Wet n Wild - 224C The Wonder Yellows

I think I have actually blogged this one before. However I'm currently painting all my yellows and golds, so went back to this one for a second go. This was sent over by my lovely friend, Jeff. It's a bright, sunny yellow pearl. Easy to paint on but the brush is a little bristly.

Yes, it does streak, for those who dislike streaky frosts. Also I only did two coats so you can see it is not very opaque.

Been fairly chip resistant so far. :)

Kit - Reach Out

This was after 2 coats. Very patchy. Nice brush but layers of the last coat would keep coming off.

You can just make out the sparkly shimmer in the sunlight. Not apparent otherwise.

Daylight

Shadow

Yeah, well Kit is made in Australia and sold in Myer. They have a good range of colours. The formula is ok but not the best I have used but the brush is nice. Pastels, there must be something about pastels that make them hard to paint on without patches.

In the bottle the shimmer is really apparent, with its green and pink sparkle but once it was on the nail it just vanished. I had to look at it under direct sunlight to catch a glimpse.

I did about 5 coats before I managed to get rid of all the patches! It was a labour of love and not one I am going to hurry back to.

It has worn extremely well though. No chips or scratches yet.

Beauty Perfect - 999

This was a bit of a rescue polish. Mum bought a whole stack of these from Sasa (Asian beauty emporium) when she was overseas and when I recently redeveloped my love of polish, I had to revitalise them all with a bit of remover... so there was always going to be a question of how well it was going to go on.

Well this one was a little gluggy but not too bad, but being a frost it was definitely streaky.

What I don't like much about it is the choice of glitter. It's very chunky and that contributed to paint issues. They weren't very sun-catching either so thumbs down on that front.

It did take a while to dry and on my right hand I got some pushed up because I had to do the washing. Careful as I was, I removed my gloves to find humps on my nailbeds.

Wet n Wild - The Wonder Yellows

Very pretty daffodil yellow. Pearly and glossy. The brush was not very good and was hard to get into the edges of the nail smoothly and apply the polish without dragging. The brush was a little bit hard bristled.

I did two coats but you can still see the level of transparency there. Both top photos are under fluorescent light. The last one under normal lightbulb. Unfortunately the day time shot I took was shaky.

This was a present from my friend, Jeff, from USA. 

Catherine Arley - 807 - straw gold holographic

In the gift pack I got 2 golds. The other is a warmer, more sunflower yellow. This is the whiter, cooler gold. Application was good and the colour quite opaque. In this picture you can see the one on the left has one coat, and the one on the right has two coats. Can you tell the difference?

In dim light you can't see that it is holographic. But under direct light, wow, just fantastic. This polish didn't disappoint. See the other Catherine Arley post I did for rave reviews on its consistency and colour.

However, I think that the golden colour interrupts the holo visuals. I find it hard to distinguish that it is a holo at all. Comparing the bottle against the toffee coloured CA, you can clearly distinguish the toffee is holo glitter, but the gold looks more like silver glitter.

So sadly I have to report this is not a knockout the way 668 was but I am still pretty pleased with the formulation and how gorgeous it is to paint with.

Many thanks to JJ who sent this over as a gift all the way from USA!!!

** Amendment - I've done this on a nail wheel now and it reminded me of the trouble I had when I was putting it on. It's much more visible on a plain white surface. This gold, suffers the fate of many a frost gold.. It streaks.

Beadstreet's Michelle Nail Colour - T72 (chartreuse / metallic yellow)

My friend sent over a bunch of polish from Singapore as a thank you present for sending him a My Little Pony. Hooray! So this polish seems to be made for a store called Beadstreet, located at 8 Grange Road.

The reason I have listed this under two shades is because when you put it on alone, it really is a very fresh, zesty green tinged yellow. I would call this a foil finish, and has that wonderful habit of streak finish like all frosty colours. I did two coats and there was some bald patches, so did another coat later. (the pic with the cup is 3 coats, the others only 2 coats).

Now, the surprise was when I applied Sally Hansen Mega Shine. All the green vanished and it turned a bright yellow instead. You can see on the two hand pic the difference between the colours. Quite different, eh?

I'm quite pleased with the result, but have to say this polish is badly highlighting all my ridges and dents in my nails! Thanks to CJ for my present. :-)