Holographic Rainbow

I have some beautiful holographic rainbows today!

This set of nail art was inspired by a post on Pinterest from pinkandpolishednails. Check out the original nail art here.

For my version, I used a few colours from China Glaze, and topped them with a coat of Jade Psicodelica for the holographic effect.

The colours I used are:

China Glaze Make Some Noise
China Glaze Neon & On & On
China Glaze Lemon Fizz
China Glaze Re-fresh Mint
China Glaze Splish Splash

For my accent finger, I used Color Club Harp On It for some extra holographic effect.

I know my holographic polish photos hasnt been very holo lately. That's because I can't seem to catch the sun anymore. :(

Either I'm too early (before I go to work in the morning), or I'm too late (after I wakes up during weekend).. so I apologies that you guys have to see disappointing holo photos these few times when the actual polish is dazzling in real life. haha

Stay tune for more nail art next time! :)

Christmas Tree On My Nails!

An early Christmas nails! China Glaze This Is Tree-Mendous from the Happy HoliGlaze collection is really the perfect Christmas Tree color! :)

I also stamped some snowflakes on my other fingers with ColorClub What A Drag but it can hardly be seen on my nails.

Polishes Used:
China Glaze This Is Tree-Mendous
OPI Care To Danse?
OPI What Wizardry Is This?
ColorClub What A Drag
ColorClub Cloud Nine
China Glaze Fairy Dust

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Ocean Blue

This post is really overdue! Took these photos a while ago and only had chance to post them today!

Nabi Ocean Blue is a beautiful turquoise blue holographic polish with green flash! Love the color of this one! So gorgeous!

The only issue I have with this polish is I think it stains abit. Double up your base coat before using this.

The holographic effect for this polish is great, quite obvious even in indoor lighting.

If you are only getting a few colors, I would recommend this!

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Ocean Blue

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Pefite Teal

Another Nabi swatch post while I'm still swatching the China Glaze Halloween collection. Today I have Nabi Pefite Teal!

Nabi Pefite Teal is a sea-form green holographic polish with teal flash!

The holographic effect for Nabi Pefite Teal is great compared to some of the others, and it is until now the most lasting Nabi holographic I've tried on.

It lasted for a whole 3 days without chips on my nails without any top coat!

I know I should compare against one of the ColorClub Halo Hues but I think it wouldnt be fair. =P

Polishes Used:
Nabi Pefite Teal

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Hot Pink

Nabi Holographic Hot Pink is a bright pink holographic polish with orange-y fuchsia flash. This pink is so bright that it's almost neon!

The downside of this polish it that the holo factor is kind of meh.. It is a very very fade linear holo that you can only spot if you know it's there. Otherwise, it just look like tiny holographic shimmers.

Nabi Holographic Hot Pink vs Jade Delirio Rosa

For comparison, I decided to compare against Jade Delirio Rosa as both polishes looked the most similar from the bottle.

You may not be able to see due to the super strong holo effect of Jade Delirio Rosa, but Nabi Hot Pink is a much brighter & stronger pink than Jade Delirio Rosa.

Overall, I would recommend this polish if you are looking for a beautiful bright pink, but probably not if you are looking for a strong holo polish.

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Hot Pink
Jade Delirio Rose

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Green

Today I have Nabi Holographic Green, a beautiful apple green holographic polish with teal flash!

Love this one! The holographic effect is quite strong! It might easily be one of the most holo polish among all the Nabi that I have swatched!

For comparison, I compared against Milani Hi-Tech.

Nabi Green vs Milani Hi-tech

Colour-wise, Nabi Green is closer to apple green, while Milani Hi-Tech is closer to lime green.

I guess the biggest surprise for me is to find out that Milani Hi-Tech is actually a linear holo too! LOL.. I used to think all of Milani holos are scattered.

Nabi Green vs Milani Hi-tech

I'm sorry but Milani Hi-Tech is no match against Nabi Holographic Green! =P

Polishes Used:

Nabi Holographic Green

Milani Hi-Tech

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Sky Blue

Another Post! Nabi Holographic Sky Blue!

This polish actually looked more lavender than blue in the bottle so initially I was like.. "what.. why is it called sky blue." But after 2 coats, the blue started to show. So I guess it really is blue, but maybe not sky blue though.. Light denim maybe?

Okay.. So Nabi Holographic Sky Blue is a light denim blue holographic polish with beautiful burple flash!

