Review: Hit The Bottle holographic stamping polishes, and more!

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Hello!


You all know I love Hit The Bottle Polishes' stamping polishes--Michelle makes great colors that stamp perfectly and show up over dark colors like a boss. So when I found out she had introduced holographic stamping polishes to her line--that's right, you heard me, holographic stamping polishes--I did a little happy dance. Sign. Me. Up.


Today we're going to take a look at four polishes from her holographics, one official duochrome stamping polish, one that I personally think should qualify as a duochrome stamping polish, and eight other beauties from her line:

Stamping polishes from Hit The Bottle Polishes 

I did a video to show all of the polishes in action, including a topcoat test:

Let's take a look at the beauties, first the holographic polishes:

Hit The Bottle holographic stamping polishes in Lucky Spark, Holo There Beautiful, A Glint Of Gold, Amethyst Sizzle

Hit The Bottle stamping polishes in Champagne Shifter, Let's Go To The Peach, Midnight Pumpkin, Drop Red Gorgeous

Hit The Bottle stamping polishes in It Mossed Be Love, See What I Green, and Peacock Shimmer

Hit The Bottle stamping polishes in Aubergine, My Suitor Wears Pewter, and Shadows Of Darkness

In addition to the four holographic polishes, Champagne Shifter is a duochrome polish, and while it isn't officially listed as a duochrome, I also get a duochrome flash from Peacock Shimmer.


To test them out, I stamped them over both black and white:

Hit The Bottle Polishes Champagne Shifter, A Glint Of Gold, and Holo There Beautiful

This picture shows the duochrome of Champagne Shifter beautifully; you can see also that it shows up over both black and white, but it does show the duochrome a bit more dramatically over White. A Glint Of Gold Shows up over both white and black, and while it doesn't look as fully opaque in the picture as Champagne Shifter, that's because of the holographic effect with the light--same thing with Holo There Beautiful. Check out the video to see what I mean.

Hit The Bottle stamping polishes in Drop Red Gorgeous, Let's Go To The Peach, and Midnight Pumpkin

Check out how beautifully these three show up over black! That's just amazing--really, really impressive.

Hit The Bottle stamping polishes in See What I Green, It Mossed Be Green, and Lucky Spark

Again, I'm amazed at how well these show up over black. And, to get the full effect of Lucky Spark, check out the video to see that  holographic flash.

Hit The Bottle stamping polishes in Peacock Shimmer, My Suitor Wears Pewter, and Shadows of Darkness

See what I mean about Peacock Shimmer? She doesn't list it as a duochrome, but that sure looks subtly duochrome to me. And check it out--My Suitor Wears Pewter shows up clearly over black! Seriously??!! Even Shadows of Darkness shows up a bit--it's very, very subtle, but it's there. If you want a subtle black-on-black effect, give this a shot.

Hit The Bottle stamping polishes in Aubergine and Amethyst Sizzle

Aubergine does show up over black, but it's a subtle look, not a dramatic one like the others above. And in this picture you can see a bit better what I mean about the lighting effect of the holo when it's stamped over black--it's there, but the light plays tricks with it. Again check out the video for the full effect of how the holos look.


Finally, I tested each of these with topcoat--check out the video to see in real time how I suggest you apply topcoat to any stamping you do, and do see how these refuse to smudge even when I go over the same spot twice. And even when I dropped one of them on the napkin when the topcoat was wet. Yep, that's me, the epitome of grace. I mean--I did it on purpose to test it out! Yeah! That's it!


Michelle does recommend that you wait half an hour when stamping with the holographic polishes before applying topcoat, or you may dull the holographic effect. This varies with different topcoats and personal chemistry. However, that said...I covered with Seche Vite right away and had no problem. BUT, test this beforehand to be sure how your topcoat and your personal chemistry react to the combination, and no matter what, if you wait that half hour, you should be fine.


Yesterday I showed you a manicure stamped with these polishes that you can see here, and today I have a manicure done entirely to show off the holo. I started with a base of Zoya Merida, a scattered holo I chose to complement the holographic stamping polish, and Zoya Olivera. Then I stamped the binary and the circuit board images from Lina Nail Art Supplies Hipster, Chic, or Geek Plate:

I stamped with Holo There Beautiful:

Hit The Bottle Polish Holo There Beautiful over Zoya Merida and Olivera, stamped with Lina Nail Art Supplies Hipster, Chic, or Geek? plate

Hit The Bottle Polish Holo There Beautiful over Zoya Merida and Olivera, stamped with Lina Nail Art Supplies Hipster, Chic, or Geek? plate

Hit The Bottle Polish Holo There Beautiful over Zoya Merida and Olivera, stamped with Lina Nail Art Supplies Hipster, Chic, or Geek? plate

These are fairly fine-line images I chose because I wanted to show you how this holds up with fine lines--to get a sense of the holo glash, check out the pinky--see the gold band in the center? Yep, holo flash, baby! Now imagine using this for a large image or even a negative space image that covers most of your nail--actually, don't worry about imagining it, 'cause you know I'll show you soon, lol


I mentioned above that Michelle recommends waiting half an hour after stamping before you apply topcoat; I also mentioned that in my tests with Seche Vite, I didn't have any problem will dulling even when I covered immediately. So, in the manicure above, I waited half an hour to topcoat one of the two binary nails, and the other one I immediately covered with topcoat, about 30 seconds after stamping. Can you tell which is which? Yeah, neither can I. Still, make sure you test out your topcoat with the holographics before counting on them to stay pretty. :)


So, to sum up:

(1) Crisp, clean stamping.
(2) Vibrance over black in most cases, except for the dark purple and the soft black--and even those do show up subtly, they don't just disappear into the black.
(3) Absolutely no smuding.
(4) Beautiful holographic flash from the holos. To maximize the impact of these, I personally recommend using images with larger areas or at least thick lines with these or any holographic stamping polishes--when the light plays with holos it can make it hard to see fine-line images. Try it, of course! But if you don't like the effect, try something a bit bolder before deciding how you feel about them.

You can buy these lovelies directly from Hit The Bottle Polishes, and of course you should check out Michelle's Facebook page and Instagram account for news and inspiration. Depending on where you're located, you might prefer to get them from Beautometry, especially if you're in the US.


Happy stamping!
M
*PS: The middle finger is the one I topcoated immediately. :)