Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Pretty & Polished May Flower

I showed you Pretty & Polished Aurora in my most recent NOTD's of the Week. This is the second polish I ordered from Pretty & Polished. May Flower is one of their new shade shifting polishes. Mind you, I realized this only after I hit "confirm order" - and immediately was a tad anxious - I was already envisioning horror scenarios with patchy colored nails should half of the nail decide on another shade than the other.... Well, all worries were nilled when I tried it. I even tested it for a couple of hours (I did not wear it as full mani) going outside (freezing -8 degrees Celsius that day) and then back inside. But have a look for yourself:

This is straight out of the bottle


This is when the polish "gets cold":


Now the polish is half way warmed:


... and it can will turn pastel mint when it is "hot" - you can see it is a smidgen lighter than in the above picture:


I applied two coats of Pretty & Polished May Flower over Essence XXL Nail Thickener. I used Butter London Hardwear and Essence Better Than Gel Top Sealer Quick Dry (yes, I started to use the Essence Top Coat as second finish as of late). 

The shade shifting happens very fast - I would say it takes less than 5 minutes to change from a deep vivid turquoise (think China Glaze Four Leaf Clover) to the minty pastel glitter shown above.

I had the polish rest upside down over night that the brush would be loaded with polish. It actually helped but the polish became a bit more difficult to apply. However the consistency is thin and easy to control. There are rather big flowers in the glitter suspended - you can see two of them camping out on my middle finger). 

Final thoughts: I love Pretty & Polished May Flower and it certainly will not be my last from them - probably I will get myself another shade shifter ;-)

I ordered May Flower with Pretty & Polished. They ship internationally at reasonable fees.

Of course I would like to know what you think of this shade shifter!!!

I look forward to reading your comments - thanks for visiting!!!
Christine



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13 comments:

  1. Liesl26 February 2013 at 17:21

    How fun is this?! I really like how it looks cold :) Indie glitters that need no base color make me happy, too :) Have an amazing day, sis ♥

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    1. Polished Marvels26 February 2013 at 18:37

      Hi sis - I hope life is treating you well!!! Thank you so much, it really is fun and I caught myself checking the colors of my nails every other minute - LOL!!! You might like Contrary Polish, they do stuff outside the glitter-box, I still have some in my untrieds that I want to show since AGES!!! Have a wonderful day xxx

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  2. Essie Rae26 February 2013 at 18:11

    Oh cool! I have never heard of this. That would be so fun! Great review:)

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    1. Polished Marvels26 February 2013 at 18:38

      Oh Essie, your comment floored me, I am beaming :-)!!!! Thank you so much xxx

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  3. Yun, The Polish Hideout26 February 2013 at 21:03

    How cool is this! I like all the variations of the colors, and it's great to see such a strong shift! :-)

    ~ Yun

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    1. Polished Marvels27 February 2013 at 18:49

      Thank you Yun :-)!!! May Flower is such a happy spring/summer color and as I mentionned the color shift is impressive - Christine

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  4. My Nail Polish Online26 February 2013 at 21:43

    Haha, I love this, I love it both ways!

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  5. Little Miss Nailpolish26 February 2013 at 22:49

    Hi QT! What a fun and gorgeous polish! :D I like it a lot!
    Looks great on you too!!
    Take care pet!
    xxx

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    1. Polished Marvels27 February 2013 at 18:51

      Hi sweetie - thank you :-)!!! Isn't it totally unique? Take care - love xxx

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  6. Natalia A27 February 2013 at 11:06

    Hi Christine, what a beautiful polish, I like the shifting, specially that it does not look like a gradient like many of the shifting polishes. I prefer the more intense colour, but the mint shade is equally gorgeous. What really kills me is the FLOWER SHAPED GLITTER! OMG. so very pretty!
    take care, xx

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    1. Polished Marvels27 February 2013 at 18:54

      Hi Nati, thank you love!!! I think the light version will look so much nicer once my hands get a slight tan!!! The flowers are too cute, I agree and I like that they're like a hidden treasure popping up only after the change of color :-)!!! Love & hugs, hope your little one is well!!!

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  7. Unknown14 April 2014 at 09:25

    Hehehe!!! I was Googling swatches of this polish and suddenly realized, those look like Christine's nails!! ...I hover over the image... polishedmarvels.blogspot.com appears... YUP, they are!! :D This polish really has me intrigued. I've never tried a thermal/shade shifting polish, but this one might be my first. I love that it's a crelly with interesting glitters (the flower glitter from my Northern Star Polish has me hooked) and I think I would get the interesting "french tip" look since the free edge would remain cooler than my nail beds. :) You did a fantastic job of showing all the color shifts!!! I definitely love this on you, dear. :D I'll let you know if I decide to get it. ;) Have a wonderful week!!

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