World Cup Nails!

World Cup fever all around and surprisingly, this year I was caught by it too! Anyway I decided to do a set world cup nails while watching one of the games the other day and here is it!

For my base, I used OPI Can't Find My Czechbook & sponged on China Glaze Shore Enuff for the grass.

I also layered a coat of Jade Psicodelica on my index & pinky fingers for some extra wow effect. You can't really see from the picture but it's absolutely gorgeous in the sun! It's one of my favourite way to turn a boring creme into something special. :)

Anyway, I have over a hundred of stamping plates but when I go looking through them for a plate with soccer balls, I can only find 1 miserable plate with them! Can you believe it?

I used Cheeky plate CH35, which I had to remove the leg (middle finger) with a q-tip before doing random stamps of the soccer ball on my index & pinky fingers. Then I free-handed the goal post on my ring finger which kinda looked like crap.. haha

So that's it for today! I'm supporting the French, who are you rooting for this world cup? :)

Polishes Used:
OPI Can't Find My Czechbook
China Glaze Shore Enuff
Jade Psicodelica

OPI What Wizardy Is This with Jade Psicodelica

Did a simple manicure today and I'm loving it!

I combined a Holo polish Jade Psicodelica with a sands polish OPI What Wizardy Is This? and it gorgeous~!!

Loving the contrast over here. Too bad I managed to smudge it right after I took my photos by scratching myself and tips got rubbed off.

Here's another pic!

Polishes Used:
OPI What Wizardy Is This?
Jade Psicodelica

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 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 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 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

Jade Mystic Gold

Gorgeous super duper holographic gold holo!