Another post in one night? Yup, I'm making up for last night's missed post!
Now that my mom is in town visiting for the next couple weeks, our first stop was Little Saigon in Westminster, Orange County. Mama's gotta cook and she needed to stock up on groceries and indulge in prepared foods. And if you didn't already know, Little Saigon is the mecca of nail polish supply stores, so I had to stop by one that was next door after lunch. It was a new to me store that I hadn't visited before, and it carried a decent selection of OPI, Essie, China Glaze, Nubar, Verity and Color Club. I didn't see anything super new - it looked like they might have been a season behind. I saw the Neon Essies and the Halo Hues Color Clubs, but they didn't have the Naughty Nauticals that I've been lemming. Prices seemed lower than other nail supplies in the area - Essies were only $3.50 and Verity were $1 so of course I had to pick some up. They also had $3 OPI nail stickers that I couldn't resist.
So of course, tonight's swatch is a Verity polish called Asian Jade. I think it's suppose to be a dupe of
YSL Vert D'Orient, which is basically a french for Asian Jade. The formula is nowhere near as smooth as YSL's formula. It was a little streaky on the first coat, but was opaque on the second coat. It was a touch thick but that didn't impede application. I didn't use any topcoat in these pics.
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Verity Asian Jade |
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Verity Asian Jade |
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Verity Asian Jade |
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Verity Asian Jade |
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Verity Asian Jade |
And since I'm a sleep deprived mother with a baby that's teething, I haven't had a chance to swatch the YSL next to the Verity, but the colors look really similar. And for only a dollar, this is definitely worth picking up if you don't already have a similar color in your collection. Do you have any must own cheapies like this one?
Gorgeous colour <3 I consider the entire brand Essence as my must own cheapies, haha :)
ReplyDeleteI love Essence! I wish the LEs would come here in the US - the core line gets boring really quick.
DeleteThis is a great color! I think Vert is a little darker. I've often seen Verity but never picked them up. Might have to reconsider!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try and put up a comparison tonight, if I have time. You definitely need to pick them up if you see them. They're much better than the other salon cheapies.
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