Color Club Port-folio

Color Club Port-folio is a lovely medium purple with extremely strong duochrome green flash. This reminds me of an oil slick, or maybe the shell of a beetle. Very cool polish, and not one that's gotten a whole lot of hype, from what I can tell. Remember when duochromes like this were the mythical unicorns of the polish world? Decent application, and this was two coats:

What do you think of Port-folio? Has it caught your eye?

Color Club Bright Night and Pearl-spective

Today I've got two lacquers from the Color Club Kaleidoscope Collection (Spring 2013): Bright Night (intense, vivid, cobalt blue), and Pearl-spective (a fine flakey shimmer topcoat that flashes pink and gold). I layered Pearl-spective over top of Bright Night for this manicure; I was really happy with how much Pearl-spective stood out as a topcoat, and loved how finely milled the flakey shimmer was. 

And a shot of Bright Night by itself- sorry for the partial shadow! This really deserves a number of photos because it's so perfectly vivid and blue (not to mention utterly smooth and creamy), but I've just got this one for you today.

What do you think of these two shades from the Color Club Kaleidoscope collection?

OPI German-icure by OPI (plus comparisons)

Today I have a great vampy shimmer to share with you, although I imagine you've already seen it a billion times by now. This is OPI German-icure by OPI, from the Fall 2012 collection. It's a deep vampy red loaded with coppery shimmer. 

As you can see, it has that lit-from-within, dark around the edges look that really nice vampy shimmers have. In the next photo (taken under direct light) you can really see the coppery shimmer running through it.

In the shade:

In full sunlight (I love how it looks here):

I also decided to do a comparison between some similar shades in my stash; left to right we have Color Club Jewel of a Girl, OPI German-icure, and OPI Royal Rajah Ruby

On the nail, left to right: Jewel Of A Girl, German-icure, Royal Rajah Ruby

Left to Right: Royal Rajah Ruby, German-icure, Jewel of a Girl.

Of these three, Color Club Jewel of a Girl is the farthest off; it's far more purple, although it still has that lovely vampy shimmer look to it. Royal Rajah Ruby and German-icure are far closer, although they certainly aren't dupes. The main difference is the very prominent copper shimmer German-icure has; Royal Rajah Ruby is a bit murkier, with less obvious red shimmer. To my eye, German-icure is warmer looking, probably because of all that copper shimmer.

Which of the three do you like best? And have you tried saying "Royal Rajah Ruby" ten times fast?

Color Club Magnetic Lacquer - Cop An Attitude

Today I have a good magnetic polish to share with you; this is Color Club Magnetic Nail Lacquer in Cop An Attitude. This shade is a rusty gold shade with bright red fleck shimmer that appears after the magnet is applied. 

The magnet, which is on the removable cap, forms a wavy design. I found the magnet quite easy to use, and it has the same handy finger guide that the Nails Inc magnetics have. Overall, the bottle design is a good one.

The design formed quite easily, and turned out to be fairly crisp. I love the red shimmer that appears once the design has formed! You can see it quite well in the following pictures (click to enlarge them).

If you're looking for a good magnetic polish, this is a great option, and the price point is quite a bit cheaper than many other magnetic lacquers. I also find that this particular colour combination- rusty gold with bright red shimmer- is pretty unique! What do you think of Color Club Cop An Attitude?

Color Club Sci Fi

I have another Color Club magnetic polish to show you today- this time it's an olive green with brilliant gold sparkle. The magnetic design combined with the sparkle in this makes for a really cool effect- when the magnet separates the pigments, the gold sparkle in this really comes to life. 

This was two coats of Sci Fi (with the magnet applied immediately after the second coat of lacquer).

As I mentioned in my last post about Color Club Magnetic Force, the magnet is really easy to use, and creates a wavy pattern design. If you're new to magnetic lacquers, I would highly recommend trying one of the Color Club polishes.

The finished effect on this polish kind of reminds me of a favourite bracelet of mine (interestingly enough, the bracelet is also "magnetic" in the sense that the small beads stringing it together are magnetic- I suppose that makes them a really good match!).

Overall, Sci Fi was a huge winner for me- the gold sparkle in this makes it a stunner. What do you think of Color Club Sci Fi?

Color Club Magnetic Force

I have a magnetic polish to share with you today! This time I'll be showing you Magnetic Force, a deep blackened eggplant-burgundy shade, from the Color Club magnetic collection. This is what two coats of Magnetic Force looks like:

The magnetic pattern that is created is a wavy design (as seen on the cap), which is neat, but I do find myself wishing for more new shapes! Hopefully magnetic polish designs will become more diverse in the near future.

The magnetic design, and actually the whole bottle, is very similar to the Nails Inc. magnetic lacquers. In fact, I'd say it's an exact match to the Nails Inc. bottle (although the colour of lacquer is different, of course).

I'm still crazy about magnetic polishes and the cool effect that results with the application of the magnet. In this case I found it very convenient to use- as you can see, the cap has a magnet in it, which you can remove from the brush for ease of use, and it comes with a raised cuticle guide to help with placement.

What do you think of Color Club Magnetic Force? Are you planning on trying more magnetic lacquers?