Teal Blue.



As requested by Olivia, here is China Glaze DV8 and Take a Trek. DV8 leans more towards a marine blue whereas Take a Trek has a greyer undertone.



Same two polish, taken at an angle to show their holoness.



For the lighter, almost seafoam greens, we have China Glaze Don't Be A Luna-tic, Color Club Angel Kiss and Layla Jade Groove.



And we mustn' forget the olives that are A-England Princess Sabra and China Glaze OMG A UFO.



For the light greys, we've got Daiso #10, China Glaze Cosmic Dust and Layla Flash Black



And last but not least, we've got the charcoal/black holos that are China Glaze Galactic Gray, Color Club Revvvolution, Glitter Gal 10 to Midnight, Layla Flash Black and Jade Magia Negra.



I tried to include quite a few brands of holos in this comparison, like the China Glaze OMGs, Layla Holograms, Jade Holograficos, Color Club Halo Hues and Glitter Gal holos so you can tell how holo the new China Glaze Hologlams are.

I must admit that the aren't as blingy as the holos I've grown to love (Laylas and Color Clubs) but these new Holograms are quite different in terms of how smooth they look. The holo particles and reall extremely fine and honestly, the closest thing to compare them with will be the original OMGs.

As I've mentioned in my first swatch post of the Hologlams, these new China Glazes do dry a smidgen slower than the OMGs or the Laylas. I would say the dry time is comparable to the Halo Hues.

Let me know if you guys wanna see any other comparisons and If I own the polish, I'd gladly take pictures! Till next time!

China Glaze Hologlam Collection Swatches (Spring 2013)

HEY GUYS! AS YOU CAN TELL, I AM FREAKING EXCITED TO SHOW YOU GUYS THE CHINA GLAZE HOLOGLAM 2013 SWATCHES! The courier guy came this afternoon and I was bouncing off the walls excited to swatch my new twelve babies!

For my swatches, I've broken them down into three groups of four. The first two pictures from each group were taken in the sunlight and the next two were taken under my table lamp. Surprisingly, my table lamp works magic and manages to produce super holo shots! Do take note that the shot taken under my table lamp are more colour accurate than the ones that were taken under sunlight.

Application wise, these twelve applied easily. They were all opaque in two coats. They did do this funny thing where they look extra streaky (like how chrome polishes look) right before they dry but they always dry perfect so if you see the streaks, don't panic! These twelve are also thicker than the original OMGs but they're not any harder to apply. They also dry pretty quickly albeit a tiny bit slower than most super linear holographic polishes.

Well, enough with the words. Here are the pictures!

From left to right: Not In This Galaxy, Astro-Hot, Get Outta My Space and Infra Red (Sunlight)



From left to right: Not In This Galaxy, Astro-Hot, Get Outta My Space and Infra Red (Sunlight)



From left to right: Not In This Galaxy, Astro-Hot, Get Outta My Space and Infra Red (Table Lamp)



From left to right: Not In This Galaxy, Astro-Hot, Get Outta My Space and Infra Red (Table Lamp)



From left to right: Don't Be a Luna-tic, Sci-fly By, Take A Trek and Strap On Your Moonboots (Sunlight)



From left to right: Don't Be a Luna-tic, Sci-fly By, Take A Trek and Strap On Your Moonboots (Sunlight)



From left to right: Don't Be a Luna-tic, Sci-fly By, Take A Trek and Strap On Your Moonboots (Table Lamp)



From left to right: Don't Be a Luna-tic, Sci-fly By, Take A Trek and Strap On Your Moonboots (Table Lamp)



From left to right: Cosmic Dust, OMG A UFO, When Stars Collide and Galactic Gray (Sunlight)



From left to right: Cosmic Dust, OMG A UFO, When Stars Collide and Galactic Gray (Sunlight)



From left to right: Cosmic Dust, OMG A UFO, When Stars Collide and Galactic Gray (Table Lamp)



From left to right: Cosmic Dust, OMG A UFO, When Stars Collide and Galactic Gray (Table Lamp)



And now, the moment we've all been waiting for - COMPARISONS WITH THE OMGS! The Holograms are less holographic than the OMGs but they still pack a punch.

From left to right: Not In This Galaxy, TMI, Take A Trek and 2NITE (Table Lamp)

Well, I think TMI isn't exactly the most holo of the OMGs so the coral comparisons aren't exactly the fairest. But you can see that 2NITE is much more holo than Take A Trek.



