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Hello gentle readers.
Today I have another Ruby Wing polish from their Cupcakes and Champagne Collection for Fall. This is Chocolate Mousse, a somewhat chocolate scented, colour changing base with mylar shards. This starts out ivory then swiftly morphs a deep, intense purple in the sun. Chocolate Mousse is crazy jelly, insanely translucent and squishy when purple. It looks like smooth, melted grape jelly with jewels embedded in it all over your nails. It's wild.
This swatch is two coats of Ruby Wing Chocolate mousse over two coats of white creme polish topped with Seche Vite.
Ruby Wing Chocolate Mousse over white creme, indoors.
Out in the sun. Was I lying? Look how translucent, you can see right down into the polish, the mylar shards sparkle like jewels in the sun. You have to see this in person. Seriously. You have to. Before you move on, look down into the bottle. Doesn't it look like a giant, purple opal?
The formula on Ruby Wing Chocolate Mousse is a touch thick. This is a polish that you want to treat with some care, have plenty on the brush, work quickly but don't rush it, be smooth and deliberate but don't roughhouse it. You will need to cozen the mylar shards a little. They distribute fairly well on their own but they like to bunch up and hang together a bit and you will need to break up their little cliques and spread them around. This needs a good, high shine top coat, I suggest a couple of coats, as it tends to be textured due to the nature of the mylar shards.
What do you think of Ruby Wing Chocolate Mousse? Like? It isn't your normal shattered glass sparkle topper. If you kinda like that look but want a little something more, something special, this may be right up your alley. If you think that Ruby Wing Chocolate Mousse needs to be yours, you can find it here.
Thank you so much for swinging by and reading and have a great day!
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Love it! I like when the two colors are so drastically different.
ReplyDeleteThis.is.awesome! I haven't given the Ruby Wing polishes a try yet. Maybe this will be my first?!
ReplyDeleteThank you. :) If you're looking for a first, this might be a good one. It's great. :D
ReplyDeleteIf you like drastic, you'll love this. :D
ReplyDeleteYou are chitting me. WOW! What drama! This is so cool, I can't stand it. Gotta get myself over to Harmon today and look for these pretties. Question: Why is it that Seche doesn't shrink on you? Hmmm? I mean...What's going on here?
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
This one is sick, Erika. Love.
Seche Vite is a sneaky one. It doesn't really start shrinking until it dries and starts curing. I take my swatch pictures while my polish is wet and freshly applied. On some jellies, you can see early shrinkage... Especially at my tips. I think it would be a bit more visible in this case if I didn't have a dense creme base under. If I had let this mani dry completely I would have some shrinkage. I need to pick up some more Posche, it doesn't shrink as much. I also want to try Nubat Diamonte, I have it wishlisted on Amazon. I may also pick up some Revlon Color Stay fast dry top coat and see how it works with jellies. :D
ReplyDeleteYou need to get and try this polish, it's squish-a-licious. :D
That dark color is so awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun polish!! I really need to try some Ruby Wing polishes!
ReplyDeleteThat is GORGEOUS
ReplyDeleteIt's something, isn't it :D
ReplyDeleteThank you. :D
ReplyDeleteYou should. The colour changing are great. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. It's really squishy and sparkly. :D
ReplyDeleteI wish I knew some secret. Unfortunately, Seche is Seche. LOL It is so fast dry, rock hard, glossy and shiny that I am willing to put up with a certain amount of shrinkage. Wrapping my tips and making sure that I get full coverage of all of my polish with the Seche Vite (so I don't get that funky glossy/dull breakup around the edges) helps to minimize the shrinking but with jellies, Seche is going to shrink and pull. Grrr!
ReplyDeleteI tried China Glaze Fast Forward, it does the same thing as Seche Vite to jellies and it smells even more vile! I've read good things about the Butter London top coat but there is no way I can afford too pay eighteen clams a bottle for top coat, especially the way I blow through it! :P
Gorgeous swatches!
ReplyDeleteThey are so pretty
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! I thought they were two different polishes at first! How cool is that???
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! I want this one now. I have Cinnamon Bun and adore it, but this one looks so much better!
ReplyDeleteI don't have Cinnamon Bun, but this one is amazing. I am all ZOMG at how squishy it is. :)
ReplyDeleteIsn't it great? It's fun to step out in the sun and watch the colour change. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. :D
ReplyDeleteThank you. :)
ReplyDeleteHow awesome are these polishes. Like seriously, that shift is ridiculous!
ReplyDeleteIt is. I was impressed with how fast and dramatic it it. And it's so pretty.
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