NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

Capping off this little run of pink polishes I've been on, today I have Amazeballs from indie polish maker NailNation 3000 for you. Amazeballs (with an "s" at the end) is a reformulated version of NailNation's monumental magenta linear holo Amazeballz (ending in "z). Maria, the owner and holo mistress extraordinaire behind NailNation 3000, produces many polishes that are single pour only, and I'm guessing the original Amazeballz was just such an offering. Polish enthusiast clamor arose when it sold out, and Maria brought it back in a reformulated edition, Amazeballs.

Amazeballs is a saturated medium hot magenta linear holographic polish. The color is a deep purply pink, a hollywood cerise. The finely ground holo pigments in this polish produces a strong linear prismatic display in direct light, with red, violet and purple noticeably dominating the rainbow of colors in the flair. I believe there must be some larger holo particles in this lacquer as well, as rainbow sparks issue from within the polish in addition to the holographic bend. The color is brilliant and saturated, not at all silvered as is sometimes the case with polishes using holo pigments.

Application was wonderful. The consistency is fluid, creamy and dense, and lays down in buttery smooth even coats. Amazeballs self-levels extraordinarily well and I had no problems with nail ridges rising up from beneath the polish and disrupting the holo display. Pigmentation is fabulous, for sure you could wear this polish at one coat. I did two just because I could. Ok, and also to flesh out some wimpy edges and correct some wonky lines on the first coat. Amazeballs dries naturally in excellent time to a satin egg shell finish due to neon pigments included in the formula. Maria encourages the use of topcoat for gloss and popping the color. Needless to say, the use of topcoat does not affect the holo dynamic in any way.

Photos show two easy coats of Amazeballs over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. These were taken under extremely overcast skies. I wish I had sunshine pics of this fabulous polish for you, but it just wasn't in the cards.

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

And to give you an idea of what this holographic dynamo can do in direct light, I took some photos under the halogens in the kitchen....

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

NailNation 3000 Amazeballs

Amazeballs! Gorgeous linear holographic goodness, is what! Other than the beautiful prismatic display, which continues to nuance the look of this polish even in very low light, I must praise the glorious creamy magenta base color as well. It is rich, lively and floral fruity, and thanks to the holo pigments, very dimensional. There was a time when I would have avoided orchid-analogous colors such as this. Happily, those days are gone like a sprinkle of spectraflair in the wind.

love,
Liz