I kind of missed the American Apparel craze in my lifetime. That's what happens when you live in a small city and well, we all like to eat BBQ and Mexican food (oh man, valley tacos are amazing). In fact, American Apparel was just one of those things that didn't exist in my small world. When they came out with their nail polish earlier this year (or was it last year?), I wasn't quick to jump. Then all the bottles were recalled voluntarily, so I really wasn't jumping.
However, this past spring, I was at a very upscale mall with my Married Friends (as I call them) - E & B. E (husband) gets slightly irritated with my nail polish collection and tells me I can't buy anymore, but it's nuts. B was pretty fascinated by it, so HAH.
Anyway, we found an American Apparel, and I rushed inside to see if they had nail polish. Now, I don't fit in their clothes. Not even close. Well, maybe I'd squeeze into an XL, but whatever. Back to the polish.
I grabbed 3 bottles as they were 3 for $15, but that's about where my love affair ended. They've just been sitting on my shelf. The bottle is a bit awkward for me - it's very tall and slim but still the standard 0.5 Fl oz - tall bottles mean tall brushes, and I kept thinking I was somehow going to knock over the bottle when I'd pull the brush out, but we're okay.
Dynasty is a light purple, almost lavender creme polish that is pretty much my favorite color ever, so I was pretty excited about this color. The formula wasn't too bad on it either - a little thin but not pooling into my cuticles.
I used a base coat of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Dynasty, and a top coat of Seche Vite.
I feel that in the sun, on my nails, it turns into more of a mauve purple, but it's still a very pretty color.
Here in the shade it's kind of just there. Nothing too special, but at the same time, a nice pretty color. I think I was just so underwhelmed after wearing that crazy gold brown Wet n Wild.
American Apparel nail polish can be purchased in their stores or on their website [official website].
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After my frustration with Claire's, I decided it was time to try another brand for a bit. I really love that Wet n Wild is only 99 cents for these bottles - it makes my wallet even happier.
Rustic is a brown gold shimmer that looked like it could be a really pretty color to wear in the evenings. I used Seche Natural for my base, ONE COAT of Rustic (!), and a top coat of Seche Vite. The formula was amazingly awesome - perfect coverage in one happy, even layer.
Holla. This color almost looked a little orange brown in the sun than yellow brown, but it was still just so pretty to me! I was really happy with this one.
In the shade, the shimmer dies down to a pretty little soft shimmer, almost like a wood grain. Again, I couldn't be happier with this polish - I really want to go look at the rest of the line that it available in my drug stores.
Wet n Wild is located at a variety of drug and grocery stories. You can use their product finder on their website [official website].
Can you see my sarcastic face? Just wanted to make sure you knew I was wearing it. I picked up this bottle at the same time as Claire's Technopop. At the time, the pink layer wasn't bleeding into the top or the bottom, that happened after my manicure. The top layer LOOKED like little beads. It's not. It's hexagonal flat silver glitter. The middle layer is the same pink neon glitter from Technopop, and that bottom layer is a beautiful silver rainbow mix.
I used a base of Seche Natural, 3 coats of Glitz and Glam, and a top coat of Seche Vite. Ready for this one?
LAME. Three coats didn't even barely get rid of my VNL, and in fact, it just kept dragging the hexagon glitter to the top of my nail. I was getting frustrated fast.
It's almost a Pepto Bismol pink... This may be nice for your 5 year old daughter but not for me. I'm not happy with this one either.
Claire's is available world wide or online [official website]
I just recently found out that Zoya names ALL of their polishes after women. Well Zoya, you need a Krystal. Just because. Hah. I don't know anyone named Jancyn - I don't even really know how to pronounce it other than "Jan - Sin" but hey, whatever. This was from the 2010 Flash Collection and listed as a soft tangerine cream. That's pretty much on the nose.
I used a base of Zoya Anchor, 2 coats of Jancyn and a top coat of Zoya Armor. Normally I wrap that with Seche Vite, but I was pretty iffy on orange, and didn't think I'd wear it all day (I didn't). You can tell by my pictures that it was getting late in the day.
Jancyn was a happy little color - no formula issues, and I do love Zoya brushes a lot. I did have a little cleaning up to do since I attempted to clean up my cuticles and ended up peeling one down (ouch).
This would probably be an amazing Halloween color with some black Konad or for some black glitter thrown over it. Are there any real "black" glitters out there in a clear base? Hmm, start thinking polish companies.
I really liked this color in the shade too.
It kind of reminded me of pumpkin pie. I see a really cool nail art design in my head, but I still haven't gotten to that level just yet.
Good job Zoya, like I said, I was iffy on orange, but this is a great color.
I meant to post this in like... days, but my finger slipped and it published now. Oh well, deal with it.
Zoya [official website] can be purchased on their website for $7/bottle
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