You ever have those days, where you just can't do anything anymore? Yeah, that was me the day I got this bag. So happy to get it and rip it open, but that was about all that I could do. Swatches are a bit delayed, but whatcha gonna do?
Lets start with Chemical Plant, a magenta-y pink foil. This admittedly isn't my color, but it actually looks good on. Formula was ok, but needed three coats. It was typically thick but otherwise nothing remarkable about it. I did immediately thin this upon receiving because my bottle wasn't screwed shut and it did appear to be thick. That likely helped the formula.
Next, Deep Heart Sea. I was excited about this one on sight, but it is rather disappointing on the nail. This is three coats and it's just not right. It really would probably serve wonderfully as a topper at one coat, over a blue or green, but it's lacking on it's own. True to its name, it does have hearts (along with squares and hexes of various colors and sizes) but I only managed to get one heart out during swatching. This also has an amazing purple shimmer in it, which adds something. Formula wise, this was thick but not bad. I did immediately thin this upon arrival, because a substantial amount was already evaporated. This likely helped the formula.
And last is Viridis, a multi glitter mix in a lightly tinted clear green base. This is meant as a topper, as the green really does nothing for it. This turned out to be the visual winner of the bunch for me. This has an amazing mix and looks great on. There are stars, circles, hexes, as well as an iridescent small glitter. The problem lies in the formula. This is...easily...the. worst. formula. I've ever worked with. I mean, I'm a little appalled they sent this out to their customers. In it's current state, it's nearly unusable. Doing my swatch fingers was an exercise. I have since thinned (unlike the previous two, I left this one alone before using), so I'm hoping it's rescued. I'm fairly sure I would have thrown this away if I didn't know about polish thinner. Ugh.
I decided to include these last two pictures because I really wanted you to see what I was working with. I took both of these pictures without worrying if the brush would drip. I never had to return to the bottle or anything. It is like someone threw in a ton of glitter into glue and shook it up. Awful.
That's it for this bag. I do wanna say that all the Midori items smell great! Like watermelon candies, yum. Stay tuned for more Zoyas (I promise they're coming since I've already done them!).
Lets start with Chemical Plant, a magenta-y pink foil. This admittedly isn't my color, but it actually looks good on. Formula was ok, but needed three coats. It was typically thick but otherwise nothing remarkable about it. I did immediately thin this upon receiving because my bottle wasn't screwed shut and it did appear to be thick. That likely helped the formula.
Next, Deep Heart Sea. I was excited about this one on sight, but it is rather disappointing on the nail. This is three coats and it's just not right. It really would probably serve wonderfully as a topper at one coat, over a blue or green, but it's lacking on it's own. True to its name, it does have hearts (along with squares and hexes of various colors and sizes) but I only managed to get one heart out during swatching. This also has an amazing purple shimmer in it, which adds something. Formula wise, this was thick but not bad. I did immediately thin this upon arrival, because a substantial amount was already evaporated. This likely helped the formula.
And last is Viridis, a multi glitter mix in a lightly tinted clear green base. This is meant as a topper, as the green really does nothing for it. This turned out to be the visual winner of the bunch for me. This has an amazing mix and looks great on. There are stars, circles, hexes, as well as an iridescent small glitter. The problem lies in the formula. This is...easily...the. worst. formula. I've ever worked with. I mean, I'm a little appalled they sent this out to their customers. In it's current state, it's nearly unusable. Doing my swatch fingers was an exercise. I have since thinned (unlike the previous two, I left this one alone before using), so I'm hoping it's rescued. I'm fairly sure I would have thrown this away if I didn't know about polish thinner. Ugh.
I decided to include these last two pictures because I really wanted you to see what I was working with. I took both of these pictures without worrying if the brush would drip. I never had to return to the bottle or anything. It is like someone threw in a ton of glitter into glue and shook it up. Awful.
That's it for this bag. I do wanna say that all the Midori items smell great! Like watermelon candies, yum. Stay tuned for more Zoyas (I promise they're coming since I've already done them!).
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