Rimmel Night Before

Rimmel Night Before

Night Before has red-violet shimmer in a blurple base and took 2 coats to become opaque. The red-violet shimmer really glows and almost looks as though it's suspended in the base. At times, it looks pink-purple. In the bottle, there is a subtle, but visible yellow and green shift. On the nail, the shift can only be seen at very extreme angles. Luckily, I was able to capture it on my middle finger in the below pictures! The formula was thin, but in a good way as it was easy to apply and build up the opacity. The 60 Second line is advertised as having a pro-precision brush and drying in 60 seconds (obviously). I found that it did not dry in that amount of time, though I don't recall it taking very long to dry either. My brush also wasn't very precisely cut so I think I may have received a dud in that department. It dried shiny.

Night Before is such a beautiful polish! I have a weak spot for anything with reddish shimmer that shifts to many other colors. I think I already have a small collection of such polishes... :x (I also have Ninja Polish Divinity and Milani Totally Cool.) Do you guys know of any other polishes with this kind of shimmer? (By the way, I know Max Factor Fantasy Fire is one, but I've no way of getting it.)

See you guys on the other side of the day!

Michelle

NYC New York Color Sidewalkers + CrowsToes I Make the Path

NYC New York Color Sidewalkers

Sidewalkers is a light grey creme, and definitely reminds me of concrete. The formula was thin, but the polish still manages to become opaque. It was easy to control and I didn't encounter any problems. The first coat was somewhat sheer, with opacity fully built on the second coat. However, I used 3 coats because I found that it didn't level well. The dry time wasn't as quick as the "In a New York Color Minute" line claims, but Sidewalkers still did dry quickly. It dried with a nice shine.

CrowsToes I Make the Path

I Make the Path has matte greyish-blue square and hex, blue hex, and holographic small and fine gold hex glitters in a clear base. I layered 1 coat over NYC New York Color Sidewalkers. Surprisingly, it was easy to work with. I've read that some bloggers had trouble with this polish. Since it was so packed with glitter (which I LOVE), I didn't have to fish for any of it. I only had to move the glitter around a little so I could create a more balanced look. It dried slowly and gritty. I used a topcoat to add some shine and smooth out the glitters. This was on my wish list for a while so I'm very happy I have it now! I also really like the name of this polish. (Perhaps it's because I put a symbolic meaning behind it... But I digress.)

You can purchase I Make the Path from Llarowe.

See you guys on the other side of the day!

Michelle

Gloss 'n Sparkle Unicorn Spawn

Gloss 'n Sparkle Unicorn Spawn

Unicorn Spawn is a white crelly with matte pastel green, blue, and pink hexes and holographic microglitter. It's a very pretty polish and the holographic microglitter looks like fairy dust! The holo triumphs in the sun, but I didn't have any when I was swatching. :( While the hexes came out easily, I still had to paint carefully so they wouldn't slide off. I'm very happy that there was an equal ratio of pastel matte glitters! I don't like it when things aren't in equal proportions. The dry time was slow. Unicorn Spawn dried "flat"; the base had a nice gloss, but the holo doesn't sparkle. (See what I did there?) I used a topcoat to try to liven it up.

I purchased Unicorn Spawn from Llarowe.

See you guys on the other side of the day!

Michelle

Jindie Nails Candy Land Remix

Jindie Nails Candy Land Remix

Candy Land Remix has a white crelly base with neon matte small, medium, and large hex glitters in orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and pink. I used 3 coats. The formula was good, but the application was tricky. I had to be careful about the medium and large hexes sliding off as I was painting. The first coat was sheer, but the opacity increases with successive coats. The hexes don't lay flatly, but aren't a nuisance. I turned the bottle upside-down before each coat so I didn't have to fish for the medium and large hexes. As shown, I didn't get many orange and blue hexes. I wish the ratio was more even. As it is, I feel Candy Land Remix contains predominately yellow, green, and pink hexes. I also own the original Candy Land, and if you ask me, I can't decide which version I like more!

I purchased Candy Land Remix from Llarowe.

See you guys on the other side of the day!

Michelle

Sally Hansen Limestone + Candeo Colors Melonball

Sally Hansen Limestone

Limestone is a lime green creme and was opaque in 3 coats. The formula was thin and somewhat watery. The first coat applied sort of sheer. It doesn't level that well either. However, it did have a nice dry time and dried with a nice shine.

Candeo Colors Melonball

Melonball has "medium sized matte pink squares and hexes, small matte coral hex, large red matte hex, and small matte green hex scattered with a few large glowing rose copper hexes". It is a Llarowe exclusive, but I got it from a blog sale. I layered 1 coat over Sally Hansen Limestone. Unfortunately, I don't think I got any of the rose copper hexes. :( Such a shame! Melonball was easiest to apply when a good amount of glitter was on the brush because it prevents much dabbing. Though the square glitters weren't as easy to pick up as the smaller glitters, fishing wasn't necessary. Since the base was neither thick nor thin, Melonball wasn't hard to apply. It oddly dries to a matte finish so I used a topcoat. It was slightly gritty when it dried, but the glitter was well-behaved and laid flatly on the nail. Dry time was slow. 

Description from Llarowe. You can purchase Melonball from Llarowe.

See you guys on the other side of the day!

Michelle