Ruby Wing Poppy and Sunflower...

I got a chance to play with some fun Ruby Wing color changing polish over the sunny weekend and I'm excited to show you my swatches. Ruby Wing is a line of color changing polish from the same manufacturer that brings us Color Club. This is my first experience with the brand and I was hooked after reading the tag line, "if nothing ever changed there'd be no butterflies". How sweet is that?

Indoor Poppy is a bright raspberry pink cream/jelly (crelly). It is a new scented addition to the Ruby Wing line up. The formula is very nice and creamy, easy to apply. I used three coats, but should have left it at two. The third coat started getting thick and dragging. Also with three coats it took a long time to dry. Even with a fast drying top coat, I easily messed it up it after an hour. These swatches are indoors, three coats plus a top coat...

It dries darker than bottle color and with a slight satin finish, which is why I opted to use a top coat over it. As I mentioned it is also scented. Once dry, the scent is pretty strong and has a flowery perfume smell. I wore it for a full day and even though the scent got slightly weaker over time, but I could still easily smell it 24 hours after applying...

Outdoors in the sunshine, Poppy completely transforms from a pink raspberry shade to a dark burgundy wine jelly color. The transformation is incredible and very dramatic. I think my heart skipped a beat when I saw it change. For this, I'm willing to put up with the scent, although I do wish there was an unscented version...

These are kind of poor shots, but I was playing around with covering up portions of the nail while exposing the rest to indirect sunlight (through my car window). When I uncovered the nail, for a short period of time, both the indoor and outdoor version of the color were on the nail...

It also has transition stages, so if part of the nail is in the shade, it will produce a gradient. Although my swatches above show it fully exposed to the sun, it quickly starts shifting back to the "indoor" color when not in direct sunlight... Turn the hand palm side up and it shift to the "indoor" color, flip it back over and watch it darken again... Hold it partially turned toward the sun and get a nice gradient... Really a beautiful color no matter which way you turn it...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Ruby Wing Collection: main/core Color Name/Number: Poppy Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

The second Ruby Wing polish I got to try is Sunflower. It is a color changing base with small gold glitter in a variety of shapes. Similarly to Poppy, this is also scented. It smells a bit soapy to me and not quite as strong as Poppy. The glitter is pretty dense and can be layered to reach opacity. I used just one coat with a top coat over each of the colors.

Index finger is Sunflower alone so you can see how dense it is at one coat. Middle finger is over white, ring finger over dark blue, and pinkie over red...

The color changing effect is not very dramatic. The base of the glitter transitions from clear indoor to yellow under direct sunlight, making it appear as slightly darker gold. It was difficult to see the effect over the darker blue and red shades that I chose. I could see it best over white and alone and therefore I assume lighter colors would work best.

Swatch Details
	Brand: Ruby Wing Collection: main/core Color Name/Number: Sunflower Number of coats: 1 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Have you tried solar changing polishes before? What do you think of them?

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

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