NOTD: Fantasy Fire (04/06/2013)

Hi! :)
I have another Nail Of The Day for you today where I show you a nail look I'm wearing and also a little review of the polish (sometimes polishes) in question :)

 

 

 

Feel free to click on the images above to enlarge them...

The nail polish that I'm featuring today is a Max Factor Max Effect Nail Polish in "Fantasy Fire"

 

This is one of the most beautiful shade I have and I think I might pick up a backup bottle of this because it's so beautiful but the bottle is pretty tiny and doesn't hold much.

In different lights this shows pink, purple, green, blue and orange. It is really stunning.

 

Unfortunately this doesn't show up amazingly well on it's own and because its small I don't want to use a load of coats of this, so I've found a base coat to give it a bit more power :)

 

 

I found this polish in my collection that seemed to match the base coat of "Fantasy Fire" pretty well.

This the Collection 2000 Hot Looks Fast Dry nail polish in "Parma Violets".

 

I added two coats of this to make a base colour...

 

 

Then I added one coat of the "Fantasy Fire" colour...you could add two but because I'm so worried about running out I only added one. Two would intensify the colour, but for me, one coat is enough.

 

 

This is the trickiest colour to photograph....but take my word for it...this colour is beautiful.

 

It also seems to last pretty well without chipping! I'll definitely see if I can pick up another bottle of this! :)

 

EDIT:

Whilst sitting out in the sun today I managed to get a couple of slightly better shots that show the amazing colours that run through this polish!

One of my nails is chipped which is sad but it was my fault as I was playing guitar for ages!

 

Thank you for reading!

Have you tried "Fantasy Fire"? :)

Libby x

 

 

*REVIEW* Max Factor Earth Spirits Eyeshows (108 & 128)

Hello! I have a new review for you today - the Max Factor Earth Spirits Eyeshadows.

The colours I have are 108 Inca Bronze on the left and 128 Passionate Plum on the right.

PRICE AND AVAILABILITY:
I seem to remember these costing around £5 at the time I bought them and after a quick look online they are a similar price now but they seem to be slightly cheaper in some places online. You can get Max Factor in places like Boots and Superdrug and while I'm not 100% sure whether the Earth Spirits line is still there or whether its discontinued it is available online in various places.

TEXTURE:
I've found that the texture of these is slightly dry as they are hard pressed shadows. They seem generally not be that easy to work with and they are just a little too hard and difficult to blend for my liking. It's not a massive point, but it's just I have creamier shadows that I prefer.

PIGMENTATION:

The top swatches are with a base (the NYX Eye shadow Base in White) and the bottom swatches are with no primer or base at all. The left shade is Inca Bronze 108 and the right shade is Passionate Plum 128.

Although I find that these work best with a sticky base (like the NYX one or one of their Jumbo Eye Pencils) the pigmentation still isn't great. Inca Bronze is much better than Passionate Plum, but then that is likely to be the case as those kind of shades are easier to get pigmented than purple colours generally. The Inca Bronze shade has ok pigmentation and its a mid, orange toned gold with lots of shimmer. Passionate Plum is more of a disappointment. As well as being harder in texture it is also less pigmented. It has some sort of pinkish shimmer in it but you can barely see it in a swatch. It feels pretty dry and blends away really easily so this is a swatch with the colour packed on as much as I can get it...

The Inca Bronze shade would maybe be acceptable without a primer if you were in a hurry but the Passionate Plum just doesn't do it for me.

WEARABILITY:
The shade Inca Bronze lasts longer than Passionate Plum and seems to last around the 8 hour mark but Passionate Plum maybe lasts around 6 hours and tends to fade into a sludge-grey colour if you're not careful.

OVERALL:
I don't find myself reaching for these very often really....I'm not too keen on their texture and the pigmentation isn't great. I do quite like Inca Bronze and it is a shade that I'd definitely choose over Passionate Plum but even that I don't reach for a lot. I think Inca Bronze is simply a little too dark for me to use as a natural colour (I'm very pale) so it doesn't get used.

Would I buy again?
While I don't completely regret buying these I probably won't buy them again.

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed my review! :)
Libby x