Monday, August 10, 2015

Nuance by Salma Hayek Prickly Pear, Sea Glass, Azalea and Coral Reef

I've got 4 Nuance by Salma Hayek polishesfor you today! Nuance polishes have a really good formula.  Even when one is slightly streaky, it self levels and becomes streak-less on the second or third coat.   These are around $6-7 at CVS, so not that cheap but not exactly expensive either. 


The bottles claim to be “Chip Resistant, Long Wear and have Natural Botanical Extracts”.  I have yet to wear one of these longer than a day but from what I saw, it certainly is chip resistant.  I can’t say anything about the “natural botanical extracts” bit because, really, what the hell do I know about that?  Nothing, I say!



Nuance Prickly Pear

Prickly Pear is a warmer leaning dark green.  I can see how this would seem a bit blue in some lights and, when it separates in the bottle, it has a yellow base. This could be a one coater if a thick coat is used.  However, I used two coats here.

Nuance Sea Glass

Sea Glass is a pretty mint color which leans warmer than most of the mints I own.  This was 3 coats and I noticed some slight patchiness towards the base of my nail where the formula thinned out a bit.  However, I think this was due to user error. I would maybe use 4 coats next time.  But come on, who wants to sit there for 5 days waiting for all those coats to dry.



Nuance Azalea 

Azalea is a shimmery red that is surprisingly not that sheer.  When I picked this up I assumed it would be super sheer and takes at least 4 coats to be presentable.  This was two coats and, while you do see visible nail line, it’s really not bothersome to me at all.  The shimmer gives this polish a bit of the life it needed to avoid becoming an otherwise somewhat boring color.



Nuance Coral Reef 

Coral Reef is a warm medium orange.  This was 3 coats with some slight patchiness but, again, probably user error and not really noticeable.


I really like these polishes.   I will go back and pick some more up in the near future.  I had my eye on a grey with a silver shimmer and a pink.  Eh, what the hell... off I go to CVS.

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