2 coats – Page 2 – The Nail Architect

30th September 20155th October 2015

Gelish After Hours Collection

Hi all. Here are my swatches of the latest Gelish autumn collection from Nail Harmony UK. There hasn’t been much lead up, pictures or content about this one so I hope you find this helpful when deciding colour choices. You will find the colours in different lights (indoors, LED and outdoors) so you can get a truer reflection of the colour and there are no editing effects or smoothing, just my nails painted with the legitimate colours. As this is the first of such posts I am doing please let me know if there is anything else you think I have missed in my initial quick review.

Sweater weather – 2 coats

Nail Harmony UK consider this to be a mellow charcoal grey. To me it is a cream mid to dark grey with a slight purple tone. It had a good application in just two coats.

Rhythm and Blues – 2 coats

A beautiful denim metallic blue completely different from any other Gelish colour. It had a great application in just two coats.

A Little Naughty – 3 coats

This is a on the darker side of a red / brown. It had a good application in 3 coats. *Nail Harmony have now updated their website and actually class it as a purple, so think it girl with a mortared / brown tone.

Last Call – 2 coats

This colour is awesome. It’s a copper / pink metallic and applies beautifully in 2 coats. If your you or your clients are a fan of oh what a knight this one is definitely for you.

Give Me Gold – 2 coats

Another beautiful metallic gold which is quite light and fantastic to apply in just 2 coats.

A-Lister – 2 coats

Another silver following the success of chain reaction from the urban cowgirl collection. It’s not quite as good a consistency so instead of 1/2 coats this one is a 2/3 coats. Personally though I much prefer this colour it is a light bright metallic silver.

Colour Comparisons

I don’t have many greys at the moment so this is a picture I took at the recent Nail Harmony South West Road Show.

I am so pleased with this collection, its offered me many new colours, I can’t but help think that I would have liked 6 metallic colours perhaps a green and a maybe a purple, but all in all I love this collection especially with the application and consistency its great value for money. And if you grab it now then you actually get one polish free. I would love to hear your thoughts and comments below.

25th September 20153rd October 2015

Colour in the spotlight – Plum tuckered out

Name: plum and tuckered out

Collection & UK launch date: Urban Cowgirl, 4th August 2015 (singles 29th August 2015)

Description & personal opinion: a dark purple crème. Inside this colour can look almost black but outside you can see it’s true plum colour.

Matching nail polish: Yes, Morgan Taylor plum and tuckered out, UK release 1st September 2015

Viscosity: smooth and creamy, not to thick and not to thin. Gelish nailed this one.

Application: awesome! Perfect in two coats, as it’s a highly pigmented colour you need to keep to thin coats to avoid any wrinkling. But I confess I was a little heavy handed withy thumb nail and still ended up wrinkle free. So a great application with no sliding or shrinkage.

Lighting variance: (indoors, led and outdoors)

Sparkles & trends:

Longevity: no problems to report.

Fading: none

Removal: easy

Similar colours: Gelish diva is very similar, but again I don’t currently have this colour

Artwork:

My verdict: an awesome colour for the autumn and winter? which looks stunning in the sunshine and with 2 coats and a perfect consistency and coverage when applying, it’s a great colour to have even if you have similar as its application is awesome.

Next week: Texas me later

6th September 20153rd October 2015

Colour in the spotlight – Holy cowgirl

Name: Holy Cow Girl

Collection & UK launch date: Urban Cowgirl, 4th August 2015 (singles 29th August 2015)

Description & personal opinion: this is a sage green crème with a beautiful subtle gold shimmer and grey tone, again it’s another brand new colour to Gelish and I love it for autumn.

Matching nail polish: yes, Morgan Taylor holy cow girl available in the UK 1st September 2015

Viscosity: crème base so can run quite thick in the cold.

Application: just 2 coats.

This applied like a dream, no shrinkage, wrinkling or running.

As this is a crème colour, if you are in a cold salon you might wish to warm the bottle before application to keep the polish thin for easy application. You can do this by standing on a warm wheat bag, placing in a bowl of warm water or any other method you prefer.

Lighting variance:

Sparkles & trends:

Top: lots of dots, escargo to Paris, grand jewels, June bride,

Bottom: am I making you Gelish? Vegas nights, rough round the edges and izzy whizzy.

Longevity: this lasted really well. As you can see from the pictures I quite substantially broke my nails this week doing a big declutter and clean. Thankfully the Gelish held even with 2 coats and stayed strong even though my nails underneath had cracked.

Fading: none

Removal: easy removal on this one.

Similar colours: this is a really new colour for Gelish and I have struggled to find a similar gel polish. The nearest is possibly LeChat tranquility but this does not have the shimmer.

Artwork:

A dotty design using tan my hide, from rodeo to rodeo drive and pumps or cowboy boots

My verdict: this colour is great, with 2 coats I was amazed at its strength and application. It’s a completely new colour from anything around and with its gold shimmer is just awesome for the colder months. You are definitely on to a winner with this one.

Next week: from rodeo to rodeo drive