Vintage Valentines - LO'real Jet-Set - 255

Orange pearl  

I've already shown you a vintage L'Oreal Shock Proof, now here's a Jet-Set.

I'm not sure when Jet-Set was launched, I think before 2000?

The colours and formula are pretty variable, some are fab colours with an opaque formula, some, like this one, are 'unusual' with pretty terrible opacity.

And, at least in the UK, they didn't have names, only numbers...

255 is an orange pearl with a strong yellow shimmer/pearl.

Orange is definitely not a friend to my skintone so I don't have a large collection of orange polishes, but I certainly don't have another like this!

Sadly the formula on this was pretty terrible in terms of opacity.  These swatches are 4 coats and there's still a hint of vnl.

I'm not totally adverse to doing 4 coats for the right colour (I'm thinking of you, OPI Brand New Skates) but for an orange pearl - no thanks!

I do like the bottle shape on these Jet-Sets, chunky and funky - after this they changed to a smaller triangular bottle which for some reason really bugs me....

Barielle - Lemondrops

Bright yellow creme  

Lemondrops is a bright yellow creme, not neon in any way, just a lovely bright yellow.

From what I can glean, Lemondrops was part of the Summer 2009 collection and the Summer Brights collection in 2013.

Swatch shown is 3 coats with no top coat and as yellows go, this wasn't too bad for streakiness.

Nails Inc - Hampstead Gardens

Mustard creme  

Oh boy...  this is one of the fugliest colours I own.

Nails Inc launched this as a trend shade in early 2012 and described it as follows:

"Hampstead Gardens is a chic mustard nail polish to help you nail next season's hottest trend."

It might have been a trend but it's really not for me.  I'm not good with yellow at the best of times (in Colour theory I'm a cool summer) but this very warm, baby poo colour is totally not up my street.  On to the details...

Hampstead Gardens is a mustard creme that applies darker on the nail.

Swatch shown is 2 coats with no top coat.

The formula is great, even for a yellow leaning polish, and look at the shine.  But the colour, just no.....

But we're all different so if you're feeling the love for the this one you can pick it up for only £5 from the nails inc site

Leighton Denny - Upgrade Me

Creamy yellow sheer with pale gold flakes  

After yesterday's Leighton Denny win I think I can safely say this one is not a win, on me at least.

Upgrade Me is a sheer pale yellow with loads of pale gold flaky shimmer.  The bottle close up looks so delicate and pretty, it's just didn't translate well on the nail for me

Upgrade Me is part of the Jet Setter collection, which I have as minis, which was 4 flight themed shades.

The collection blurb describes it as a 'cool cream shimmer' - I suppose you could call it cream but to me it's pale yellow.  Which is of course partly why it looks pretty awful with my skintone.

It's also very sheer.... I've lost my notes for this swatch but I think this was at least 3 coats.

I've also seen this layered, which over the right colour, might be a better use of it's prettiness.

Boots 17 - Mellow Yellow

Banana yellow shimmer

I'm back!  Sorry things have been a bit sparse around these parts but I wasn't back many days after Madrid before I headed off for a 2-day conference in Reading (glamorous huh?!) and then a long weekend in the sunny, warm and rather more fantastic climes of Rome with my beloved.

It was the first time for both of us and we loved it, as is often said Rome truly is an open-air museum.  We're planning to go back and see all the stuff we didn't have time for this time!  Then back to work this week to find myself on a last minute trip to Edinburgh for a customer meeting.  Phew.

And no time for nail polish shopping on any of those trips.....

So here's a polish I picked up a couple of months ago, Mellow Yellow from (Boots) 17

Mellow Yellow is a slightly frosty banana yellow shimmer

Swatch is 3 coats with no top coat and while it's a little brushstrokey, I can live with it!

The colour is so pretty and springlike in the bottle, but so not me on the nails!  I do struggle with the yellows.

So there you have a lovely springy yellow - perhaps it will help bring the spring to the UK?!

Ciaté - Super Poke

Bright yellow creme

Another old swatch,  Super Poke from Ciaté. 

Super Poke is a slightly milky, softened mid yellow creme.

Unfortunately like all yellows it wasn't the easiest to work with and this is 4 coats and I can still see a hint of VNL.  But on the plus side it doesn't look *too bad* with my skintone.

Lemon Sherbert - Ciaté

As my nails still haven't recovered from packing and moving and I'm sooooo behind with blogging I thought I'd post some old pics, but don't worry they're not ones I've posted before just ones I took a long time ago when I had nails!

I thought I'd start with some Ciaté

First up is Lemon Sherbert



It's a pale yellow creme, with the problems you'd expect from that. This was 3 coats and it was, like most yellow cremes, a bit of a challenge to work with.

As expected it doesn't look great with my skintone, a bit like yellow tippex really.... ah well.

Models Own - Lemon Meringue

This was probably the first yellow creme I owned. I'd read enough about their potential for them to be a streaky hot mess that I wasn't expecting much at all and with expectations that low it wasn't as bad as I feared. Yep it was streaky and difficult to work with but on the positive side it was pretty opaque and the streakiness evened out with 3 coats, so not too bad.

 

I didn't have any yellows because I was fairly certain they'd look awful with my skintone, but actually this doesn't look too bad - must be all that banana yellow creaminess although it definitely does make my hands look more red and lobster-claw as Scrangie says. I think a true yellow would be even harder for me to pull off.



Again this isn't the most unique colour - it's very similar to Ciaté Lemon Sherbet and Nails Inc Spotlight - comparison shot to follow, but the formula wasn't horrendous and it's the cheapest of the three so if you're looking for a pale yellow creme then head over to Models Own