BYS Hocus Pocus

I was going through my swatch box and found this little BYS beauty that I hadn't worn yet.  This is Hocus Pocus and it is an aqua polish with a silver micro shimmer. 

Up close of the shimmer.

What I love about his polish is that it's such a summer colour to me.  The silver shimmer in this makes the polish look wet and shiny on your fingers, like they are dripping with water.  It also reminds me of the shimmer on the fibreclass finish to our pool.  Although its not the same colour, it does have the same wet and shimmery finish. 

The formula was nice on this, maybe a little sheer, this is three coats.  But what I did find was that this polish was smelly, really toxic smelly.  Oh the things we do for a pretty polish!

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Mint Green & Deep Purple Comparisons

I did a little more digging through my folders and found these :)

Mintys: BYS Kung Fu Blue, Essie Mint Candy Apple, MAC Peppermint Patti, Chanel Jade

Purples: OPI Black Cherry Chutney, OPI Visions of Sugarplum, OPI Gotta Go Grape, Essie Sexy Divide

Well I had better make some breakfast before it turns to lunch time :D

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BYS - a couple of chromes

I really want to keep my holo theme going, but I don't have anymore swatched just now - I have to wait for the sunlight on the weekend.  Instead we'll have some sparkly fun with a couple of BYS Chrome polishes.

BYS Thank God it's Friday.  A light mauve foil finish.  It dried a bit streaky but the brush and application was very good. Good colour pigment, this was two coats.

You can't really see the streaks with this polish indoors, only when in direct sun light.

BYS Bling! is a cool toned gold.  I wouldn't really call this a chrome or a foil, to me it's just a gold metallic polish.  This was two coats and it was a little sheer.  It could have used three.  I love gold polishes, especially cool toned ones, and this is right up there with my other cool toned favourites like Jessica Palladium, Orly Luxe, Ulta3 Antique Copper and Urban Decay Twisted.  I feel a comparison swatch coming on.

And an indoor pic, just cause I took one.

I'm swatching green holos tomorrow.  Cool.

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BYS - metallic angel

I've said it once and I'll say it again. I love metallic polishes.  This beautiful polish is BYS Metallic angel. This polish is made up of tiny irregular shaped metallic flecks that are silver and tan in colour.  The light reflection on this looks pink, but it's really more of a tan/neutral coloured metallic.

It was great to apply, very smooth and even and no streaks.  In sunlight this polish is spectacular.

Indoors this polish is much more subtle and you can really see the different coloured metallic particles.  It was a little sheer, this was three coats, however it dried very fast so many coats is not a problem.  Indoors you can still see a slight visible nail line, but in sunlight you can't see anything because of the blinding reflection.

This was my first BYS polish - which is another Australian polish brand.  These retail for $4, which is very reasonable for polish here in Australia (where a bottle of OPI costs $20). Very happy with this polish, I actually wore it for about three days! I can see it staying in my regular rotation.

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BYS Kung Fu Blue

This was my first Valentine inspired mani, not very inspired at all actually lol. I will be doing one tonight though for Valentines tomorrow :D

I'm not too sure what this colour has to do with Kung Fu...

I used two coats of BYS Kung Fu Blue. What a beautiful shade. I have worn it so many times since I got it.

The formula is pretty good, a little on the thick side though so you may want to thin it down a little.

One thing that bothers me about BYS polishes though are their smell. It smells like... I want to say petrol but it can't be since I love that lol. Smells... car related. Like some old seats in a car smell sometimes. Ugh.

I wash my hands a few times to try and get rid of it and it eventually fades.

Other than that I love Kung Fu Blue!

At the end of the post I received a new paint pot in the mail, Otherworldly. It is so amazing. It was a part of the collection where MAC teamed up with Alexander McQueen. RIP.

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