Hello, darlings! Long time no see or post. Both personally and professionally, this has been one of the worst months in a long time.
Since it's now officially March, I feel much more comfortable discussing spring clothes, colors, and such. It's one of my pet peeves to read about--or tell people about--all these bright colored clothes covered in flowers when there's still snow on the ground. Even though it's been a very warm winter in Huntington, it'd be 60 degrees and sunny one day, and then 30 degrees and snow the next day. It's hard for me to get in the mood to discuss sandals and Easter dresses when when there's frost on my windshield. But since March brings about the first day of Spring and pansies, I can break out the pastels and feel good about it.
Recently, L'Oreal's new line of nail polishes caught my eye. The revamped line features many eye-popping brights, neutrals, and just about any other color in between. It takes a lot to get me impressed by nail polish nowadays, but this collection is pretty solid and on trend, which is unusual for a drugstore makeup brand. So when my parents gifted me with a Walmart giftcard for Valentine's Day, I decided to buy several of the colors that have been catching my eye.
Despite the pretty colors, my overall review on this line: UGH. The formula sucks in all of the colors I tried. It's goopy, it streaks like crazy, and coverage is very uneven.
First up is the color that really stood out to me, Tweet Me. A bright yellow with a hint of a sparkle, it reminded me of Chanel's Mimosa which was huge last summer. I really wasn't crazy about Mimosa enough to buy it, so a lower price point for a similar color sounded good to me. In this picture, I'm wear four coats. FOUR. And it's still sheer and streaky. Not good. It looked like crap.
The second color that I swatched was Tangerine Dream. After buying Chanel's June (a light orange), I've been crazy for orange polishes. However, I had similar issues with Tangerine Dream that I had with Tweet Me. Four coats, still sheer and streaks ahoy. These pictures make it look much better than what it looked like in real life.
My last attempt at swatching these Revlon polishes was a lavender with a touch of shimmer, Butterfly Kisses. This picture shows three coats. This is the best formula out of them, and while it was nowhere near as sheer it still had some streaking issues.
I also swatched Boozy Brunch, a punchy bright orange, but you guessed it, four coats, still sheer and streaky.
Like I mentioned earlier, this line sucks. Sucks, sucks, SUCKS. With the sample selection I tried, I won't even consider buying or even looking at this line again unless I hear they change the formulas. The only polish that was close to keeping was Butterfly Kisses, and since it's close to Nars Diamond Life (a violet shimmer), I'll probably add this to my Walmart return bag.
