Urban Lacquer Holiday Phase II

press samples

Launching this weekend at Urban Lacquer is Brenda's holiday collection Phase II.  I was lucky enough to get three of these pretties to show you, and you can see a ton of pics after the jump!

MMXIV (2014) is what looks like a simple slate grey linear holographic polish.  However, the grey has subtle green and blue tones in it, so the color shifts, and the holo effect is intense.  It's visible both in sunlight and in lower light indoors.  The formula was flawless, smooth, easy-flowing without flooding my cuticles and bottle-color in two coats.  I want this beauty in every color!

In the sun:

Indoors with flash:

Indoors without flash:

At first glance, Peace is an ordinary browned purple shimmer.  It has an easy to use formula which reaches bottle color in two coats and dries to a satin matte finish.  But wait, there's more!  It's also a multichrome with flashes of gold, green and copper!   

Indoors without flash:

In the sun:

Indoors with flash:

Last but not least is Frost-Covered Berries, a gorgeous explosion of mini-glitter in silver, red, pink and white.  It's a bit thick because of the sheer volume of glitter, and doesn't work particularly well as a layering polish, but it's so pretty on its own and so true to its inspiration, that it's best alone.  It can be worn on its own in two coats (slathered with top coat, because it's a glitter's glitter!) or carefully layered in one.

Indoors with flash:

In the sun:

To sum up, Brenda took three different finishes, three different palettes, and nailed them all for the second half of her Holiday 2013 polishes.  If you want your own, you'll have to get them from Urban Lacquer this weekend, and I do recommend getting your own!