Contrary Polish - Holiday Collection 2012

I'm blowing off the Aussie Christmas Challenge tonight cause I want to show you the Contrary Polish Holiday Collection that I just got in the mail on Monday!   I had a few spare hours this afternoon so I did a bit of a swatch-a-thon and then kept the last mani on.

Candle Light - a soft black crelly with a scattered gold shimmer.  This is two coats with Seche Vite top coat.  It looks mostly black indoors, but does have visible gold sparkles.

Bauble -  a bright cherry red jelly with red micro glitter and silver shimmer. This is three coats of Bauble with Seche Vite on top.  This colour totally reminds me of those red glace cherries!

Mystery - a smoky brown with golden bronze shimmer.  I really loved this one. This one is the classic Contrary Polish style that I love, with it's smoky finish and rich shimmer.  Two coats with Seche Vite.

Spruce - blackened green with green shimmer that shifts lightly to gold and teal.  The larger shimmer particles in this on really sparkle in the sun and it almost has a blacked green foil finish.  This was two coats with Seche Vite.

Adorned - is a top coat that has gold flakes and a golden shimmer in a clear base.  I'm a huge fan of this polish.  I have heaps of gold glitter top coats that have the regular hex glitters in it.  I love that this is gold flakes. There were two polishes in this collection that screamed out to have Adorned layered over the top.  First up is one coat of Adorned over Candle Light.  I didn't add an additional layer of top coat, cause it was smooth and glossy without it.

This is two coats of Adorned layered over Mystery.  No additional top coat added.

Frozen -  white with blue micro glitter and silver shimmer.  The silver shimmer in the white base give this polish a sparkly wet look.  I ended up doing four thin coats of Frozen with Seche Vite on top.

I added a light glitter gradient using Color Club Jingle Jangle from their holiday collection last year (which was one of the best for 2011!).  This is the mani that I decided to keep wearing and still have on now.

The formula on all these was excellent, something which I have become accustomed to with all the Contrary Polishes I have.  Only Frozen required a number of coats, but it was still very smooth and easy to apply and dried quickly, so the additional coats wasn't an issue.  If I had to pick a favorite from this collection, it would be Mystery, but they are all lovely. 

Contrary Polishes are available from Llarowe in the USA or Shoppe-Eclecticco in Singapore.  Minis are also available through the Contrary Polish blog. 

Polishes were sent for review.

Contrary Polish - Desert Fruit, Fire-brand, Inky Fingers & Purple Smoke

Here are four more Contrary Polish shades and they are all the most stunning shimmers.  Just like the other Contrary Polishes I showed with the blue shades and the fall related colours, these four really explode in the sun.  All my photos are taken in full sun because I really wanted to feature these are their most spectacular best, but even indoors these have a beautiful soft shimmer and deep rich colours.

Desert Fruit - dark red-toned purple with red/bronze shimmer.  In the sun the shimmer lights up and the edges of the nail go dark and smokey.

Fire brand - deep raspberry jelly with red and pink shimmer.  You can definitely see both the red and pink shimmer, as seen on the index finger.

Inky Fingers - a dark smokey blue with purple and blue shimmer.

Purple Smoke - light a smokey blue grey with purple and blue shimmer, again you can easily see both the purple and blue shimmer in this polish, like on the index finger.  The shimmer on this really pops in the sun and I love the dusty grey look that the sides of the nails get.

The quality of all these polishes is just fantastic and they are all easy to apply neatly. All these photos show three thin coats topped with Seche Vite top coat.  I've raved about this indie brand in the past, so I wont go on about it again, except to say that these polishes are really lovely.

Contrary Polishes are available from Llarowe in the USA or Shoppe-Eclecticco in Singapore.  Minis are also available through the Contrary Polish blog. 

These polishes were provided for review.