Jelly
Press Release
Zoya
Nothing To Disclose
Layering a lesser opaque color over a silver base is nothing new. So before I decide if I wanna drop my coin on something "new," I'm gonna do some testing of my own.
Sally Hansen Triple Shine Grape Jelly | Wet 'n Wild Fast Dry Everybody Loves Redmond
China Glaze Shell-O | Icing Grande Margarita | Icing Lime Martini
OPI I'm Never Amberrassed
All of the lacquers shown above are layered over a silver base on swatch sticks. (More info on swatch sticks HERE.)
Sally Hansen Triple Shine Grape Jelly was part of last summer's Palm Beach Jellies. Y'all remember that color-packed, translucent (oxymoron much?) lacquers were a big hit last year right? Well I picked up this limited edition shade--along with the rest of the aforementioned collection--on a end cap filled with a bunch of other miscellaneous polishes at Walmart.
Anyway, this was the sheerest of all the polishes in today's post. How sheer is it you ask? Above is three coats.
Wet 'n Wild Fast Dry Everybody Loves Redmond
Wet 'n Wild Fast Dry Everybody Loves Redmond is an red-orange jelly that looks great on it's own (shown HERE) but when two coats are layered over a silver base it becomes metallic. Fun right?
China Glaze Shell-O
China Glaze Shell-O may have been the biggest flop in the group. Even after three coats it was still patchy in some places.
Icing Grande Margarita
Icing Grande Margarita is one coat over silver. My camera just couldn't capture how amazing this looked. I'm just gonna throw this put there, someone needs to make metallic neons.
Icing Lime Martini
Icing Lime Martini is yet another one coater over silver! Why are neon metallics not a thing already?
OPI I'm Never Amberrassed
OPI I'm Never Amberrassed is two coats over silver. Depending on lighting, the color payoff varies.
What I learned:
- Due to variances in translucency, every jelly won't yeild the same results.
- Neon metallics need to be a thing.
- Though I don't have dead on dupes for the OPI Color Paints, I'm not completely sold on buying them. (Read: I'll likely by them when I catch them on clearence.)
Nothing To Disclose
What did you takeaway from this post? Will you be purchasing any/all the OPI Color Paints? Let's chat in the comments.
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Black
Glitter
Halloween
Icings From Halloweens Past
Tuesday, October 09, 2012nail a college drop out
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of the polish Icing comes out with. So, today I'm digging through my stash to find some of their Halloween themed polishes.
Witch's Brew
Vampire's Blood
Pumpkin
I picked all of these polishes up around this time last year and I haven't seen them lately in Icing. But you never really know with that store.
Do you own some of these?
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Black
Blue
Fuchsia
Breaking Dawn In The Twilight Zone
Thursday, November 17, 2011nail a college drop out
In lieu the upcoming Twilight movie I figured there's no time like the present to swatch some very fitting Icing polishes. For starters, yes, there is a nail polish named Twilight which I've already reviewed here. I've also picked up Vampire's Blood and Witch's Brew.
Bottle shots of Vampire's Blood and Witch's Brew
Vampire's Blood is a fuchsia glitter suspended in a black jelly base.
Witch's Brew contains green and blue glitter suspended in a black jelly base.
And here's Twilight...
Twilight is a silver glitter suspended in a black jelly base.
These are all:
Icing polishes.
opaque in two coats.
rather dull without a top coat.
and the only thing that separates them is the glitter inside them.
In the event you were thinking, "Hmm, if only there was a gold one." Welp, there is and you can see it here.
Will you be wearing any of these to the Twilight Breaking Dawn premier?
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Bottle shots of Vampire's Blood and Witch's Brew
Vampire's Blood is a fuchsia glitter suspended in a black jelly base.
Witch's Brew contains green and blue glitter suspended in a black jelly base.
And here's Twilight...
Twilight is a silver glitter suspended in a black jelly base.
These are all:
Icing polishes.
opaque in two coats.
rather dull without a top coat.
and the only thing that separates them is the glitter inside them.
In the event you were thinking, "Hmm, if only there was a gold one." Welp, there is and you can see it here.
I personally hate twilight—it’s the combination of two of my least favorite kinds of movies (sappy romance and cheesy vampire), but I do enjoy these lacquers.
Will you be wearing any of these to the Twilight Breaking Dawn premier?
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