Nfu Oh - 65

APPLICATION: Smooth, applied over Aquabase from the same brand.
COATS: 2
TOPCOAT?: No
SOURCE: www.fabuloustreet.com
COMMENTS: These kinds of holographic polishes are nice, especially in the sun. However I'm always a little disappointed at how unimpressive they look when they're not in direct light. This mani didn't last long without topcoat. The one nail on my right hand that I used a supposedly holo-safe topcoat on still dulled significantly after the topcoat had dried. Ah well, good thing it was a sunny day!

Indoors - artificial light

Outdoors - direct sunlight

Indoors - indirect light

China Glaze - TTYL and Nfu Oh - 63

APPLICATION: Tricky, especially with the Nfu Oh. You have to apply these without going over the same area twice otherwise you risk getting bald patches on the nail.
COATS: 2 of each
TOPCOAT?: Yes, in all but the first two photos.
SOURCE: China Glaze:Victoria Nail Supply, Nfu Oh: fabuloustreet
COMMENTS: I realized I have been seriously neglecting the holographic polishes in my collection and so decided to enjoy these over the weekend. Once again, I think I prefer scattered holo to superfine linear holo. The latter are just so dull when there isn't lots of light bouncing off them, which is  most of the time. I added some glitter on the tips to liven this mani up indoors.

Um, excuse me, where's my holo? This is what it looks like most of the time:

ABOP Franken - Get Your Own Sorbet!

APPLICATION: Smooth
COATS: 2
TOPCOAT?: Not until after Nfu Oh - 59 flakies added.
SOURCE: Abop franken for the jelly, www.fabuloustreet.com for the Nfu Oh - 59.
COMMENTS: I've been seeing the OPI Texas collection around the nail blog world, and didn't feel I had to have any of the colors. Then I saw the sorbet/jelly ones in person. Gorgeous! And the store salesperson was wearing one of each of the red/coral/purple ones on her fingers. Want!!  At $8.50 each, that wasn't going to work for me, and I didn't have any JCP coupons. I told myself I would create my own sorbets - even if they weren't exactly the same, something with a similar squishiness and shine. So, here is the first one.

Made of two polishes - an old L'Oreal - Stroke of Midnight, and Out the Door topcoat. Simple, quick dry, shiny:

Started the mani by applying rub-ons directly onto base coat. Less waiting, and I knew they'd still show through:

Topped with Nfu-Oh 59 the next evening:

I haven't seen swatches of the OPI sorbets on longer nails yet, but I wonder how many coats those take to obscure the nail line...

Ruby Kisses - RNP141 and Nfu Oh - 51

APPLICATION: Smooth
COATS: 2 of the blue, 1 of the flaky
TOPCOAT?: Not until after adding the last layer of flaky - the blue is so shiny on its own!
SOURCE: Ruby Kisses is sold at a beauty supply store nearby, Nfu Oh is from the website
COMMENTS: This blue caught my eye and reminded me of another polish I've been seeing on the nail board at makeupalley lately. I could tell just from looking at the bottle that it would be a "jelly" - not fully opaque, but still packing quite a lot of color. I added the Nfu Oh flaky (oh my, so many flakes in each brushstroke!) for some visual interest.

One coat on my left hand:

Two coats on my right hand: