*UPDATE: mybeautyexpress is now crazybeautyland.blogspot.com
Tis the season to wear glitter! December is everyone’s favourite month of the year isn’t it? Holidays, decorations, lights, pleasant weather… all things to enjoy. I like these vacations more than summer vacations because of the weather. At this time of the year, in Mumbai, its just starting to get cold, its quite lovely and I enjoy going out everyday. My skin is at its best, aka normal. In contrast, summers are hot and the sun is unforgiving. I sweat all the time within my house also. But summer has its benefits too, like bright colors!
Tis the season to wear glitter! December is everyone’s favourite month of the year isn’t it? Holidays, decorations, lights, pleasant weather… all things to enjoy. I like these vacations more than summer vacations because of the weather. At this time of the year, in Mumbai, its just starting to get cold, its quite lovely and I enjoy going out everyday. My skin is at its best, aka normal. In contrast, summers are hot and the sun is unforgiving. I sweat all the time within my house also. But summer has its benefits too, like bright colors!
December has
festivals and also signals the end of an year, which means parties and
celebrations. What is your must-have accessory for celebrations? Mine is glitter.
Glitter instantly adds more statement to your look, it is also absolutely fun
to play around with.
There is probably no easier way to incorporate glitter in
your look, than by adding it to your nails. Its simple and quickest to do(and
its also a pain to remove, but there is an easy method).
I picked up 3
affordable glitter nail polishes that stood out for me this year. Of course
there are more than just three released this year, but these ones are easily
accessible and economical, compared to the rest. I’ve decided to do mini reviews
and comparisons, just for you!
One notation to keep in mind: Ease of removal:- 1 indicates that the nail polish is easy to remove, like any other nail polish, 5 indicates its difficult to remove and requires the foil method.
You can zoom the
photos upto 60 times to see the nail polish more clearly. (you will end up
seeing my dry cuticles as well, but that’s what happens when you continuously
swatch nail polishes >.<)
1.Maybelline Color
Show Nail Enamel in Velvet Wine:-
Cost: Rs.75
Color: this is not a color I’d normally pick, but I was shopping
online so you can understand. Velvet
Wine seems like that “rani pink” which is over used by a lot of people and
a color that I personally hate for nails but
its actually a deep fuchsia color with silver and fuchsia shimmer. Two
coats makes the color even more deep, leaning towards raspberry pink. The color is between deep fuchsia and
raspberry. It’s the perfect color to wear with indian traditional wear, it will
complement Indian attires and colors beautifully. I have used two coats for
the swatches.
I liked that the vibrancy and shineyness of the nail polish stayed the
same for the entire time I wore it, even after 5 days of wearing it, it
looked freshly put! I experienced tip fading only on the third day, and I wore
it without a top coat. But it made the
whites of my nails yellow, and it has a strong nail lacquer odour.
Ease of removal: 1/5. It removes easily and does not stain
nails.
Overall rating: 4/5.
2. Rimmel Lasting
Finish in Disco Ball (500)
Cost: Rs.145
Color: Unlike Velvet Wine this one has a clear base which contains blue and silver hexagonal glitters and
smaller silver circle & hexagonal glitter. As you can see from the
photos its quite intensely packed with glitter. I used three coats on all
nails.
When a nail polish has a clear base, you can let your
imagination run wild and try any color underneath it, or wear it as it is. I
tried it over a bright orange-red color and black. It looks really good over
black but I like the way how it turned out over red as well. I’d wear it over red for an afternoon party
and over black for a night time party.
It has a very strong
and intense smell so if you have a sensitive nose, you may want to skip this.
Ease of removal: 3/5
Overall Verdict: 3/5
3. Sally Hansen Hard
As Nails Xtreme Wear in Rockstar Pink
Cost: Rs.250
Cost: Rs.250
Color: This one also has
a clear base with loads and loads of blue, red, purple and silver glitter, even
I would name this combination of colors Rockstar Pink! The glitter is very,
very densely packed and easily transfers on nails and it was hard to make
out if the glitter was circular or hexagonal but I think it is hexagonal. I
used two coats for all nail swatches. Compared
to Disco Ball this has way more glitter.
Since this one already has red glitter I used this over a yellow nail polish to see how it looks paired with neonish colors and over a black nail polish. You can see from the swatches that it holds its own even when swatched over other nail polishes. You can wear this without any base color! Disco Ball without any base leaves a lot to be desired, imo.
*UPDATE: mybeautyexpress is now crazybeautyland.blogspot.com
Ease of removal: 5/5. I did not use the foil method to remove it but its best to remove that way otherwise you end up with glitter particles over your finger, its quite messy.
Overall Verdict: 4/5.
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Which one do you
like?One advice: Don’t continuously swatch glitter nail polishes.
Another advice: Patience is key, both while applying and removing glitter nail enamels
And… I love glitter ball nails!
If I had to recommend only one out of the three I’ve mentioned here, it would be Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Rockstar Pink, because it has a lot of glitter and is quicker because it doesn’t really need a base color. Since we are talking bases, I love this one over yellow and I think this would look gorgeous over white!
I hope you found this post helpful =)
