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Monday, July 29, 2019

Anna Sui Minnie Mouse Collection

When I moved out west in 2015, there were some polishes that received special treatment and got to make the trip in small boxes, packed extra carefully, rather than the bigger boxes the Helmer drawers went into (those were packed just regularly carefully). These five Minnie Mouse shades from Anna Sui were among those, as the bottles are unique and I hadn't used any of them yet (they were released in 2013).

The boxes are pretty fancy themselves, with Minnie in a different pose on each one (though on the top of the boxes the poses are all the same, which I found a bit of a curious design decision).



The bottles are Minnie Mouse in a ball gown; I've turned the second one from left around so you can see the back is detailed as well. Shades left to right: 001 Stardust Silver, 002 Snow White, 200 Midnight Purple, 300 Neon Pink, 400 Passion Red.



Neon Pink is definitely pink, but not neon (and never was according to swatches I found that were done close to the time this collection came out). It's a warm bright pink with very subtle purple shimmer that only showed up in direct light. I used three coats for full coverage. One thing to note about all the colors in this collection is they have a noticeable rose scent, especially once they're dry.





Snow White is a sheer white with pink shimmer and small to medium silver holo glitter. I used one coat as a topper over Neon Pink. The glitter is on the sparse side, so there is quite a variation in how much comes up on each brushful; some nails got a little, some a lot. The shimmer in it does show up even in indirect light, thought that's hard to see on the pink base.







Midnight Purple is a deep purple with blue and pink shimmer that shows up on the nail in both indirect and direct light. I used two coats for my swatch.







The last two polishes in this collection are glitter toppers in clear bases, so I went ahead and put them on over Midnight Purple. Stardust Silver (on my pointer and ring fingers) has small silver glitter, while Passion Red has small red glitter plus large red circle glitter. I used one coat of the glitters and am pleased to say no fishing was required to get the circles out of the bottle of Passion Red. These lay flat, so I didn't even bother with topcoat.





These polishes are fine, but the main draw here is the bottle. Why they didn't tie the names more in with the Minnie Mouse theme, I'm not sure; that seems like a missed opportunity.


Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Wheel V7: Glitters from Deborah Lippmann and Others

I was chatting online with some fellow polish lovers about the two most recent Deborah Lippmann collections and how sedate they are, all neutral and near neutral cremes and quiet shimmers. That's not the side of Ms. Lippmann I have on this wheel; this wheel is all about glitter, from her and a couple other brands.



(coats as noted below, plus clear topcoat; some could have used another layer of clear)

1. Deborah Lippmann Stairway to Heaven (3 coats) [the square glitter here makes this more interesting]
2. Deborah Lippmann Mermaid's Dream (2)
3. Deborah Lippmann Candy Shop (2)
4. Deborah Lippmann Do Ya Think I'm Sexy (3) [this is not so interesting]
5. Deborah Lippmann Good Girl Gone Bad (2)
6. Deborah Lippmann Flash Dance (2)
7. Deborah Lippmann Just Dance (2)
8. Deborah Lippmann Dancing in the Dark (3)
9. Deborah Lippmann I Love the Nightlife (3) [all one size gunmetal glitter is more intriguing to me than all red as in #4]
10. Deborah Lippmann Forget You (2)
11. Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday (2) [newer version, without the small square glitter of the original]
12. Butter London Henley Regatta (4) [
13. Butter London Tart with a Heart (3) [this looks so pretty, why have I not worn this?]
14. Butter London West End Wonderland (2)
15. Butter London Rosie Lee (3)
16. Butter London Chancer (2)
17. Butter London The Black Knight (2)
18. Anna Sui 680 (3) [I buy this brand mostly for the bottles, but this is a nice color not often seen in glitter]
19. Anna Sui 004 (3)
20. Anna Sui 107 (3) [another very pretty one I've got to wear sometime]

Bottles 1 through 5:



6 through 11:



12 through 17:



18 through 20:

















Destash notes: First, I'm keeping all the Anna Suis, just to look at the bottles if nothing else. I could probably let a few of the Lippmanns go: 4, 11, maybe 5 through 8 if I find similar glitters in other brands that swap/sell less well. As for the Butter Londons, 14 is not my color, and 15 and 16 I think I have some close enough in other brands (thought I do like the shape of the Butter bottles, so that's a factor).