Airy holographic layering - Sexy Bomb s32 and Hits Hefesto

Today is an experiment in holographic layering - a milky base with pink foil particles as a base polish and a layer of HITS Hefesto on top. This came out very subtle. Between pink foil shining through and holographic, holo doesn't take the spotlight. However, it works nicely together as a combination. All I can say is I feel like a pretty princess!

Holographic and Duochrome mish-mash experiment

*drool* Rainbows!

I saw the Ozotic mish-mash polished swatched at Nailderella and I was inspired to try something similar on my own. For the base, I used OPI Just Spotted the Lizard from the Spiderman collection and HITS Hefesto holographic topcoat.It didn't turn out as holographic as I hoped, but I could have always done more coats of Hefesto. I want to keep experimenting with this and different duochromes to see which will have the strongest effect! 

Duochromes are probably my favourite finish of them all... I love them more than any polishes. What is your favourite duochrome polish of all time?

OPI Pink Friday holographic dotticure

This is my take on Pink Friday...

When the Nicki Minaj collection was first announced, Pink Friday looked like this in the promo shots:

A PINK HOLOGRAPHIC. I was sorely disappointed when it was just a creme. In any case, armed with HITS Hefesto, a sexy holographic topcoat, I have created a holographic Pink Friday to satiate my holo hunger. 3 coats of OPI Pink Friday, 1 coat of Hefesto (Spectraflair topcoat), a few accent dots to make this baby shine:

I wish I could somehow make it MORE holo but that might make the color grainier, as it tends to become with too much spectraflair particles in a creme. Either way, it's holo, it's pink, experiment is successful! I'm only regretting the grainy look, but that will come with any holo. Maybe, if I could find VERY fine grade Spectraflair I can try making a linear holo topcoat at some point.

HITS Poseidon holographic

I wanted to show you my favorite holo of the bunch - HITS Poseidon! A Nice blue polish with a strong holographic effect, even outside of sunlight.

It's a little bit sheer, I am showing 3 coats though, so it's solid enough not to be a deal killer. I'm loving the blue colour in a holographic polish, I have wanted Nfu-oh 65, but it was out of stock last time I ordered. However, Poseidon satisfies my blue holo hunger! Mmmm I want to order all the HITS now, this is probably one of my favorite polish brands right now. Do you have any HITS polishes? If so, what are your favorites?

HITS flakies: Valsa and Lambada

Lambada

Valsa

I tried the new HITS Danca flakies over a light blue polish, Sally Hansen Insta Dry - Blue Away.

They don't show up very well on a light background, but I like the subtle look they give the creme polishes!

I liked the flakies themselves, the polishes are saturated enough, but not too chunky like the Nfu-Ohs (is there such a thing as too many flakies? Yes!).

I want to try these over black, Lambada being my favorite, as it is a mix of multicolor flakies and Valsa is blue-green flakies, which are nice as well. 

HITS Olympo Zeus holographic

HITS is a Brazilian company that produced nail polish and their contribution to the nail polish world over the last year has been TREMENDOUS. They have released a full range of holographic polishes with Spectraflair in the Olympo collection, a ton of duo/multichrome polishes from Mari Moon and the Mundo De Dancas flakie collection, which contains flakie topcoats and polishes with flakies in them. Today, I will be showing you a black holographic polish called Zeus, from the HITS Olympo; a charcoal holographic and a slayer of longtime wants. 

One of my first really-want-but-impossible-to-find polishes was OPI - My Private Jet (original holographic version) which was a black holo and it was STUNNING. I've been looking around for it in dusties but never found it... and finally, my wishes for a black holographic came true when I got my hands on Zeus.

Mmm that rainbow!

It's a little more charcoal than black, but it still lights up a rainbow. I haven't gotten sun to show you its full rainbow glory, but once I do...

It's a little thin with 4 coats to full opacity and a little jellylike. I layered this over black for maximum colour payoff and did some stamping, with Out The Door topcoat.

I can't wait to see this in the sunlight! It's so beautiful!

HITS Olympo holographic and flakie haul!

From left to right: Zeus, Hefesto, Poseidon, Artmetis, Valsa, Foxtrot, Lambada

Yesss my haul from Brazil is finally here!

Months later I can now enjoy and bask in the glory of these... the bottles are a little small but that isn't an issue for me.  The black holo, Zeus is something I've craved for a while, perhaps it might even satisfy my want for OPI My Private Jet! I can't wait to try these, I want the sun to come out so I can check them out! Have some bottle shots:

the holos

the flakies

Do you prefer flakies or holos? Which is your favourite?