30 Days of Blue: Layla Hologram Effect in Ocean Rush

I cannot tell you how excited I am to be sharing this polish today. I have been wanting a linear holo for a long time, and to find an amazing line of linear holos here in NM?? I almost had a massive coronary right there!

Layla Hologram Effects are the new holographic line from Layla, and are the strongest Linear holos I have ever seen. Pictures simply do not do them justice. Ocean Rush is a gorgeous deep Ocean blue Linear holo that throws double and triple rainbow V's all over the nail. I picked up 3 colors from this line and despite being seriously and amazingly holo, Ocean Rush is the LEAST holo of all 3. The Silver and Black holos are just breathtaking. Not that Ocean Rush isn't incredible. I compared them to China Glaze Sexagon when I got home, and there is just no comparison. The Layla Hologram Effect Collection just blows Sexagon out of the water. 

These pics show maybe about 1/3 of how strong this is IRL. I had some late evening sunlight, but that wasn't strong enough to really show how awesome this polish is.

First, here are some shots indoors with the Daylight Lamp:

And now in some waning sunlight:

I tried to capture this in a macro shot, but it blurred out the holo. You guys get the point, right?

I am so in love with these holos! I can't wait to show you the other 2! I may have to squeeze in some swatches this week just to share them!

Formula on these ladies was right about what you would expect from a holo, a little goopy and some drag, so you definitely want to make sure you let it dry between coats. I didn't use a basecoat with this, since you're supposed to use this special buffing file that Layla makes in order to get the best effect. It's really just a very fine grit 2-way buffer, and I found that since it makes your nails smooth and shiny as silk, that after a day or so the polish will just slide off in sheets. I would recommend either Orly Bonder of Nfu-Oh Aqua Base for these. Wear wasn't as bad as I had expected, lasting an entire 2 days with zero chips or wear, but like I mentioned, using the buffer caused it to just come off in full sheets when it did finally wear. All of those little annoyances are so very worth it for such an awesome linear holo effect though!

I picked these up at Ulta for $15.50 each. The buffer retails seperately for $2.95.

Hope you're all having a fantastic day! I'm off to do some nail art!

Happy Polishing!
-Kimber