Sorry for the long absence but I was involved in some pretty intense renovations...they kind of tried to destroy my nails so they are shorter than I like them.
As the title says, this is a long overdue first impressions and review of LVX polishes. I was at Marshalls one day and found some of these polishes, all from last year's Spring and Summer lines. At first I only bought 2 because I had never found the brand to buy in store before and I didn't know what the quality was like. I also don't think I could pay $16 for a single polish....it would have to be pretty damn amazing and last more than a week with no chipping for me to even think about it. Fortunately the ones I found at Marshalls were only $7 which is much more do-able for me. The first 2 I got were Celeste and Viridian. (WARNING: These photo's were taken months ago when my dominant hand was not usable so the clean up is not as good as normal, also please excuse the awkward hand position...really difficult for me to photograph my left hand.)
Celeste is a gorgeous soft grey'd out light blue...opaque in 2 coats and lasted on me for 4 days before it began to chip. This was the first I tried and made me go back to Marshalls for as many other colours I could find.
Viridian, sorry the sunshine kind of washed it out and made it much brighter than it is IRL, this is a gorgeous medium toned green, the kind that my camera kind of looks at and cries about, could not get a colour accurate photo to save my life. This was also opaque in 2 coats.
On my next trip to Marshalls I found Modena, Citrine, Azalea, Chambord and Indigo Bleu.
Azalea, pretty pink based lilac, similar to Pantone's Radiant Orchid colour of the year. This had the best formula of the great formula's and was opaque in 1 coat.
Chambord is a deep raspberry colour, opaque in 2 coats and very pigmented.
Citrine is the only one of the bunch with a weak formula but it is a yellow...a mustard-y yellow but yellow none the less. This was 3 coats to become opaque but applied smoothly like all the other colours.
Indigo Bleu was just as pigmented as the other colours but stained quite badly on removal. You have to make sure not to re-use your cotton round or you will never get it off your cuticles. The gorgeous purple/blue depending on lighting is totally work the extra mess though. This is also 2 coats.
Modena is the last swatch I have for you. An amazing bright poppy red. 2 coats, clean up was difficult, this one stains worse than Indigo Bleu, and not just your cuticles but nails too. Definitely need to double up on base coat before I use this one again, but sooo pretty, and I am not a lover of reds.
I was later able to find Fantom, a white, and Cerulean, a royal blue at Winners, but have not swatched these yet.
Overall I was incredibly impressed with the quality and pigmentation of these polishes and hope that I manage to find more on other outings.
That is all for today.
Until next time, polish happy!