The holographic effect for this polish is quite strong! Finally! After 2 consecutive mild ones, I almost thought it's my lighting and not the polish. Luckily this came along! :)

Gorgeous holo deserves 3 photos! LOL

Nabi Sky Blue vs China Glaze High Def

For comparison, I decided to compare against China Glaze High Def from the Tronica collection. Both polishes actually have really similar holographic flash but as you can see, Nabi Sky Blue is much more holo than CG High Def.

Nabi Sky Blue vs China Glaze High Def

The shade for Nabi Holographic Sky Blue is not as unique as some of the others, but if you are a holo junkie like me, I guess you need to get this! :)

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Sky Blue
China Glaze High Def

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Navy Blue

Nabi Holographic Navy Blue is a beautiful deep blue holographic with green flash. I love the colour, but the holographic effect for this polish is kinda weak.

Can you spot the little green flash? Of course it's more obvious in real life.. I just had some problems capturing them on the camera.

I didnt have any blue holo polishes in my stash like this as well. All my blue holos are much lighter than this. Love the unique deep blue shade of this polish!

Nabi Navy Blue vs China Glaze Take A Trek

I did a comparison with China Glaze Take A Trek as I thought it might be similar to the denim blue of Take A Trek.. As you can see, they are nothing alike. =P

Nabi Navy Blue vs Jade Hypnose

I also did a quick comparison with Jade Hypnose. Jade Hypnose like most of my other blues is much lighter than Nabi Navy Blue, and have a hint of green in it.

Verdict: This polish is beautiful if you ignore the fact that it is actually a holographic polish. Holo-wise, it's a little disappointing for me. Would you get it just for it's colour?

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Navy Blue
China Glaze Take A Trek
Jade Hypnose

Swatch: Nabi Holographic L.Pink

I just received the China Glaze Autumn Nights collection so I'm trying to post more frequently now to clear all the Nabi polishes that I need to swatch and move on to the new China Glaze! Are you excited? :)

Today I have swatches of Nabi Holographic L.Pink!

Nabi Holographic L.Pink is a bright light pink with subtle coral-orange-ish holographic flash.

There are some things that I need to confess about this polish..

1) I thought I wouldn't like it. I was so wrong.. I absolutely love it! This might be the Nabi Holographic polish that I would wear the most. The pink is so pretty & so flattering on my skin! My friends spotted it on me and and fell in love too!

2) I thought it might be scattered holo as I wasnt able to see any holo in the polish initially. Wrong.. It is linear holo. It's very very subtle, barely there.. but it's there. Just a little hard to spot.

3) I thought it would be just another common pink holo polish. Wrong! I have absolutely nothing like it in my collection! None of them is such a bright & cheerful pink!

For comparison, as I said.. I didnt have anything similar in my collection, so I compared with another of the Nabi pinks.

Nabi L.Pink vs Nabi Hot Pink

Nabi Hot Pink is just a shade darker than Nabi L.Pink. Both are beautiful. If you have fair skin like me, both shades would probably look great on you too. :)

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic L.Pink
Nabi Holographic Hot Pink

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Silver

Today I have swatches of Nabi Holographic Silver. This is one of the less exciting ones in the collection.

Nabi Holographic Silver have a rainbow colored holographic flash under light. The holographic effect is soft & subtle.

Very pretty, but I do feel kinda underwhelmed because there are simply too many silver holographic polishes out there and so many of them are much prettier.

Nabi Silver vs ColorClub Worth The Risque

I found a dupe! For the photo above, I had Nabi Holographic Silver on my index & ring fingers, and ColorClub Worth The Risque on my middle & pinkie fingers. Can you tell? haha..

I had to be very careful not to mix the photos up because both polishes are dead on dupes. The formula is totally different though. Nabi Holographic Silver is much more sheer and requires about 3 coats, while you can get away with a careful 1 coat with ColorClub Worth The Risque.

Nabi Silver vs Jade Psicodelica

I also did a quick comparison with Jade Psicodelica. This is my first time using my Jade Psicodelica so I was rather surprised that it's kinda like a foil like holographic polish. Really unique!

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Silver
ColorClub Worth The Risque
Jade Psicodelica

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Teal

Okay, I was lazy for awhile.. but today I have Nabi's Holographic Teal!

Get blown away~ Nabi Holographic Teal is so so beautiful! The holographic effect flashes green & blue which is gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous~~~~

This reminds me so much of China Glaze's Atlantis which is another must have. :)

The only problem I have with this polish is that IT STAINS! Seriously. Double coat or Triple coat of base coat if you are going to put this on.

