Monday, 2 June 2014

Deborah Lippmann: La Vie en Rose

Hi Everyone,

This is going to be a quick post since I'm not sure if this shade is available anymore.  It's Deborah Lippmann La Vie en Rose, which is a Limited Edition shade and during the Sephora sale, it was mostly gone.  When I was returning something, I happened to find the last bottle of this.

I don't own a lot of Deborah Lippmann products.  Actually I own three to be exact.  This would be my fourth shade. 


Thoughts
It's a very pretty shade.  I knew it could be a little thin but it makes the colour more delicate.  Overall, I didn't really like this as much as I was hoping I would so I actually returned it.  The reason I didn't like it is because I had to use about 3-4 coats of polish and it took a long time to dry.  Sure 3-4 coats is a lot of coats but that's how much I would paint thin shades and the drying time took longer.  During this time, because I thought it would be fine, I started doing stuff and realized it was still tacky.  After 3 hours, I still wasn't sure if it was completely dry.

After the topcoat, my thumb had a little chip (now this could be due to the drying and layering of the polish).  So I had to repair that. Then it chipped on my pinky nail on the second day.  When I returned it to Sephora, the person completing my return said that it was because I added too many layers (she gave me attitude, but I remained to be nice).  I guess because I paid a lot more for this, I expected more.  Also, I didn't change anything about what I was doing, yet I was experiencing this stuff.  I would have loved to love this polish.

I guess I could say that it could have been my top coat.  I did use my OPI Top Coat on another manicure that I didn't blog about and it was fine.  

Breakdown
Basecoat: OPI Natural Nail base
Colour layer: Deborah Lippmann La Vie en Rose (4 coats)
Topcoat:  OPI Top Coat
  
Pretty bottle shot

Fine pink shimmer

Brush shot







I bought La Vie en Rose at Sephora for C$22.00.  It is no longer available online and it is difficult in store.

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