Polished Ambers NOTD: Smush

In a previous NOTD post I told you I went crazy in Urban Outfitters and purchased as many nail polishes as my little hands could hold. Here are pics from one of my favorite summer trend colors, mint called Smush. At first I wasn't sure I could pull off such a light color, but after 2 coats I loved it. I do have to say that when this color starts to fade it doesn't look that great on me. So if I wear it, I'll have to keep it fresh or reapply in a few days.

Polished Amber's NOTD: Bandeau from Urban Outfitters Review

I love, love, love this vibrant dark purple nail polish (Bandeau) from from Urban Outfitters. The application goes on thick and I really only needed two coats to get the opaque look that I wanted. It was also a quick, semi matte dry finish. I recommend adding a glossy if you want more shine. I actually was pleased with the finish so I didn't add a clear coat. I've also bought 3 other colors so I knew if it chipped (which it hasn't in 3 days) I would just be painting the next color to give you readers swatches... I def suggest Urban Outfitters as a good nail polish brand along the scale of Zoya or Opi.

Polished Ambers: Summer Trending Nail Colors

Yellow and Nude

Mint Green and Nude

Your My Sunshine by Savina, Nude 4 by Urban Outfitters, Mint Sorbet by Sally Hansen

My NOTD: Pink and Yellow

Katy by Zoya and Your My Sunshine by Savina

Polished Ambers!

The name Polished Ambers actually came from the African American cosmetic collection under Revlon headed by Creative Director Alfred Fornay.  It is the inspiration for starting Blushing Ambers, only the name "Polished makes me think of nail polish... With that said, the Polished Ambers label of this blog will refer to reviews of nail polishes that I like. (Just a little history to introduce the new label).

If you follow @BlushingAmbers on Twitter then you saw the retweet I sent out about the 50% off already sale items at the Evanston Urban Outfitters. (I tweet sales, giveaways and contests about fashion and beauty often)  Well, while standing at the register I happen to glance at the nail polish rack and grabbed two colors (Gray 4 and Nude 4) which I absolutely love!  Not only did the colors catch my eye, but the square containers did also.  Packaging and presentation are soooo important! I put on two coats and I was good to go. They are very matte (looks like the paint on walls) so adding a clear coat for shine is good too, but after a day or two there seemed to be a natural sheen.  The paint lasted about a week with no cracks or chips, but on the 6th day I did start to see the paint fading (again, no top clear coat was added).  I believe if I had added a top clear coat, this would have sealed the nail polish and it would have lasted a lot longer.  I would def recommend Urban Outfitters nail polishes.

Photo from: http://grayhood.com/?p=371

Photo from: http://grayhood.com/?p=371