When I first heard about the Prismatics collection by China Glaze, I went crazy. Not only did these polishes claim to be opaque glitter, but also duochrome glitter and holographic. I didn’t think that was possible! Then I saw Scrangie’s swatches of this collection and thought I wanted every single color. I ended up picking 2 of the 6 colors and this was the brighter of the two. China Glaze “Optical Illusion” is a light aqua glitter with a ton of confetti glitter inside. China Glaze describes this color as “Aqua green glimmers with a hint of purple filled with pink, yellow, silver, orange and green flecks“. This polish reminds me a ton of OPI “Excuse Moi”. It’s actually exactly like Excuse Moi. Its an opaque microglitter with bigger pieces of confetti glitter inside. This is 2 coats and I have to say, I’m not in love. While its pretty, its isn’t holographic and the duochrome is so slight its barely even recognizable.
I tried so hard to capture the slight duochrome and really couldn’t. But what you see in these pictures is kind of what you see in real life. I have to say, a little preview of a post to come, I am wearing the other color I bought and like it a lot better. Overall, while this is easy to apply and is a nice color, it didn’t live up to my hopes. I’m not as in love as I thought it would be and I hate to say it, but I feel like OPI did it first. If the duochrome was stronger I would have a much better review but it wasn’t worth the hype.
This was the only color from the collection I had even half an interest in. Even though I’m like you and wish the duochrome was more apparent, I may still end up getting this because it is pretty in its own way.
its really pretty and i’m wearing another one now and the duochrome is more apparent. but its definitely a good accent nail color!
I did the same thing! I thought I was going to want every single polish, but I ended up buying two, including Optical Illusion.
what was the other one you getting? i got ray-dient too and i like that one a lot better. the duochrome is a little more apparent in that one but its still really subtle
Oops…I only got one! I got two of the Wet ‘n’ Wild glitter polishes that are just like the China Glaze ones, and then I got Optical Illusion because it was my favorite! 🙂 That’s what I was thinking…anyway, I do like the Prismatics but with the WnW I am good to go. 😀