Review: Maybelline Color Show Duochromes!

So I have a problem whereby I buy a lot of nail polish. Not that much and it helps me stop buying other things I don't need, but enough. What it does mean though is that I have a lot just sitting around that I then feel I have to integrate into some horribly complicated design. I never just WEAR a single colour. Last night though I decided that I might just have to swatch a few polishes as they're really pretty and need to be seen. So, let's take a look at some new Maybelline duochromes I found in Rexall on sale the other day. SO MANY PICTURES INCOMING.

First up, Maybelline Color Show Boho Gold, a gold-green duochrome much like Chanel Peridot, OPI Just Spotted the Lizard, etc, etc. I have a bunch like this but never get around to actually using them - I really should do a comparison. Anyway, this polish is absolutely gorgeous, so shiny and metallic. I'd have liked it to colour shift a bit more but it's so shiny I'll let it off. Application was decent, this is three coats with no top coat.

Next, Maybelline Color Show Avante Green, a gold-green-blue duochrome. This one is just as shiny and metallic as Boho Gold but it's green so... I'm just not that big a fan of green. It's really pretty though! Same application as the first polish, three coats is best to make sure it's all even.

Finally, the most unique polish I think I have in my entire collection: Downtown Brown. Not only is it brown, which in and of itself is pretty under-represented in my collection, but it's a brown to blue duochrome! It's so weird to look at. Other than saying it's a duochrome, you can't describe the colour. It just doesn't exist anywhere else. And that's a win (bingo!) in my book. Application is the same as the other two, three coats is best to get it nice and even.

The Verdict: As none of the stores near me seem to want to stock the China Glaze Bohemian collection, this will do in the mean time. The polishes are well priced and super shiny and metallic. Given that they were $3.99 each, you can't go wrong.

Review: Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles is Accurately Named

It's amazing what you can find when you wander around at night. My favourite time to go shopping is ridiculously late and I'm extra happy when it pays off. I've been looking for Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles for a while now at that couldn't be more up my alley if it tried. I finally managed to find it in a Shoppers last night and it really does live up to its name. A Million Sparkles is a predominately blue glitter that has an amazing ability to look like a foil after a couple of coats. Combine that with gold, silver and pink bar glitter and you have a winner. It's seriously so sparkly I got distracted from what I was saying at lunch today. Application is decent but you really need four coats to get completely opaque coverage. That's ok, glitter dries fast. It's a little rough too but nothing Seche Vite can't fix. The Verdict: Yay glitter! If, like me, you like sparklies to the point where it's the biggest tag on y

Review: Sephora X Outburst

As you can imagine, I was pretty excited when the new Sephora X polishes came out. Not only were there a million of them, but I could go see them in person, circling the huge stand and singling out my prey. I'm not the most happy that the good ones are FIFTEEN dollars each but what am I going to do, not buy any?? That's silly. I have few now but my favourite so far as to be the incredibly Outburst. LOOK AT IT:

All the ILNP Ultrachromes! Like Shiny Beetles!

Guess what guys, it's not glitter today! Instead, I have the incredibly amazing ILNP Ultrachrome polishes to show you! I saw a picture of these on the ILNP site and gasped out loud when I saw the colour shift. I totally didn't sit for an hour at work, refreshing the page when the preorders went up. That would be silly. I was so excited when they arrived as they looked as amazing in the bottle as they did on the site. I swatched each polish over black, took the photos, but no matter what I tried, I couldn't get the finish to a place where I was satisfied. I'm sure it's something about the way I was applying it, but there would be little bumps or inconsistencies in the finish and it was annoying. So I didn't post them. I gave them another shot in a taped mani and YES THIS IS BETTER LOOK:

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