A couple posts ago, I showed you a haul including some
polishes from those fun new Wal-Mart displays (I’m not sure if they are in
another stores, or if it’s a WM exclusive) and tonight I have a lovely
sparkling swatch of V.I.Purple!
The bottles remind me so much of Julep’s…which of course means
they don’t contain very much polish, but I think they’re nice, and since they
have such a low price point ($1.68), I don’t mind in the least. J
This color is somewhat sheer at only one coat, and I thought
that it was primarily because the formula was thin, but it turns out it’s a tad
gloopy. Tell me, how does that
work?! Oh well, you get what you pay
for, I guess. However it wasn’t so bad
to the point that I couldn’t stand to use it.
V.I.Purple is a brilliant, sparkling shimmer - to the point my camera could hardly handle it - with a medium
blurple jellyish base (haha, I’m composing this in Word and it changed jellyish
to jellyFISH! :-P ). Because of the
temperament of the polish, some nails got one thin coat and required a second,
others one thick coat that covered just fine.
Some people might prefer a second if even a hint of VNL is a pet
peeve. Dry time was average.
I would highly recommend putting this over a purple base,
like ChG Grape Pop, or something like that.
I actually swatched on my thumb over Orly Fowl Play, and that worked
perfectly! One normal coat & PRESTO:
insta-high intensity blurple shimmer! It
almost has a duochrome effect to it, I swear. LOVERLY! ;-)
All in all, I don’t think these polishes are anything to get
too excited over, but the price is right & some of the colors are quite
lovely – just wait ‘til you see Part 3 of the Cheap Thrills series! Muahahaha!
Gotta save the best for last, yo! ;-)
It's really quite pretty. It looks glassfleck-y to me and it does appear to have a color shift in there, too. $1.68 is a much better price point for a Julep-sized bottle than $14, for crying out loud, or $11.40, or even $4.99 (that's real math skillz right thurr), especially when the formula's nothing to write home about. Still, it's fun to try new brands out :)
ReplyDeleteNow that you mention it, it probably is more glassfleck-y than shimmery. I wish my camera wouldn't have pulled so blue... :-/ IRL it's much more purple. LOL, I have no idea what math you were doing "right thurr," but good job! ;-) And yes, I would recommend getting one of these. Just wait you WAIT ("...Henry Higgins!") 'til you see my 3rd installment in this cheap thrills trilogy. ;-D
DeleteI love the name of your series!! And what in the world? I have never heard of this brand, much less seen it at my favoritest store in the whole universe, Wally World!! *sarcasm alert* It IS a really pretty color though and looks wonderful on you. I love anything that even halfway resemble a jelly.:D
ReplyDeleteHehehe! Thank you! :-D Yeah I clearly hadn't either, because I thought the brand was Heart 2 Art :-P lolol Silly me!
DeleteOhhh Wal-Mart; how I love and hate you at the same time! Why thank you; I was a big fan of it meself...and I totally agree about the jellies :-D :-D
This is such a pretty purple! I have never heard of this brand. Thanks for sharing :)
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