Rescue Beauty Lounge-IKB: 2012

I LOVE THIS POLISH. I don't think there's anything else to really say about it. I mean, there are things to say about this polish. But the most important one is that I love it. And you will too. And you need this in your life. Trust me on this. NEED.

IKB: 2012 is a blue jelly. A jelly with no VNL. It's suppose to be the color of International Klein Blue, created by French artist Yves Klein. (More info about it here.) I actually hadn't heard of the name before, although I did know the color. Weird, I know, but that's me. I think it hits the mark exactly. The polish is dark, yet bright. It looks like it goes purple (or into the blurple range) but it never does. It's just blue gorgeousness.

The formula on it is...hmm. It's thick and streaky and a bit sticky, yet I think this one depends on how you apply it. I did thin coats on the hand that's in the pictures and it needed three. But I used thicker coats on my other hand and only needed two. But no matter how many coats it dries super fast. Almost matte fast. And it dries...dull. Not matte, but dullish. The beauty of this polish comes once you put on a top coat.

If ever there was a polish that you should pay $20 for then it's this. That's how amazing this polish is, even with the okay formula. This is a sexy polish. If you love blue, then get it. There is a limited amount still available (although I suspect that will change soon) so don't wait. Don't think twice. Just take a deep breath, suck it up, and hit the order button.

Revlon-Victorian and Finger Paints-Twisted

I initially wanted to do a jelly sandwich with flakies, but liked the look of this so much that I decided to forget about the sandwich part.

most true to live colors in this pic than the others

Revlon Victorian is a part of their Just Tinted jelly polishes that came out last summer. I have no idea if they were LE or if they are a part of their collection now. Victorian is a medium pink that almost toes the line into hot in person. I used three coats here and as you can see VNL is still there. The polish is streaky but does come out smooth once you get to three coats. It dried on the slower side but nothing too big to freak out about I don't think.

close up

We've all seen the Finger Paints flakies polishes by now. I had two more to use and wanted to get one out of the way. I love the look of Twisted here on Victorian. We've seen how flakies look on dark polishes, and it's fantastic. But seeing them on lighter polishes is a bit few and far between and I think they look just as good. I used two coats of Twisted here.

jelly sandwich

I love this mani so much! I did try the jelly sandwich on my thumb (which you can see above), and I like the look of that as well. :) (Note: that one thumb took a few hours to dry.) And lookit, not only am I continuing to wear colors out of my usual comfort zone, but also I've join in on Pink Wednesdays. Huzzah!