American Apparel ~ Neon Violet

American Apparel ~ Neon Violet

Neon purple crème

It’s sunshine here and it calls for bright colours. I looked into a drawer of the Helmer and saw this gem of a neon purple polish: “Neon Violet”. A quick search on the blog reveals that I’ve only worn it once before, and that was in November 2012. It’s time for the polish to shine again for two reasons:

Most importantly because it’s a beautiful colour but also because I’m much better at taking pictures of it now than I was almost 6 years ago!

The formula is good and fast drying. That means you have to work relatively fast to get a pretty result. I used two fast coats for my manicure :D

The stamp is from one of my favourite stamping plates: “BP-L003”. I stamped with El Corazón’s stamping polish “Blue Neon”.

I topped it with a layer of “Northern Lights” holo glitter topcoat from Out the Door.

This is what it all ended up looking like. The photo is taken in the sun.

Here’s a photo taken in the lightbox.

And this is “Neon Violet” alone. Two coats and no topcoat. The polish dries up to a semi matte finish.

Here are the things I used today.

“Neon Violet” is a super pretty polish, I really like the colour of it. What a gem!

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Crème
Overall impression: What a great colour! I like this polish a lot.

Buy again: Yes

American Apparel ~ Neon Violet - with holo hearts

American Apparel ~ Neon Violet  

Neon violet :D

The neon polish has been sitting in my stash for so long that I’ve forgotten where I got it from. I only have this one bottle, so my guess is that I bought it in a blog sale. It’s amazing what beautiful polishes people get rid of.

The formula of this polish was great. The brush is a little thin for my likings though, and because the polish dries up so fast, you have to be prepared to work fast. I did alright though (in all modesty). The polish dries up semi-matte. Here’s what two coats look like, without top coat:

It’s pretty, eh?

 

I gazed at it for quite a long time before I decided what to do with it. I went for something really simple, just to try it out. I used Flormar’s 392, which is a holographic glitter, and drew little hearts on each nail with my dotting tool. When that was dry I applied a coat of Seche Vite top coat, and the mani was done:

I freehanded the hearts, and I’m pleased with the result. I was afraid I was going to mess them all up, but I managed to only mess up one, which I saved by drawing a much bigger heart where the “mess” was :D

I love this. Simple but still noticeable. What do you think? Too simple?

Opacity: 9/10
Colour, prettiness: 9/10
Durability: 7/10
Value for money: 7/10
Overall: 8/10
Buy again: Yes