#SGSwatchFest: World Water Day and Earth Hour

Hello my dear polish lovers! Earth Hour is tonight and in celebration of this special event, together with World Water Day (which was yesterday), I thought I'd do a special mani!

My mani was inspired by blues and greens - the beautiful colours of our Earth. From left to right: China Glaze Meteor Shower, Nfu Oh #40 over black, Gloss 'n Sparkle Edge of the World and a saran wrap nail with OPI Mermaid Tears topped off with NOPI Khloe Had a Little Lam Lam.







Time for some close ups!

This is two coats of China Glaze Meteor Shower. I think that it's important for us to just enjoy the simple things in life like watching the night sky and I'm hoping that during the hour when the lights get turned off, maybe we can all just look up to the sky and appreciate the beautiful stars.



This is one coat of Nfu Oh #40 over black. #40 is a colour shifting flakie which shits from green to cyan to blue and it just reminds me of the ocean.



This is three coats of Glass 'n Sparkle Edge of the World. It's a pretty teal jelly with blue and green hex glitters, together with some finer holo glitters. Very suitable for Earth Day eh? :)



This is a saran wrap done with OPI Mermaid Tears topped with NOPI Khloe Had a Little Lam Lam. I loved the saran wrap mani with the sepia tones and I wanted to do it again with more water / ocean-inspired colours.



If you have some time to spare, do take a look at the UN World Water and Earth Hour websites! Till next time! :)

Holo Month Day 31: Nfu Oh #66

This is my last Holo Month and Holothon post. I can't believe it all went by so quickly!



This is Nfu Oh #66, a pale green holographic polish that will blow your socks off!



I have no idea why the recent Nfu Oh duds seem pretty stud-y to me but hey, I'm not complaining!



Application was easy with an aqua base and I only needed two coats for opaqueness!





Even though Holo Month and Holothon is over, I still have a couple of holographic polishes to show you all so keep your eyes peeled for them! I'm also considering doing a 31 Day Indie Challenge, considering how I'm been in an indie glitter phase. Anyone interested in joining me? :)

Holo Month Day 30: Nfu Oh #64

Nfu Oh #64 is a light lilac holographic shade that was love at first brushstroke!



As mentioned in my post on Nfu Oh #63, even though this is one of the newer batches of the Nfu Oh holos, it seems much more holographic compared to my dud version of #61 which I got from Fabulousstreet last year.



It may not be as holo as the original batch but I'm not complaining with such an amazing holo effect! <3



This was two coats of #64 over a coat of Nfu Oh Aqua Base. I noticed that it's really important to make sure the Aqua Base is 100% dry before painting on the polish. It makes a world of a difference because once, I was a little impatient and started painting my holo polish before the aqua base was dry and I got an extremely patchy paint job and the polish didn't turn out as holo.



Wait a couple of minutes and viola, the polish practically painted itself on and the holo effect was blinding!



Here's Nfu Oh #64 on top and #63 below. You can see that #64 is slightly darker and is more purple than the pink-toned #63.



Gosh, just look at the holo rainbow arcs on those two nails!!!! *Melts* How am I suppose to help my nail polish addiction when all the polishes are so pretty?! OH MAN....

Holo Month Day 29: Nfu Oh #63

Nfu Oh #63 is a light pink linear holographic polish that I'm pretty sure is the dud version BUT it is still extremely holographic. Even more so than the dud versions of #61 and #62 that I've shown you previously.
This was just ONE coat of Nfu Oh #63 over Nfu Oh Aqua Base.





I can't get over how opaque and holo just one coat of #63 was! There were pretty little bald spots too.
Here's two coats, taken under my table lamp. The bald spots are completely no where to be seen! I'm really liking the Nfu oh Aqua Base!!!



KAPOW! Blinding holo rainbows specially for you!





Till my next post! :)

Holo Month Day 28: Nfu Oh #62

Moving down the Nfu Oh road, today I have Nfu Oh #62 for you for today's Holo Month / Holothon post!



#62 was supposed to be nude holo but as they changed the batches, it got a little more pink. This is three coats.



It's still so pretty!!!!!!



It's still so holo and it is still nude enough for work!



