The funny thing about photos is that sometimes, the great polishes turn out looking kinda crappy... and the totally crappy polishes come out looking great.
Revlon Electric
Lemon yellow shimmer. The photo actually makes it look like it was a nice polish. Do not be deceived! It was not that much worse than the typical yellow shimmer (streaky, sheerish, hard to build) but I've tried enough yellow polishes to know that it's possible to have a good yellow that is perfect in two coats, three at most. This was four: it was a hot mess on my nails and I thought that maybe if I put on more layers, it would look better. That was not true.
It's not quite as much of a baby blue as the photos make it out to be; it's more of a light lavender. This one applied beautifully... but it apparently needed a third coat. (I did this swatch in the demi-gloom of my apartment. I should maybe try turning on lights next time.) The above photos are just two coats. But even though there's a bit of patchiness, I think that it's obvious that it's pretty nice for a two coats of a pastel.
It's a shame the Yellow sucked so hard because it looks so pretty in the photo and it looks good on you. The lavender shade is just classic.
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ReplyDeleteThat is why I just gave up on yellow, because every single time I bought one it turned out to be a frustrating disaster. And I don't even like yellow that much. It does look good on you, though. Yellow is one of those colors that everyone tells me is "my color" but I just can't get excited about it.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. The photo does make the yellow look awesome. Too bad it was a punk.
ReplyDeleteI must get cloud. It's so so pretty!
ReplyDeleteLove both colours! Especially the yellow with its shimmer :)
ReplyDeleteit is a shame about the yellow, it looks lovely in the photos, ive recently bought myself a yellow shimmer and haven't swatched it yet - now im apprehensive, i was hoping it would be great! Cloud is lovely, perfect colour for spring :)
ReplyDeleteYour pic makes the yellow look like perfection (I'm a huge yellow addict) so that sucks that it's such a bad formula. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteLove that shade of yellow! Cloud is also such a delicate shade. Two nice Spring shades.
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