Maybelline Plum As You Are

Hope ya'll had a great weekend!  Today I have another fall polish for you from Maybelline.  This one is from their Fashion Rocks collection.  I first saw this swatched on Amanda from Pretty Girl Science and thought I have to have this.

I was browsing the polish section at my CVS the other day and found it!  It was pretty much a miracle because none of them were in a display.  Actually, there wasn't even a display for Fashion Rocks any where to be seen.  They were just sitting haphazardly on a corner of some wooden display.  Some one tell me why I still patronize this CVS.

Plum As You Are is a dark gray with subtle fine pink shimmer.  The way the shimmer just peeks through the gray base reminds me of a few polishes: Rescue Beauty Lounge Piu Mosso, Revlon Perplex, and Essie Armed and Ready.  The shimmer in this is so subtle that it's not noticeably apparent in light that isn't bright.

I didn't have any issues with the formula.  I'm not a fan of tiny brushes since I have wide nails, but such is life.

This is 2 coats.  Again, the shimmer isn't this apparent in most lights.

Maybelline Lime Accent

Today I have a quick post of Maybelline Lime Accent from the Bleached Neon collection for Summer 2014.  I was unable to find any of these , but @fembot310  was kind enough to gift me the whole collection and I'm so appreciative!  These are gorgeous!  How can you ever go wrong with pastel neons?

Lime Accent is the green of the bunch.  While really bright, it also has a white base, making it look like a pastel neon.

Application wasn't the greatest, but still manageable.  It definitely goes on streaky, but things eventually even out.

This is 4 coats.

Maybelline Go Go Green

I bought Go Go Green 2 or 3 years ago and didn't have any swatch pictures of it, so I'm swatching it!  Go Go Green is a light green with tons of gold shimmer.  I think I bought this to try and curb my lemming of OPI Creme de Menthe.  Didn't really work, but I've come to accept that I probably won't find it.

The formula on this was a bit watery but wasn't too bad.

This is 3 coats.

Maybelline Chic Chocolate

Chic Chocolate is from Maybelline's 2010 Fashion Week collection.  It's a gorgeous blackened red shimmer.  It tends to look black in minimal lighting.  Application would have been nice, but the brush was a bit lopsided and a little stiff.  I've got to stop leaving things untried for more than a year lol.

This is 2 coats.

Maybelline Pie in the Sky

This polish was release in as a part of the Spring 2010 collection and I'm just now getting around to wearing it (a sign that many would say I have way too much polish).  This is a pretty periwinkle blue, and is almost a dead on dupe for Orly Snow Cone.  The formula on this was extremely watery and took 3 coats to even everything out.  Snow Cone definitely has the better formula and I prefer it to Pie in the Sky without a doubt.

This is 3 coats.

Maybelline Banana Puddin'

Ever since seeing swatches of this polish on MUA, I needed this polish.  Not wanted, but needed it.  I searched high and low at Dollar Tree and other stores like it.  And then Sarah over at Sparkly Paints had a give away for this HTF (hard to find) polish and I won!

Like most yellows, it was a pain in my big left toe to apply.  It took 4 coats not even it out  and for bottle color, but it was worth it to me.

Maybelline Summer Splash

This is one gorgeous blue.  It's uber saturated and has the potential of being opaque in one coat if you're careful.  Application was nice.  The only thing I have to complain about is the wear.  I got a small chip and some tip wear within 3-4 hours.