I bought this orange polish a while ago now, but hadn't got round to wearing it. I saw a new display in a large Boots in Sheffield - everything looked fantastic! I ended up buying three. I think these were £9.50 each.
This is Amber Luxe Shimmer.
This is three coats, with topcoat. Whilst the end result is pretty stunning, and I do like the effect (glowy shimmery orange, it's right up my street!) I don't think I'm particularly impressed with this. Application is tricky; the first coat is very streaky, and this dries so quickly that it wasn't easy to get a totally smooth finish. The second coat made parts of the nail opaque, and parts still really sheer, so the application is also quite patchy.
This is really pretty, but I don't think it's nearly as good as OPI Take the Stage, or China Glaze Riveting or Bend Over Backwards, which all look similar but have much better formulas. As you can see, there's also a really interesting greenish gold duochrome appearance in parts of the bottle too, but that doesn't translate to the nail.
I then decided to stamp over this using the lovely gold holo from the other day, Freckles Polish Kicking Up Leaves (see swatches here) and MoYou London Mother Nature plate 02.
The contrast isn't particularly pronounced, but I think this makes a really pretty finished effect as it's quite subtle. I found this almost impossible to photograph clearly.
What do you think?
You may remember that I posted recently about winning a couple of prizes in the Digit-al Dozen giveaway. I posted about one of my prizes, Laquerdaisical Jaffa Fake, here. Tonight I'm showing you the other! I won a polish of my choice from Freckles Polish, plus a matching pendant!
Freckles Polish is a UK indie brand, made by Julieann, and can be found on her Etsy shop here. She has some gorgeous colours, but I chose this beautiful brownish gold holo called Kicking Up Leaves.
Kicking Up Leaves is a stunner! This is two coats, with topcoat. Application was perfect, and it dried easily.
Isn't it lovely? So perfectly autumnal. In general office light it looks like a nice tasteful, natural colour, but then in sunlight or more direct light, it really comes alive with the linear holo particles.
I like this so much! I've worn it for two days running as well, and it still looks perfect. No chips or peels or tip wear or anything.
The necklace is really nice too. It's more ornate than the things I usually wear, but I think that works really well with the colour.
If you haven't already entered my birthday giveaway, you can do so here - entries are open for another week.
