Showing posts with label suede. Show all posts
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Saturday, 26 May 2012

Revlon Powder Puff Matte Suede

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Happy Weekend Everyone!

It's been quite cold here in Christchurch, which is a pity for a Saturday, but I've had the heat pump blasting and it's oh so cosy!!!!

In honour of Winter being almost upon us, I have Powder Puff to show you. It looks just like fresh snow melting on my fingertips!!!!

First, though I have to tell you that after discovering how amazing Revlon Fire Fox was, I got on Ebay and picked up 2 more from the Matte Suede holiday collection that Revlon put for the 2010/11 Christmas season. I got Emerald City & Powder Puff. Now I just need to get Ruby Ribbon (though I'm not sure I really want it...) and I'll own the entire set.

Do you get that same, girly satisfaction when you own a whole set of something? With me it can be stationary, clothing, china, obviously nail polish and even oddly bath and shower products!!! I even get a kick out of all my cleaning products being the same brand. I fear this is a pre, pre-cursor to OCD... Is it the 30s when it tends to set in? If so, I have some time!

On with the polish!

Powder Puff - 3 coats - white light

Powder Puff - macro

 Powder Puff is a beautiful sheer milky white with ice blue shimmer in a matte suede finish.  actually forgot to take any photos without top coat, so in both the pictures it's glossy.
I think PP looks just like the snow beneath my skis on a sunny day at the mountain!!! The blue sky always seems to reflect off the snow and looks just like this!

Unfortunately, I do not like the formula as much as the colour! It's sheer and uneven so after 3 coats there was still some VNL and I put Seche Vite on to try and make the mani look more even. Up close you could see that some parts of my nail had better coverage than others!!! Still, from a distance you couldn't tell.

I ended up layering a glitter over it, but next time I wear it I might try layering PP over a white creme polish. But I wouldn't want to lose the milkiness it has. Awh, so delicate!!! I felt like such a lady wearing this & it didn't look stark at all!!!

Next time I'll show you what it looks like with Lynderella Forget Me Not!!!!!

xxx
NPA

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Revlon Fire Fox Suede - Swatches & Review

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I was cheekily gifted Fire Fox by the lovely and gorgeous Paula, for looking after her kids one afternoon. It was very naughty of her, but the polish is seriously AMAZING and not one I would have looked at twice in-store, so I'm ever so glad!!!

I've probably had this for over 6 months, but I've never been able to get good photos before, and I've worn it 3 or 4 times - which is a LOT for someone with a billion polishes (actually it just tipped 800 :( ). It's a suede finish polish so I took photos of it with matte and glossy top coats to give you a better idea of it's finish and versatility.
So I can now present to you Fire Fox, three ways:


Fire Fox - 2 coats - white light

Fire Fox - natural finish - macro

Fire Fox - matte

Fire Fox - matte - macro

Fire Fox - glossy

Fire Fox - glossy

Fire Fox - glossy

Fire Fox - glossy - macro

 Fire Fox is a medium red that leans more pink than orange, which might be a little confusing to tell from the photos! FF has a ton of shimmer in it, that is really brought out by a glossy top coat. It looks like crushed glitter/crystals and so, so pretty! It really looks like glowing embers!!!

Finish-wise, I like it natural but it's quite textured and chips easily without protection. I LOVE it glossy because all the shimmer is brought out and it fixes the chipping issue. But with matte top coat it's so flat and boring!! TBH though, I really only like mattifying glitters!

Thoughts?
Does anyone have Emerald City or Ruby Ribbon? I really want to get my hands on them too!

xxx
NPA

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