Vapid Lacquer Not All There Myself

Hello everyone!!

It’s another new to the blog indie brand today, Vapid Lacquer. This brand has some very interesting polishes once in a while and has such a staunch following that it seems really hard to get the ones that everyone seems to be nuts about. That being said, I have managed to nab a few unique polishes from them, including the much loved Cyber Punk in an auction. Today though, I’m going to show you the polish called Not All There Myself.

I am a big fan of the fuschia range of pink but I tend not to buy them as much because it seems like there are only so many ways to make that color look different. It’s a nice color but how amazing can you really make it? Well, Vapid’s Not All There Myself has to be one of the best fuschia colors out there! The formula is fantastic. It’s rich. It glows and it even has a very different feel to it in different lights. It’s an amazing, amazing polish. The finish is a foil type finish which is what gives it those properties I mentioned above.
The pictures above were all taken in sunlight. Below I'm showing the polish in shade and in indoor lighting.

I definitely have to keep an eye out for more polishes from Vapid in the future. Seems to be a really good brand with unique polishes. This particular one lasted 5-6 days with minimal chipping. That's when I usually change up the color so it lasted well for me.
Thanks for reading and until next time! 

Stash Swatch - 2true Shade 10

Hi all!

I have a second 2true shade for you today, Shade 10 (aka St. Tropez?). This is the second of the 2true polishes I picked up on a trip to the UK in 2012. This one is also a foil, much like Shade 9, more brown than coppery however. I really really loved this one. The cooler tone of this shade seems to compliment my skin tone better and I think it's even more interesting than Shade 9. You can see these bits of blue and red foil flecks in there that really add a lovely bit of complexity to this polish!

The above two pictures were taken in my lightbox. The below two were taken in my bathroom. Something about the combination of lights in there shows a different side to a lot of my polishes and you guys will be seeing more bathroom pics in the future! I really liked the way this one looked in my bathroom. Those blue and red flecks really sparkle here. Look at my blurred out index finger!

These polishes have really opened my eyes up to complex neutral foils. I really wish I had been paying attention when Sephora Formula X Alchemy was out. What are some of your favorite neutral foils?

Stash Swatch - 2True Shade 9

Hi everybody!

The polish I'm going to show you today has one of my favorite finishes ever. Foil! Yes, these polishes are highly annoying when you're removing them because those little bits get everywhere but I think it's worth it. I love how sparkly these polishes are without the topcoat eating behavior of glitters. Not that I don't love glitters, but they do take some extra work. 

This is 2True Shade 9. I looked really hard on the bottle to find another name for this polish but Shade 9 is all I found. A little internet digging shows that it could also be called Rio. Either way, it's a coppery foil that took me three coats to achieve opacity. I have a very prominent nail line and it seems to take me more coats to get rid of it than most others. The consistency was great! Another annoying aspect of foils is the clean up. With Shade 9, I had barely any clean up to do. There appear to be some tiny pink and gold flecks in this polish, which gives it a nice complexity. 

 I don't really have much else to say about this polish. I have a couple of others from this brand that I'll show you in a future post, another foil and a glitter. All of them were bought by me in London at a Superdrug.