Swatches Catrice Million Styles Effect Top Coat & multichrome rhinestones by Born Pretty Store

Catrice recently came out with a new series of Million Styles Effect Top Coats.

The effect top coats all have a clear base filled with colored glass flecks.

From left to right:

01 Godfather of Pearl 

Godfather of Pearl is a mix of purple and pink glass flecks. 

Although the pink glass flecks are visible, main color is purple.

02 ¿Holo, Que Tal?

¿Holo, Que Tal? is a mix of yellow and orange/pink glass flecks. This is the only one from this collection that has a very visible duchrome shift in any light source.

03 Have an Ice Day

Have an Ice Day is a mix of yellow/green glass flecks. Main color is a bit more green than the yellow color from ¿Holo, Que Tal?

04 Return of Space Cowboys

Return of Space Cowboys is a mix of blue and blurpe glass flecks. Main color is blue.

Of course these effect top coats can be applied over any color nail polish and/or on the natural nails.

I however, prefer lacquers like these applied over black.

'Single nail' swatches show 1 coat of effect top coats applied over 2 coats of China Glaze Liquid Leather (black).

I have a glossy and a matte version for you.

Swatches glossy

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Swatches matte

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Review 

I can be short.

If you love glass fleck lacquers, these are wonderful for you.

Only note I can give is that they apply like a jelly (a bit syrupy, but workable).

I can imagine this will be harder to apply over time, as it will probably get more and more thick.

Nail art

Today's nail arts feature another product that I received from Born Pretty Store.

Nail art wheel containing 200 pieces of heart, circle and marquise multichrome rhinestone nail decorations.

Of course I could go for a plain look by placing these rhinestones on top of my swatches but that wouldn't be me, as I like to add some personal touch.

I thought of another nail art design that I was still dying to try out.

I wanted to do some sugar spun black strings topped with different colors of metallic transfer foils.

And this was the result:

I have to say that the total look was stunning but perhaps a little too much????

So I've made another design but this time a bit more calm...or so I thought :D

Making silver holo area's in which I placed the rhinestones.

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Swatches, review and nail art Essence Trend Edition Rock Out!!

Things are going to get musical in october and november 2014 with the new Essence trend edition "Rock Out!!"

Essence is once again an official sponsor of the MTV European Music Awards (EMA). 

Glasgow is ready to welcome the who's who of the international music scene on the 9th of november and fans can look forward to a breathtaking show.

It's showtime...with Essence!

This trend edition features 4 lacquers and a glow-in-the-dark topcoat.

From left to right:

- 01 Best rock

- 02 Best hip-hop

- 03 Best pop

- 04 Best female

- 01 Biggest fan (glow-in-the-dark)

Swatches

01 Best rock

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01 Best rock is a very sheer grey/silver jelly that contains green and pink micro flakies (glass flecks).

Building it up to opaqueness is dreadful.

I've used 2 thicker coats for the swatches above and noticed that a third or fourth wouldn't make a huge difference and decided to leave it at two.

This polish is probably best used as a topcoat IMAO.

02 Best hip-hop

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02 Best hip-hop is a sheer black that contains multi colored and holoraphic micro glitter.

Too sheer for my taste. 

Pictures above show 3 coats but in the future I would probably layer this over a black,

03 Best pop

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03 Best pop is a pink crelly containing gold and pink micro flakies (glass flecks).

This polish shows a lot more pigment than the others and therefore was beautifully opaque with two thin coats.

04 Best female

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04 Best female is a very sheer purple jelly containing silver and pink/purple micro flakies (glass flecks).

Again best to use as a topcoat.

Pictures above show 2 thicker coats but 3 or 4 won't make a huge difference.

01 Biggest fan

Bottle shot in the dark

MTV EMA nail art in the dark

01 Biggest fan is a glow in the dark topcoat.

In the light the polish is like a milky jelly containing holographic star glitters.

The amount of star glitters is good and fishing and placement is at the users taste but not required much.

Good glow...picture however is taken after charging it with a bright light. 

Black light gives an immediate strong glow. 

01 Best Rock, 04 Best female and 03 Best pop layered over black

As I mentioned these polishes are all kind of sheer and I really wanted to know what they would look like layered over a black.

The pink (03 Best pop) was almost too opaque so I did a very very thin coat.

Review

The lacquers are all very sheer...too sheer for my taste.

I'm also not a huge fan of the jelly like consistency. 

Drying time of the first coat is okay but as your building it up, it takes more and more time.

And with at least 3/4/5 coats...I simply don't have the time!!

Layering them over other colors is the perfect solution, especially over black is really something I love.

The glow in the dark topcoat is better than the previous one by Essence. 

Consistency is easier to work with, the glow is better and I also like the addition of those cute holographic stars as it spices up the 'day' look.

I was pleasantly surprised by the glass flecks, they are more subtle than glitters in my opinion and I love the color shifts that they give.

Personal favorites: 03 Best pop and 01 Biggest fan (glow in the dark topper)

Nail art

What else can I do as taking this edition as my inspiration?!

I chose to use the bottle print as my design.

I started with a white base.

After this I randomly sponged 01 Best rock, 03 Best pop and 04 Best female over the white base.

Then I used black acrylic paint to cover the nails, leaving the letters out and showing the white sponged background.

I finished by covering the black acrylic paint with 02 Best hip-hop.

The thumb design is the same as the glow in the dark nail art from above but then in daylight :D