For the swatches ahead, I have Greta on my middle finger and pinkie, and Color Club Worth the Risque on my index and ring fingers. I ran around the house trying to take as many good shots as I could that would show off Greta's linear holo, much like the holos in China Glaze's OMG and Kaleidoscope Collections!
Here's some bottle shots. I know the polish doesn't exactly look impressive in the bottle but just wait for the swatches!
The first 3 pictures (of the swatches) were taken under my table lamp with no flash!
This one was taken in indirect sunlight.
You can see my Helmer in the background, just behind the fan!!
Again, in indirect sunlight.
These 2 were taken with flash! Amazing how the flash kinda brings out the holo even more!
These last 3 were taken in indirect sunlight!
I actually tried taking some picture under full on sunlight but the holo didn't seem to shine through. What a shame. I had 3 coats of both polish on my nails and I still had some bald spots but I couldn't bare to use more coats. No top or base coats cuz I have no aqua base and apparently topcoats kill the holo effect.
Obviously, I prefer Greta to Worth the Risque (WTR) but Greta's price tag ($22) is so much steeper than WTR's ($8.50) plus there's only 8ml of Greta compared to 15ml of WTR.
I'd call Greta a linear holo while WTR is more of a scattered holo. I'm pretty sure WTR used to be more awesome and was previously a linear holo too, before CC changed their formula, much like how OPI screwed up My Private Jet.
There's also a blue-based holo, Siw, and a dusty pink / nude holo Madeleine from Make Up Store and I'm thinking of getting Siw just cuz Greta was so awesome. Hurry up and get them though before the SA at Make Up Store told me once that some of the holos they have are already not in production and once this batch sells out, there'll be no new batch! :(
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