Thrifty Thursday! With Revlon

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OMGosh I almost forgot about Thrifty Thursday! Lots of you said you enjoyed Thrifty Thursdays so I vowed to do better with it in 2013! Being sick has a way of tricking you as to what day it is, though. LOL!

Anyway, tonight I have a few Revlon polishes to show you for Thrifty Thursday!

First up, 3 of the newer ones: Iconic, Optimistic and Urban. Application and formula were good on all of them. Two coats for full opacity on all and no top coat shown in the photos.

Iconic is a medium to dark grey with a touch of green in the base.

Revlon Iconic

Revlon Iconic

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Optimistic is a fruit punch sort of deep pink candy creme.

Revlon Optimistic

Revlon Optimistic

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Urban is a great navy blue creme with an extra touch of purple in the base.

Revlon Urban

Revlon Urban

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And finally, a new-to-me one but I don't think it's a new release: Totally Toffee. Same formula as the other three. Two coats, no top coat.

Totally Toffee is a really great carmel/camel toffee creme.

Revlon Totally Toffee

Revlon Totally Toffee

Revlon Totally Toffee

What do you think of these? I probably should have shown you these with a top coat, but I really prefer to show without a top coat when I can so you can see the real finish and get an idea of the formula.

Thanks for reading and for loving Thrifty Thursdays as much as I do!




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Thrifty Thursday! With Revlon Colorstay Coastal Surf and Fun Nail Art

Today I have a quick mani to show you. I was in a "blue" mood so I threw on Revlon Colorstay Coastal Surf. I say "threw on" because I just wanted to wear something that applied easily and this one goes on SO EASILY. Two coats and done.

Then I saw this.

Lucy's Stash

Lucy's Stash

Well you KNOW I had to try it.

And she made it so easy with her photo tutorial that even I was able to manage it!

Revlon Colorstay Coastal Surf with Fishtail Accent Nail

Revlon Colorstay Coastal Surf with Fishtail Accent Nail

I'll probably pick different colors next time, but I will do this again.



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Revlon Moon Candy Nail Polish Duo Sticks

Inserting a "quick and dirty" post to show you the new Revlon Moon Candy Nail Polish Duos.

Revlon Moon Candy Flaky Duos

All of the colors are cremes (except the burgundy which is a crelly) and all of the flakies seem to be in an oily base that makes getting good coverage in one coat nearly impossible unless you load the brush and dot it on the nail. Most of the cremes are very good.  My observations are as follows:

Orbit: Purple - One coat, great application
Cosmic: Green - streaky first coat, better 2nd coat, 3rd needed to cover cuticle drag and even it out
Galactic: Blue - One medium/heavy coat or 2 light coats, great application
Universe: Brown - 2 coats, better than the green, but not perfect
Super Nova Light Grey - One coat, great application
Milky Way: Dark Grey - One coat, great application
Satellite: Burgundy - 2 coats for opacity because it's a crelly, good application
Moon Dust: Black - One coat, great application

Revlon Orbit and Cosmic

Revlon Galactic and Satellite

Revlon Super Nova and Milky Way

Revlon Universe and Moon Dust

All in all, not a bad collection. More of a novelty, in my opinion. My Walgreens had Revlons buy one get one 50% off but they retail for $7.99. I'd say if you have a halfway decent collection of flakies/polishes already, you can probably skip these. But if you don't, it's a great way to get "the look for less."



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Thrifty Thursday! Revlon Royal Cloak Swatches and Review

Have really been neglecting Thrifty Thursdays lately! So tonight I have a $5.99 polish for you - or $2.99 if you hit a great sale, which I hear are quite frequent - Revlon Royal Cloak.

Revlon Royal Cloak is a medium-to-dark, dusty, cool-toned purple with silver (and possibly multi-colored or holo - see last photo) shimmer and clear matte flakes. It's really unique in my collection, which is full of purples. The formula/finish is also unique in my collection, which is even more rare, since I am a bit of a polish hoarder. The first coat looks like it's going to be horrible but the second coat magically transforms it to opaque perfection. Very impressed. No issues to report. Photos shown are with 2 coats of color and no top coat. The first photo is the actual color of the polish in most lighting.

Revlon Royal Cloak 

Revlon Royal Cloak - direct natural lighting

Revlon Royal Cloak - artificial lighting

Revlon Royal Cloak - indirect natural lighting

Revlon Royal Cloak
See the multi-color goings-on toward the top?

I think this might be my favorite of all the Revlon polishes I have. And I have quite a few since their formula really is very good. I've said it before, but Revlon has really stepped up their game - color-wise and formula-wise.

I picked this one up at Walgreens but it's available at several retailers...grocery stores, Ulta, Walmart, etc.

What do you think?


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Revlon Saucy and Revlon Fearless Swatches

The posts have been a little scarce lately - been fighting headaches and such. Must be headache season!

But today I have 2 of the newer releases from Revlon. Saucy and Fearless. They're in the same collection as Whimsical, Naughty, Scandalous...

First up is Saucy. It's a red-orange (or is it an orange-red?) with red and copper shimmer (or it is micro-glitter?) I can't tell if it's really that hard to describe or if it's just my headache interrupting brain function!

Judge for yourself. These are pretty color-accurate, despite the color of my hands.

Revlon Saucy

Revlon Saucy

Revlon Saucy

And finally, Revlon Fearless. Again it's a little difficult to describe. When you hold it up to a true red, it looks like a light cherry color that leans toward orange, but next to a true orange, it looks redder. I'd say it is a nice medium to light orange-based red creme. Again, you can judge from the pics. The first one is the truest color representation.

