Beauty Envy Bag - Winter Edition

It's that time of year again, and the bloggers behind the Beauty Envy Bag are bringing you our winter favorites in our winter edition of the Beauty Envy Bag Giveaway! In case you are a new reader, here is a quick look at who is behind the giveaway.

So, I've probably made it clear that Deborah Lippmann is my favorite polish brand. I have a habit of buying everything she releases, even if it's not a color I'd typically wear. Well, I decided to reorganize my stash and get rid of some colors that absolutely will not work for me, and this is what I was left with:








I know, it's kind o funny that this is how many I have left AFTER a purge. Of these 95, I've swatched roughly half. My goal for this Lippmann Swatchathon is to have them all swatched by the end of December. That means I'll be posting tons of DL and will sometimes post more than once a day if there's something else I'd like to share. I'm excited and think this will be a lot of fun. Hopefully I don't bore you all too much.



Wish me luck!

2 coats over Ameican Apparel Manhattan Beach

SpaRitual Improvisation is a sheer pink base with blue/purple flecked shimmer. These types of shades are always so difficult to photograph! I don't love it on me, but it's a very pretty polish. I swatched this over a coral base because I thought it would be as sheer as some of the others in the Illuminate collection, but I think this could be worn on it own in 3 coats. The formula is nice. No complaints on that front.



A small selection of SpaRituals, including Improvisation, is now available at Ulta. I believe the retail prices is $12, and you can use coupons on these.

2 coats

Finger Paints Snow Crystals is a silver base with tiny silver hexes. By far my favorite from the collection, it's the first "snowy" texture that I like. You must see this one in person because no photos will do the sparkle justice. The formula was nice, and this one actually dried much quicker than the others in this collection.



Finger Paints is available at Sally Beauty, and I believe they are $3.99 right now.

2 coats

OPI Silent Stars Go By is a light pink liquid sand. It pulls sort of beige on me, which I actually really like. It ends up looking like a really interesting, neutral shade. The formula was great, super easy to apply. I love how quickly these liquid sands dry. They're the perfect polishes to grab when you're in a rush.

Swatching this collection was a very confusing experience for me because I had no idea they were textured polishes!

2 coats with 1 coat Dior Gel tc

Finger Paints Spell Binding is a deep red base with mainly red and blue glitter, maybe some holo glitter too. I added top coat because I thought it was just a gritty glitter. I'll have to re-swatch this at some point. Anyway, it's really pretty!

2 coats

Finger Paints Enchanted Winter is a complex copper base with pink sparkle. It dawned on me that these were textured when I was photographing this swatch, so I changed my approach.

2 coats

Finger Paints Sparkle in the Sky is a blue base with gold, purple, and green sparkle. Pretty close to OPI Alcatraz Rocks.

2 coats

Finger Paints Midas Touch is a gold base with silver sparkle. The silver glitter sort of gets buried under the opaque gold, so this one is borderline popcorn ceiling texture.





Because I had to wait a bit to let these dry (I mean, once I found realized the finish), I ran out of time and couldn't swatch the other two, Snow Crystals and Winter Chill. I'll have swatches of those up as soon as I can.



UPDATE: Click here for a Snow Crystals swatch

 



The formula on these was fine. I didn't have any majore application issues. They were a bit slower to dry than other textured polishes I've used.



Finger Paints is available at Sally Beauty