Returning to the blog fold with another Deborah Lippmann holiday collection.
Christmas in the City was one I was really kind of interested in. I had waffled, not ordered it right away, thought about it, but the red...Run Run Rudolph, and the white, Let it Snow, were interesting enough, plus the last, a hunky Lippmann glitter were worth the splurge. I thought.
The nice heavy gift box, in a pretty red. Open it up and you get this:
It's the same sort of box as the other collections, they are all basically the same. They are really nicely done. Heavy weight, nicely packaged and the black interiors show off the polishes to their best advantage.
The first color I swatched was Let it Snow, mainly because once you see it close up you see this ain't your typical run of the mill white frost. Oh no. And did you expect less from Ms. Lipp? I didn't think so.
It has definite frosty characteristics and another coat wouldn't have hurt anything, this was three, for the record. But this has that icy shimmer. I have more pictures of this one, it was elusive.
Here you can see the pretty pink flash. This is not in your face. It's subtle, suggested, intriguing.
A better bottle shot, no flash. You can really see the VNL here, but with a good opaque base coat that isn't an issue any longer. I was pretty impressed with this one and I hadn't expected to be. You know, a white frost at Christmas? *yawn* I liked it much more than I had anticipated.
A label shot for you. Loving the little micro particles of shimmery goodness.
An odd shot because I had completely bungled the polish on my ring finger. Oops. Turned out OK though!
Run, Run Rudolph was the one I couldn't take my eyes off of when I was thinking about this collection and re-visiting it again and again before taking the plunge. I know, it's another Christmas red, big woo, but for some reason I liked it.
As you can see, I had some application issues. Well, none, if your goal is to get as much of it on you as possible. The problem was, this isn't just a straight up red with a hint of gold, which is what I had thought. It's a chunky glitter actually. The glitter is kind of sparse, and it's red, which is an interesting effect, but it was a surprise.
You can see the chunkiness in the roughness on the nail. It's not that big glitter but it is chunky and is rough. Be prepared to top coat this.
It's very pretty, but not what I expected. the glitter surprised me, I thought this was more of a shimmer, but it's not. It adds a new dimension and depth.
Very nice true red.
You can see the shimmer here and this is pretty true to color, though this is a flash shot. The glitter isn't obvious, it's subdued by the opaque lacquer, but it adds something. I did have trouble applying it, though. Be careful with this one.
Last but not least, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. Or least, in my opinion. I'm sad to say that this one just flat didn't appeal to me when it came down to it.
This is a black jelly with green and red chunky glitter in it. The black overwhelms the sparkle and applied like a hot mess. This is one coat because I wanted you to see what it does. Streaky, eating up the sparkle...blech.
As you can easily see.
This is two coats and is somewhat better, but still a little streaky. It is really rough, which probably isn't a surprise. I wish she'd done this is a straight clear. I really do. You can't put this black over much and it swallows the glitter bits whole.
These last two are both flash pictures, so you can see the glitter just doesn't get to shine through.
This is a great shot. I know the flash is overwhelming but what it does allow is for you to see how complex this is. Maybe you're loving it, I hope you like it, regardless of my feelings, and you needed to see that this is really a great idea. You can see that all the particles are red and green, maybe some black in there, but I don't think so. and the different sizes of particles are really fun.
I just wish it wasn't black.
Nice pieces hanging off the tip there. Ugh, my fault. I just don't care for this one. MDAMO liked it, so there you go. I think it's a love/hate thing. You're not going to be meh for this.
Last swatch. It's even dark and gloomy with full on flash. Hm. Well, I'd love to hear what any of you think of it. I hope you like it more than I do. I really don't think I will wear this. I really don't. T'is a pity.
Happy Talons!
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