Nail RAOK Package - Barry M Indigo, Mint Green, and Max Factor Odyssey Blue

There is nothing as fun as nail mail.  I have three awesome nail polishes to show you due to a very sweet friend of mine.  I'm excited, so I'm just going to go ahead and stop talking and show them to you.

Max Factor - Odyssy Blue

Barry M - Indigo Blue

Barry M - Mint Green

 

Barry M's Indigo is my favourite of all the Barry M colours, and yet I never pulled the trigger to purchase it for myself.  My friend said that this was fantastic and she had to get it for me.  She was right.  It's a true indigo and completely opaque with one coat.  Just brillant.

 

Mint Green is the perfect colour for this season.  I actually already owned a bottle, and I welcome this back up bottle to my collection :) This is a two coat opaque polish.

Odyssy Blue is the under-appreciated polish from Max Factor.  It came out the same time as Fantasy Fire, and it doesn't get the love it deserves.  This is a gorgeous teal duochrome polish that flashes purple.  It is a beauty and holds its own up against Fantasy Fire.

I wasn't able to grab a good photo and the sun was going down and I just couldn't capture it's beauty.  I will have to do a NOTD shortly.  

I really loved my raok package and a huge THANK YOU to my friend xx

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TUNE OF THE DAY

Keyshia Cole - I remember

 

Max Factor Fantasy Fire (Clarins 230 Dupe)

My husband laughs at me that we call Clarins 230 "unicorn pee".  So I tried to explain to him how unique the polish was with it's color shifting abilities.  Well needless to say, he just didn't get it lol, but you do right?  If you are love nail polish, you know how special Clarins 230 is.  I just haven't been able to trigger the price points on ebay for a Clarins 230, and although I have no doubt it is worth every penny, I just couldn't do it.

I'm happy to say that the UK girls now have something that is pretty darn close to Clarins 230.  I don't have a bottle so I can't give you comparison pictures, but several other bloggers do and I was convinced that it was a dupe.  I ran out and bought out the stock in Boots lol!

The bottles are a tiny 5ml.  You technically need 3 bottles to make up the normal bottle size.  At £3.99 a bottle, you are looking at roughly £12.  That's not "too" bad, right? Especially when a bottle of Clarins 230 on ebay.com runs you anywhere from $65+.  So yes, I am quite satisfied and my longing for Clarins 230 has subsided thanks to Max Factor.

THIS IS A WARNING:  THIS POST IS VERY VERY PICTURE HEAVY

The colour shifts so much, that I wanted to take as many pictures as possible.  They aren't the best, but you will get an idea about the different dimensions of the polish.  I'm running out next week to pick up more for a friend, and I hope the stock is available.

I wore 3 coats of Fantasy Fire over one coat of Illamasqua Baptiste

 

 

 

 

 

 

At night with flash

 I hope you guys enjoy it, as much as I am enjoying it right now.

Happy Saturday to all the lovelies out there xx

Max Factor Max Effect mini Nail Polish in 20 Silver

When I first moved to England, I met up with a friend that I met online.  Long story short, her ex boyfriend is an artist that my husband has been interested in working with.  Anyways, I guess my love for nail polish and all beauty related items spill into my professional work, because she gave me a bottle of nail polish as a present HAHA.


This is Max Factor Max Effect mini Nail Polish in 20 Silver.  I don't think this is available in the US, because I have never seen it at the drugstores or Ulta.  So this must be a UK/european exclusive.  


When they said tiny, they weren't kidding.  Not as tiny as Le Metier, but just as mini.  At least they know this and called it mini nail polish on the label.  With mini nail polishes, comes mini brushes, and I think that is my only complaint about this polish.  It might do some good with some Seche restore to thin it out a bit, but the finish was smooth despite having this lovely gritty steel colour.  There are tiny blue, silver, copper, gunmetal micro-glitters that are in this polish that really make it stand out.  However, as gorgeous as this is, it just doesn't compare to Chanel's Graphite and the mini brush are all reasons that I can't see myself pulling for this again.

  

  

It is quite a lovely colour, I just wish it came in a normal size bottle. 

And here is the painful part, this small bottle retails for £3.49.

I guess it is good for travel, so that is one perk to this size.