Pure Ice Nail Polish Flirt Alert Swatch and Review (Bonus: Rainbow Honey Suu)

So I always thought that if I was ever going to be featured on Kotaku, it would be because of my esports or cosplay photography, but as fate would have it... It would be for my nail art! Last night, my Transistor nails made it onto Screenburn a la Kotaku. Thanks guys for having me - I'm so humbled to be up there! Anyhow, today we're flipping tables and it's Cheap Polish Tuesday! Here's Pure Ice Flirt Alert.





I remember I picked this polish up from Wal-Mart last year - it's been a while now but I believe that these were in the $2 range, which makes it a perfect candidate for Cheap Polish Tuesday. Pure Ice Flirt Alert is a near-neon raspberry creme that has a pretty cringe-worthy name, right next to the last Pure Ice nail polish I looked at named Jail Bait. (It seems like I have a penchant for getting nail polish for the sake of the name!) Formula-wise, it's actually quite decent - a very pigmented and opaque self-levelling creme and you get full guaranteed coverage in two coats. It also has a pretty decent natural shine without the use of top coat!:









For funsies, here's Rainbow Honey Suu over top, with some vanilla highlights:



And then I immediately decided I wanted to go matte with OPI Matte Top Coat because matte top coat and glitter together make a whole lot of magic!:







Overall, it's a pretty decent polish especially considering the price of the $2 range. It's nothing too unique but if you're lacking this kind of colour and might use it occasionally, it's a fairly decent candidate!

Have you ever accomplished one of your goals in a not-so-orthodox way? Or in a way that you wouldn't have expected to? Did you still give yourself a pat on the back? What do you make of NEON raspberry cremes with funny names?

Pure Ice Nail Polish Jail Bait Swatch and Review (Bonus: Hard Candy Black Tie Optional)

Hey guys welcome to Cheap Polish Tuesday where the polish is cheap and the points don't matter. Wait-what? Anyway, it's Cheap Polish Tuesday and today I'm taking a look at Pure Ice Nail Polish, which can be found at Wal-Mart for $1.97. I read that Revlon recently acquired Pure Ice, so this may be a part of their doing. According to their Facebook page, their polishes are all 3 Free.

So. Pure Ice Nail Polish Jail Bait. First off, what a horrible name. I don't even think it's funny? It's weird. It's actually sort of creepy. In fact, I tried to Google this polish to see if anyone else had given it a try and there were sparse results because Google was creeped out by the key word "jail bait". Needless to say, I am too! What the actual fuck, guys. What were you thinking? Anyway, Pure Ice Jail Bait is a cooled deepened lilac creme. Formula and application wise, it went on OK but I found the formula fairly thick. It had a longer drying time as well. It finished fairly nicely without a top coat, so at least it's got that. This could easily be a one coater, but I usually do two for good measure:











And for funsies, here's another polish that could fit right into the theme of Cheap Polish Tuesday - here's one coat of Hard Candy Black Tie Optional. (Sorry for the misapplication of that little bar glitter on my index, haha!):







Overall, this polish is what it's worth. I would probably use it for nail polish but nothing that involves full coverage of the nail. I am just not a fan of thicker formula.

What do you think of Pure Ice Nail Polish Jail Bait? Do you also think it's hilarious I am calling the nail polish by its full name rather than just "Jail Bait"? I mean, I don't want to be flagged for something bad, YA KNOW.