Samstag, 28. August 2010

Being hip and runway ready - Milani Haute Value Collection

Good day my lovelies!

Hope everybody is having a good weekend so far =)
Thanks to my injury, I had plenty of time this afternoon to play a bit with Milani's newest Collection. Don't you think as well that Milani has just been throwing one after the other collection on the market? Usually, when you release too many things at once, the quality isn't the best. Not so with Milani! Starting with the Hot Metals, Photo Flash and now with the Haute Value collection, Milani has me totally hooked, I mean, we are not playing in Essie's Zoya's or OPI's league here, we are talking simple drugstore polish! Don't you just loooove unique polishes that apply great and are under 5 bucks? I definitely do!
So what does the Haute Value Collection feature? We have 5 new polishes, which names that are all sort of Fashion Ave/Runway inspired:

1. Tailor Made - featured in pics
2. Hot Hot Hot - like the name, a bright hot red
3. Fashion Design - a romantic coral shade
4. Dress Maker - featured in pics
5. One of a Kind - featured in pics

Additionally, you have a milky golden/orange Topcoat. I guess this is the only "failure" in the collectionon't get me wrong, it is a really pretty glitter topcoat, but I do have the feeling Milani tried to sort of copy Sally Hansens Hidden Treasure here, which didn't work, as the glitter is just glitter and no flakies in sight :-)

But enough talk, I will fill you in on the details with the graphic evidence hee hee

I got all polishes except for the red and coral one, my skin no like colors that are too warm (darn, the coral one lookes gooooood!)


Milani Haute Value Collection

Tailor Made
Now isn't this the prettiest rain cloud colored baby blue gray pearl polish you have seen in a while? This one is the sheerest of the bunch, which makes it great for layering, but you do need at least 3 coats for full color coverage. The first coat looked yuck and streaky, after the second coat: soooooo much better! But see for yourselves:


sunlight:
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bottle pic to show the micro pearl shimmer
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indoors, natural light
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indoors, artificial light
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Dress Maker
This seriously is THE STAR of the collection. According to other bloggers, this is a 100% knock-off of Chanels sought after Jade polish. Unfortunately I can't judge that myself, as I don't own Chanel Jade. Nevertheless, this is soooooo beautiful, as it is not another mint color, but a true light green jade color with jade pearl shimmer in it. I was not able to catch its true beauty in my swatches, so sorry for that!


sunlight
I tried different angles to catch the shimmer, but it didn't really work
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bottle pic
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indoors, natural light
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indoors, artificial light
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One of a Kind
Pitch black, with a very nice glossy vinyl like finish. This one was a bit on the runny side though and the first coat looked like I dipped my nails in dirt *eek*!
You will need at least three coats to get this baby to look really black. But since the polish is so thin, you could even easily do 4 layers and don't feel like you got a ton of gunk on your nails. This is nice, especially as a black base for layering *whistle*

sunlight
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indoors, natural light
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indoors, artificial light
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High Fashion Glitter Topcoat
As I already said, as a Hidden Treasure Clone a complete failure, as a regular glitter topcoat a nice addition to any collection :-)


sunlight
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indoors, natural light
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indoors, artificial light
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So, we're not quite done yet!
As you gals know me by know, I am Auntie layer-it-all, so here come some layering pics =)


I used One of a Kind as a base, then

Index: Tailor Made
Middle: Dress Maker
Ring + Index: High Fashion

Tailor Made layers beautifully, whereas Dress Maker looks pretty streaky, so this one is not recommended for layering by me


sunlight
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indoors, natural light
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indoors, artificial light
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But now that's the end my dears!
I hope you enjoyed this review! Have a wonderful remaining weekend and read you back here soon!