Swatch & Review - Shimmer Cristina
- Friday, September 28, 2012
- By Missy
- 5 Comments
Welcome to the last day of Shimmer Week on Gnarly Gnails!
I've saved MY favorite for last.
The lovely Cindy of Shimmer was kind enough to send me a bucketfull of her beautiful polishes to review.
Since I had so many to work with I decided to swatch them a bit differently. Each of the 10 polishes I have to show you this week will be done as 50/50 Manicures so you can see the base vs. over the base, to see how well these cover. I will walk through the review picture by picture. Let's get started.
Cristina:
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| Here we are at the last Shimmer of the Week. And it's a Shimmer of the Week alright! My hands down favorite pick of the 10 I have swatched - Cristina! I've got her paired up with a gorgeous polish by Butter London - Bluey! |
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| Cristina is described as Deep Forest Green with a hint of Red and Fuchsia Glitter. It really gave me the impression of a green on the verge of teal...so you had to know, amazing... |
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| Of course, layering this polish over a teal polish such as Bluey, will really pull the blue from it. The red and pinks and green all compliment each other so perfectly in this polish. |
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| This polish, along with the other 9 polishes I tested from Shimmer this week, was perfection to apply. If I could wear these polishes every day, I would! |
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| This is one thick coat of Cristina over 2 coats of Bluey. |
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| Look at the smoothness of this glitter after top coat! Stunner! |
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| Butter London Bluey is a new favorite. I recently got this during a special promo that Coterie had for bloggers to introduce their site before it was launched. Otherwise, I'd have never known the awesomeness of this polish. |
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| Can words really even describe the perfection you see before your eyes?! |
So here we are at our very last Shimmer swatching. I feel a certain sadness, but I am leaving you with my favorite today and a special Shimmer feature later today!
As you can tell, Cristina was one I was partial to from the moment I laid eyes on it - but you never know, the bottle to the nail will sometimes leave you disappointed. Obviously, there is not one disappointing thing about a Shimmer polish as I have come to learn.
Basically - you need them all.
For this weeks swatches, I have finished off each manicure with a coat of Gelous and then a standard Quick Dry top coat. Shimmer can be found on Etsy and they retail for $12 per bottle.
