Saturday, December 7, 2013

Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite Over Revlon Colorstay Amethyst Swatch And Review

Yay for the weekend!  Today's not going to be an easy day for me because I'll be at work doing an end of the year inventory, but I am grateful that it's a short day.  I'm looking forward to enjoying my short weekend, and I hope most of it is spent indoors.  It's suppose to be unusually cold here in SoCal and with the Christmas shopping traffic, I have no desire to be out and about.  I love Christmas but I hate all the pushy advertisements and the shopping rush that ensues.  It sort of takes all the joy out of the holiday, IMO.

Whilst I was ravaging the CVS near my house for the semi-annual clearance items, I managed to pick up a few Revlon Colorstay polishes including Amethyst.  I've forgotten how wonderful the formula is for these polishes, they're smooth, creamy, opaque and a breeze to apply. I used two easy coats here and no topcoat because it dried relatively shiny on its own.  Amethyst is a gorgeous shade of purple, and truly reminds me of its namesake with an innate glow from within.

Revlon Colorstay Amethyst
Revlon Colorstay Amethyst

Revlon Colorstay Amethyst
Revlon Colorstay Amethyst

Revlon Colorstay Amethyst
Revlon Colorstay Amethyst

Revlon Colorstay Amethyst
Revlon Colorstay Amethyst

Revlon Colorstay Amethyst
Revlon Colorstay Amethyst

I can't believe how beautiful this simple purple shimmer is, and for 75% off, it was a complete steal.  I love CVS because you can easily get extrabucks and coupons to use towards your purchases.  Here with the 75% off clearance prices, I was able to use a $2 off $10 coupon that I received in my email.  After using this Colorstay, I definitely plan on using my other untried Colorstays immediately.

Next, I wanted to try a glitter gradient, so I used Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite which contains gold, blue, and fuchsia glitters in a clear topcoat.  Formula was remarkably liquid-y and not thick like normal glitter polishes.  In fact, I had difficulty controlling the amount of glitter because it kept pooling quickly from the brush onto my nail.  As a result, I had some thick patches of polish in those areas that took forever to dry down.  This is finished with a layer of my Poshe/GCS mix.

Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite
Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite

Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite
Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite

Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite
Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite

Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite
Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite

Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite
Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite

Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite
Liquid Glam Lacquer Night Lite
I love how festive this glitter gradient turned out, despite the thickness of the polish.  The fuchsia glitters got a little lost in the Amethyst background, but I've never been good at choosing a good base color for glitter toppers.  A gradient was a good choice because it helped minimize the crazy sparkly-ness of this glitter bomb and let the lovely bottom base color to show through.  Are you good at choosing base colors?  Should I have used something more neutral for Night Lite? 

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