Caress Nail Polish in Diamond Gay

I'm pretty conservative in choosing nail colors, there are some shades I'm scared to try, one of these is GRAY (or grey, whatever) or any hue resembling it. As a lousy color snob, I believe gray will only give me streaked, sickly or ashy looking nails but boy I was so sooo wrong.

Hi, I'm D. And I love eating my words. Hehehe.

Caress Regular in Diamond Gay (not Gray!) made me a convert! This shade is so pretty in my nails as well friendly for my wallet.



Again, given it's el-cheapo price don't expect that you get the application the first time. This is not newbie friendly. I have to try 3x to get this finish. So again, long patience is required during the application process.



The shade has bluish undertones when seen in natural light. Very wearable in the office or school (I'm wearing it now :D), and did I forget to tell you how cheap this is???? LOL.

Cheap Buys - Caress Nail Polish

Whenever I feel sad or pressured, my boyf will bring me to the beauty section of Market!Market! because it is proven effective to cheer me up. With limited budget (although boyf is an enabler!), I hunt for cheaper alternatives to satisfy my addiction to nail polishes. I can say that after acquiring 10 polishes, Caress gets approval from me and my wallet!

Not too shabby right?



Well the application is quite hard using the small brush that comes with it, but you get what you pay for right? Just make sure you have your trusty base coat prior to the polish and please apply thinly! Let the coat dry completely before putting another - I swear your patience will be tested here.



The color pay-off is forgivable - even pretty in fact. Caress Nail Polishes - Regular retails for Php19.75 and Php20.75 for the Frosted variant. I can't believe I ignored this brand for years, well it's not too late to buy more!

LA Colors - Color Craze Megawatt

Ok, so not all nail polishes from LA Colors are love... Sadly, Megawatt from their Colors Craze Collection is one of them. I really tried my best to like it (very pretty in the bottle!) but I guess we're not meant for each other.

Megawatt belongs to nude/pink family with tiny gold sparkles. In the bottle it looks regal - sorta princessy, very dreamy and soft but really thin which disappointed me.


I do not have major yellow nails but in this picture it looks like I do!Perhaps Megawatt is perfect for those with fair skin and immaculate nails.


Just to show you how thin the color is, this is four coater already but looks like I have no polish whatsoever.


I will not stop you from buying it but I won't also recommend it, I can live without it. You can score LA Colors Nail Lacquers in Market!Market! for Php60.00 a pop. Not bad huh?

Update

Collection Update:

LA Colors - Color Craze Collection
1. Fuel
2. Current
3. Shock

LA Colors - Nail Lacquer
1. French Nails - Pink
2. Serenity

Have to cut my shopping trip short due to some office emergency. So I'm back here~ ho hum...... Hahay.

LA Colors Nail Lacquer - Purple

LA Nail Lacquer in French Manicure - Purple
Wallet Damage: Php 60.00
Where to buy: Market! Market! Taguig City - Department Store/Beauty Section - 1st Floor




I am bit hesitant at first to buy this color due to numerous nail disasters I've encountered using muted/pastel colors from our local brands (they look too washed out or too muted resulting to dirty looking fingernails I so detest!). Good thing I bought it and I'm really glad I did. The color is very Essie-esque - dreamy and pretty in bottle and in fingernails, the pink is prominent in this shade with slight bluish hue which makes it light purple? I really don't know. Heh. IRL, it's really flattering and I got tons of compliment today about how nice and clean my nails were. Application is suprisingly easy - (again unlike the other muted colors I've tried, it felt like painting my nails with correction fluid, the horror!) - I swear I cannot fuck up the application of this nail polish no matter how lousy, how sleepy or how tired I am during the process. Yes, this nail polish brand forgives my shortcomings - LOL retouching is a breeze and all I need is my trusty top coat (Well, yes, a local brand) to make it fresh and shiny.






This one is a gem - need to have back-ups! :D