Swatch spam: BeYu, NYX Girls, Alessandro, Essence and Debby Colorplay

This Swatch Spam post brings you swatches from the vault of BeYu 246, NYX Girls Complex Purple, Alessandro Peppermint Patti, Essence Mermaid's Secret and Debby Colorplay 190 

BeYu 246:

BeYu 246 is a beautiful bold and strong green. My ridges shone through when using the flash, so this is 3 coats, normally 2 coats would be enough.

NYX Girls NGP147 Complex Purple:

NYX Girls NGP147 Complex Purple is a medium purple with a silver shimmer. Two easy coats are enough, but for these photos I did three without a top coat. Good self leveling ability and dry time.

Alessandro Peppermint Patti: 

Alessandro Peppermint Patti is a pastel blue cream. This is 2 easy coats without a top coat.

Essence Mermaid's Secret:

Essence 01 Mermaid’s Secret – Aquatix coll. – is a red toned purple loaded with really pretty blue shimmer. This is 2 easy coats without a top coat.

Debby Colorplay 190:

Do you remember THIS lovely nail mail from the sweet *Ky* aka Chiara from Il MioBeauty Case?
Debby Color Play 190 was one of the polishes! It’s a dark blurple, slightly duochrome with gorgeous blue and pink shimmer/flakies that makes it very interesting to look at. This is 2 easy coats without a top coat.

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Peppermint Patti with dots

The base color is MAC Peppermint Patti, a long time lemming – and I was so surprised and slightly disappointed to see that it’s not really bright, it’s dusty – see my SWATCHES

Ah well, I used a multitude of pastels for the dots (both bright and dusty), finished with one coat of P2 Glamorous Finish Holo top coat 040 Just Fantastic! before I top coated with Seche Vite.

Grundfarven er MAC Peppermint Patti, som jeg havde ønsket mig så længe og blev så skuffet over fordi den ikke er klar, men faktisk noget støvet – se den HER uden nail art.

Men hvad – jeg brugte en flok pastel farver (både klare og let støvede) til prikkerne, og jeg lagde et lag af P2 Glamorous Finish Holo top coat 040 Just Fantastic! før jeg topcoatede med Seche Vite.

MAC Peppermint Patti swatches - when a lemming disappoints

Have you even been there - a lemming is finally yours, and in the first glance you realize that it does not at all like the mouthwatering swatches you have seen of it...?
That is where I am with MAC Peppermint Patti!

All though it is a pretty green, it is a subdued and slightly dusty one - not at all bright and minty, like I thought it would be...

The formula is nice enough, the application is easy and the dry time is good - this is 2 coats without a top coat...

Later today I will show you the nail art I did on Peppermint Patti, and it didn't change my mind a bit...

So, have you been in the same situation, and what polish was it...?