Hi everyone! I hope you are ready for a huge post! I've spent most the day finishing the swatching and editing for this post, so that's the reason it's so late. :P Formula for everything was as I have come to expect from KSBhimmer: easy to work with, quick to dry and no problem getting glitters out of the texture polishes.
I decided to use a cut because there are close to 50 pictures here (48 to be exact :P ), so click "Read More" to see swatches, compares and some nail art! :)
Big Tan On Campus is described as a deep tan shade that stretches toward light brown in low light, but while in the sun has glints of gold with a liner holographic finish. All nails are 3 coats with top coat.
Goldie Rocks has a yellow gold metallic polish base with holographic finish. Shown is 3 coats with top coat.
In Bare Form contains holographic pigment in a pale, near nude base. Here I used 3 coats with top coat.
Let's Not Coral is a light pinky-coral creme. All nails are 2 coats with top coat.
Low & Be Bold is a bright cobalt blue creme. For these photos I used 2 coats with top coat.
I did want to take a second to note this polish does have a slight smell to it. It's nothing horrible and really if you own any similar blue polishes you will notice the same smell. I believe it's from the pigments used.
Partners In Lime has a bright lime textured with gold undertones base and holographic glitters in gold, lime green and aqua. Here is 2 coats with no top coat.
These photos are Partners In Lime with top coat.
Pt Young Thing appears to just be a silver holographic, but instead is only made by using two types of holographic pigment. Shown is 2 coats with no top coat.
Right As Reign is a deep, bold purple with blue and indigo undertones creme. All nails are 2 coats with top coat.
Similar to Low & Be Bold, this polish had a slight smell. I would assume it's the same blue pigment since you need blue to make purple. :P
Run! It's The Coppers! contains holographic pigment in a copper base. Shown is coats 3 with top coat.
She Twerks Out has a bright turquoise textured base with holographic glitters in teal, lime green, aqua and violet. Here is 2 coats with no top coat.
Here is She Twerks Out with top coat.
Stark Raven Mad is a black holographic. Shown is 2 coats with top coat.
Too Pop To Handle contains a mixture of magenta, violet, aqua and pink glitters in a bright neon purple base with a texture finish. All nails are 2 coat with no top coat.
These photos are Too Pop To Handle with top coat.
So when I was swatching a few of these, they reminded me other polishes in my stash and I wanted to share that with all you. :) First up is Pt Young Things vs. Enchanted Dime Piece. In person, I couldn't tell these apart at all. Looking the picture, Dime is slightly darker, maybe a shade if that. Formula of Pt Young Things was much more opaque and it's easier to come by. So my pick would definitely be Pt Young Things! ;)
Next up is Sinful Colors Endless Blue vs. Low & Be Bold vs. Elevation Polish Pic de Sotllo vs. L'Oreal Miss Pixie. For each nail I used 2 coats, except Miss Pixie which is 5 coats. All are really different in their own way. Endless Blue is a different shade from the others and Miss Pixie is very sheer. Low & Bold Bold is a slightly darker shade than Pic de Sotllo and it's more jelly. Pic de Sotllo is a tad dustier than Low & Be Bold, but they are similar. I justify owning a ton of blues (and purples!) so I won't pick a favorite and instead hoard them all. :P
Now for some fun designs I came up with! :P Here is Let's Not Coral with Goldie Rocks (the holo of this didn't come through because of my light settings) striped down the center.
So I have a funny backstory for this haha. I've done a lot of late night swatching and at who knows what hour of the morning I read Low & Be Bold as Low & Behold and thought "Low and behold...pugs!". It made me laugh like a crazy person and then the next day I realized I had the name incorrect, but it still made me laugh so I decided to post this mani. :P I used Low & Be Bold as my base, added some paws with Stark Raven Mad and some fimo pugs.
This didn't come out as amazing at is it was in my head, but I still thought it looked neat! :P For this mani, I used Right As Reign and added some spirals with Pt Young Things.
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