Hello lovelies,
here’s the second part of my Treasures by Tan Holo Hangover swatchfest (Part 1 HERE). The full-sized collection (twelve 15 ml bottles) retails for $95, while the mini-sized collection (twelve 5ml bottles) retail for $55. Some shades are available individually for $9,5 for 15ml.
In general, these nail polishes have a thin formula (although some shades are slightly thicker) and majority of them become fully opaque after three coats. They are extremely sheer in one coat – when I first applied them I was like WTF? – this looks sheerer than OPI sheer tints. The second coat builds up more color – at this point several shades look pretty opaque, but some are still uneven so they do require that extra third coat (my standard is two coats).
The holo effect is not uniform across all the shades. They are all made with grade 35 spectraflair, but some show rather strong rainbow, while the others are pretty subtle (even in strong sunlight).
I applied two thin and one thicker coat for all the swatches and didn’t put base or top coat. You can click on the photo in the gallery to enlarge it.
Purple Nurple is a purple-based blue holo nail polish. This is one of the stronger holo nail polishes. It requires three coats to become opaque.
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Blue Hawaiian is a bright turquoise blue holo nail polishes. Holo effect is very strong, but this is one of the sheerer nail polishes in the bunch. These swatches are made with three coats and I could still see my nail line. I would definitely add an extra coat.
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Lickin Lizard is a greyed – olive green holo. The nail polish is pretty pigmented – you could get away with two coats, but holo effect is fairly weak. The brush left weak streaks.
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Midorita is a pale frosty mint green holo. It is again one of weaker holos. You need three coats to make it opaque.
In this round I especially like Purple Nurple and Lickin Lizard. I also like Midorita, but I would prefer stronger holo. Blue Hawaiian is also nice, but I feel this shade has been done a numerous times, so I’m not as excited by it.
Overall, I like this collection a lot. It offers rather interesting shades of holographic nail polishes for an affordable price (especially when you count in the discount). I’m not bothered with the need to apply three to four coats, but I can understand that others would prefer less fussy nail polish. I, on the other hand, will definitely keep an eye on the upcoming products.
You can find them at their etsy store: Treasures by Tan. Also, you can like their Facebook page, where they often share promos and discount codes.
Part 3 will follow soon.
Thank you for reading,
xoxo Tamara
