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“What it is:
A set featuring four fresh and flirty nail polish shades.
What else you need to know:
The set includes four Nail Enamels in Hint of Pink, Indigo Blue, Heartbreaker, and Aqua Splash.”
all are with two coats except Hint of Pink (ring finger color – that was 4)Review (5 highest, 1 lowest):
Packaging: 3 out of 5 (the polish is a little misleading, as the cap is bigger than the bottom half holding the contents, making you think you are getting more than what you’re actually buying)
Price: 3 out of 5 ($25 Limited Edition at Sephora)
Quality: 2 out of 5 (each polish had a different consistency and application)
Overall: 2.5 out of 5
My Verdict:
When I first laid eyes on this, it was very much an eye-catcher. I am always a fan of the cK packaging, with its clean lines, and seductive colors. The price range is always a little out of the norm, but at the same time, that’s a given (at least to me) with the company’s name.
This 4pack looked really cute and begged me to take it home as if it was love at first sight. The results were quite disappointing. All the polishes have a differently consistency, Indigo Blue went on the best, with no problems, and was vibrant from the first coat. Hint of Pink went on terribly – it was uneven, streaky, and took four coats to even have a presentable shade. Heartbreaker was cute but was a little streaky at first, and is super high maintenance with application. Last but not least, Aqua Splash looked much nicer in the bottle, was very watery in color, and would probably need a third or fourth coat to look better.
The only one I liked out of this collection was Indigo Blue, and I have a nagging feeling, that the Milani Bolting Blue I swatched a while back might be a dupe. Will let you know!
I don’t recommend anyone to get this – unless they get the Indigo Blue separately – in which case getting OPI or so will just be more effective b/c you’ll get more product too.
So I decided to experiment with my new Konad kit.
Not bad for a first try right? Used Tracy Reese and LA Girl polishes as base and the Konad white and black special polish for designs.
The only thing that I dislike about this for now is having to clean the plate after each use, and not being able to stamp the plate more than once at a time. Having to clean it also practically guarantees you ruin your polish on one hand.
Here are the nail swatches I promised from my swag attack.
None of these had the name stickers, so use your imagination with the names!
This color goes on not so great on the first coat and wows by coat 3. I couldn’t capture the shimmer so well on camera, but it’s definitely there.
This one was so thick, it only needed one coat (but I did 3 anyway)
This pink and pastel orange ones were my faves as well but they were really light and were the only ones that needed about 4 1/2 coats.
These two metallic colors went on great.
This one was absolutely my MOST favorite!! The color is so bright and goes on not streaky at all and it’s just super special. I decided to use the confetti Wet N’ Wild polish on top of it to make it look even more fun:
I’m also still getting the hang of posing with the polish (lol) so be patient!
So Miss B from Clumps of Mascara totally surprised me with a care package that made my entire week!! This package was extremely packed! When she asked me what she should send should she ever have something to send my way (sneaky!) I told her some nail polishes and new stuff was always welcome…
I swapped the China Glaze polishes. This is Orange Knockout – this is with flash and shows the true color, however, it is very thin in application and would need to be mixed with something to make it look as if it is more than one coat. With three coats, it is still as thin as one, and looks a little malnourished, maybe I will ask Dr.Frankenpolish for help?
This was Avalanche and applied great. This is a photo without flash. I don’t know if I’m bold enough to rock this color, but I think some funky nail designs will make it more fun and yaya appropriate. 🙂
How happy was I? Boy oh boy!
But wouldn’t you be with something like this at your doorstep?!
The word is in: Blue is the new Black. Who came up with that phrase anyway? (Some window shopping for you? Why of course, click here for Bergdorf’s take on the shade’s of blue for spring in costs that will cause your wallet to go plenty shades of red.)
Sally Hansen Polish in Navy Baby.
It’s a little more blue-er than this but I just couldn’t make the photos work for Sally. Also – I wasn’t as happy with this polish. Though I’m an avid Sally purchaser, I am not much of a fan, and have yet to be converted. This polish was runny for me and stained my nails. That’s a pet peeve with me and nail polishes. The color still looked great though!
(Walgreens, Sally Hansen)
LA Girl Flare Nail Polish (don’t know the color! it’s not on it the pooper – can’t find it online in that color either – but I got it from Urban) This photo also came out pooptacular but the color is more true to life in the first pic w/all the polishes together.
This one is an alright pick for me. The colors for this entire line are very vibrant and always make a statement. There usually is very minimal guesswork for the color translation from the bottle to the nail, b/c it’s always true to color. If any downside, I’d say the polishes don’t last long as my others (hello Essie, OPI) but they’re affordable ($3.50 – $5) and do the job. A lot of them also accomplish a matte-like finish if you don’t do a top coat or if you have a matte top coat(does that exist ?)
(Urban Outfitters, Cherry Culture)
Milani nail polish in Bolting Blue.Has got to be my favorite right now! This polish is super easy to put on, doesn’t mess too much, is just the right mix of sturdy and liquid (does that make sense? lol) and comes in great colors. Plus it’s a drugstore easy find and pretty cheap. Hello stores? I’m coming for more!!
(CVS doesn’t have this color online, Milani, Walgreens)
Blues – by missyaya on Polyvore.com
Sometimes Yaya 