Butter London - Trustafarian

Light sage green/gold holo  

Butter London Trustafarian is a pretty but sheer fine holo.

The colour out of full sun does have a hint of sage/grey green but in the sunlight it's a warmer olive green and more gold leaning.  The holo is scattered and fine.

It's also fairly sheer, this swatch is 3 coats and I still have some VNL, definitely one that would be better layered.

The formula is thin and somewhat runny, go careful with the application.

Trustafarian is from the Autumn 2012 collection.

Seche - Pretty Little Heartbreaker

Cool bubblegum pink creme  

Another bright spring shade today...

Pretty Little Heartbreaker is a cool toned saturated light pink creme

Swatch shown is 2 coats, no top coat, not even Seche Vite!

Application was great, I've got quite a collection of Seche polishes now and the formula on all of these has been wonderful.  Opaque, buttery application and a great shine even without the famous top coat!

Again this polish came to me via a sale site, in this case BrandAlley

Anyone else tried & loved Seche polishes?

Alessandro - Pale Blue Lagoon

Pale blue creme  

The sun is shining and everything is sprouting green, it feels like Spring is finally here so he's a lovely springy pastel shade.

Pale Blue Lagoon is, like the name indicates, a pale blue creme.

It's a mini bottle of only 5ml but let's face it, I'm pretty unlikely run out!

Alessandro are a German brand of nail polish and nail care - their hand creams are fabulous.  I did pick up a few on business trips to Germany but most have come from flash sales on Vente-Privee.  When not buying from cheap sale sites I think they're at least mid-range, in Germany I saw them in department stores and higher end pharmacies rather than drug-store equivalents.

Application was pretty good for a pastel, swatch shown is 3 coats and as usual, the mini bottle/brush didn't cause me and my tiny nails any issues!

This colour is a little changeable depending on the light, looking cooler & starker in indirect light and slightly more turquoise in full sun

Nubar - Gem

Pink/taupe scattered holo  

Gem is from Nubar's 2010 Prism collection which was all holo's IIRC.

It's a pretty pinkish taupe shimmering polish with scattered slightly chunky holo sparkles

The formula was a little thin, this swatch is 3 coats with no top coat and regular base coat.

Definitely a great example of a subtle holo.

Barielle - Lemondrops

Bright yellow creme  

Lemondrops is a bright yellow creme, not neon in any way, just a lovely bright yellow.

From what I can glean, Lemondrops was part of the Summer 2009 collection and the Summer Brights collection in 2013.

Swatch shown is 3 coats with no top coat and as yellows go, this wasn't too bad for streakiness.

Mavala - Neroli

Pale orange/peach pearl  

Hmm - orangey peach pearl - that's all I need to say right?

Swatch shown is 3 coats, this has significant brush stroke marks and still isn't opaque

Just horrid - this went straight into the sale box!

Can anyone find any love for this?

Leighton Denny - Caught Red Handed

Glowy red shimmer  

The fact that I've eaten toast, cereal and a burrito on the train for evening meals means it's been one of those weeks!  Ah, well at least it's Friday now!

Caught Red Handed is a glowy red shimmer that has a hint of sparkle in full sunlight (3rd pic)

Swatch is 2 coats with no top coat and application was great.

Gorgeous, looks almost like the metallic finish of red tinsel!

Here's how it's described on Leighton's site..

A bright iridescent red that gives a 'naughty but nice' impression. Caught Red Handed creates nails with more than their share of Va-Va-Voom! Superb depth of colour, a metallic 3-D shimmer and an incredible high gloss shine

L'Oreal Color Riche - Divine Purple

Rich purple shimmer  

Divine Purple is definitely a divine colour, a gorgeous rich purple shimmer.  It almost looks like a hint of duochrome in the bottle but I couldn't see any on my nails...

This polish had great formula and opacity - Swatch shown is 2 coats with no top coat.

This didn't dry with much of a shine and would be improved by top coat.

So what's the downside?  Apart from the pretty tiny bottles (only 5ml) for me, the killer is the hideous fat brush, just far too fat and blobby for my small, narrow nails.  But I love the colour.  Solution is probably to decant into another bottle!

Barielle - Teaser

Dark green creme for St Patrick's Day  

Something green for St Paddy's...

Teaser is a deep green creme that definitely leans a little blue, not the apple-green you mostly see on St Patrick's Day...

Formula was fabulous, swatch is 2 coats with no top coat but it was almost a one-coat-wonder and so shiny...

Leighton Denny - Honey Pot

Suede finish copper shimmer  

Honey Pot is a suede finish copper shimmer

The suede finish was a bit of a surprise and the polish/finish combination is pretty different than the colour appears in the bottle.

Looking at it close up, it's speckled finish of mainly copper and some silver and, of course, dries with a suede finish - not quite matte but a long way from shiny.

Honey Pot was part of the Per Suede Me collection that might've been a QVC exclusive.

Swatch shown is 2 coats, no top coat in the first pics, one coat of topcoat added for the final picture to see how it looks shiny!

Leighton Denny - Rampant Rose

Deep dusky pink creme  

Rampant Rose is a deep creamy, pink shade with a hint of dusky brick tones...

Swatch shown is 2 coats with no top coat but look how super shiny it is.

Fantastic application, brush, formula on this one.

Accessorize - Storm

Purple toned grey pearl  

Storm is a purple/grey pearl, as such it's a little brush-strokey, but I can totally live with that.

Swatch shown is 2 coats with no top coat.

Stunning colour, I must dig this out to wear again.

Accessorize launched with a bang a few years back with a number of stunning foils, including a dupe for a the colour of the moment at the time, Mac's Bad Fairy, but I must admit I haven't paid much attention to them since.  Time to check out their recent collections I think.  Any recommendations?

Catrice - Dirty Berry

Purple scattered holo  

I'm still growing my nails out after a series of breaks.  It's been 6 months since the mega-stress of wedding planning which seemed to really take it out on my nails and I've had 7 out of 10 break.  Which means I'm mining Picasa for old swatches I haven't shared - this one is from 2011!

Dirty Berry is a dusky lilac fine scattered holo.  The holo effect isn't strong and out of the sun it looks more like a silver speckle.

Swatch shown is 2 coats with top coat as I dinged one of my fingers

I love this, the muted blue toned purple is lovely and although the holo isn't super strong it adds up to a very pretty polish.