It's here. The much talked about nail polish collection inspired by Justin
Bieber. I'm still not exactly sure how Justin
Bieber and nail polish are related at all, hey, the colors ended up being really cool...
I took full advantage of the twenty
seconds of sunlight we had this week...
Give Me The 1st Dance. Standard sparkly silver foil. Not unique, but not a bad color.
My Lifesaver. Wow. This one was not in the promo pictures I originally saw of this collection, so it was a complete surprise. It's awesome. It's not as sky blue as it looks here, it's actually a turquoise creme. The shade is somewhere between MAC Peppermint Patti and China Glaze For Audrey, closer to the Peppermint Patti side. Super creamy finish, easy, non-streaky application, very pigmented. All around great shade.
OMB! Another pleasant surprise. Very different from the promo pics. This is an amazing fiery,
duochromey glass fleck red. My pictures don't do it justice. The main
duochrome colors are orange and pink, weird contrast between cool and warm in this polish. See this one in real life if you get a chance.
Me + Blue. A blue shimmer base absolutely packed with holographic
microglitter. There's just a ton of glitter in this. It's not your traditional
holo that's made from little flat sheet-like particles. This is like some of the
Nubar Gems that are a shimmer base color with chunky
holo glitter, but so much of it that it looks like a true
holo under sunlight. It is a little lumpy, but because there's so much glitter you almost don't notice.
Just for fun I put
OPI's Black Shatter on top:
One Less Lonely Glitter. What a name. Great color, though! Light lavender glitter in a clear base. It has tiny little glitter particles mixed with bigger round pieces. Very sparkly. Delicate. Nice opacity, too.
Prized Possession Purple. A medium purple shimmer. Very pretty color, but the formula was quite unruly. It was very watery and the brush was defective so I found it rather frustrating to apply. I wish I had something better to say about the formula because the color is so nice, but it reminded me of trying to apply
NYX Wild.
Step To The Beat Of My ♥. One of Nicole's signature heart polishes. This one is tiny opal glitter in a very faintly purple tinted base and it has purple and red
holo metallic hearts. This is meant for layering but if you like a more subtle look you can wear it alone.
The formula on these was good with the exception of Prized Possession Purple. I did two coats of all but Prized Possession Purple which was three coats. The formula feels like normal Nicole formula, no surprises formula-wise. The big surprise is the new brush. They have switched to a short, wide, curved brush a little bit like the Sally Hansen
Insta-
Dri brush. Half of the brushes in my set were defective and made application difficult. They're supposed to be gently rounded at the bottom but some of mine were more like Vs or even
Ws... When the brushes are the way they're supposed to be, they're great. Hopefully the faulty brushes will be fixed soon. Brings me back to the
OPI India collection :)
Overall, the colors are quite nice. I love My Lifesaver, One Less Lonely Glitter and OMB! the most. They're nothing at all like the promo pictures would have lead me to believe, but they're still very pretty. Some of the shades can be easily duplicated, but I'm sure
Bieber fans would love to have these either way.
There's some info cards attached to these bottles and they say, "In support of Pencils of Promise. Join Justin and
PoP to build 100 schools around the world." It doesn't specify that any proceeds go to Pencils of Promise or anything about a charitable contribution or anything like that... So I'm unclear on whether or not any money from these goes to support a cause, but I'll see what I can find out.
These are available now at
Wal-Mart.
(These were sent to me for review.)
