Max Factor: Fantasy Fire and Dazzling BlueMax Factor: Fantasy Fire in Dazzling Blue

Well – I needed “only” 10 days to make swatches of these two nail polishes. Go, me … not. :biggrin:
Meet 2 Max Factor Max Effect mini nail polishes – Fantasy Fire and Dazzling Blue.

I’m guessing you already know all about Max Factor Fantasy Fire … supposed dupe for famous Clarins 230 duochrome. This is one seriously pretty nail polish with all that green, purple, blurple, bronze rainbow captured in one tiny bottle. But I must say that for me personally this nail polish is not in the drop dead amazing category – must have yes, to die for no. :cute: Formula is sheer, so I didn’t even try to use it by itself (I have to hunt down another bottle before I tackle multiple layers with this shade :silly: ).

Here is photo which will hopefully demonstrate how Fantasy Fire looks like with different amount of layers … and those layers are really thick.

I tried it out over black (Gosh Nero), blue (China Glaze First Mate) and purple (China Glaze Urban-Night) base.

I liked it more over blue and purple than black. First time I used Fantasy Fire, I wore it over Rival de Loop no. 45. Two sheer polishes make one good combo. :biggrin:

For the next combination, I used one of my favorite Kiko nail polishes Blu Inchiostro – no. 335. This is the only swatch that came out at least reasonably OK. Details taken from “sun swatch”.

Max Factor Dazzling Blue on the other hand is not so sheer, so I can’t say it’s good for layering … especially over black (Gosh Nero). It looked nice over green-blue (Rival de Loop 67) base, but as it’s frosty and can be worn by itself …

… I used it as such. 2 coats are enough for good coverage, but you would need 3 layers if you wanted to get rid of VNL on longer nails. Duochrome effect is composed mainly from green and blue colors, but there is hint of purple in there too.

Price: 3,95 EUR for ~5ml (exact amount it’s not listed on the bottle)

I had just enough time to glance over the rest of Max Factor minis, but I think at least 2 looked really promising. :angel:
Any particular shade that I should take a look at?

Video review (lightbox, sun):

Update: I added photo of how Fantasy Fire looks like when applied in 2, 3 or 4 thicker layers.Današnji post je nastajal kar 10 dni … sem hitra, ane? :biggrin:
Spoznajte 2 Max Factor Max Effect mini lakca – Fantasy Fire in Dazzling Blue.

Večina je verjetno že slišala za Max Factor Fantasy Fire, ki je baje dober približek famoznemu Clarins 230 duochromu. Zagotovo gre za zelo lep lak v katerem se prepletajo zeleni, vijola, modro-vijola, bronasti toni. Osebno bi ta lak uvrstila v kategorijo “must have” lakov, ne pa tudi v “umrla bom, če ne bo moj” odtenkov. :cute: Formula je precej prosojna, tako da sem ga le slojila (ko kupim še eno stekleničko, pa si bom dala duška in ga nanesla samega :silly: ).

Ali lahko nosimo Fantasy Fire kot samostojen lak? Jaz ne vem, če se bom kdaj lotila tega podviga. Fotografija je sicer malo čudaška, vendar upam, da je razvidno kako prosojna je manikura. Naj dodam še, da so plasti reeees debele.

Najprej sem ga na ovalu preizkusila čez črno (Gosh Nero), modro (China Glaze First Mate) in vijolično (China Glaze Urban-Night) bazo.

Čez modro in vijola bazo mi je bil efekt najbolj všeč, zato sem ga nosila čez oba odtenka. Najprej je prišla na vrsto kombinacija z Rival de Loop št. 45. Dva prosojna laka sta na koncu celo tvorila luštno kombinacijo. :biggrin:

Za naslednjo kombinacijo sem uporabila enega izmed mojih najljubših Kiko lakov za nohte Blu Inchiostro – št. 335. Od vseh posnetih fotografij, je samo spodnja prišla ven kolikor toliko OK. Detajla sta vzeta iz fotografije posnete na soncu.

Max Factor Dazzling Blue me je malo presenetil. Pričakovala sem prosojno formulo, vendar je lak dejansko v dveh plasteh precej prekriven … če želimo res popolno prekrivnost, potrebujemo tri plasti. Če dodamo še frosty formulo, mi slojenje čez črno bazo (Gosh Nero) ni bilo niti najmanj všeč. Zeleno-moder (Rival de Loop 67) lak se je izkazal kot boljša baza.

Ker je lak zadosti prekriven, sem preskočila bazo in uporabila le 2 plasti Dazzling Blue odtenka. Duochrome efekt je sestavljen večinoma iz prelivanja modre in zelene, vendar pa je možno zaslediti tudi vijolično barvo.

Cena: 3,95 EUR za ~5ml (količina ni navedena na steklenički)

Nisem imela časa, da bi si ogledala še preostale odtenke, vendar se mi zdi, da sem s kotičkom očesa videla še 2 potencialno zanimiva laka. :angel:
Mi katerega še posebej priporočate?

Video ocena (umetna svetloba, sonce):

Update: Dodala sem še fotografijo, ki prikazuje Fantasy Fire v večih plasteh.