An example of this happening naturally would a rainbow. Unlike reflective glitter, holo refracts light. Holographic nail polish.Д«e still my heart. It's generally a gradient that shifts from one shade to another shade as temperatures rise and fall. This is color changing nail polish that shifts color depending on the temperature of your fingers.

Some glitter nail polish is also holographic, duo-chrome, or iridescent. Glitter reflects light, kind of like a mirror. With how fervently I'm about to rave about color-changing nail polish, I don't want to neglect to say that traditional glitter is awesome. Check out my other guide to find the best top coat for you. To make these color pop, even more, make sure you're using a high gloss top coat. These magnified waves of light create stronger, more brilliant pigments than normal colors which gives iridescence its radiant sparkle effect that seems to glow. These beams of light are reflecting off different levels of the polish and the separate wavelengths act in concert to strengthen each other, kind of like if you give someone on a swing a push on every swing, they'll go higher and higher even if you aren't pushing harder. The science language: When light hits an iridescent surface, some of the light waves reflect off the surface, but some of the light travels further into the barely translucent surface and then hits something else and reflects off of that. It's the shimmering blue of butterfly wings and the swirling colors of soap bubbles blown into the wind. The pretty language: Iridescence is like unicorn dreams and mother of pearl. It may look rainbowy, but it isn't a true refraction. Like glitter, iridescence is a result of reflection, but like duo-chrome it shifts between a limited range of colors. Problem is, thanks to marketing, they're often mislabeled. You've got colors that change with temperature, colors that change in sunlight, holographics, duo-chromes, iridescents, and just plain shiny glitter. It wonвЂ™t actually last as long as a gel manicure, but when you use the system as directed, your manicure will last longer and be more chip resistant.Д¬olor shifting nail polish (and makeup) is all the rage right now, but not all color shifting polishes are the same. Pearl of Wisdom is part of OPIвЂ™s Infinite Shine system which has its own base coat and top coat and is meant to have the staying power of gel polish without the UV lights so this polish will work best with those.

The formula is okay but does show brushstrokes so just be mindful of that. You can also layer it over your favorite polishes to give them a hint of iridescence. Pearl of Wisdom isnвЂ™t going to be opaque even at three coats so if youвЂ™re okay with a sheer, then enjoy this subtle shimmer on its own. When worn alone on your nails, it takes two to three coats for the color to build up, and when it does you get this iridescent shimmer that reminds me of pink pearls.ДЇor a lacquer that looks very white in the bottle, on your nails itвЂ™s definitely more of a strong pink to gold. Pearl of Wisdom is a very sheer polish by OPI that has a satiny white look to it that swirls with purples and pinks and greens when you turn the bottle in the light. Whether this meets what you were hoping to find as an iridescent, itвЂ™s worth having in your collection because itвЂ™s a unique effect I havenвЂ™t seen in many other brands. If you swatch it over black it turns almost emerald. My husband was commenting on how neat my manicure looked for days and I got a good week of wear out of it (IвЂ™m hard on my nails) with my favorite top and base coat brand Smith & Cult.ДЇrequent Flyer looks different over many different colors. It looks magical and glowing like a digital special effect. This shade is part of KBShimmerвЂ™s Enchanted Forest Collection for 2021 and вЂњenchantedвЂќ is the right word. You know that really pretty translucent iridescent cellophane tissue paper gift wrap? ThatвЂ™s exactly what this looks like but on your nails. One coat over a layer of white and suddenly itвЂ™s a glowing, otherworldly white-pink that shifts to violet, mint, blue, gold, and copper. Where Frequent Flyer really shines is when itвЂ™s layered over white which is what is pictured here. It needs about three coats for decent opacity since itвЂ™s a sheer shimmer and you might still see a little nail line if you look really hard. When worn on its own, this polish is a luminous gold that shifts to pink and copper. Inspired by the shifting colors of dragonfly wings, Frequent Flyer is a different shade depending on what angle youвЂ™re looking at it, what lighting youвЂ™re in, and whether itвЂ™s worn alone or over a different polish. I got to test out a media sample of this shade (with no promise of a review) and it is everything you want in an iridescent polish.

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