2true Crystal Nail Polish Review

Hi all! Happy Saturday!

At the start of December I was approached with the opportunity to review some nail polishes for a company called 2true. 2true is a UK brand and you can find out more about them and their products here. You can buy their products in any Superdrug store and online.

I was sent 6 polishes to review, and today I have the first three for you. which are all Crystal nail polishes. These dried in a good time, and have an incredible shine to them. The formula is foil, lovely multicoloured sizes of foil flecks, that give the finished look a little hint of duochrome without a wild shift in colour.

First up is Miami (Shade 7)

 This is two coats, no top coat. Look how glossy this is in the shade! 2true Crystal nail Polish Shade 7 is a bronze based foil that looks very warm in sunlight, and gives off a lovely cool rose gold flash in the shade.

Next up we have Rio (Shade 9)

 
Above is two coats, first pic in the sunlight, second in the shade. This is definitely the warmest toned polish of the bunch I got sent to try. Shade 9 is a lovely warm brown bronze, with a gold shift.

Next up is probably my favourite from these three polishes.

This is St.Tropez (Shade 10) a really gorgeous cool grey-brown base with blue, bronze, and gold flecks. This is my favourite out of the bunch because of the mix of colours, I love the fact that from afar you can still see that they're not all similar fleck colours. The polish flashes blue quite a bit when the light hits, and it sometimes looks a purple too. Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to get any sun shots of this one.

Shade 7- Miami, Shade 9 - Rio, Shade 10 - St.Tropez

Taken with a flash. And for funsies I swatched them side by side, and with OPI - Warm & Fozzie as a comparison.

L-R: Miami, Rio, St. Tropez, OPI - Warm & Fozzie (in the shade)

In the sunlight

 Hope you're all having a good Saturday! I shall be back tomorrow with the first Adventures In Stamping challenge in 2013!

**These products were sent to me for consideration of review**

Just A Quick Comparison - Barry M - Dusky Mauve & Essence - Love, Peace And Purple

I recieved Essence - Love, Peace And Purple in the giveaway I won in September, and I have been meaning to do a comparison between these two since I got it.

Barry M - Dusky Mauve holds a very special place in my heart, I picked it up by accident while hunting for Mushroom, and because it was around the time I first started seriously following blogs for new swatches and stamping ideas. Also for how awesome the shimmer is. The first time I wore it, all my colleauges complimented me on it. I just love the combination of that murky cool colour with the violet shimmer. Lustttt; even now after a year or so.

Base Coat & Two Coats Of Colour
Index: Barry M - Dusky Mauve
Middle: Essence - Love, Peace And Purple
Ring: Barry M - Dusky Mauve
Pinky: Essence - Love Peace And Purple

I'm not sure about the lighting on this but you can see that there's a slight difference in the base colour but IRL you can not tell any sort of difference. Maybe it's just my monitor

Miss Sporty - 326 & P2 - Passion Comparison = Dupe

When I bought Miss Sporty - Electric Beige & Gold Backstage I picked up Miss Sporty 326 as the freebie. I think it might have been called Tangerine something or other, but I really can't remember :( I couldn't actually decide so Scott picked this up, but I knew it looked similar to P2 - Passion which I won in a Giveaway I didn't know it would be an exact dupe.

Direct sunlight

Here the Miss Sporty colour looks slightly darker

Index Finger: Miss Sporty - 326
Middle Finger: P2 - Passion
Ring Finger: Miss Sporty - 326
Pinky Finger: P2 - Passion
Two Coats

Index Finger: Miss Sporty - 326
Middle Finger: P2 - Passion
Ring Finger: Miss Sporty - 326
Pinky Finger: P2 - Passion
Two Coats

As you can see these two are so similar, the formula is pretty much the same although P2 has a slightly smoother consistency. But the Miss Sporty colour is slightly darker, however in person you honestly can't tell the difference, I asked a few people and they couldn't tell at all. So if you fancy a strange bright Coral colour like P2 - Passion but can't get your hands on it, Miss Sporty's 326 is a great substitute. And if anyone knows the name please share, or i'll have to hunt it down the next time i'm at the shops!