Outside, overcast:
Compare the next two photos and you can see how depending on the slight light change it goes from pearly/shiny to very transparent. An aspect of pearly colors I really dislike :(
I decided I would try layering it since I was not to keen on how it looked by itself. Sinful Colors Soul Mate was still fresh on my mind from yesterday's post and happened to be a similar coral color. I decided that just maybe they were Soul Mates :D
This is one layer Sinful Colors Soul Mate and two layers Ulta Princess.
Actually caught some sun this time around!
Not too bad, I like the layering of these two. You get the opaqueness and shimmer, but I thought that unless it is out under direct sunlight, most of the time Sinful Colors just stole the show. So that led me to some thinking, which led to a franken, which lead to a kind of fail...
I thought that by mixing the two colors, I could adjust the proportions and get the best of both worlds in one polish. WRONG! I mixed 1/4 SC Soul Mate with 3/4 Ulta Princess and got... wait for it... Soul Mate with the teeniest, tiniest shimmer. That's right, even with 3/4 of the bottle being Ulta Princess (what a waste), Soul Mate just overtook the whole show.
See the shimmer? I didn't think so :D
OK, so it redeemed itself a little bit outside, but still kind of meh, not what I expected. I still like the color, but maybe if I had not seen the two colors separately, I would have liked this one more...
What do you think? Is it better alone, layered, mixed, or maybe not at all?
Brand: Ulta Collection: Salon Formula Color Name/Number: Princess Toulene, Formaldehyde and Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP) free |
And here is some Wacky Laki math for you:
3/4 | + 1/4 | = |
Thanks for looking as always :D
Anutka
I think the end result is pretty although not at all like the Ulta polish. You were smart to franken in a mini bottle too - so you still have all polishes intact. It's beautiful layered too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'm glad you like it.
ReplyDeleteI think I would like the end result more if I wasn't expecting it to be something else ;)