Nail Polish Collection: Misc. ''Cheaper'' Polishes [January 2013]

Next up I have the rest of my "cheaper" (chemist/drugstore) brands. I say cheaper in quotation because the Sally Hansen CSM is almost the same price as Essie and OPI here in Australia, but the rest of the polishes included here tend to be under $10.

NOTE: I have to mention that I took all my photos in a crudely made lightbox. Well, I don't think you could call it a lightbox...it's two planks of white painted wood and a lamp with a daylight globe! So whilst I tried to get these as colour accurate as I could, some colours may be just a tad off. I'll try to let you know when that happens, otherwise just google image the colour you were looking at. Also, I took these photos freehand so I'm sorry that some are a little crooked..I hope it doesn't bother you as much as it bothered me!

L-R: Maybelline's Green Park/ Coral Rose/ Candy Apple/ Bubblegum/ Bubblicious/ Sands of Time

L'Oreal Paris - Divine Indigo

Today I'm sporting another of L'Oreal's mini colour riche polishes in Divine Indigo. When I saw it, it reminded me of Orly's Lunar Eclipse, but it's so pretty I bought it anyway. Lunar Eclipse is a slightly lighter blue, and Divine Indigo is more purple with a much finer glitter. This is 2 coats, 1 coat top coat. Once again I had issues with the brush size, but other than that I really like this polish.

direct sunlight

direct sunlight

direct sunlight

shade

L'Oreal Paris - Mysterious Icon

It's been a little dark and gloomy where I live lately so I decided to break the darker colours back out. I think this colour looks really nice in the bottle, but I was a tad disappointed when I painted it on - it turned a little brown. I do have one small complaint about the bottle though. Whilst I love the fact that these are minis (thus cheaper, haha), the brush on these are similar in size to OPI/Sally Hansen CSM/etc. Whilst I'm not a fan of the huge brush heads anyway, it was kind of difficult to pop the brush back into the bottle without catching a couple of bristles around the opening. But if that doesn't bother you, I do recommend this because it dried really quickly and it lasted really well without even putting a top coat on.

2 coats, no top coat.

L'Oreal Paris - Magic Croisette

Firstly, please excuse my nails. This was taken back in winter at some point when I didn't feel the need to keep my nails looking particularly nice (which I regretted as soon as I bit them off!). When I spotted that Priceline had a new display of nail polishes with some sort of offer (either 20% off or BOGO), I had to pick some up. Magic Croisette isn't particularly unique, but it's just so stunning in the bottle that I couldn't resist it. It painted on fine in 2 coats.

Direct sun

Direct sun

Cloudy

Shade

Look at that bottle - it even looks stunning in the shade! :D