For comparison, I compared Nabi Holographic Teal with Jade's energy. I know they're not exactly close, but I dont really have a drawer full of teal holographic polishes lying around. =P

Jade Energy is darker.. like most of the comparison I have done so far.. Seriously, is Nabi just trying to make Holos that are much lighter than everyone else?

Surprisingly, I actually like Nabi Holographic Teal more.. stain or no stain, the colour is just too beautiful to resist!

I hope I convinced you to get this polish because of my swatch because you wont regret it. LOL

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Black

Today I have with me Nabi Holographic Black! Black is really gorgeous, with the most colorful holographic rainbow flash among those already swatched!

Even though it's called Black, I think Nabi Holographic Black is actually closer to being a gun metal grey color. I used 3 thin coats to achieve this color and opacity.

Nabi Holographic Black vs ColorClub Revvvolution

In the picture above, I have ColorClub Revvvolution on my middle finder and pinkie for comparison against Nabi Holographic Black.

I was really surprised to find that both polishes actually have the exact same holographic flash! The only difference between both polishes is that ColorClub Revvvolution is slightly darker in color and is closer to being 'black'.

Nabi Holographic Black vs China Glaze Galactic Gray

I also did a quick comparison with China Glaze Galactic Gray as I remember the polish being described as gun-metal grey. But when placed side by side, CG Galactic Gray actually looked slightly brown instead of grey.

As mentioned in my previous Nabi Holographic post, Nabi Holographics are coarse/grainy type while China Glaze Hologlam are the smooth type.

In all, I'm a little disappointed that Nabi Holographic Black is not 'black' enough, but I'm satisfied with the holographic flash!

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Black
ColorClub Revvvolution
China Glaze Galactic Gray

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Flamingo

Nabi Flamingo is a magenta pink holographic polish with a beautiful purple flash!

Formula is great although almost all of Nabi's holographic polishes that I have tried so far are on the sheer side and requires about 3-4 coat to bring out the colour.

Isnt it really gorgeous? Although I must admit that I dont think there would be holographic polish which I dont think is gorgeous.. LOL

Nabi Holographic Flamingo vs China Glaze Infra Red

For comparison, the first polish that I thought of is China Glaze Infra Red from the CG Hologlam 2013 collection!

The color for both polishes is quite close though definitely not the same, and their holographic finish is very different too. Nabi Holographic Flamingo is more of the coarse type of holographic finish while China Glaze Infra Red is the smooth type of holographic finish.

Nabi Holographic Flamingo vs China Glaze Infra Red

I guess out of these 2, I would prefer Nabi Holographic Flamingo as I was never quite a fan of China Glaze Infra Red.. The holographic effect for CG Infra Red is a little too weak for me.

Nabi Flamingo vs Nabi L.Pink vs Nabi Hot Pink

As I also have a few other pinks from Nabi, I decided to do a comparison between them as well.

In the picture above, I'm having Nabi L.Pink on my middle finger and Nabi Hot Pink on my pinkie.

Nabi Flamingo vs Nabi L.Pink vs Nabi Hot Pink

This is just for comparison between the colours. The holographic effect for the 2 other pinks was not captured well.

Let me know you think! Do you like Nabi Holographic Flamingo?

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Flamingo
China Glaze Infra Red
Nabi Holographic L.Pink
Nabi Holographic Hot Pink

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Gold

Today I'm showing you guys Gold from the Nabi Holographic collection!

This nail polish is called Gold, but I do feel that it's just a fine line away from being Yellow. It's still really beautiful though, with a blue-green flash linear holo effect under light.

Noticed that Nabi likes to have holo effects that are similar to the base color. It is beautiful, but does makes it hard to capture on film as well.

Gorgeous!

For comparison, I compared Nabi Holographic Gold with Jade Mystic Gold.

Jade Mystic Gold is more brown compared to Nabi Holographic Gold and the holo flashes blue-Orange instead.

Although the Holo effects for Jade Mystic Gold is stronger, I think I still prefer Nabi Holographic Gold out of the two because of the blue-green holographic flash!

Not sure if you can see it in the pictures but it's really gorgeous in real life. Sort of like reminds me of sea in glistering sunlight. Love!

For my Singapore reader, Nabi Holographic polishes will be available at PolishAlley soon! Stay Tuned!

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Gold
Jade Mystic Gold