Revlon moon candy - Milky Way

This is a strange one. I don't like buying non-standard bottles because of storage concerns but I couldn't pass this up. I don't have any macro flakie glitters so I decided to add one to my collection.

One end of the polish is a dark grey creme - I actually liked the coverage and formula. It was a bit thick but pretty much a one-coater. Dried fast and shiny! The other end is macro flakies - mylar cut in bigger pieces than in standard flakie polishes. The other Moon Candy polishes came with blue, red, orange, others and Milky Way looked like a dark holographic, with ALL of the colors. It was also very tricky to photograph...You can see it in the bottle in the first picture. 

Now, I am a lover of flakies and own many polishes containing them - I like green, red, orange, blue, multicolored flakies. The pieces in these polishes tend to be about 1-3mm at their largest and this keeps the polishes creamy, even though they still feel like porridge. 

Milky way is about 5mm for their largest flakies and they are a PAIN. They slide, don't stick well, stick out, bend, create a rough surface. Two top coat layers later, it's still sticking out! I had to wrestle with it for a while.

In the end, I really loved the grey polish that game with this and I will probably try the glitter again - maybe in a sandwich?

Tony Moly GS08 vs Revlon Whimsical

Index - Whimsical. Rest  -Milky Way

As I promised, I present to you a comparison between Tony Moly GS08 Milky Way and Revlon Whimsical (known as the DL Glitter in the Air dupe).

1st difference - I'm sad I didn't have a picture of the bottles handy, but Whimsical's base is a little bit more minty with a hint of green, while Milky Way is totally baby blue. However, it doesn't seem to matter, because the base colors both end up looking the same.

Milky way's base was thicker and it allowed for more color per coat, where Whimsical has more glitter in it per coat and the 'secret' mylar glitter pieces were more prevalent. The glitter looked better, brighter. However, this difference is VERY minute. 

They looked pretty much the same on my hands, index finger just looked a little bit more glittery, Otherwise, it's a great dupe with a bit less glitter.

Your thoughts one jelly-sandwich-in-a-bottle polishes? Love or hate?

Revlon Popular or Starry Pink

Revlon Starry Pink is an interesting color I've been hesitating on for a long time. So long, in fact, that it got renamed to Popular in 2012. It's a milky light pink with silver hex glitter and smaller silver glitter. I found the texture too thick, yet streaky and it didn't look as good as I imagined on my skintone. It was a lot whiter than I really wanted and the milkiness of the base really clashed with silver glitter for me. I feel that this could've been a success if it was white, not silver glitter. I wanted to like it, but this one was a miss for me.

SH Instadri wear Blue Away! with Revlon Whimsical

It's Whimsical time again!

Revlon Whimsical is something straight out of a dream - a milky jelly with a hint of blue and iridescent tiny glitters, along with pink and blue hex glitter - a treat for the eyes. I can't resist reaching for it every now and again, it is pretty much the perfect jelly and glitter polish I own. Here it is layered over SH Instadri wear Blue Away!, which is a one-coater light blue. Like all (at least in my experience) Instadris, it's a 1-2 coater opaque cream, dries very fast, not too shiny, so a topcoat helps. The worst thing about them is the chipping, but I do my nails every 2-3 days, so it hasn't been a big issue with me. With a jelly on top, it makes for a less harsh texture on the nail and a good backdrop for Whimsical. 

Despite being core, Whimsical is getting sold out every time I visit Superstore to pick up a backup. When I was there last week, it has TWO entire rows filled with Whimsical. Since I was moving and was shopping for essentials. I didn't get it... came back the very next day and they were all gone. What an elusive polish! I had no idea it would still be so popular. 

What do you think of it? Do you like glitter jellies or find them tacky?

Revlon Fire

Whoa, 555 followers! That's really awesome, thank you for entering the giveaway and following the blog!

