Purple Fire - Kleancolor Chunky Purple Holo + LA Girl Hustle

Congratulations to Ev, my fellow blogmate, who won the random draw out of the final eight entries in the "Inspired by" nail art contest organised by Cathy! I feel really amazed and happy to have gotten into the final eight entries with Ev as well! :D  I'm honestly surprised that people liked the Spider-man mani!

And now, on to this beautiful nail polish Ev gave me (one of many) for my birthday:

[Base: Two coats of LA Girl Hustle
Top: Two coats of Kleancolor Chunky Purple Holo]

 AAAAH, HOW PRETTY IS THAT??

Kleancolor's Chunky Holo Purple is a dense orange-green duochrome glitter in a purple jelly base. It will take several coats to build this polish up to full opacity, since its base is so sheer, and I don't think the glitter is dense enough for full coverage. Instead of trying that, I used LA Girl's Hustle from the Disco Brites collection as the base. I think the result is gorgeous, don't you agree?

On its own, Hustle is an undeniably bright purple shade, one of the purplest cremes I have. With two coats of Chunky Holo Purple over Hustle, this mani fairly glows, with the glitter constantly shifting colours depending on the lighting. I love it so much!

[Base: Two coats of LA Girl Hustle
Top: Two coats of Kleancolor Chunky Purple Holo]

 As you can see, the flash of green is quite obvious.

Another interesting thing about Chunky Purple Holo is that it smells vaguely of candy-ish grape, and it has a nicer scent than most nail polish though it isn't very strong or obvious.

[Base: Two coats of LA Girl Hustle
Top: Two coats of Kleancolor Chunky Purple Holo]

One coat of Chunky Holo Purple was probably enough, but I can never resist having more of something nice so I used two coats. Probably overkill, and it does look like there are too many coats now...but a minor issue for the prettiness I had on my nails!

[Base: Two coats of LA Girl Hustle
Top: Two coats of Kleancolor Chunky Purple Holo]

I used my iPhone to try to capture the bright duochrome-ness of Chunky Purple Holo, with some success I think. The reddish-orange glint gives the purple a warm glow, but the green sheen really stands out against purple with its bright contrast. Ah, this combo really makes me gleeful just looking at them again. :)

I still have swatches to post for my plish haul from Malaysia and Singapore, but I just couldn't resist babbling about this one first!