Today, I have a swatch for you.
I was having an email conversation with
RM the other day and she mentioned a Max Factor polish that seems to be a big hit at the moment. As it happens, I have been walking past this polish for a good while, simply because of the size of the bottle and how much it actually cost. Yes, I'm frugal.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I picked up a bottle just so I could see what the hype was. There have been times when a polish has been 'all the rage' and I've looked at it and thought 'why ?!' Remember Revlon's 'Perplexed'? Yeah...I didn't see what was so special about it.
This is 'Fantasy Fire'.
Now, I have a few things to say about this one. The pro's are that it's gorgeous and has small shimmer particles in it and you could also put this in the category of a duo-chrome. It's an eye-catcher alright. I was wearing this last week and I got quite a few comments at work. The most amazing fact is that it is available at Superdrug and Boots in the UK...but not in the US apparently. It's usually us over here who miss out on the good stuff.
The con's? Oh my goodness. This is four, yes FOUR coats of polish. If you don't like the visible nail line (VNL), you might want to layer this over another colour with a better coverage. Because the polish is so thin and the bottle is so tiny, you may not get many wears out of this one I'm afraid. To top it off, this polish costs £3.99. Given the brand, you would expect to pay a little more, but they could have made the bottle just a little bigger.
As much as I don't want to like it (simply because I feel cheated by the size of the bottle), it IS a cutey. Imagine putting a matte polish on top...or even slapping a coat of glitter in between two layers of this beauty.
There are actually quite a few of these tiny polishes available in various
colours, but I haven't had a good look at all of them. Maybe I will and maybe I'll come back with some swatches. Maybe.
Take care.
xx
I made the pictures bigger just so you could see the shimmer. Ignore the silver glitters - they belong to the Orly 'Goth' which you can see on it's own, here.
You will notice that the ring finger has some flakies on it. They belong to Nfu-Oh's 51.
So, from what I can see, other than the size of the flakes and shimmer particles, both polishes are very similar. They both have a similar base colour and the shimmers and flakes seem to be the same in colour too. Don't get me wrong; I like the Max Factor but I'm more into bolder effects. 