I want to apologize for my lack of activity lately, it hasn't been my top priority to update the blog, so it's mostly been running on queued updates for the last little while. I've been behind on my comments as well and I want to apologize for the general lack of activity.

I've got a lot of photos to edit, lots of content! Lately, I've been more into nail art, rather than getting new polish. It's become a game of trying to improve my skill at dotting, taping and drawing tiny pictures. So if you like nail art, I hope you stick around!

And now for the polish:

Revlon Fire is a cool coral jelly with a very saturated colour payoff. I'm wearing 2 coats in this picture, yet the polish glows! The formula is smooth and easy to work with, just like Revlon Royal, making it a joy to apply. It dries relatively fast, but it's much less shiny without a topcoat. With a topcoat, however, it's amazing! A bold jelly and a beautiful bright polish. I ended up wearing it for longer than I intended to and it lasted for 3 days without chipping! Sometimes Revlon makes germs like this... among their hit and miss formulas, a few truly amazing polishes like this. Looks like it's new favourite red polish!

♥ 50 follower giveaway!! ♥

Hello and welcome to my very first giveaway!

Today up for grabs we're got three prizes for you...this means there will be THREE WINNERS!

1: OPI - Nicki Minaj minis box set Condition - NEW 

(old photo but I am giving away a pristine new box!)

2: OPI - DS Coronation Condition - USED (Dusty hunted this one) but full. There is a bit of discoloration on the cap.This is one of the oldschool DS holos! Very pretty silver holo.

3: Revlon Blue Mosaic Condition - NEW

A beautiful blue and turquoise glitter from Revlon!

Please use the form to enter the giveaway and don't forget to let me know which prize you prefer!
This giveaway is open until 03/26/2012
♥ Anyone can enter! It's open internationally ♥

OPI Too Pink To Hold Em jelly sandwich with Revlon Whimsical

Another jelly sandwich! This one with the second OPI sorbet I bought, Too Pink to Hold 'em!

The color is a deep pink jelly, shows up very bright and becomes milkier and more cool-toned when sandwiched since Whimsical is a very transparent milky blue. The effect is astounding!

This applies as well as the other OPI sorbets. These jellies are must have for a jelly lover, I can honestly say they are some of the better jellies I've had the pleasure of applying. Bright color, 3 coats and they are good to go. TOTALLY transparent, which is a big plus for layering. Holo glitter stays holo when sandwiched in the OPI Sorbets as well. 

Here is Too Pink To Hold 'Em by itself:

Also, I have cut off all my nails back to nubs...so posts after this will contain short nails on both hands. New year new nails! I'm happy to be able to use my right hand for stuff again but I do miss the nice pretty nails. I'm regretting it a bit because they DIDN'T BREAK. Wow! But I am hoping they will come back stronger than ever :D

Revlon Whimsical over ORLY Frisky

I finally got my hands on Revlon Whimsical completely by accident. I actually saw the display and it wasn't there, I was so upset! I went digging around the discount bin and BAM. HERE IT IS. Along with Starry Pink, which got renamed to Popular!(bottle shots in this post) I decided to layer Whimsical over ORLY Frisky, since it really makes the blue glitter pop. Whimsical is very sheer, I kinda have to swirl the brush to pick up glitter and still had to use two coats. Whimsical is also a slightly more blue (and about 4 times cheaper) dupe for Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air. 

It contains pink and blue hex glitter, tiny transparent glitter with a bright blue flash and smaller silver round glitter. The base is a slightly milky light blue jelly. The removal is fairly easy, which is a BIG plus for a glitter polish and it looks stunning on the nail. Wow, I am so glad to find it! I already want to layer it over everything...I think another jelly sandwich is in order. 

100TH POST!! My first Deborah Lippmann! and a little haul...

 It's my 100th post!

(as if you couldn't tell from that title...) I can NOT believe I wrote a 100 posts already...oh my gosh! I had no idea I had it in me...this blogging thing's got me writing more than ever these days. I'm still learning how to write a bit better, take better photos and paint my nails better and this is just helping me get there, as well as finding lots of friends along the way and discovering a lot of cool things. Thank you for reading and I look forward to writing a 100 more!

