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Friday, July 22, 2011

Trying Out the SpectraFlair Top Coat...

A fellow member of the Facebook group Polish-aholics Anonymous created a holographic topcoat using the infamous SpectraFlair holographic powder and some clear nail polish. Mine finally arrived a few days ago, but I have been patiently holding out on using it until we got some sunshine around here. Trust me, it was hard...

I applied one coat over my existing Borghese Berry Confezione manicure to achieve this holo goodness :)

Feel free to click on any of the photos to zoom in...




Outside in the sunshine...


Just look at that gorgeous rainbow... :D


My only issues with this was that the SpectraFlair powder settles out really quickly and tends to stick together/to the bottle. It needs to be shaken for quite a while and still a good part of the powder is stuck to the bottom. I suspect it is due to lack of suspending agents...

Also, while I love the holo effect, the original color almost completely disappeared for me. I am curious to see how this looks by itself and over silver...

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)
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7 comments:

  1. SophieJuly 22, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    If you shake it less, more of the colour shoes through but it will still be very holo. It's kind of a fine line haha But you'll notice when you apply it if it looks super gray or not

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  2. AnutkaJuly 22, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    Oooh, thanks! I will have to try that!!!

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  3. MeekaJuly 22, 2011 at 9:18 AM

    Ah, so pretty. I'd almost be tempted to thin it out a bit with some clear to see if that helps show more color.

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  4. IvanaJuly 22, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    Pretty! You must love holos, they're so stunning. ♥

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  5. SandraJuly 22, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    It looks gorgeous!

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  6. KellyJuly 22, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    Ohmygosh that is amazing!! Yet another thing to add to my wishlist :)

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  7. AnutkaJuly 23, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Thanks for the comments and suggestions! I will try using less of it and see if I still get a good holo effect :D

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