It's about time I showed another of my Spectraflair frankens, isn't it? This one, I've named Boom Boom Ba, and it's made from one bottle of Essence Break Through with a tiny amount of Spectraflair and some clear polish to thin the base. It has a fairly subtle holo effect, but it's just enough to add some life and dimension. My bottle of Break Through is one of the old ones, but according to the Essence website, it should still be available in their newer Colour & Go line.
full sun
Here it is in full sun. This is two coats Boom Boom Ba, stamped using Color Club Revvvolution and Cheeky Jumbo plate D. My bottle of Revvvolution is not as holo as I'd like it to be, but I'm not sure I'd call it a dud bottle, as it's still very nice. Hopefully you can see the effect here in the stamping. This is the most true-to-color photo of the bunch, as the others pull too blue.
full spectrum lamp
Here it is under my full spectrum lamp. As you can see, the holo effect is slightly less, but still visible, especially in the bottle. Again, this is bluer than the polish is in real life.
shade
This is full shade, and the holo effect is completely dampened, but it's clearly not a plain cream polish. It has depth, but no rainbows.
Here's the song inspiration behind my franken name, complete with a video from the TV show (Dead Like Me) where I first heard and enjoyed the song:
China Glaze Exotic Encounters. 2 coats, no topcoat. This is a medium, very-green-leaning teal crème that can look kelly green in certain light. It's beautiful, shiny, nicely opaque and application was fuss-free. If your collection is missing a teal, I would recommend this one.
lightbox
Color Club Snow-Flakes. One coat (over ChG EE) with topcoat. Snow-Flakes is your classic rich-orange-to-emerald-green flakie, just like Essie Shine of the Times or Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure. Gorgeous, as always, but sadly not scented, even if you buy it at Sally Beauty.Darn it, I was so hoping for a scented flakie! And, yes, there is a dash in the name - see what they did there? Anybody else buy any Color Club holiday polishes? Some products mentioned in this post were provided by a representative of the company for consideration. All opinions are mine.
