Peggy Sage Mineral Style ~ Sandy Poppy

Peggy Sage Mineral Style ~ Sandy Poppy

Red texture with golden and pink shimmer

After trying my first Peggy Sage, I was curious the try the other one too. I wanted to find out if the good quality was a one time thing, or if it also applied to the other polish I bought.

It turned out to be a texture! My mind hadn’t translated the “Sandy” part of the name – silly me, hahaha! Anyway: The formula is really nice and the polish is almost opaque in one single coat. I applied a second one to even out irregularities, but I don’t think it made much of a difference to be honest. The drying time between the coats was relatively slow. Sandy Poppy dries up textured, but it’s not extremely dense. It’s a “softer” texture that won’t hang onto your sweaters, your hair or whatever.

The polish is extremely pretty. Here’s two coats and no topcoat – the picture is taken with flash:

Here’s a picture taken in the lightbox. I love the shimmers!

This picture gives you an impression of the grittiness.

I think this colour called for flower! I dotted them on. The white is OPI’s Angel with a Leadfoot and the orange is a mix of the same white and Kiko #469 from the Sun Show collection and an orange glitter my friend mixed for me. I applied a layer of topcoat with fixed the grittiness completely. Here’s the final mani taken with flash:

And here’s a low light picture.

I really dig this, that’s all I need to say!

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Slow

Finish: Texture with shimmer

Overall impression: Great colour and I love the not extreme-texture that can be smooth out with just one layer of topcoat

Buy again: Yes

Peggy Sage Holo Style ~ Blue Promise

Peggy Sage Holo Style ~ Blue Promise

Sky blue holographic

I ran into a new polish brand last time I was in Sweden: Peggy Sage. I don’t know if it’s new to the market, but I know it’s new to me – I’ve never heard about the brand before. I bought two to try them out.

The first one I’ll show you is Blue Promise, a nice sky blue holographic.

First of all: It requires an aqua basecoat! I tried out with my regular basecoat first, but it was a streaky, patchy mess – Yucksville City, Wyoming - so I started all over again with the aqua basecoat, and now the polish applies like a dream. I used two coats for the swatches and the drying time between the coats is pretty good. I didn’t apply topcoat before I took my pictures.

Here’s two coats and no topcoat, picture is taken with flash:

It’s a pretty blue in the sunshine, that’s for sure.

It’s a little bit more “boring” in the shadow. There are still tiny rainbows but the colour fades quite a bit.

So I added a darker blue to the tips. I sponged Kiko’s #440 Electron Blue from the Digital Colleciton on the tips, and that helped. Here’s the final mani taken with flash:

Here’s a low light picture. It reminds me of the sky with glitter on top! :D

One last shot just because I want to.

I like the quality of the polish, so I must admit I’m looking forward to trying the other one I bought.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Fast

Finish: holographic that requires an aqua basecoat

Overall impression: I  love the colour in the sun – I find it a little bit boring out of the sun, because it’s so pale. The holo effect is quite okay though.

Buy again: No