China Glaze - IDK

Pale purple holographic  

Back in early 2008 China Glaze launched the OMG collection of 12 holographic polishes, 6 warm and 6 cool toned.  I just have two from the cool toned collection.

IDK is a lilac/purple linear holographic.  Not very exciting when viewed in indirect light, comes alive in sunlight.

Swatches are 3 coats, no top coat.  As you can see from the swatches these dry with a muted finish.

The holo in this is very fine and linear, unlike the Kaleidoscope collection which was scattered, larger format holos.

Unfortunately these collections are discontinued and not easy to find but I'm sure there are duplicates available in other ranges.

China Glaze - Kaleidoscope Him Out

Light blue scattered holo  

Out of sun

Kaleidoscope Him Out is a cool light blue scattered holo. The holo effect didn't show super strong for me it's more delicate to match the base colour.

Swatch shown is 3 coats, no top coat.

Formula on this was thin and very fast drying, slightly sheer hence the 3 coats.

This polish is from the 2006 Kaleidoscope collection, a collection that was discontinued a few years later and rather sought after for a while.  I'm not a China Glaze collector as such, I picked this up in a bargain job lot of China Glaze polishes on ebay.

China Glaze - Laced Up

Bubblegum pink creme

Blimey, my first China Glaze swatch!  Not sure how that happened as I have a reasonable collection of them including a great joblot haul I picked up from ebay for a song.

Laced Up is a fabulously pink creme from the China Glaze Summer 2009 collection so this must've been one I picked up on ebay.

Application was fine although as you may be  able see in the pics that I had some problems with the polish not self-levelling.  Would easily be fixed by a coat of top coat though.

Swatch shown is 2 coats, no top coat.

Overall it's nice but nothing unique, in fact I have another China Glaze, Rich & Famous which looks very similar.