Revlon Whimsical (and comparison to DL GitA)

I own and love Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air. I told myself that it was ridiculous to buy the Revlon dupe and that I didn't need a backup. Then, I bought it anyway. Oye.

Revlon Whimsical (3 coats over a light blue jelly franken)




It's very easy to make your own light blue jelly: it's 1/4 white creme and 3/4 clear, plus a few drops of blue creme until it suits your taste!

Ok, so I'm sure you have all seen a million comparisons to GitA, but I wanted to see it for myself! Here are my comparison pics:

Bottle shot


Here's 4 coats of each, no base:


and a close up on a nail wheel:



My thoughts:

• There are 3 sizes of glitter in these polishes: large hex, medium hex, and tiny circular (maybe hex, it's hard to tell).
• The largest hex glitter is the same in both polishes (light pink and blue)
• The medium hex glitter is the same size in both, but from what I can tell, GitA has both silver and pink medium glitter, while the Revlon only has silver.
• The smallest glitter is the same in both polishes; an iridescent glitter that shines aqua and violet.
• The glitter in the Revlon dupe is much more dense than in the DL. 
• The blue jelly base is more opaque in the Revlon. This alters the colour of a base polish if you choose to layer it, though (for example, over Revlon Modern Grace)

In conclusion, if I didn't have the DL already, I know I would be more than satisfied with the Revlon dupe. I do like the DL bottle and brush better than the Revlon though, and I've already used up 1/5 of the bottle... so I'm going to keep both for now :D

Anyway, I hope you guys found this helpful and can get a bottle for yourself if you like it :) I found mine at Harmons Beauty Supply for $3.79. I've read that it's also been spotted at Kmarts!

Revlon Royal Cloak

I recently got this in a swap!

Revlon Royal Cloak - 2 medium coats. The flecks show up pretty well IRL, but not as clearly as these photos (since I use flash). Nice, easy to use formula, though.



Comparison: Revlon Royal Cloak and Zoya Neeka - I know some people were curious about these two, so here's the comp. I love Zoya Neeka! You can see it has gold flecks compared to the Revlon, and again, they show up better in my pics than IRL. Both are pretty.


Comparison: Revlon Royal Cloak and OPI Funky Dunkey - And to give you an idea of the base colour, Revlon is quite a bit brighter than the Zoya when you look at it next to OPI FD.


Personally, I prefer the Zoya because it's dustier, but the Revlon is also quite nice :)

Hope that helps someone!

Revlon Modern Grace and Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air

I had seen Modern Grace just once in the wild and I didn't pick it up. I had regretted it ever since, and while lamenting on the NB, the lovely Noelie offered to buy me on she had seen at her local Riteaid! Ahhh what a sweetheart! :) Thank you, Noelie!!

I believe this was in a limited edition Top Speed display with some other summery shades. The formula on this polish is amazing It is a 1 coater!

Revlon Modern Grace - 1 coat!


Here are some comparisons to other purpleish-periwinkle polishes in my stash. I had a sneaking suspicion that this may be dupish to Orly Cashmere Cardigan, but I do not own that polish! I asked on NB, and a couple girls posted bottle pic comparisons for me. If they aren't dupes, then they are insanely close.

Revlon Modern Grace vs. Zoya Caitlin


Revlon Modern Grace vs. OPI Done Out in Deco and Planks a Lot


For my NOTD, I wore 1 coat of Revlon Modern Grace and topped it with 2 coats of Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air. The light blue base of GitA lightened up Revlon Modern Grace. I absolutely love the result!! I usually don't wear glitter polishes to work, but screw that :D!! I used Barielle Manicure Extender and SV as my topcoat to give it extra shine. I have a tiny bit of shrinkage, but I hardly ever wrap my tips... out of laziness.





By the way, I've heard that Nordies is having a B2G1 sale on Deborah Lippmanns and Butter London this Saturday and Sunday, in store only. You may want to call your counter to confirm, though! Luckily, there are not 3 DLs or 3 BLs that I am lemming, so I will be saving my pretty pennies. But if you have been waffling on getting anything from these two brands, this weekend would be a good time to take the plunge!

DBF's mom, aunt, and youngest brother are coming to visit this weekend, so this will probably be my last post until the weekend is over. So, enjoy your weekend! :)

Revlon Powder Puff (and Blog Sale link)

Ok, Game 4 last night was awful. The Canucks better get it together for tomorrow's game, or I'm going to be a seriously sad panda!

Anyway, if any of you guys are on NB, you probably know I've spent the last few weeks purging my stash. I'm trying to get down to a collection where I love every single bottle! Since swapping doesn't really help with decreasing stash size, I decided to have a blog sale.

If you're interested, head on over here for more information. I will be adding to it periodically :)

Okay, with that out of the way, I want to show you guys this polish.

Revlon Powder Puff - Quite unique, but I never got around to wearing it as a full NOTD. You know what I would love? For this polish to smell like marshmallows LOL. Do you hear me Revlon?!

Revlon Slipper over Essie Limited Addiction

I'm trying really hard to like these Revlon glitters from last summer, but I don't think I can do it. I might have to purge them!

Revlon Slipper over Essie Limited Addiction

Revlon Sublime Strawberry and Slipper

Work is a rollercoaster. For two months I had to busy myself because there was no billable work to be found; two weeks ago, we got a rush project requiring lots of OT! Ahhh... work -.-

Couple weekends ago, DBF obliged me a trip to the Sallys-BigLots-DollarTree strip mall on the weekend. I didn't find anything at Sallys or DT, but Big Lots had 2-packs of Revlons for $2.00. I actually went to see if I could pick up some Revlon Perplex for swaps, but they didn't have any.

I picked up a duo containing Sublime Strawberry (one of the scented polishes) and Slipper (one of the glitter topcoats from the summer).

Revlon Sublime Strawberry - I'm actually surprised how much I like this! The scent doesn't really bother me, but I know others are sensitive to these scented Revlons.




Revlon Slipper (Layered over Essie Ballet Slippers) - not the most ideal polish to layer over, but it just happened to be what I was wearing when I bought it :) I picked up Galaxy when these first came out, and to be honest, I'm not sure if I like these :S

Revlon Stormy and Rimmel Steel Gray Comparison

How about a little drugstore mushrooms?

Revlon Stormy - Got this in a swap recently. I thought it would be a good replacement for Rimmel Steel Gray that I'm purging (it pulls a bit purple on me under fluoro lights; hopefully the Revlon does not)

Comparison: Rimmel Steel Gray and Revlon Stormy. The Revlon is a bit darker, but probably not as much as these pics imply!

Rimmel Steel Gray – Here's the Rimmel on its own. I like how it looks here, but at work it looks really purple on me!

Revlon Perplex

Found it at my nearby dingy CVS today after work! :) My CVS is undergoing renovations, so it is a MESS in there. I was seriously surprised to find this display and the new Milani display as well! :D