China Glaze Rodeo Fanatic

Old news is good news in this blog... Rodeo Fanatic is my first and only color from China Glaze's Rodeo Diva collection. I have been very hesitant to try this on, it looks all too flashy in the bottle. Shimmery, tealish blue with quite strong purple flash, from the bottle I would judge this borderline duochromatic. Ouch!

But on the nails this is fabulous, blackened enough to be stylish, but definitely blue in different lighting. The purple flash seems to almost disappear on the nail, it only makes the color less teal looking in some light. On the other hand the warm shades of artificial light brings the teal shade up nicely. This is Rode Fanatic in indirect natural light:


Sunlight really shows the beautiful shimmer.


But the best thing with this color is the application, it's flawless. I really dig CG brush, not too small, not too big - just perfect. And the best for last: this is one coater on my short nails, longer ones might benefit from two.

Sugar coated with Orly Rock Candy

There is actually at least one duochrome I like: Orly Rock Candy. This polish is very sheer by itself, but just one layer is usually enough for beautiful layering results. In the image you can see one layer of it on top of the previous Opi Tickle My France-y manicure.

The basic shade of this polish is different in natural and artificial light. In natural light there is pale electric blue dominating, in artificial light the basic hue is mint green. The hue shifts to mauve and pink depending on the angle.

Nubar Indigo Illusion

To be honest, I'm not too into duochrome polishes. This is Nubar Indigo illusion. I have to say that I love this smoky blue with some purple shimmer.


But I have a problem with the very strong duochrome nature of this color. I think that this warm green shade is from totally other color realm than the main shade. And it makes the polish quite nightmarish to coordinate.


Application was bit hard, the consistency is bit gluey and stringy. But two coats is enough for a good cover and that is always a plus.