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| SpaRitual Moss, Evolve collection, summer 2011 |
This green isn't really what I was expecting. I thought it would be a little darker, but I like it. I don't think these colors look so great on me though! Especially in photos! Once it was on my nails, I thought it might be a dupe for OPI Mermaid's Tears, but a side-by-side comparison in the bottle shows Mermaid's Tears to be slightly bluer.
I've never used SpaRitual polishes before. I found this a little tricky to apply, but not any more so than other pastel polishes. I only needed two coats. The brush was nice and the cap is rubberized, making it easy to hold on to.
After I did my nails, I sat down and knitted on my new project, Capri, and watched Netflix. Then I decided the green could use a little something. So I got out my China Glazes and stamping plates:
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| stamped with China Glaze Poetic and Bundle Monster plate BM07 |
Just a subtle little scroll design; I didn't want to cover up the green too much. I actually did a better job with the placement of the stamps on my right hand:
Has anybody else used SpaRitual polishes? I'm really curious why they market their polishes as 'vegan.' Does nail polish have animal products in it?
Very nice! I thought you had Essie Sew Psyched on when I saw the link on my page, but Sew Psyched is a shade darker and dustier. I lemming'd that polish for ages!
ReplyDeleteIf I'm not mistaken, doesn't Zoya market polishes as vegan too? Curious...
Yes, it's quite different from Sew Psyched! I was head-over-heels on that one too! Wore it a lot last fall.
ReplyDeleteYou're right - Zoya does say Vegan. What can it all mean?
I like that color and thought of Mermaid's Tears too! I've never used SpaRitual, but they're owned by the same folks as Orly, and sometimes the colors are similar.
ReplyDeleteI think that some pigments can be derived from animal products--I remember a type of red comes from beetle shells--but I don't know if those pigments are used in polish in particular. I've read about fish scales being used for shimmer before, but I don't know if they still are. Anyway, vegan polish brands don't use any of those types of things, and of course they don't test on animals.
I am catching up on my blog reading and happy to see that you are still finding new colors to tempt me! I saw the stamping demonstrated at a farmer's market in France, so now I get how it's done!
ReplyDeleteSoKnitPicky: Ahh . . . the animal testing didn't occur to me! Duh! You're a fount of information! I didn't know any of that stuff!
ReplyDeleteKristen:
ReplyDeleteWelcome home! Hope you had a great trip and that we'll get to see some pix on your blog! Did you succumb to the stamping fever?!