Maybelline Timely Rose and Magenta Shock

Maybelline Timely Rose is a standard dusty rose creme. I love it on its own, and I wear it pretty often. I put it on a few days ago and decided to see how it would look with something sparkly on top, especially since it was the first sunny day we'd had here in awhile. I've had Magenta Shock for a long time but I've never worn it because it's too sheer for my liking. I don't know why it never occured to me to layer it. Magenta shock has a sheer pink base with pink and amber microglitter.

Timely Rose (two coats, no topcoat):



Timely Rose with one coat of Magenta Shock on top:




Bottle:


Next time I'll probably do two coats to get the maximum affect. Pictures don't do justice to how pretty this polish is. Formula wise, I had no problems with either. Timely Rose went on smoothly and Magenta Shock was thin, but not runny.

Happy Painting!

Maybelline Timeless Rose

Timeless Rose is a fairly straightforward pale baby pink, but it has silver shimmer. It's really feminine and also very work appropriate. I pulled this out today because it was 70 degrees here. It felt like spring so I put a little bit of spring on my nails.

Three coats, no topcoat.

Sunlight:





Natural light:


Indoors:





The formula was just ok. I needed three coats for opacity and because it was streaky as all hell, but the good thing about light polishes like this is that they are pretty forgiving no matter how difficult the formula is. You can't tell how bad my application really was lol. Of course, that doesn't apply to light chalky polishes (lookin' at you, Hard Candy Sky).

Happy painting!

Franken: Leaving Pine Valley

This polish has a forest green base with light green, silver, and pink shimmer.

Two coats, Revlon topcoat.





With flash


My original franken was called Pine Valley, and it looked like this (two coats, Seche Vite topcoat):


The recipe for the original was three parts Icing Envy and one part Color Club Naughtycal Navy. I made this years ago and only wore it once or twice. I was going through my stash today, saw it sitting there, and decided to do something with it.


I added about 20 drops of Wet 'N Wild Hallucinate, which is has pink, silver, and light green glitter in a clear base. Next I added about 10 drops of Maybelline Go Go Green, 10 drops of Zoya Bailey, 5 drops of Sinful Colors Mint Apple, and 5 drops of China Glaze Naked. I shook it all up and got a dusty forest green with subtle shimmer.

The formula was pretty darn good, I must say lol. It dried to a sheen rather than a shine, and it was a tad on the grainy side, so topcoat was a must.

Happy painting!