nubar pasadena purple, as made famous by the AWFUL movie "he's just not that into you". slightly metallic, basically a dupe for china glaze's coconut kiss. i couldn't help getting brush strokes. didn't like. boo. also it was hard to get accurate coloring in these pictures. purples are hard to photograph, people!
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| flash, less blue IRL |
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| lamp light, less red IRL |
avant-garde is a dark reddish brownish russet matte. these all spread really easy, kinda like the OPI suede collection although they dry a tad bit faster IMO.
prevail is a dark purple matte.
contempo is a bright tomato red matte, more orangey than pinky like this pic. this one is the only one i had semi trubs with applying.
vital is a plumberry matte that i think was my favorite of the collection. easiest to apply too!
geez can you all believe that may is almost over?? i can't. i'm going to be 24 in less than a month! holy crap i'm getting old!!






Thanks for swatching these! I just bought Contempo but haven't tried it on yet. Will try soon :)
ReplyDelete24 sounds to this old lady like a perfectly fine amount of candles. Wish I had that few to blow ;D
Haha! I'm also going to be 24 in less than a month (my birthday is June 18). Nice polishes btw, I like prevail!
ReplyDeletePurples are so hard to photograph, but you did a great job! I really like the mattes, original colors! :)
ReplyDeletedoo ~ i hope you like contempo! and i'm sure you're not "old" haha, i'm just feeling a little more pressure to be an adult now that i'm getting older haha.
ReplyDeletekrex ~ cool! mine is the 20th of june, geminis rule!
jackie ~ aw thanks girl! i liked the mattes a lot more than i thought i would!
OK...if you are old at 24, and I'm TWICE your age, what does that make me???!!! =O
ReplyDeleteVital, that's my fav. And have a really happy birthday. They are so much more fun when you are under 30. ;)
thanks for the swatches. I've been working on a list of Nubars and some of these I really like. And I already have Coconut kiss so that saves me some $
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