Swatch Round Up: Models Own Splash Collection

I promise I'll stop posting about the Splash collection after this post - I know I had a bit of a day yesterday posting all five swatches of the polishes... but I thought it would be good to do a little round-up post with all the swatches in one place - and a few photos of them over black (which is how I'm wearing them at the moment and is definitely my favourite way to wear them).

So, in summary:

Formula: jelly-like (not gelly-like) - a little difficult to paint on smoothly, flakes need quite a bit of arrangement.
Flakes: pretty colours! A variety of shapes and sizes, a mixture of colours in each Splash.
Colours: Red Sea looks fine without a coloured base, but all the others really need some sort of colour underneath them as they're so translucent. My recommendation for a base colour is definitely black because it shows up the colours of the flakes best.

And here are the photos (click them to link to the swatch post):

Do you like the look of the Splash collection? Will you be heading to the Models Own Bottleshop at Westfield or their website to pick some up? On the website they're £20 for the collection with free p&p, at the Bottleshop you can pick up six polishes for £20.

Swatch: Aqua Splash Models Own Splash Collection

Fifth and final post of the day - the last of the Models Own Splash polishes swatches. This one is Aqua Splash, a pretty turquoise flakey.  Like the Mermaid Tears, it looks stunning in the bottle - but just doesn't have much colour in the base of the polish, so it looks best over a coloured base.  Again, formula is just like the other splashes.

Again I put it over various colours - which I've labelled on the photos below. On all but the naked nails I used two coats of Aqua Splash.  The neon blue was Models Own Hed Kandi Balearic Cool, naked was nothing on my nail, white was Models Own Snow White, black was Models Own Black Magic, baby purple was Models Own Blueberry Muffin.

Yet again I think it shows up the best and prettiest over the black base.

Click here for Red Sea, here for Golden Shore, here for Pink Paradise and here for Mermaid Tears swatches.

So, now all the swatches are up - which is your favourite?

Swatch: Mermaid Tears Models Own Splash Collection

Fourth post today! Penultimate Splash swatch... sort of. I have one more full swatch (of Aqua Splash) to come, but then I'll do a round-up post after that too.  This one is Mermaid Tears - what looks like a purple flakey.  In the bottle it's a gorgeously translucent purple with blue flakes... but on the nail it's rather different and hasn't got nearly as much of the pigmentation that it does in the bottle.  Formula is the same as all the others.

Again I put it over various colours - which I've labelled on the photos below. On all but the naked nails I used two coats of Mermaid Tears.  The neon purple was Models Own Pukka Purple, naked was nothing on my nail, white was Models Own Snow White, black was Models Own Black Magic, baby purple was Models Own Grape Juice.

Once again I think this one looks best over the black polish, but I also love it over the neon purple.  It definitely doesn't look great on its own (in my opinion!)

Click here for Red Sea, here for Golden Shore, here for Pink Paradise swatches.

How do you like this Splash polish?

Swatch: Red Sea Models Own Splash Collection

Third post today! I thought I'd get all the Splash swatches up.  This one is Red Sea - unsurprisingly, a red flakey glitter polish.  Again, the formula was similar to all the other Splashes - a bit jelly-like a tricky to work with.  This red one does, however, have proper colour in its base and works quite well on its own (which the purple and blue don't).  The flakes in it, as you can see below, are red and purpley.

I wanted to see what it looked like over various colours - so I have labelled them on the photos below.  On all but the naked nails I used two coats of Red Sea.  The neon red was Models Own Pink Punch, naked was nothing on my nail, white was Models Own Snow White, black was Models Own Black Magic, red was Models Own Raspberry Crush.

Again I think my favourite nail was the one over the black polish, but it looks pretty good over the Raspberry Crush too.

Click here for the Golden Shore swatch and here for the Pink Paradise swatch.

Which is your favourite Splash so far? Will you be buying them?

Swatch: Pink Paradise Models Own Splash Collection

Second post in one day! Here's the next one of the more detailed swatches of the new Models Own Splash Collection glitter polishes.  This one is the pinky one.  As I said in my post on the orange Golden Shore, the formula of these polishes is a bit tricky to work with. It's quite jelly-like (though not like a gelly polish, I mean like actual jelly) and therefore it can flood the cuticles a bit - the glitter is also a bit of a nuisance to arrange, sometimes you get lots on the brush, sometimes not - which means that you may have to do three or so coats to get full coverage.  The glitter is 'hand cut' and so there are a variety of sizes - some pieces are quite large and like to stick up from the nail.  Top coat is a good idea! Drying didn't happen very quickly and even with a quick dry top coat my nails felt a bit tacky for the rest of the day.

I wanted to see what it looked like over various colours - so I have labelled them on the photos below.  On all but the naked nails I used two coats of Pink Paradise.  The neon pink was Models Own Bubblegum, naked was with nothing on my nail, white was Models Own Snow White, black was Models Own Black Magic, baby pink was Models Own Strawberry Tart.

I really like the look of Pink Paradise over black - it's quite different from Golden Shore as it has a really fine micro glitter in the polish which the orange one doesn't.  

Click here for the Golden Shore swatch and here for the Red Sea swatch.

Which one is your favourite?  Will you be trying out any of the Splash collection?