Summer in Italy

For a major label fashion house, I expected D&G to have a decent amount of nice nail polishes, but boy was I disappointed. They have some nice colours, sure, but nothing that stood out, and there was only one that was like any in my collection. Their bronze, called Desert (how creative…), looks pretty similar to New York Color’s bronze (another discontinued shade), so that’s the polish that I’m showing this week.

I don’t do gold at all, but I’m really into bronze as a warmer tone of metallic. I love the shade of this polish in the bottle, and it’s gorgeously sparkly in the sunlight (stupid sun was hiding when I had to take pictures). The formula is also pretty easy to work with, and covers pretty evenly with two coats, though three is what I would recommend for lasting wear. 

you can see the sparkle better in the larger version of this picture!

Like a Rose

For a polish that I only paid $1.50 for about a million years ago (ie in high school), New York Color’s “American Beauty” is still one of my favourite polishes. I was originally drawn to it because it’s red, and I like my brights, but it’s definitely more than just a simple red. The polish actually has a slight purpley pink undertone that I just adore. The finish is also ridiculously glossy, even without a topcoat, so it’s hard not to notice this fabulous colour. It’s a really easy polish to work with, since one coat of polish is plenty, and the brush is as close to perfect as I’ve ever seen (it’s a bit rounded at the tip, and isn’t too narrow or wide). But my favourite part of this polish is the bottle; it’s squared, which you don’t see much of in store-brand polishes (unless they’re weird flat square, ick). These days NYC is back to round bottles, but their colour selection is still full of super bright colours that follow American Beauty’s example. 

I love how rich this colour is :)

just look at all that shine!