Showing posts with label Bow Nail Polish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bow Nail Polish. Show all posts

Bow Nail Polish Magnetic Holo (Part) Collection - Swatches & Review

Tuesday, 27 March 2018


It's funny (for me) to think how many polishes I swatch or use for nail art.  It's definitely a lot!  While I like to think that I mix it up and play with a bunch of different types of polishes apparently that's not so much the case.  It occurred to me when I sat down and began swatching the Bow Nail Polish Magnetic Holo polishes, that it has been quite some since I have actually put on a multichrome polish.  And even longer since I have played with a magnetic polish.


I am going to do a quick summary of my thoughts on each of these polishes to save repeating myself.  For each of these polishes I only used the magnet on my pink and ring nails so that you can see the before and after of the magnet.  I found that the magnet made these polishes change quite a bit.  The formulas on all of these polishes are great.  They all apply evenly and are opaque in two coats.  The colour shift on each polishes is fantastic too.

Doomsday Holo is a multichrome magnetic that shifts between raspberry pink, gold, orange and green and has added silver holographic glitters.

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Gravity Holo is a multichrome magnetic that shifts between a green, blue, purple and magenta with added holographic glitter.

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Meteorite Holo is a multichrome magnetic that shifts between red, orange, gold and olive green with added holographic glitter. 

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I really love these polishes.  I think they look great both with and without the magnetic change.  I think that these polishes would be great for some galaxy nail art.

The Bow Magnetic Holo polishes are available from Dance Legend.  They also offer international shipping.

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Bow Nail Polish Summer 2017 (Part) Collection - Swatches & Review

Monday, 25 September 2017


Today I have another two polishes that I received from Dance Legend to share with you.  These polishes are from their Bow Nail Polish Summer 2017 range.  There are a total of eight new polishes added to the range (and there are some real pretty ones).


Feeling Good is described as having a light blue base with a purple undertone enhanced by a pearly pink shimmer mixed with holographic particles.  I love this one.  I think it's so beautiful and the formula is great.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Playing With Fire is described as A semi-sheer raspberry-tinted jelly loaded with duochrome green-pink metallic flakes.  This one can be built up to be opaque on it's own but I am thinking it would take four coats (or maybe three if you aren't as fussy as me).  I used a black base for my swatch.  I really like this one too.  There are more shifty colours in this polish but my camera couldn't quite capture them.  My swatch shows two coats over black.

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Both of these shades along with the other six shades are available now from Bow Nail Polish and Dance Legend.

Bow Nail Polish Out Of Space (Part) Collection - Swatches & Review

Monday, 4 July 2016


Along with the Dance Legend polishes I received a couple of weeks back, I also received some of Bow Nail Polish's Out Of Space Collection.  This collection consists of twenty one polishes, which feature flakies, multichromes and holos in various colours. I have actually swatched and reviewed four of these polishes back in February (you can check out that post here if you are interested).  Today I have seven more of the Out Of Space polishes to share with you.  Just as a word of warning, this post is quite picture heavy.


Burning Bridges is a grey-green base with iridescent pink, copper, orange and green shimmer.  This polish also shifts to gold-bronze and has a scattering of holo.  This is a really interesting polish.  I wasn't too sure how much I would like in when I first put it on but I honestly couldn't stop staring at my nails all day.  The formula is easy to use but is on the sheer side.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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Cold Hearts is a duochrome that shifts between a silvery pink to grey-green, and has fine scattered holo throughout.  Quite pretty.  The formula is a little sheer on the first coat but builds up in two coats.  It is still slightly see through at the tips in direct light.

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Drown is a blue jelly with blue and green flakies and holo.  The formula of this one is a little tricky to work with.  I found that the polish would drag if you applied polish in the same spot so I definitely recommend minimal brush strokes.  The polish is also quite sheer but it is so pretty.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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My Herione is a grey-purple (with a blue midtone) jelly base with a duochrome shimmer that shifts from raspberry pink to gold.  Really pretty.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Northern Lights is a bright azure metallic duochrome that shifts to blue-violet and has scattered holo glitters.  This polish screams mermaid to me.  It's stunning.  The formula is easy to use.  I used two coats for my swatch.  I should note that this polish is labelled as "Nothern Lights" but I am not sure if that is a typo or not.

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Skies Fall has a gray-purple jelly base and shimmer that shifts from bright blue to purple and crimson.  The formula of this one is also a little tricky to work with so I recommend minimal brush strokes on the first coat.  The second and third coats apply well.  The colour shift of this polish is fantastic, although I didn't quite have the right lighting to be able to capture the purple shift.  It is definitely visible in person.  My swatch shows three coats.

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Swamp has a muted dark purple/grey base, holographic glitter and shimmer that shifts from green-blue to purple-pink.  Another pretty polish.  The formula is a little sheer by builds up nicely.  My swatch shows three coats.

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Did you make it to the end of this post?  Sorry it was so long but I really struggled to cut it done.  These polishes are all really pretty with great colour shifts.  The holo is also definitely more visible and pretty in person than what it shows in my pictures.  I really like them all.

The Out Of Space Collection is available from Dance Legend (with international shipping).

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