From left to right: Not In This Galaxy, TTYL, Take A Trek and 2NITE (Table Lamp)

TTYL is more holo so this one is a pretty good comparison. Magnitude of holo-ness aside, I think the holo effect is pretty much the same. The Hologlams have the same, smooth linear holo look as the OMGs and honestly, the colours are pretty different from them too so this is a pretty good collection to own!



These Hologlams also cost less than the Color Club Halo Hues, Layla Holograms, Nfu Oh holos, Jade Holograficos, FNUGs and Glitter Gals. I paid SGD95 for the entire collection so this is actually the cheapest holo collection available! Even more reason to own the collection!

I bought my set from Timtam but it seems it's sold out now. I've been browsing around and Tammy offers the best price. The set is selling form SGD100 but if you're a repeat customer, you'll be able to set it at SGD95! Hopefully it'll be restocked soon so you all can grab yours soon!

Different Dimension Homeboy

Heyyy y'all! Today I have such a fun colour to show you! This is Different Dimension Homeboy and the shade just reminds me of The Smurfs!

Homeboy is part of the new Different Dimension 80's Baby Collection, which consists of neon coloured scatter holo polishes. This is two coats of Homeboy and I simply love how opaque it is.



Neon polishes tend to be very jelly like and you need a couple of coats to get them all smooth, opaque and glossy but this baby was such a dream to apply!



I also love that it was a scatter holo instead of a linear holo because it's NEON. Why would you want to take any attention away from the colour? :)





Hopefully you can see the scattered holo effect a little better in the next two pictures.





Homeboy is such a fun shade to wear and it was certainly a home run for me!

Grab your bottle now from Mei Mei's Signature or Different Dimension before it sells out!

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Disclaimer: This product was sent to me for my honest opinions. I am not affiliated with Mei Mei's Signatures or Different Dimension.

Pretty & Polished Hearts & Daggers

I have the last of my Pretty & Polished babies to show you today.

This is Hearts & Daggers painted and dabbed over China Glaze Dove.



I must admit, I had quite a hard time deciding what base colour to paint Hearts & Dagger over and Dove was such a nice and neutral colour that allowed not only the black and white glitters but also the red hearts to shine!



The irridescent glitters were a bit hard to photograph and sadly, they look like air bubbles! :(



Hearts & Daggers just makes me feel like playing bridge! I use to play bridge with my university room mate every night when we were staying in the hostel.


I had to end with the lyrics of one of my favourite songs that Hearts & Daggers remind me of:

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart

Pretty & Polished Sand Art

I started out with three coats of Nubar Faded Jeans. I think I'm starting to love this baby even more. Coco Blue was the only Chanel Les Jeans polish I didn't get so I'm glad I got Faded Jeans! :)



This is one coat of Sand Art over Faded Jeans. Sand Art is a matte glitter mix in a clear base. It is a pretty sparse glitter so I'd recommend painting it over a base rather than wearing it on its own.



Sand Art's like a colourful Floam! My favourite bit about it is the berry coloured glitters that just POP.



I have Hearts & Daggers, the last of my P&Ps, coming up soon! Till then!

Pretty & Polished Pool Party

I hauled a couple of Pretty & Polished polishes a few months ago and Pool Party was one of them.

I started out with three coats of Nubar Faded Jeans.



This one's a close dupe for Chanel Coco Blue. I love the subtle shimmer in Faded Jeans.



And now, for the star of the show, Pool Party.



This is two coats of Pool Party on top of Faded Jeans.







I love how fun Pool Party is. It reminds me of, well, pools and all kinds of inflatable floats! It's a perfect polish if you're need of a little more fun in your life!

Pretty & Polished Party on my Yacht

You walked into the party, like you were walking onto a yacht...

I'm sorry, You're So Vain just popped into my head as I was typing the title for this post but back to the polish, this is Pretty & Polished Party on my Yacht, a white polish with purple, indigo, green and gold glitters.

This is two coats of POMY over a coat of China Glaze White on White.



Love the colours of the glitters in this one. POMY and Jawbreaker were probably the first few white crelly (creme-jelly) glitter polishes I fell in love with.





I couldn't resist matte-ing it up. POMY looks so much more edgy this way.



Sadly I wasn't able to get any of the green bar glitters on my nails this time round but the last time I used POMY, I did get quite a few of em so here's a nice close up for you.



I have more P&Ps heading your way so stay tuned!