Misa Trust Fund Swatch And Review with Bonus Verity Glitter Glory

By now my little family and I should have safely landed back in Los Angeles where my in-laws are waiting see us.  They arrived in LA yesterday from NC, and they're looking forward to spending a month out here with us(who are we kidding, they're here to see LO, not us!).  It's a family packed summer with grandparents back to back.  I'm grateful to have all this support - I just wish we lived closer to them!

I wanted to try out a new glitter that I got from Verity, and I felt that it needed a dark base, so the first one I came across in my stash was Misa Trust Fund.  It's a dark green leaning grey cream that was buttery smooth during application.  I used two coats here with no topcoat.  Look at that shine!  I forget how wonderful the formula is for Misa polishes.

Misa Trust Fund

Misa Trust Fund

Misa Trust Fund

Misa Trust Fund

Misa Trust Fund

You gotta love a color like that... not green, not quite grey.  Next, I wanted to see if this layering combination would work because Verity Glitter Glory has a charcoal almost black sheer base.  It's loaded with larger salmon pink and light pink hex glitters and fuchsia mini gliters.  It has a slightly thick consistency as expected for a glitter polish, and I used one coat over Trust Fund.

Misa Trust Fund with Verity Glitter Glory

Misa Trust Fund with Verity Glitter Glory

Misa Trust Fund with Verity Glitter Glory

Misa Trust Fund with Verity Glitter Glory

Misa Trust Fund with Verity Glitter Glory

Erm... well, I guess it didn't turn out quite like I imagined it would.  It might look better over a black base, or a grey without the green hue.  Glitter Glory isn't pigmented enough to wear alone, so I guess I'll have to keep experimenting to find a good base color.  Any suggestions on a color for this?  Have you ever had any layering fails?

Verity Asian Jade Swatch and Review

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.

Verity Asian Jade

Verity Asian Jade

Verity Asian Jade

Verity Asian Jade

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?

Verity Deep Violet Swatch And Review with Daring Digits Guy Manuel Bonus

DH has the new Anthony Bourdain series on and this episode is featuring Libya.  I'm craving the breakfast that he's eating on the show.  It looks like a big flat fried donut with two eggs cooked to medium in the center.  Yumm... who can resist fried dough and dippy eggs?  What I find shocking in this episode is that the rebels overthrew the monarchy two years ago using Twitter to communicate.  Amazing!

When I made my birthday haul a couple weeks ago, I picked up some Verity polishes at one of my favorite nail supply stores in Orange county.  I've always wanted to try Deep Violet, a popular purple jelly but I never wanted to pay for the shipping via Amazon.  I'm glad I waited, because the Verity line finally popped up at the nail supply for a whopping $1.25 each.  Winning!   Maybe one of these days I'll compile a list of the stores I like to go to along with the brands they carry.  For this mani, I started with three layers of Deep Violet.  Like any jelly, it was sheer on the first coat but was fairly opaque at three coats.  You can see a little VNL in the pics but it's not really visible IRL.  No topcoat in these pics to show its full squishy goodness!

Verity Deep Violet

Verity Deep Violet

Verity Deep Violet

Verity Deep Violet

Verity Deep Violet

I had Daring Digits Guy Manuel hanging around on my swatch table so I decided to try a quick sanmmich.  Here is one coat of Guy Manuel on top of Deep Violet.  It's got a multiclored hex squares, gold hex glitter, and gold shimmer.  It applied slightly thick like most glitter topcoats, but I had even distribution of glitter with one coat.

Verity Deep Violet with Daring Digits Guy Manuel

Verity Deep Violet with Daring Digits Guy Manuel

Verity Deep Violet with Daring Digits Guy Manuel

Verity Deep Violet with Daring Digits Guy Manuel

Verity Deep Violet with Daring Digits Guy Manuel

After using a polish named Guy Manuel, now who has Daft Punk's Around The World now stuck in their head?  That would be me!  Next, I used one layer of Deep Violet over the glitter and bam!  Look at that gorgeousness!!  You can still see some of the gold shimmer peeking through and the glitter gives the jelly amazing depth.

Verity Deep Violet with Daring Digits Guy Manuel

Verity Deep Violet with Daring Digits Guy Manuel

Verity Deep Violet with Daring Digits Guy Manuel

Verity Deep Violet with Daring Digits Guy Manuel

Verity Deep Violet with Daring Digits Guy Manuel

If you're wondering how this compares to L'Oreal Berry Nice, I would say that Deep Violet a little more plummier, and a touch warmer.  Berry Nice is cooler and leans more eggplant IMO.  Do you need both in your collection?  Probably not.  I would probably recommend Verity Deep Violet over the L'Oreal if you can find it, especially at $1.25, mostly because it took less coats to become opaque.  One thing is for sure - you definitely need to have at least one of them.  A purple jelly should be a staple in anyone's collection!