Borghese Plumaggio Purple

           Thanks to certain professors who will remain nameless, this will have to be a quick but hopefully not so dirty post. Today, I've got on one of Borghese's core line colors, Plumaggio Purple. 

Plumaggio Purple is a bit of a misnomer, as the polish is actually a deep blurple. It's a little more purple than the color here (my camera is obsessed with blue), but still...it's blurple. Plumaggio Purple also features that fabulous purple and blue shimmer that I love so much, although in person, the shimmer isn't that visible most of the time. I mean, you can plainly see that there's shimmer, but you can't really distinguish what type.

Sunlight, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

The color in the bottle is accurate, which is strange. 

      Plumaggio Purple is really pretty. It's not $8 pretty, but if you have some Extra Care Bucks saved up or one of those $3 off Borghese coupons, I'd recommend picking up this color. The shade of blurple is rich and flattering, and never looks black, even in low light. 

     Application was good. I love the Borghese double brush, and the formula was smooth and very pigmented. In fact, it was a little too pigmented...my cuticles on my left hand look a hot faintly blurple mess. But anyway, the pigmentation was helpful too...this is two coats, and it's perfect. Dry time was also very good...I went to bed about twenty minutes after painting, and I didn't have marks this morning. 

   That's all I have for today! Have a great day, everyone!

Borghese Stellare Notte

           Today, I'm wearing Borghese Stellare Notte. I was going to try to wear my polishes from the Rock Star Collection consecutively, but I'm just going to put them aside and swatch them come summer break. Which is soon! But anyway, I was looking through my spreadsheet and I noticed that I only had one more Borghese to try before I was done with that brand. So I slapped it on.

Stellare Notte is a shimmery charcoal black duochrome. The shimmer flashes from pink to teal. This picture shows more of the pink. And it was taken indoors..the ones I took in the sunlight came out plain black. But more on that later.

Sunlight, no flash.

Shaded natural light, no flash. This shows a little bit of the teal.

Natural light, no flash.

Indoors, flash. This shows more of the teal.

This is what made me pick up this foolish polish in the first place. 

    Why do I call this polish foolish? Because it is! 

    Stellare Notte looks great in the bottle, but on the nail, it's not even trying to do much of anything. Granted, my pictures of this aren't very good, nor do they adequately convey what this polish does, but even in real life, it's just not very impressive. And I'm not sure why. I like the base color, and the color change on the shimmer is noticeable. When I lift my hand up at the wrist, I get teal. And when I lay it back down, I get pink. But I don't know....I'm just not very impressed by this. And for eight dollars, that's a shame. Scherer Blue Sky, Brucci Black Emerald, and Savina Black Pearl ($2.99, $2.79, and $2.50, respectively) all blow Stellare Notte out of zee waterz. I'm kind of bummed too, because this is a great day to take pictures...the sun is shining and there's not a cloud in the sky. I feel like I wasted it on this polish. smh!

  On the upside, the formula for Stellare Notte was good. It applied smoothly and easily, and dried in good time. These pictures are all three thin coats with one layer of Poshe on top. 

NOTD: Borghese Capri Coral

           After removing Peach Sherbet, I replaced it with Borghese Capri Coral, a color I've been meaning to wear forever. 

Capri Coral is pretty. It's an uber bright, teetering on the edge of neon, coral-ish creme. I say coral-ish, because when I look at it, I don't think coral. I definitely think more...bright pink with a splash of orange. Which is not really coral, to mee....

Sunlight, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

     Now this, I love. I love how the color looks with my skin, and it's an instant mood lifter for me. It's just so cheerful and bold.

     I liked Capri Coral's formula too. It was nice. Not as well pigmented (this is three coats, and I still feel like I can see a hint of VNL) as I would like, but it was easy to apply and dry time was good. And it dried so shiny! I almost forgot to even put on my topcoat, because it was shiny already. 

     And I liked the brush! It's two little brushes stuck together:

Which looked scary at first, but wow, it works great, and it actually took a little less time to paint my nails than normal. The color applied smoothly and evenly in two strokes, and I liked how heavy the brush felt in my hand. Nice and sturdy. ^_^