creme - Lucy's Stash

*PR sample

Hello lovelies,

I've been trying a new brand to me called Dermelect and today I'll share with you my thoughts and swatches. I've got two shades - Renegade and Moxie. Both are part of the Fearless Beauty collection and their formula contains ProSina Protein Peptide-Hydrolyzed Keratin.

Each polish came in this hard plastic casing and more information about the polish on the back. Polishes itself have a sleek satin silver cap which I find to be very stylish.

Moxie - medium pink creme. The polish has a very nice and easy to work with formula. I haven't experienced any significant problems as the pigmentation was good as well. Two coats were enough for full coverage. The drying time was average to fast but that can be improved with fast-drying topcoat or fast-drying spray.

Renegade - darker jade creme. The formula was slightly jelly-ish and runny but still well-pigmented. I'm wearing two coats which were enough for full coverage. It dried average to fast and glossy.

I was very pleasantly surprised with the quality of the polishes. I haven't really seen any reviews of this brand before so I didn't know what to expect. According to Dermelect website the polishes have following benefits:

strengthens weak, brittle nails
restores flexibility
helps resist chipping and splitting
superior extended wear
water and detergent resistant
UV protected
DBP, Toluene & Formaldehyde free
cruelty free (no animal testing, ever!)

They are available at www.dermelect.com, high-end apothecaries, beauty boutiques, salons, spas, medi-spas and doctors offices for $14 per bottle.

*PR sample

Hello lovelies,

I haven't done a gradient for a while so here's one :) I have used the new Zoya Stunning polishes Yana, Thandie and Darcy and it kinda came out as a 'Sunset' gradient. I wanted to make it special so I've added Ninja Polish Sticks 'n' Stones. It would have ended there but then I thought that the nails really lack something special, an accent nail. So I've removed the nail polish from ring finger, done a two tone gradient with Yana and Thandie and added Hex Jewelry charm.

Well, ehm... the charm says "Fuck you!" and I really wanted to use it! :D A while ago I've been lucky and I've won Hex Jewelry's Twitter competition for a set of these swear word nail charms. They fit the nail curve great, I'm co happy they are not flat!