I wrote about Models Own polishes before on my blog. Recently I added two more polishes to my collection and today I wanted to show their swatches to you. They are called Copacabana and Carat Coral and I think they both suit December festive atmosphere very good.
Both shades are right up my alley and both shades were used in Christmas manicures before. Copacabana is from collection Disco Pants and Carat Coral from collection Diamond Luxe. Polishes have different formula and different brush. Copacabana has a round brush, while Carat Coral has a flat brush. I have to say I prefer flat brushes; the application is much easier with them if you ask me.
Copacabanais a pale golden foil shade that actually looks like a silver-gold shade. It’s much pigmented and its application is a bit demanding, because brush strokes are visible. I usually apply very thin first coat (I have to clean the brush from nail polish throat quite good, otherwise the coat is thicker) and then a bit thicker second coat. But this polish would be opaque already after one thicker coat. I chose this shade, because it’s perfect for this festive season and I also used it as a part of one of my favourite manicure I did for Christmas challenge. This one also dries quite quickly, so it’s perfect as a base for creating nail art.
Carat Coral is a coral shade with golden glitter in it. Polishes from Diamond Luxe contain a true diamond dust in them, which makes them quite special. I love this shade so much, but formula is not good at all. It’s too thick and polish is hard to apply. Even though it has an amazing flat brush, which usually enables an easy application it’s very hard to spread evenly on nails. I think I’ll have to use nail polish thinner with this one. There’s also one another thing that doesn’t flatter this polish – it stains nails. A whole surface of my nail was red when I removed it. Okay, I personally don’t see such a huge problem in this, because I always have my nails painted, but I know this could be disturbing for many people. This one doesn’t dry as quick as Copacabana, but it actually looks better with a top coat, because it becomes glossier and that makes it prettier.
Because both polishes have thicker formula I decided to test them as stamping polishes. Both polishes did a pretty good job actually. On first photo I stamped Carat Coral over Copacabana and on second I stamped Copacabana over Carat Coral. Stamping designs are from MoYou Pro palette 04.
Models Own polishes contain 14 ml and you can get them on Click2Chic for 5,95 €. There are three shades available from each collection at online store. I hope they will get more polishes from Diamond Luxe collection, I find Marquise Maroon and Oval Plum gorgeous and I’d love to add them to my collection.
Have you tried Models Own polishes from Diamond Luxe and Disco Pants? What do you think about these two shades? Thank you for reading!
*I got these polishes for review purposes.