I got my hands on my very first DL polish, Stairway to Heaven...it's so pretty! Translucent opalescent hex and round glitter, secret blue sparkle...it's just... "heavenly" :D

I also hauled Essie - Smooth Sailin, China Glaze Blue Iguana and Peachy Keen and Maybelline Cool Couture.

Oooh it has very subtle secret blue shimmer...

Also! I came across Revlon Whimsical (DL Glitter in the Air dupe) and Popular (renamed Starry Pink)

Phew! Oh goodness, now I have so many more polishes to try and so many more posts to write!
~ONWARDS TO VICTORY~

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone!

I hope everyone is warm and fuzzy, with family and eating great food!

I've been behind on my blog, that is my baaad but I can assure you that I've gotten some more material to work with now!

I also attempted a Christmas mani with Revlon Royal and SH-Whirlwind White and some dotting tools.

A bit messy but it turned out okay for a first try!

Revlon Royal with Nfu-oh 38 flakie

I got too excited and swatched DS Sapphire on the pinky

left hand

I completely forgot about this mani! I had it on about a week ago. Revlon Royal is a jelly I didn't think I'd like, but I picked it up anyway, just to try it. The deep blue polish didn't look amazing in the bottle but I was surprised in terms of application and finish! Dries fast and glossy, looks great in 2 coats. A true indigo jelly, just transparent enough to look like the bluest bottle glass, but colorful enough to look absolutely stunning. I wanted to give it even more of a flair (looks a little boring from far away) so I layered some flakies on top! Nfu-oh 38 is a green to orange multichrome flakie and it tends to be invisible except for a bright flare of color, sort of like a flame. I really loved this combo since it looked like frozen fire and it was absolutely stunning... I ordered another flakie from Nfu-oh and I hope to experiment with it as well in the future.

Revlon Carbonite

So guess what! I finally got my hands on Carbonite, long after the hype is gone and it only cost me 3 dollars. I feel like a winner. Carbonite is supposed to be a pretty-close-but-not-quite-dupe to Chanel Graphite, with less of a golden sparkle. I'm a big fan of metallics and Carbonite is no exception. A grungy, almost green toned steel with a bit of reflection, but texture as well. The formula wowed me the most... It applied like a DREAM. The color was solid in 1 coat, but I added the second for full saturation. The polish is very creamy, doesn't snag and dries fast. It's very different to see a metallic finish like this (don't think it's a foil) apply like a creme and be super solid without any grittiness. Removal was also easy! It slides right off, instead of leaving the glitter behind. I honestly did not find any flaws in the formula, color and wear of this polish. I wish it was a little more sparkly, but that can be fixed with a glitter topcoat.

Revlon Carbonite gets a BIG thumbs up from me and I'm happy to add it to my collection.

Revlon - Blue Lagoon

Blue lagoon 092 is a robin's egg blue, a colour I have 2-3 variations of.  Lagoon is unique in the sense that it has glass flecks so the colour has a bit of depth. In the bottle it's a beautiful blue and you can see the flecks if you look real close.

Here's a closeup of flecks:

In terms of application, it's gross. The flakies give it texture of what could be best described as porridge. The color is streaky, yet chunky. It does not dry as fast at it could and needs about 3-4 coats to reach full opacity.

I really do love the way it looks with 3 coats and a topcoat on, but for the price you pay (7-8$cdn) you'd think Revlon would have a nice formula like NYC Colour or Wet N Wild polishes (2-3$cdn). I do not own many Revlon polishes and their formula is the biggest reason. With that said, after the pain-in-the-butt application and gross texture, it does look fantastic at the end. The finish is one of my favorite light blue colors, because the rest are cremes and Blue Lagoon stands out. All in all, it's a toss-up between me liking the colour and finish, while hating the polish itself.