Revlon Tropical Temptation vs. Depend 244

Revlon - Tropical Temptation (index & ring) vs. Depend - 244 (middle & pinky), 2 + 3 coats

Here's a tiny comparison of coral polishes that I did a year ago... a day (=year) late and a dollar short, that's me. ._. I always get this super strong urge to wear corals in the summer, and at least one of these polishes is still widely available. In the bottle, these two are exactly the same. The differences are that the Revlon is a creme whereas the Depend is more jelly-like and dries slightly darker than it appears in the bottle. Tropical Tempation is good to go with two coats, but 244 needs three to eliminate VNL.

Depend 220 & red crackle funky French

Depend - 220, 2 coats

Depend - 220 & Depend - Red crackle funky French, 2 + 1 coats

Depend 245 & cupcake nail art

Depend - 245, 2 coats

This light pastel mint with a hint of blue was a difficult colour to photograph, and I had to tweak the hue and saturation levels a lot afterwards. These two pictures offer a far more accurate representation of the polish than the ones below with the cupcakes. Once again, I have nothing negative to say about Depend's formula, brush or drying time.

 Depend - 245, 2 coats & cupcake nail art

My first shot at painting cupcakes! For the bases on my left hand I used OPI You Don't Know Jacques (index and ring) and my own nude franken (thumb, middle and pinky), then using the alternating colour to paint the stripes. For the different frostings I used a turquoise and a pink from H&M, a lilac from Depend and a pastel yellow from Rimmel. The bottom picture shows the results before I added some shading to the cupcakes. I also threw in a photo of my right hand even though I'm not especially proud of the wonky stripes and bleeding colours. :p

Blueberry Shake franken, Jesse's Girl Confetti & crackle swatches

Franken - Blueberry Shake, 2 coats

This franken consists of Eveline 421 (a dupe for Essie Splash of Grenadine), some blue, a pinch of black and a whole lot of Depend's unnamed white glass fleck polish.

Franken - Blueberry Shake & Jesse's Girl - Confetti, 2 + 1 coats

Confetti, a sheer blurple duochrome glass fleck, is similar to the Sally Hansen HD polishes of last year.

Franken - Blueberry Shake, Jesse's Girl - Confetti & various crackles, 2 + 1 + 1 coats

The crackles used are, from index to pinkie:

I: IsaDora Black Tag

M: Depend Dark purple

R: Depend Blue shimmer

P: IsaDora Spraycan Blue

Revlon Cotton Candy & Depend Pink crackle

Revlon - Cotton Candy, 3 coats

Cotton Candy was one of Revlon's 2010 Scents of Summer scented nail polishes, and I am totally smitten with this very pale baby pink with golden shimmer! To me it smells more like marshmallows than cotton candy, and the scent is in no way fakey or overpowering like some reviewers have claimed.

Revlon - Cotton Candy & Depend - Pink crackle, 3 + 1 coats

I topped Cotton Candy with a pink crackle from Depend. Of all the crackles I've tried so far (China Glaze, IsaDora, Depend and those unknown brand Chinese ones) I like Depend's the best - the formula is pretty much like that of a normal polish, they're not too thick or chalky, and they crackle beautifully. It's too bad they only come in 5ml bottles which cost more than normal Depend polishes (3,90€ vs. 3€).

Blue, teal & turquoise spam! Pt. 1

DICI - 034, 2 coats

 Depend - 054, 2 coats

 Cutex - Huckle Buckle, 2 coats

 H&M - Blue Me Away, 2 coats

 Avon - Olive Green/Green with Envy, 2 coats

 Avon - Olive Green/Green with Envy & Nfu-Oh 50, 2 + 2 coats