"Traditional" red polish isn't often my go-to - my fair skin tends to look yellowed out or scary white with a bold red, and if I'm going for vampy sexy, I like darker wines. Every so often, though, a red will catch my eye, and I'm really happy when they actually work.
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| indoor, bright CF light |
Love, Actually was the clear stand-out from this year's Valentine's collection from Llarowe. It's a rich, saturated color, about 2 shades darker than true fire-engine-red, and the dark is probably what makes it so lusciously wearable for me. You can see a good bit of holo in the bottle here, but the rainbow was extremely subtle on the nail - this is more of a soft, shimmery look, and is definitely my least POW holo, scattered or otherwise.
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| outdoor, overcast light |
The first coat went on a little patchy and dried satin. The 2nd coat and a layer of topcoat brought it to the opaque shine you see here.
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| indoor, CF lighting |
It's a darker red in the shade or indoors, but a devastatingly lush red in bright sunlight. My partner loved this color.
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| check out the softly shimmering sparkle. sigh. |
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Light edgewear and a few chips were coming up for me by the 2nd day, and this does stain very slightly (though since my nails rarely get stained no matter how dark of a polish I use, this may be more significant for other people), but damn that red. Oof!
Where to buy: I believe this was an LE that's not going to be restocked, so try blog sales and ebay.
~Michelle
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