Seche - Happy As Is, from the Clever And Confident Collection

Today I have a delicious swatch to share with you, this time it's one of the new shades released by Seche for their new fall-winter 2013 collection named Clever And Confident.
This lovely shade I am wearing is called Happy As Is, it's a bright raspberry creme with a great and opaque formula. It was meant to be a one-coater, it does have a great pigment and a good coverage, but since I have long nails and a relatively large free-edge, I felt like I needed to use two coats for perfect coverage. I believe that if you have shorter nails, you can probably settle for one coat to achieve a great look.

בפוסט של היום מככב אחד הגוונים מהקולקציה החדשה של Seche שהושקה לכבוד עונות הסתיו-חורף 2013, מדובר בקולקציה Clever And Confident. על הלקים הצבעוניים של חברת Seche כתבתי בעבר, ואני בטוחה שאתן כבר מכירות את מייבש הלק המעולה שבזכותו החברה פרצה לשוק - Seche Vite Top Coat.

הצבע הנהדר שעל ציפורניי נקרא Happy, As Is - זהו גוון פטל אדום, כל כך יפה שמתחשק לטעום אותו. הלק בעל פורמולה נהדרת שנועדה להעניק כיסוי מלא בשכבה אחת בלבד, הפורמולה מאוד סמיכה ובעלת פיגמנט נהדר שנותן כיסוי מעולה. אני אישית הרגשתי צורך להשתמש בשתי שכבות כדי להגיע לסיכוי מושלם, בגלל אורך הציפורניים שלי והעובדה שבשכבה אחת עדיין הקצה החופשי של הציפורן נראה לעין.

I have reviewed two Seche polishes before, and I felt like they dried too fast and become streaky on application. With this polish I actually feel like it has a much better formula and the application was flawless for me. It also dried very fast on the nails, leaving a glossy finish, but for these photos I decided to apply Seche Vite top coat on top of two layers of Happy As Is.

The color is really gorgeous and classy for my opinion, it does appear a bit more pink toned in the photos than in was in real life, but still it's a lovely shade that I feel will be great for great for all year round, and not just for the upcoming fall-winter seasons.

מהתנסות הקודמת שלי עם הלקים של Sechce קיבלתי את הרושם שהם מתייבשים מהר מדי, מה שגרם למריחה לא אחידה, אבל הלק הזה דווקא הפתיע אותי לטובה בפורמולה המושלמת שלו שנמרחה בקלות, התייבשה במהירות על הציפורניים והותירה את הלק בגימור מבריק. לתמונות השתמשתי בשתי שכבות של הלק Happy As Is ובשכבה אחת של Seche Vite Top Coat.

לטעמי הגוון הזה מאוד קלאסי ויפה, בתמוונת הוא נראה יותר ורוד מאשר במציאות, אך למרות זאת מדובר בצבע מאוד מוצלח ולדעתי יתאים לכל עונות השנה, ולא רק לעונת הסתיו-חורף.

Seche Clever And Confident collection includes six shades suitable for the upcoming fall-winter seasons. The shades in this collection are very rich and all have creme formula, except for Intuition which has some lovely shimmer to it.

Wonderfully Witty – A rich navy blue crème
Versatile – A dark teal crème, versatile for anyone
Silly, But Sensible – The perfect fall burnt orange crème
Happy, As Is – A vibrant raspberry red crème
Clever and Confident –A delectable, deep plum crème
Intuition – A rich dark merlot with a slight red shimmer

הקולקציה של Seche Clever And Confident כוללת שישה גוונים המתאימים לעונות הסתיו והחורף הקרובות. מדובר בצבעים מאוד עשירים בעלי פורמולה בגימור קרמי, פרט ל-Intuition שהוא גוון בעל גימור עם אפקט שימרי מנצנץ.

Wonderfully Witty – קרם כחול כהה עשיר
Versatile – אמרלד ירוק כהה
Silly, But Sensible – גוון טרקוטה כתמתם
Happy, As Is – קרם בגוון פטל אדום
Clever and Confident – גוון שזיף כהה
Intuition – אדום מרלו כהה עם שימר

את הקולקציה ניתן להשיג במרכזי הטיפוח המקצועיים, מחיר הלק 49 ₪ 

OPI San Francisco Mini Set Swatches

In this post I want to share with you my swatches of the OPI San Francisco mini set.
My overall impression with this set was good, I liked the colors it included and the formula of most polishes was very good and easy to work with, despite the small brushes of the mini bottles.
I hope you will like these swatches and find this post useful in case you haven't decided yet which colors are your favorite from this collection.

Peace & Love & OPI - Silver based duo chrome with purple and green range / 2 coats, no top coat.
This is one of the colors that I was most curious about in this collection, and I was happy to see it was included in the mini set. The colors is quite interesting, and in first glance it reminded me of a previous polish by OPI from the Katy Perry collection - Not Like The Movies.
I was surprised to find that I only needed two coats for a full coverage, and the formula was really nice to work with. The purple-green duo chrome effect was pretty in the shade, but not as interesting in the sun light. Overall it's a pretty color but I wish the duo chrome effect was stronger, I think it would have been much prettier this way.

Shade

Direct Sunlight

In the cable car-pool lane - Plum / Berry creme-jelly / 2 coats, no top coat.
I really loved this color in the bottle but as for the formula, not so much. I applied two coats, and they were a bit streaky for a creme-jelly formula. The final look isn't that great with just two coats. It did look ok in the shade but you can see the semi-bald spots in the photo I took in the sun.

Muir Muir On The Wall - Dark plum with gold and red shimmer / 2 coats, no top coat.
This one is also quite interesting and I liked it's color and the formula. The shimmery finish was pretty both in the sun and in the shade, so I was very pleased with it. I found it to be a bit sheer on the first coat but the second coat gave a great coverage.

First date at the Golden Gate - Classy red creme-jelly / 2 coats, no top coat.
I have to admit I wasn't sure about this color at first, because I don't really like orange tinted reds, but I came to love this color thanks to the great formula.
I would say it's formula is much better than the one In the cable car-pool lane has, which is quite surprising since they are both creme-jelly type from the same collection.
I think this color is very flattering ind classic, so I just might change my mind about these orange-tinted reds ;)