First two: Revlon "Royal" and Deborah "Rainbow Blazer":
No, I didn't retouch pictures or anything, nor is the blue a reflection from "Royal",rainbow is REALLY that visible!
Finally I caved and bought the other Deborah I liked (here's the first post about these new Deborah).
Nice, don't you find? Lower part of picture shows the base colour, it's like a reddish chocolate brown - definitely NOT my colour, but I can't resist to multichromes (or iridescent?) shades, so due to the fact it's pretty sheer too, I think I'll use it for layerings :>
About Revlon "Royal", you already know it, if you own it...
If you don't have it yet, it's THE royal blue jelly polish, a shade I'm literally IN LOVE, and you can see it from the next picture, where I compared the other two pure blue jellies I own:
They're absolutely the same polish, lol; n. 208 is a tad lighter probably just because I applied less liquid, but I can swear they're dupes.
Do you think I do care about that? No, and that's why I bought "Royal", I wanted a good supply of blue jelly!
Only flaw of "Royal" was that I had to pay customs fee - €11, mortacci loro(*).
It happened too when I bought "Mint Apple" by Sinful Colors (I had to pay €14, if I don't get wrong :^[ ), but regardless of that, Sinful Colors started selling polishes in Italy right after my purchase, at €4,90 each...
Luck isn't my best friend, I guess.
Do you think I do care about that? No, and that's why I bought "Royal", I wanted a good supply of blue jelly!
Only flaw of "Royal" was that I had to pay customs fee - €11, mortacci loro(*).
It happened too when I bought "Mint Apple" by Sinful Colors (I had to pay €14, if I don't get wrong :^[ ), but regardless of that, Sinful Colors started selling polishes in Italy right after my purchase, at €4,90 each...
Luck isn't my best friend, I guess.
Bud did I say Sinful Colors?
Monday I made a trip to my local mine of Essences, and I found they had SC display too! I searched for "Daddy's Girl", instead I found - and liked and bought - "Hottie", a gorgeous cooold blue jelly with glitters of all shapes.
Did you already think about layering it over one of those blue jelly? I did!
Together with "Hottie", I decided to try a crack polish - obviously dark blue - so when I saw the new crack-polishes collection by Debby, the young division of Deborah, I picked n. 01, but there was a turquoise too, a mint, a yellow, a pink, etc.Lately they expanded their range of colours, but I'm not very fond of them, don't know why well... Maybe I'm just trying to contain myself, they're usually €4,90 each for 7,5 ml, but this time I paid €3,90.
Have a nice day/night/whatever and thanks for your attention ;¬)
(*) colorful expression from modern Roman dialect where you insult a person by insulting his/her dead relatives' souls :^D
11 comments:
I like your 'bottle cap' swatches very much!
Where are the go-to places in Italy for make-up? I've read about you having the entire Catrice makeup display at COIN?- in Rome, at least.
The custom thing sucks. You ended up paying more in customs than the polishes are worth, if I understood correctly.
Btw, I found a tiny Debby display in Berlin. I think they were probably bringing a taste of it to see how it worked/sold.
http://juntasperonorevueltas.blogspot.com/2011/03/de-compras-por-berlin-parte-1-hauling.html
I'd like to see a swatch of that blue crackle.
Bottle cap swatches are my quicker way to show colours, lol :D
Yes, from what I've read, only the new Coin in Rome - Stazione Termini has an entire Catrice display, but I live in Milan; others Coin has just the little one, rested on a table, like the Debby one showed in your post... * sigh *
I hope they'll expand distribution all over the country soon!
Yes, customs made those polishes "high-end brands" :D
@Smalto: I try not to exceed the customs limit or at least not too much. So far I haven't had any problems and I hope it continues that way.
Here in Spain the only place that sells Catrice, though only nail polishes and LE is Beautik.
Che sfiga, per il Sinful!!! Il Deborah 07 è bellissimo, ovviamente me lo sono "accattato" pure io.
Eh, c'è pure un altro oggetto che la dogana mi sta tenendo in ostaggio (un eyeliner in gel), che cavolo.
A me 'sta cosa degli smalti "crack" non mi ha mai tanto attirata, ma uno almeno lo voglio provare :>
Marox, problem of our customs is that their actions are completely unpredictable, you can't really know if your packet will be picked by them!
Ho guardato tutto il tuo blog e abbiamo un sacco di smalti simili. anche io ho preso questo Deborah, l'hai già provato? per me è stata una delusione unica :(
fammi sapere come ti sembra!
io sto aspettando con ansia i nuovi essence ma qui da me non c'è traccia :(
invece i Basic Beauty dove li trovi? non li ho mai visti in giro, sembrano belli però!
Ehilà, benvenuta :>
Allora, quel Deborah no, non l'ho ancora provato, ma siccome a me i marroni non piacciono e questo è piuttosto trasparente, lo userò sovrapposto, viene una bomba (ho fatto una miniprova sui miei fidati tappi di bottiglia :D).
Della Essence per ora si trovano (ma non dappertutto) solo alcuni nuovi smalti, io sto aspettando i nuovi toppers per vederli dal vivo...
Basic Beauty è della Limoni! Ci sono alcuni punti vendita a sé stanti a nome BB (stile Kiko), ma sono ancora pochi e quindi è più facile trovarla nei Limoni, anche se non tutti ce l'hanno, ma penso si stia diffondendo.
Sono ottimi, per me, colori anche abbastanza particolari, cercala e dài un occhio ;>
maisenzasmalto: sono un'idiota, pensavo parlassi dello smalto crack, invece era l'altro, scusa :D
That Deborah looks great!
Do you happen to know if Deborah is available anywhere else outside Italy? I can't seem to find that out on their website. Are you up for swapping?
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