Collection: Revlon 2013 Spring, Bubble Gum Days – Urban Nights
Shoppers Drug Mart has Revlon Nail Enamel (just the classic line) on sale for CA$2.99 this week, so I succumbed and bought Enchanting and Socialite. I’m tempted to go back for a couple more, but truth be told, I found their color selection very lacking.
I haven’t paid too much attention to Revlon’s nail offerings these days: I never seem to be able to find the new collection displays, and the core collection is just so uninspiring. Plus, the ones I like, I already have (like Vixen, Impulsive, and Valentine). Ah, I miss the days when Revlon nail colors were innovative and exciting, and it was thrilling to find older, discontinued colors at dollar stores.
The packaging also looks so tired. I noticed that they updated the cap so it’s now flat on top and has one thick gold band with “Revlon” printed on it. This echoes the packaging update for the Super Lustrous Lipsticks. But, while I love the packaging for the Lipsticks (especially the little windows on the caps so you can see the color inside!), the glass bottle for the Nail Enamel remains the old, clunky conical shape. I appreciate the nostalgia, because this bottle shape has been around for a long time and is kind of iconic for Revlon, but damn, it makes them hard to store since they take up so much unnecessary space. This is probably only a problem for collectors like me, heh. And, at least they are still not as bad as Nicole by OPI bottles. But I digress.
So after a lot of staring at the Revlon nail polish display in store, I chose two subtly shimmery pastels, since I’m in a summery mood these days.
Today’s swatch is Enchanted (220). My bottle has a “New Shade” sticker on it, but after a quick Google, it looks like that means it’s been sitting around in the drugstore for two years, since it’s from a 2013 spring collection.
Enchanted is a pastel lavender that leans a tad pink. It has super subtle shimmer which you can barely see apart from a fine pink sheen. Basically, it looks like a cream on the nail. I don’t think the finish is quite as nice as what you’d get with a salon polish like Essie or OPI, but I can’t really complain for $2.99.
Two coats was OK, but I did an extra third for more evenness.
Revlon Nail Enamel retails for around US$4.99 / CA$5.99 and is 0.5 US fl oz / 14.7 mL. They are free of toluene, formaldehyde, and dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and are made in the USA.
Revlon was founded in 1932 by the Revson brothers and Charles Lachman—hence, RevLon!. (I guess makeup sells during a Depression.) It is a public company based in New York, NY, USA.
Nice colour! I’m totally obsessed with the Revlon Gel Envy polishes now though 🙂
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Haha, more products for my to-try list! 🙂
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This is like, the most perfect spring color!!!
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Oh wow, thank you so much! 🙂 ❤
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Love it!
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Thank you!
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I SO agree about the tired design of these Revlon np bottles! I am just guessing that their factory has a ton of these bottles in stock so they can’t phase them out until the year 2020 – because otherwise why else would they continue with these 1990’s bottles? And YES, I agree 100% about the unnecessary space that the Nicole bottles take up, I really like their polishes but it grates me every time I get one and have to cramp it in amongst my perfectly lined up Essies!
This shade is “meh” to me – would be cute on the toes with a tan.
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Ha, you might be right about the bottles! I’m imagining some massive underground lair with empty bottles in crates stacked up to the ceiling.
How I hate the Nicole by OPI bottles! So large. So abnormally shaped.
I love the shapes of Essie and Zoya bottles. So neat and tidy.
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Don’t forget them Illamasqua bottles. Neat and tidy too!
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It’s nice but three coats… Blehk!
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IKR? Awful! I guess if you treat it like a sheer, it’s OK
Edit: Sorry, got mixed up with the Grape Icy.
Yes, this was annoying to apply evenly!
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I have this colour and I actually like it haha! But where on earth are Revlon nail polishes going on sale for $2.99?!? My Shoppers’ sale for Revlon is like $4.99 haha
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