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19. November 2013

Is It Blue or Green?

Right after the baby pink follows the baby blue! Or wait, is it? Maybe rather mint? I'm confused actually... :) The source of my confusion is El Corazón #423/58, from the "Jelly" collection. Some posts ago I showed the white shade from this collection, and now comes this one below! 

El Corazon Jelly 423/58

El Corazon Jelly #423/58 is aa... em. I have difficulties here. Let's say - a very pale baby blue creme shade with a touch of mint. How does that sound, credible I hope? :) 

El Corazon Jelly 423/58

El Corazon Jelly 423/58

Oh, and that was not a mistake - it's a creme, not a jelly. Crelly if you wish. Its white brother was a jelly, but this one is too opaque for that, although the texture is generous on bald spots, that's why I needed 3 coats, but it's possible to get away with 2, I guess. Dries quickly, and overall the application process was pleasant.

El Corazon Jelly 423/58

The pictures are taken under the natural day light, but I have to make a footnote here that my hands are very tanned - swatches were shot right after the summer beach holidays.

El Corazon Jelly 423/58

Ok, let's say we figured out that the texture is not a jelly, but how about the shade? For the purpose of defining the mysterious sub-colour, I am posting pictures both with the blue...

El Corazon Jelly 423/58

El Corazon Jelly 423/58

...and with the greenish. It conforms, doesn't it??

El Corazon Jelly 423/58

El Corazon Jelly 423/58

What do you see? Rather green or blue? Let me know! :)
*The nail polish was kindly provided by El Corazón company for my consideration. In this post I expressed my honest and unbiased opinion about the product.

3. August 2013

Souvenir Eggs

Me here again with an "egg" polish! :) Another creation of the Russian brand El Corazón - #423/106 from their "Souvenir Eggs" collectionSeriously, how can such simple things as eggs inspire someone that much so as to create a whole nail polish collections? Well, if we recall the Faberge wizard, maybe it doesn't seem impossible anymore.. :) 

El Corazón Souvenir Eggs 423/106

Unlike its "Easter Eggs" sisters (I showed 2 shades here), El Corazón "Souvenir Eggs" #423/106 has glitters of two colours instead of one - smaller black and larger silver hexagonal glitter. The base colour is mint semi-jelly - a warmer shade of light green. 

El Corazón  423/106

El Corazón Souvenir Eggs

The texture of the polish is just great, it applied nicely in 2 coats and dried pretty fast - I didn't even use the top coat. To be honest, I always avoid top-coating if I can : )  

El Corazón Souvenir Eggs 423/106

The bottle is the standard one of the brand. By the way, "active bio-gel" formula is supposed to fortify your nails! Honestly speaking, I can't report on any effect just because my nails are very thick by themselves, but I've read several reviews stating that it actually works! 

El Corazón Souvenir Eggs 423/106

Generally, I think that this is a nice shade for all seasons, although the pastel green whispers spring : ) 

El Corazón Souvenir Eggs 423/106

El Corazón Souvenir Eggs 423/106

El Corazón Souvenir Eggs 423/106

Other shades of the Souvenir Eggs collection you can see hereIf you would like to purchase El Corazón polishes - they ship worldwide, so if you want to get some of those, just write an e-mail listing your order. 
*The nail polishes were kindly provided by El Corazón company for my consideration. In this post I expressed my honest and unbiased opinion about the products.