Vintage Valentines - 17 - Space Babe

Lilac/silver pearly foil  

Welcome to the second Vintage Valentine!  

This polish comes from 17,  which I don't think is a particularly 'covetable' or collectable brand.    

17 or Seventeen is a Boots exclusive brand aimed at a younger market (15-19 year olds according to the internet).  The brand itself is over 40 years old, launched in 1968.  I'm not sure how old this polish is but this version of the 17 packaging was launched in 1998.

Space Babe is an Advanced Wear One Coat Polish in a lilac/grey pearl/foil.

Application was ok, but of course it's pretty brush-strokey and I did two coats for completeness.

It's quite pretty and has a soft glow, almost like brushed steel

Boots 17 - Revenge

Purple/taupe with purple/pink secret shimmer   

That description sound familiar? Yep, Revenge was one of the many polishes in 2011 that appeared to be inspired by or outright duping Chanel's infamous Paradoxal.

Now I don't have Paradoxal to compare but you'll have to take my word for it that they're not total dupes.  Although some folk actually prefer Revenge because the shimmer is a lot less hidden.

Take that Just In! with a pinch of salt - this was released in 2011!

Revenge is a purple toned dark brown with a good amount of pink/purple fine secret-shimmer.  But not so secret you can't see it!

Application was good, swatch shown is 2 coats, no top coat.

This will be my last post for a week  - I'm off to Disney World, Florida for a conference - I'm so excited to see the sun again, it feels like it's been grey and cold here in the UK forever - it's forecast to be high teens, early 20's while we're there - hooray!.  And hopefully I'll get some time for shopping/haulage - I've made myself a Google map with the nearest Ulta, CVS, Walmart and Walgreens on!

Boots 17 - Glisten

Peach shimmer

And the last of the 17 Spring Collection I picked up is Glisten

Glisten is a peach shimmer packed with golden shimmer that gives it slight foil leanings and a hint of duochrome.

Swatch show is 3 coats with no top coat.

This is a really pretty colour and would look great on toes with a bit of a tan, if the sun ever comes back!

Boots 17 - Juicy

Light bright spring green with turquoise secret shimmer

Juicy is another from the Boots 17 Spring collection

Swatch is 4 coats! with no top coat.  And I still have subtle visible nail line.

Juicy is a pretty spring green with a turquoise secret shimmer which stops it looking too flat.

It's pastel, it's bright and springy, it's Easter bunny, is it opaque? heck no

Ah well, I do like it, it's an unusual green and pretty unique in my collection but 4 coats, really?!

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?!

Boots 17 - Fury and a Peridot comparison

Warm gold/green duochrome

**Heavy pic spam alert**


Fury is from the latest Boots 17 collection which I think is the Autumn collection.

Let's acknowledge the elephant in the room - it's not a Chanel Peridot dupe although they are kissing cousins!

So, onto the many swatch pics - hey it's a duochrome, 3 or 4 is the minimum, right?

 
Fury is a slightly copper toned gold with green duochrome.  It is really gorgeous and even looks good with my skintone which I was a bit worried about.  The gold is a rich warm gold and the green is warm too, I'd probably say olive toned.  Overall I love it, it's stunning.

Swatch is 2 coats, it's a little brush-stroky but I'm gonna forgive it.

At the time I was slightly obsessed with all the Peridot pics but it seemed to be sold out everywhere and I don't have a close relationship with my local Chanel counter so I unless I stumped up the fearsome delivery charge and ordered it from the Harrods site, I had mostly resigned myself to not getting my sticky mitts on it!

But then, on *another* trip to Germany, I'm killing time in the airport and yay, they have it in stock and it's cheaper than the internet (about £14) and no delivery charge, so I succumbed.  And spent a week in a hotel room twisting the bottle and admiring the gorgeousness.

So long story, here's the comparison...

Here's the comparison, in sunlight and indirect light.  Peridot is index and ring finger, Fury is on middle and little fingers.

As you can see they're not dupes but are similar.  Peridot is much cooler toned, both the gold and the green.  And Peridot is much greener.

And if you want to see an amazing Peridot franken made from this polish then check out this Fab Fingertips post

Boots 17 - Royal Indigo

A quick post to show you another Boots 17 win.

This is Boots 17 Lasting Fix in Royal Indigo, a slightly dusky purple creme - not what I'd call indigo, but a nice colour all the same!

 
Shade


Sun

It was a freebie that came as part of a gift with purchase.
This is 2 coats, no topcoat

Application was good and it's very shiny, another win from 17

17 - Pizazz

This is the second of the 17 Christmas collection, Tinsel & Tiaras.

 

 

This is Pizazz - a black jellyish creme with fine silver glitter
It's pretty - this one took 3 coats and I added a top coat.

I was pretty impressed with these, they were unusual colour/finish combinations and nice and Christmassy.

I'll certainly check out more 17 polishes - anyone else got experience of these?