Tuesday 15 April 2014

Mentality Polish Week: Regal

The so far most prominent finish of Mentality Polish clearly is the matte finish. Not only are numerous variations of a shade available (I think just about everybody finds a shade there that suits them) but also the creamy and silky consistency of their mattes is quite unique and they are not as unforgiving as so many other mattes!.

I am exited to show you Mentality Regal today. Regal is loaded with purple shimmer that is dark around the edges but never looks black, rather a blackened purple - errr does that make sense??? I would describe it as matte suede finish with a darker base color and trillions and gazillions of tiny-winy shimmer particles in magenta and a bright blue that create depth and a matte glow




I applied two coats of Mentality Regal over Seche Ridge Filling Base Coat and an intermediate layer of Top Coat. The formula is highly pigmented and has just the right consistency between thin and tick. Dry time is spectacularly fast, as you might expect from a matte polish. If you want to protect your matte polish I would suggest that you apply a matte-matte Top Coat like the one by Mentality Polish - I ordered it with my first-ever Mentality Polish order and have been using it left and right since - it is amazing.

And now look at this sparkling glory once a glossy Top Coat is applied:





I wore Mentality Regal as a full mani and mistaken it for a quick slap and go polish. I got fooled by the rapid mattiefied surface and the dry to touch state of my nails. I wore it matte with matte Top Coat and was done with my nails more than 30 minutes before I left the house. By the time I sat in the tram I saw dents and even a lump of crinkled polish including a bare patch on nearly all the nails of my left hand. And my actions did not include anything beyond getting shoes onto my feet, pulling on my jacket, assembling keys and so on. So no spectacular last minute household chore that I am so famous for among my friends. To make the long story short: Regal took certainly a full hour to dry to the level to not be hyper sensitive to anything beyond a soft touch to the nail. Truth being told, I find this definitely an area worth to explore improvement.

Final thoughts: Regal is another stunning matte by Mentality!!! And I found it to be a much needed base for quite a range of glitters and effect toppers in my collection ;-)

I ordered Mentality Regal with Harlow&Co.

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

10 comments:

  1. Absolutely stunning as a color and finish! I hope they fix the drying time :)

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    1. Thank you hon!!! I hope this too - I had a similar experience with another one so I thought it is worth mentionning - this won't keep me from buying more though ;-P

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  2. This looks great, both the matte and shiny versions. Always sad when polishes are slow drying, it takes a little of the pleasure away. Often one is away quite soon after the nails have been painted and then I trust them to be dry. Tomorrow I'll show a green oopsie daisy which was like that, or worse.. 1-2 hours of "waiting"and after that I started doing chores and got wrinkles.. :/

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    1. Thank you Gelic! I agree, one reaches less for those polishes - too unreliable, what a pitty if the polish itself is so pretty..... Will head over to yours now to comment ;-) <3

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  3. I need a drool bucket ready whenever I see Mentality swatches. Good thing I just put in a big order!

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    1. Awwwww I am all drooling over the mere THOUGHT of your order - I am totally in awe of those Mentality Polishes - thank you <3

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  4. What a gorgeous color, both matte and shiny! I definitely need to order some Mentality polishes :-)

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    1. Hahaha you haven't yet done so? You will love them as base for your stamping!!! Thank you :-)

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  5. Okay..,so leave it to Christine to make me actually like a matte polish. :P It's gorgeous shiny, but the matte has so much going on in those sunny pics...kinda surprises me. Very nice. ;)

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    1. Haha, thank you Melissa ;-)!!! <3 - I might go as far as saying: there are matte polishes and there are Mentality polishes - they are really intricate and complex and way more than just a flat cream.

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