Last spring, I did a review on Sally Hansen Nail Prisms in Purple Diamond. However, it required many coats to be opaque & the holographic-ness (is that a word?) didn't really show up that well. I decided to try it over a black polish, but it ended up looking very patchy! Finally, I got the idea to use Essie's Topless & Barefoot, a pretty nude, as an "underwear" polish. This is 2 coats of Purple Diamond over the Essie polish.
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By using an underwear polish, Purple Diamond looks a lot closer to the color it is in the bottle & the holo bits really show up better ! I think this is a great trick to use to make your light holo polishes show through, not to mention you waste less of the holo polish :) Let me know how you like to layer your holographic polishes !
I used Essie Protein Base Coat.
Mine don't look anything like this!
ReplyDelete*faints* Gorgeous. Great tip!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a beautiful, girly holo :)
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I just love holos!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, I recently got my firts 2 Holos: Demeter and Dionisio by Hits Specciallité and they are so tiny that I don´t want to waste them.. It´s better to not use any top coat with holos right?
ReplyDeleteHi Julie,
DeleteThat is correct- top coats can make holos polishes look more blah. Some are specially formulated for holo polishes but I never tried them !
Totally lovely. I need to get some holos...
ReplyDeleteThis is so soft and lovely!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful nails!
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Good idea! I wonder if they tinkered with the formula on this--I have a bottle of Purple Diamond that behaves quite nicely on its own.
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