Getting The Ball Rolling

Hey Sweet People!

I took a little break since I misplaced my precious flash drive and then tried to take photos with my iPhone, but wasn't happy with the result. Plus my new job seemed to explode into a bigger one than I thought.

I've got my stuff together and I've got three purples that needed an outing.

Let's get at it!

Milani Purple Passion

Three coats, no top coat. This is an older Dollar Tree find and a fairly generic royal purple shimmer. I found the formula a little looser than too my personal taste, but not wholly unworkable.

I don't see Milani at my Dollar Tree any more, but it's pretty prevalent on eBay. Yay!



Brucci Grape Galaxy

Three coats and no top coat. A very deep grape purple glass fleck shimmer.

Not a super common brand, and I don't have much luck finding a real website. It's kind of weird. I thought they were an east coast US brand. They have had a few real gems. I thought I got this through their website, but it's now gone. Some is on Amazon and eBay.  Searches now are so peppered with retailers trying to grab anything to click you on through, it's almost a sure thing they don't have it.

Meanwhile a pretty shimmery vamp.




Impala Azul Aviador

A pretty little deep lavender that I found through an indie seller. It is a touch less blue in person, though. Three coats, no top coat.

Has more of a crelly feel to it and smells like Kleancolor, which is pretty much a no win for me.


I actually have given all of these away to a sweet person who I know will actually wear them. That is very exciting for me, because I had all these polishes for a long time and I never reached for them.

I suppose looking at it, I have a little regret over the Impala...it's nice. OTOH, I have Orly Charged Up. Similar shade, better formula for me.

All right. I'm back in action and I truly thank you for reading my little nail polish journal!!!

Impala Celebrate Collection

Here is a holo collection that is so subtle I couldn't capture the holo under my lamps!

Impala Conqueste Sempre (translates to "always conquest")

Three coats, no top coat.

This is a pretty metallic with a holo that shows up as a pearly soft diffusion in bright sunshine. Very pretty, but hard to see anywhere else. I think the word I am looking for is ethereal.

These polishes never sacrifice the base color for the holo. Interesting combination!



Impala Brinde Comigo! (translates to "toast with me")

Two coats, and I have it over white with no top coat.

This is a more sheer, almost a glitter. I swear it turns holo in the sun, but in anything less, it turns into a plain silver sheer topper style polish.



Impala Ame Muito (translates to "love much")

This one provides more coverage and is a sweet little soft red.

The metallic holo particles turn it into a sparkle even though there is no sign of holo. This too will perform that subtle holo pearliness in the bright sunshine, but nowhere else.



Impala Dance Mais (translates to "dance more")

Two coats, and it's over a nude, so you can see that it would show the nail line as would the silver one. You can see the shade of nude on my pinkie finger.


I have mixed feelings about this set.

I got these off of Colors by Llarowe a while back. Been putting off swatching until summer.

Impala is available sporatically, eBay (I've got a set of these up for sale, sold the swatched set, now just the unswatched ones - for full disclosure), and Amazon.

Pretty shades, but the most subtle holographic I've seen short of the Tron collection.

Thanks for reading my little nail polish journal!