I started with the one that caught my eye first, a gorgeous mint named Read My Palm. I love mint polish!!
As far as mint polishes go this is one of the better ones I've found. It went on fairly smoothly, though I did find the formula a smidgen too watery. You can see one coat of Read My Palm here. It's slightly streaky and patchy, but covers well for only one coat.
Two coats fills everything in and leaves behind a nice finish.
Look how smooth and shiny this polish is with two coats and no top coat!
Want to know how Read My Palm holds up to my two favorite mints? Read My Palm is on my index and pinky nail while my middle nail has Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet and my ring nail is painted with Wet n Wild I Need A Refresh-Mint.
Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet is what I think of when I think mint. It reminds me of mint chocolate chip ice cream and is the perfect mint green in my opinion. Wet n Wild I Need A Refresh-Mint is the complete opposite. It's the perfect cool and refreshing minty blue of wintergreen gum. It's also the color I turn to when I need a sky blue color. As you can see, Read My Palm is leaning heavily on green and is a much darker shade than Mint Sorbet. It's been labeled a light jade green, and I can definitely see that. I think I might just have the perfect ombre shades here.
Color: Mint green with a definite lean towards green. A light jade green.
Finish: Creme
Application: I found the formula slightly watery. One coat went on streaky and patchy but built up nicely with no streaking. The dry time was amazing!
Coats to Opaque: 2
My Rating: 4.5 — if it lost the slightly watery quality it might just have tipped into a 5. I love mint shades and this is the perfect addition to my collection.
I like this polish very pretty.
ReplyDeleteLove the minty polishes! Your cuticles always look so perfect, would love to see a post on how you keep your hands so pretty. Especially when I think about how much polish remover you must use!
ReplyDeleteThank you!! I'll see about doing a post for you! I honestly don't do that much. I always use non-acetone polish remover (I use cotton balls and wash my hands immediately after all my polish is removed), live by Aveeno Daily Moisturising lotion (could totally be their spokesperson), and never trim my cuticles. When using lotion, massage it into the nail and around the cuticles. More lotion is always better than not enough! Also, do this a few minutes before pushing your cuticles back. This will soften them and not only make it easier to push them back but will prevent painful tearing. :)
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