MAC ~ Formidable!

MAC ~ Formidable!

Purple/blood red/blue multichromatic shimmer

I haven’t seen many bloggers showing off MAC polishes, and I’ve heard rumours that it’s because the quality can’t justify the relatively high price on the tag. I couldn’t resist this shimmer though, so I bought it and brought it home, and have had it for a couple of months. And today it’s time to try it out.

The formula is pretty good, and the polish dries fast too. I needed three coats before I was satisfied though, and looking at the sunshine pic it could have used a fourth. But the shimmer is beautiful. And what looks like only blue/purple in the bottle, reveals itself as blood red when it hits the sunshine. Let me show you what I’m talking about!

three coats, no topcoat

Blood red with blue shimmer – I don’t think I’ve ever seen a colour combo like this one.

When I take it inside my light box it tells a completely different story though. Now it suddenly only flashes its blues and purples:

It’s a spectacular colour shifter:

I didn’t know what to do with it though :/  So I ended up adding a layer of iridescent glitter from Trend, #39. The glitter also contains silver stars and blue hearts. Not many, so fishing is required.

Here’s the final result:

And a final pic:

I don’t like this as much as I thought I would, to be honest. I mean, I really like the colour shift and stuff, but it’s just not quite right – you know what I mean?

I don’t like that Trend polish at all. It smells horrible and I don’t like fishing that much after the pretty stuff. Just N O, OK?

Opacity: 4/10
Colour, prettiness: 6/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 4/10
Overall: 4.5/10

Buy again? No