With Fall fast approaching, that means all kinds of new collections popping up all over the place, some you may have already seen and some that have yet to appear but are just as highly anticipated.
One collection to appear in my local grocery/drugstore and probably at some of yours too is the new limited edition Maybelline Color Show collection, Vintage Leather.
This collection consists of 10 leather finish (basically matte) polishes is your typical fall earth tones.
For today's post, I have one polish from the collection, and I'd be happy to do color swatch-fest pics of all the colors soon.
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| Maybelline Color Show Antique Teal |
These polishes have a smooth matte finish but what makes them different than most mattes is the fact that Maybelline incorporated flakes to add a little more texture and add to the "leather" look.
My experience with this polish is kind of so-so. Being a matte, painting the first coat can be kind of tricky since it dries so quickly. If you don't work fast enough and use a thick enough coat, the polish can pick up quite a bit. But the second and third coats even out much more easily.
The color payoff was great and I didn't have a whole lot of staining, though there was some during removal...it is a blue polish after all.
The bigger problem I had was lasting power. Since it's a matte, top coat isn't advised if you want to keep the finish (thank you captain obvious). All of that is fine with me, I've never had bad luck with mattes without top coat, but this polish...dang. In the pic, I'd painted my nails the night before, as I usually do and by the next morning when I took this picture the edges had worn so badly! You can see it in the picture.
I'd say, as far as this collection, for the unique factor and the colors definitely worth the buy, but don't paint it too far in advance if you're trying to coordinate for an event or an outfit, you'll have some issues with wear at the tips otherwise.
What do you all think? Have you tried the Vintage Leather polishes? Have you had better luck?
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~ Cat
I was expecting this to be a little shinier. I'm not sure I like it.
ReplyDeleteI figured it'd be matte, but I was expecting more along the line of texture. Like I think it was Nails Inc that did the "leather" effect that was basically a sand polish, I think that's what I was expecting. But I do really like the colors, if nothing else, I can wear them with top coat.
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