GAHHHH. I can't explain why I'm so in love with holo polishes. I just can't.



I'm letting the pictures do the talking because I have nothing else to say. I'm speechless!



Till the next post! :)

Holo Month Day 27: Nfu Oh #61

I realised I haven't shown you guys a proper swatch of Nfu Oh #61 so hereeeeee you go!

I heard that you can also use a matte top coat as a base coat for these Nfu Oh holos but I decided to try NailTek Foundation II instead. Granted it is a base coat but it does dry matte so I thought the effect would be the same.

This is one coat of #61 over the no base cat (pinkie), Nfu Oh Aqua Base (ring and index) and Nail Tek Foundation II (middle).



As you can see, with the Aqua Base, #61 applied SOOOOOO MUCH BETTER and already looks more opaque and holo. The matte base coat didn't work as well as I had hoped though.



And on goes more goes to make #61 opaque...



TADAH! Holo fest!



Sadly, this is the dud batch and it isn't as holo as it used to be. Still, it's holo enough to make this holo addict squee! I just wish I got on the holo bandwagon a little earlier. :(

But it's okay, my FNUG holos are enough to satisfy my holo lusts when I need a crazy pow wow holo. Other than that, #61's a great subtler holo! :D

Holo Month Day 2: Layla Coral Glam (and comparison)

Continuing from Mercury Twilight, today I'll be showing you swatches of Coral Glam, a really gorgeous nude holo. It isn't all that coral so I have no idea why it's called Coral Glam but given how holo it is, I'm gonna close one eye.

This is three coats of Coral Glam, without any base or top coats. Once again, my nails were buffed to a shine before I painted the polish.









I'm absolutely loving how office-friendly this shade is so I'm looking forward to being able to wear it to work once I start at the end of August!

I don't really have as many nude corals as I'd like but I did manage to find three others - Winmax α-Rainbow #1 (a $2 holographic polish from Daiso), Nfu Oh #62 and China Glaze Cyberspace.







All pictures were taken under artificial lighting.

Winmax α-Rainbow #1 is the least holo as you can see, but for $2, I'm not complaining! It is actually pretty close to Cyberspace, just a tiny bit paler. Cyberspace is also more holo but the two of them are obviously not even close to Coral Glam in terms of colour. Nfu Oh #62 is the closest thing to Coral Glam I have in my stash. #61 is a touch pinker though so still no dupe.

Hope you're enjoying the Layla Hologram Effect Swatches series so far! Stay tuned for more swatches of Retro Pink!

Holo Month Day 1: Layla Mercury Twilight (and comparison)

As you may know, I hauled the first eight of the Layla Holograms in March and I haven't exactly gone down to swatching these GORGEOUS holographics polishes properly so here's a start!

Today we have Layla Mercury Twilight, a silver holographic polish that will just bling you out of your mind. If you don't own a silver linear holo baby, get this one. It's probably easier to get than GOSH Holographic, China Glaze OMG, Nfu Oh #61 or Make Up Store Greta.

This is three coats, without any base or top coat. I did buff my nails to a shine though, because that's what's recommended on the Layla site.







KAPOW! All these pictures were taken under artificial lighting and they're already so holographic. I can only imagine how they'd look under sunlight (which sadly, I'm not getting in Singapore because of the on-again-off-again rain we've been experiencing).



I didn't bother digging my Helmer for Glitter Gal Silver, Color Club Worth the Risque and order less-smooth silver holographic polishes, since I have Nfu Oh #61 and Make Up Store Greta. They would make a better comparison against Mercury Twilight anyway! :)

This is three coats of Mercury Twilight, two coats of #61 and three coats of Greta.





My bottle of #61 is the newer formulation so it's less holo than the older version and as you can see, #61 just pales in comparison to Mercury Twilight. Greta has a slightly smoother finish than Mercury Twilight and I think that's why the different colours in Greta's holo rainbow blend together more and is less vibrant. You can't really see it in my swatches but this post captures the differences better! The last couple of times I swatches Greta, it chipped like mad (it chipped while I was sleeping o.O) so I'm hoping Mercury Twilight will wear a little better on my nails!

Swatches of Coral Glam will be next so stay tuned! :)