Swatch: GOSH - Rainbow

Hi ladies! I'm back again with another lusted after polish from GOSH; Rainbow. Like Holographic, Rainbow was discontinued a while back and is getting harder and harder to find at a reasonable price but being the bargain hunter I am, I was able to find it for £6! Which is only £1 more than GOSH retail price in the UK. Rainbow is a gorgeous flakie which shifts from Orange to Copper to Yellow & Green - if you could capture the beauty of Autumn/Fall in a nail polish, this would definitely be it! In the bottle there seems to even be a Blueish shift, but I didn't really see that on the nail. The photos below are one coat of Rainbow swatched over Essie - Licorice, as you can see even with just one coat the amount of flakes are unreal!

Slightly Blurry Label Shot

Natural Light

Indoor, Natural Light

And of course, like multiple other polishes, I had to see what it was like matted! So here it is with one coat of ELF; Matte Finisher.

Natural Light

Direct Sunlight

Did I mention already that this is ONE COAT?! I can safely say, that this is the most 'flaky' flakie polish I own. How would you like the chance to own one of your own? Well, I have a spare bottle waiting for my 1000 follower giveaway (which I am only 4 followers away from!!) so be sure to stick around for that. In the meantime, have you entered in my 700 Follower Giveaway yet? One lucky winner will win the 3 new Summer shades of the Beetlejuice Collection from Models Own!

Nail Mail: Wednesday

Hi ladies! So I was originally going to do a monthly 'haul' post to show you what I've been getting, but trying to remember EVERYTHING from the past month proved to be a lot harder than I thought. Instead, I will be doing haul posts when I have at least 10 polishes to show you.
Today I got an awesome Nail Mail package on my doorstep from the lovely Gina from My Dirty Little Obsessions. A while back she posted a photo featuring multiple China Glaze polishes from the Tronica collection which she'd found in a salon and being a huge China Glaze lover I asked if she'd be willing to swap one of each she had to which she kindly said yes! Wanna see what was in the package?

China Glaze and Candies? Who wouldn't be happy with this?!

From L - R; Hologram, Cyberspace, Mega Bite, Digital Dawn & Laser Lime

Techno Teal, High Def, Virtual Violet, Gamer Glam & Electra Magenta

Yummy Candies from the US! 

How amazing is my Nail Mail?! If you don't know already the Tronica polishes all have scattered holo in them! Who doesn't love a good holo right? I only need two more to complete the collection; Hyper Haute & 3D Fantasy - if anyone is able to get those for me send me an e-mail (polishedcriminails@gmail.com) and we'll discuss possible swap/purchase.

Swatch: GOSH - Holographic

Hi ladies! It's been a while since I did a swatch post and what better way to kick things back off with than the elusive Holographic! I was lucky enough to score this from eBay for a pretty good price, mostly being that it was completely covered with polish that had leaked out, but armed with a cotton pad and some acetone, the problem was quickly 'wiped away' so to speak. There are rumours that GOSH will be re-releasing Holographic this summer, but going by previous re-releases of holographic nail polishes, I thought I'd better snag the 'original' formula whilst I can - just in case it has been changed. 

In the bottle, Holographic looks like an average 'sparkly silver' (when not in direct sunlight) and even looks like an average silver when it's first painted onto the nail, but as soon as it starts to dry...the magic happens. I did have a little bit of trouble with the application; I found that if I went over the same bit with the brush it would create a little bald spot, but patience helped deal with that. The photos below are 3 coats of Holographic with no base or top coat, there was a special base coat released with Holographic, but I don't have that!

Label Shot

Indoors, Natural Light

Indoors, Natural Light

Direct Sunlight

Direct Sunlight

Direct Sunlight

So there you have it! My two cents on GOSH - Holographic. As you can see, even when indoors, the holographic shows up on the nail needless to say I was pretty impressed when I saw that but what really took my breath away is how it just sparkles in the sun! I'm completely in LOVE with this polish, as I always knew I would be, and I'm SO glad I was able to find it cheap!