China Glaze Prismatics Swatches

Hi everyone!  Today I have a few polishes from the new China Glaze Prismatics Chroma Glitters collection to show you.  I just found these at my local Sally's!  I have heard a lot of hype about this collection, as well as a lot of people who are disappointed with it.  Basically, the polishes appear to have duochrome bases and multicolored glitter.  Application wise these were really nice.  The glitter goes on even and easily, and smooths out with normal top coat.  However, out of the two I picked, I am only really impressed with one of them...

First up is China Glaze Full Spectrum.  It appeared to be a pinkish purple in the bottle.  Even in the bottle there isn't much of a duochrome effect.  The following swatches are two coats of Full Spectrum with one coat of NYC for top coat.

Honestly, I was really not that impressed by Full Spectrum by itself.  At this point I was kicking myself for buying it.  I decided to try it over black (one coat, with NYC).

Over black it is pretty cool, but still nothing to go crazy over.  The purple base stands out much more over the black, which I like.  

Next up is China Glaze Optical Illusion.  In the bottle, a teal-purple duochrome flash is visible.  On the nail, the base is mostly teal-ish green.  This is two coats with NYC top coat.

I already liked Optical Illusion much more than Full Spectrum!  It has color and character and is almost mermaid-ish!  You know I'm a sucker for anything mermaid-ish! =)  Then I layered one coat over black (with NYC) and...!!!!

Blurry, but sort of shows the duochrome!

Woohoo!  Now we're talking!  Over black, the purple duochrome flash was very evident, though difficult to photograph.  This was fun and unique and I would definitely recommend trying these polishes over black.  China Glaze polishes are available at Sally's and I've also seen these on some websites (like transdesign and nailsupplies.us).  The Prismatic Chroma Glitters are limited edition, so if you like them, get them while you can!! =)  Thanks for reading today!