Revlon Fearless

Revlon Fearless

Revlon Fearless

Revlon Fearless

The application was great on both polishes and they're shown with two coats of color and a top coat. Saucy could probably be a one-coater.

My Thanksgiving Mani

You guys pretty much know I'm kind of tame (NO, I did NOT say lame!) and don't typically do nail art or glitter. And this will be no exception. But I did want to do a little something.

So I'm wearing Revlon Ignite, which is a shimmery, rusty orange that just appeared at my local Walgreen. Now, "just appeared" could mean that it's brand spanking new, or it could mean that they found an old box in the back. Walgreen stores in Po-Dunk operate a little differently than most. =) It was in a new display right next to the remnants of the collection that featured Mistletoe, though.

The application was actually fantastic and took only one medium coat!

First, Revlon Ignite on its own...

Revlon Ignite

Revlon Ignite

Revlon Ignite

See how it shimmers???

Then I layered on Barielle Elle's Spell, which is a great multi-chrome flaky that flashes green, red, gold and orange. Everything's better with Barielle Elle's Spell.

A close-up showing the flaky goodness...

Revlon Ignite with Barielle Elle's Spell

In the sunlight, it's STUNNING, but the sun's not cooperating right now.

And indoors, it's pretty inocuous, but still gorgeous.

Revlon Ignite with Barielle Elle's Spell

Revlon Ignite with Barielle Elle's Spell

I've been really impressed lately with the "drug store" polishes. Revlon and L'Oreal have both stepped up their games in the nail polish arena tremendously, as has Nicole by OPI. Either that or I'm just lucking out with the ones I'm choosing.

Revlon Glitters 2011 - Facets of Fuchsia, Blue Mosaic and Starry Pink

Okay, so these have been out at least a month and I've resisted getting them because, well, they're glitters. Not my favorite for a couple of reasons. 1) I'm 45 years old. Yes, I realize that doesn't necessarily make glitters off limits. I've never been one to conform to such ideas, but it's an excuse and I'm going to use it. (see reason #2) and 2) They're a PITA to remove.

But I just had to. And no. I wasn't brave enough to wear them out in public. Yet.

But they certainly are blingy! So if you like blingy, I think you're going to like these.  I actually had less problems with application than I've had with most glitters.  Or maybe I was just extra careful? But these photos are with no clean up and no top coat.  Judge for yourselves.

First up is Starry Pink. Oddly, I almost didn't pick this one up and it turned out to be my favorite and the one I am most likely to wear out in public! And it's two things I generally avoid.  Glitter and Pink.  Actually, it's a milky, slightly lavender pink base with small silver glitter and large hex glitter. Good application and more opaque than I expected. I did a small swatch of it alone and decided to put a base under this one. I used OPI Rumples Wiggin' but I'm thinking now that a light grey base would be wonderful with it!

Revlon Starry Pink

Revlon Starry Pink

Revlon Starry Pink

OPI Rumples Wiggin' - my base coat 

Next up is Facets of Fuchsia, the purported Deborah Lippmann Bad Romance dupe. I say purported because I don't actually have Bad Romance to compare, but I've seen comparison swatches and they sure look like dupes to me!

It went on nicely and opaque in 2 coats. It's a blackened purple base (very blackened) with small fuchsia glitter and larger hex glitter.  Blingarific!

Revlon Facets of Fuchsia

Revlon Facets of Fuchsia

And finally, Blue Mosaic - the most in-your-face bling of the three. It's a clear base chock FULL of small aqua blue and navy blue glitter with large aqua blue, green and silver hex glitter.  This formula was the worst of the three, but still not TOO bad, considering it's a glitter. Again, the base is clear so I just applied it over a fairly neutral polish I was already wearing...Dior Exquis, which you can see poking through. And I used three coats of this one while I only used two coats on the other two.

Revlon Blue Mosaic

Revlon Blue Mosaic

Revlon Blue Mosaic

If you're into glitters, I think you'll definitely want to pick these up. I found the last ones of Starry Pink and Blue Mosaic at my local grocery store, HEB Plus and picked up Facets of Fuchsia at Ulta, where they still had full displays of them. They're $4 to $5 each.

And just for the heck of it and because it's so late and my dogs were kind enough to keep me company this evening while I suffered through glitter removal, here's a gratuitous shot of Twinkie licking Murphy's back while he sleeps. *grin*

Murphy and Twinkie!

G'Night Gracie!

Matching Polish and Purses!

Someone smarter than I am had this idea.  But it was a good one, so I'm stealing it!

I don't intentionally match my polish to my bags, but when it happens, it happens, so I've snapped some shots of a few...

Not a great photo, but this was my Raisin Lindy and OPI Can You Dig It - it actually matched my Violet Carmen keyring perfectly (top of pic.)

Raisin Lindy, Violet Carmen with OPI Can You Dig It

Tod's Ivy with Sally Hansen Commander in Chic

Black Chevre Birkin with Pure Ice Silver Mercedes and OPI Black Shatter on top

Crappy cell phone pics - my apologies. ^^

Goyard St. Louis GM with Pure Ice Iced Merlot layered over  NYC Black Lace Creme

Gucci (guccisima leather in unknown color) with Pure Ice Jamaica Me Crazy over LA Colors #563 (Nuclear Energy)

Chartreuse Evelyne with Wet n Wild Ocean Grotto over Revlon Moss

Vert Anis Karo with Wet n Wild Ocean Grotto over Revlon Moss

Orange Tods with Perfect 10 Crush

That's all I have for now. If I stumble across any more, I'll post 'em.

What are some of your favorite purse/polish matches?