Price: $6 * Buy At: American Apparel * Size: 15 ml / 0.5 fl oz I am not typically one who likes purple nail polish, but I love this color! In addition to the amazing color, the formula was perfect. It applied very evenly and was opaque in one coat, although I used two for the photos just to be sure. It was a bit thicker than your average polish, but it dried the same as thinner polishes. XOX ♥
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Swatch Spam ♥ Blue Me Away, Pacific Blue, Lacey Lilac & Grey Area12/18/2013
The Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear line of polishes is one of my favorites, and has been for years. The Xtreme Wear line is cheap ($2.49 on Target, and often on sale for 10 to 20 cents off that price), only requires 2 coats (you can get away with one) and easy application. I have reviewed five of these polishes from the Summer 2013 collection (Peach Beach, Perfect Pear-ing, Kiwi Bikini, Berry Juicy & Pinch of Punch). I also have reviewed a permanent shade, White On as well as a newer LE color, Glitter Gun. Here I will have swatches of four shades from the Xtreme Wear permanent line that I bought before my website! Here are the blues & purples that I have; Blue Me Away, Pacific Blue, Lacey Lilac & Grey Area. More SHXM Swatch Spam to come! XOX ♥
Price: $17 * Buy At: Sephora * Size: 0.5 fl oz The Illamasqua Nail Varnish in Speckle is a pastel lilac creme with medium and small black hexes. This, and the other speckled effect nail polishes are from the Illamasqua I'mperfection collection. Speckle has a quite thin formula, which allows the black hexes to show through multiple layers. Despite the thinness, the pastel purple color built up nicely with the 3 coats in the swatches. The black hexes stay flat to the nail and don't make the finished nails feel bumpy. Speckle applied really nicely and also had a great wear. XOX ♥
Price: $8 * Size: 0.5 fl oz / 15 mL http://www.zoya.com/content/38/item/Zoya/Zoya-Nail-Polish-Marley.html Zoya Marley is a lilac-grey with a creme finish from Zoya's Intimate collection. I'm not sure if you can still find this polish at Ulta, but you can buy Marley directly from Zoya. Despite Marley being a light color with a sheen, it was easily opaque with two coats. Marley's formula isn't thick or thin and isn't patchy whatsoever. XOX ♥
Price: $4.79 * Buy At: Target * Size: 0.45 fl oz / 13.3 mL The Sally Hansen Diamond is a red-violet glitter polish in a semi-sheer red-violet base. Wedding Crasher applied the glitter very evenly and I didn't find any "bald" spots on my nails. I also like how when dry, it doesn't have a bumpy or gritty feel, as many glitters do. Wedding Crasher feels very smooth. XOX ♥
Price: $2.49 * Buy At: Target * Size: 0.4 fl oz / 11.8 mL Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear has been my favorite nail polish brand for a really long time! When I saw that they had a new line at Target, I got so excited that the people around me probably thought I was a freak. Anyway, Sally Hansen has come out with a new line of 10 colors for Summer 2013 and I picked up 5. The ones I didn't pick up were Lemon Zest (a shimmery mustard yellow), Blueberry Blast (a shimmery dark blue), Razz-berry (a mid tone pink creme), Ice Pop (a silver glitter top coat) & Pink-Grape Fruit (a purple and pink glitter top coat). Peach BeachPeach Beach is a medium peachy coral pink creme. I found that Peach Beach was the most streaky on me out of the 5 I bought. It was also a little more sheer and required 3 coats on some nails, unlike the others. If you are wondering about how it compares to the permanent shade Coral Reef, Coral Reef is darker than Peach Beach and a little more red. Pinch of PunchPinch of Punch is a pink-leaning purple creme. This kind of purple (and pastel purples) are the only kinds I will wear, so I'm glad Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear now has one! Pinch of Punch was pretty opaque and only needed 2 coats. I found that Pinch of Punch was really glossy looking, the most glossy out of the 5 for some reason (I didn't use a top coat). Berry JuicyBerry Juicy is a clean, bright pastel pink creme. This one is my favorite from the collection & I couldn't stop looking at my nails when it was on! Unlike a lot of pale pink polishes, this one was very opaque and bright and only required 2 coats to even the color out. Kiwi BikiniKiwi Bikini is a darker green teal creme. The formula of Kiwi Bikini was the thinnest to me, but it was still pretty opaque with 2 coats. Perfect Pear-ingPerfect Pear-ing is a light green creme that isn't mint and isn't lime. This polish was quite sheer when applied in thin coats, but was really opaque (and looked brighter) when applied with thick coats. The closest color I have to Perfect Pear-ing is Essie's First Timer, which is more blue. Berry Juicy & Perfect Pear-ing were my favorites from the 5 that I picked up, but these 5 are my favorite of the Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Summer 2013 line. All of these polishes lasted a few days before chipping without a top coat.
XOX ♥ Price: Around $7 * Buy At: Target * Size: 0.5 fl oz / 15 mL Look At Me, Look At Me by Nicole by OPI is a gorgeous purple-silver glitter with light blue & hot pink glitter mixed in. I really liked how this applied. It is very even and can be almost opaque in one coat. This polish also dried super fast! Look At Me, Look At Me is one of those colors that looks quite different in different lighting. In natural light it looks much lighter and in indoor lighting it looks much more purple. More SwatchesXOX ♥
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