Another color from Cirque's Dark Horse collection, one that combines two of my favorite things: purple and holo. This polish is called Fascination Street, so it actually manages to fit in one more of my favorite things. 
Cirque Fascination Street. A blue-toned medium purple base with hidden gold shimmer and scattered holographic effect. It manages to strike a good balance between maintaining the vibrancy of the purple shade, creating a dark shade that isn't dramatically lightened by the silver-based holographic particles and still being light enough to not completely drown out the hologram effect. The rainbow shimmer from the holographic particles is still visible indoors (as seen here) but it's much, much more pronounced in direct light. It is a little bit like a england Lady of the Lake (ugh, remind me to get a better picture of that one), but more blue and with stronger holo.
Here's how it looks in very bright direct sunlight. See the golden shimmer coming out in the center of each nail?
And here it is with flash. Lots and lots of rainbow hologram sparkle!The formula on this was good. Thin, smooth, even. It applied effortlessly and didn't challenge me with bald spots or streaking like holographic polishes sometimes can. It is a little more sheer than I thought it would be, but I'm wearing it with three coats here and I can't see any visible nail line. It's scented with a calming herbal-floral (smells like lavender to me) scent like the other Cirque polishes. Dry time is very good.
So... what do you think? I love it. Great shade of purple, cool name, nice, strong scattered holo effect and a good formula. Plus, it's scented! Can't really think of any downside to the polish itself, the only real criticism I can find with it is the price. Fascination Street (and Never Nude) is a little more expensive than the rest of the Dark Horse collection polishes due to the cost of the materials used to create the hologram effect; it's $16 compared to the usual $12.
I got mine directly from Cirque's website.
So... what do you think? I love it. Great shade of purple, cool name, nice, strong scattered holo effect and a good formula. Plus, it's scented! Can't really think of any downside to the polish itself, the only real criticism I can find with it is the price. Fascination Street (and Never Nude) is a little more expensive than the rest of the Dark Horse collection polishes due to the cost of the materials used to create the hologram effect; it's $16 compared to the usual $12.
I got mine directly from Cirque's website.
Fairly dear but I really like the holo effect.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Kind of reminds me of Color Club's Revolution too.
ReplyDeleteNeed this. Holo+ purple + Robert Smith= Best thing ever?
ReplyDeleteFrankly, I'd probably still buy it if it were twice the price and the formula sucked.
P.S you may be my soulmate :P xD
Another gorgeous one from Cirque! Annie hasn't had a miss on one yet! They're all amazing! I'm still super excited to be the one who turned you onto Cirque with my pic of Epoch! <3 So glad you're loving them as much as I do! :D
ReplyDelete$16 is expensive, but it's really gorgeous. Color Club Wild at Heart is one of my favorite polishes and this one is like it, but better.
ReplyDeleteCoincidence day! I had Tibetan Nights, Epoch and Vaudeville arrive this morning. I love Annie , she's lovely to deal with and her formulas are pretty great too. I think fascination street is one of my favourites, and you would never know she's an independent manufacturer from the packaging. We can't expect an indie to be able to match the prices of a big company, but I think these are worth every penny. Great review as always.
ReplyDeleteIt's absolutely GORGEOUS under the sun!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWow, this is so pretty! Too bad it's out of my polish budget range (which is more in the Sinful Colors/China Glaze arena). :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI just got this in the mail today! Along with Dark Horse and Never Nude - LOVE IT.
ReplyDeleteso so so so beautiful～～～～～～～～～～～
ReplyDelete:( this was reformulated, mine is linear.
ReplyDeleteI love dark purple holos (Color Club's Wild at Heart is a favorite of mine),and this looks like it has a more pronounced holo effect. It looks beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness I love this color! So sexy! I have been falling in love with Cirque polished and I think I may just HAVE to get this color as my first. Fantastic swatches.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a-England's lady of the lake with extra holo. Can anybody can do comparison swatch?
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteJust got yhis & Dark Horse...love this one...Dark Horse not so much.
ReplyDeleteI also just bought this and Dark Horse. I haven't worn them but I can't wait. Your pictures are fabulous.
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful color!! Would be nice in a Halloween manicure :)
ReplyDeleteAny polish that gets a Cure song in my head is AWESOME, but especially a gorgeous purple holo. Yum.
ReplyDeleteAny polish that gets a Cure song in my head is AWESOME, but especially a gorgeous purple holo. Yum.
ReplyDeleteOof, it works out as 17 euro incl. delivery to Ireland. Balls. :(
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time understanding how the cost of bulk holo glitter/particles translates into a 4 dollar per bottle increase to the customer. Just sayin
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time understanding how the material cost of them buying bulk materials translates into a 4 dollar per bottle price increase to the customer. Just sayin
ReplyDeleteLove this one! Looks great on you :) Great sunny holo pictures!
ReplyDeleteIm' digging my Violetta Sparkle from Avon-- a similar, but darker tone. Sheer, though, so I wear it over black, navy, or dark berry.
ReplyDeleteLove this!
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteYeah.... I'm gonna need this polish, like whoa! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI have dark horse but I didn't like the application. It was like painting black sand on my nails and required quite a few coats to get it to the opacity i wanted. You made it look absolutely fantastic! So I think it could be my skill as well but I also don't think I hve the patience with it.
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