A Dollar Tree find.
At first I was sure this would be a blah, brick, reddish, orange polish.
Not. at. all!
It's a gorgeous deep warm crimson with some pinkish, magenta undertone.
I want to say some berry snuck in there and that is what makes this polish pop.
This is a jelly. And a jelly glows. I am learning!
It also took a good 4-5 coats to really get coverage. I used the Sally Hansen nylon fibre base coat, it is white, so it lets the color really come through without my stained nails affecting the color.
Also: thin coats! At first I thought I wouldn't get any coverage at all, but it built nicely!
Top coat: Maybelline clear polish "Vinyl Shine" (I like it a lot because it doesn't cause the polish to shrink!)
I moisturized a LOT prior to the manicure, then afterwords I added some cuticle oil. I really think this helped with the polish remover of the previous nail polish, a huge difference! Of course cuticle oil can not be discounted!!
These photos were taken with a color corrected lamp.
The only problem: it just took forever to dry properly. I had to use umpteen drying drops, and even then: sheet marks!
I tried to correct these with the Maybelline Vinyl Shine top coat (it's from the DT, too, it really doesn't cause shrinkage, and I love it!), which helped a bit, but in the end I wasn't able to get enough repair to get good daylight shots.
I did get one finger that wasn't mussed up some how.
This shows natural daylight:
At first I was sure this would be a blah, brick, reddish, orange polish.
Not. at. all!
It's a gorgeous deep warm crimson with some pinkish, magenta undertone.
I want to say some berry snuck in there and that is what makes this polish pop.
This is a jelly. And a jelly glows. I am learning!
It also took a good 4-5 coats to really get coverage. I used the Sally Hansen nylon fibre base coat, it is white, so it lets the color really come through without my stained nails affecting the color.
Also: thin coats! At first I thought I wouldn't get any coverage at all, but it built nicely!
Top coat: Maybelline clear polish "Vinyl Shine" (I like it a lot because it doesn't cause the polish to shrink!)
I moisturized a LOT prior to the manicure, then afterwords I added some cuticle oil. I really think this helped with the polish remover of the previous nail polish, a huge difference! Of course cuticle oil can not be discounted!!
These photos were taken with a color corrected lamp.
The only problem: it just took forever to dry properly. I had to use umpteen drying drops, and even then: sheet marks!
I tried to correct these with the Maybelline Vinyl Shine top coat (it's from the DT, too, it really doesn't cause shrinkage, and I love it!), which helped a bit, but in the end I wasn't able to get enough repair to get good daylight shots.
I did get one finger that wasn't mussed up some how.
This shows natural daylight:
Well, that's all for now!
I really love that color and need to figure out how to dry the polish better.
Thanks for reading!
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