Tuesday, April 5, 2011

BB Couture A Touch of Greece: Apollo and Uranus

Hello, all! Today I'll be showing you Apollo and Uranus, the two polishes I received to review from the BB Couture A Touch of Greece collection. Apollo and Uranus are both from the men's part of the collection. Unfortunately, it was raining yesterday when I took these pictures, so I only have indoor pictures to show you - of course, today the sun is shining bright...and I don't have my camera with me.

In case you didn't know, Apollo was quite a busy god - he was the Greek god of music, poetry, plague, oracles, the sun, medicine, light, and knowledge. BB Couture Apollo is a bright orange, which I'm guessing comes from the fact that he was god of the sun/light. It's actually the only orange I have which is actually the color of a real orange. It's a little less vivid than the picture shows, but it's quite close. I really like the color and consistency, and though I wouldn't be surprised if there are dupes, I don't have any in my stash. Also, look at how shiny that is without top coat! I did have to use three coats to eliminate visible nail line, but as the application was absolutely perfect, I didn't mind.

indoors, artificial light

The second polish I was provided was BB Couture Uranus, which is a toffee, caramely brown color that I love despite the disparaging comments my mom made about its similarity to the color of...well...you can probably guess. Uranus is the Greek god of the sky and son of Gaia, the goddess of the earth. I only had to use two coats of Uranus, and it was just as incredibly shiny without top coat as Apollo was. I actually went ahead and wore this as my full manicure today because I loved it so much. The color isn't as yellowy as it looks in my pictures, though.

indoors, artificial light

So there they are, Apollo and Uranus! What do you think? 

These products were sent to me by Overall Beauty for review. However, this will never affect what I say about a product. For more information, see my disclosure policy.

14 comments:

  1. I LOVE the Apollo! The Uranus...not so much my style, but I'd love to rock that orange in the summer with a white dress and a tan! Thanks for posting about it!

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  2. I love Apollo! So pretty! :)

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  3. Ooh, Apollo would look gorgeous with a white dress! It'd look great with a
    tan, too, but there's not hope of that for me. ;)

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  4. Lovely. I love Greek Mythology. :)

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  5. I am always diggin the oranges...especially in the summer! I am sorry, but I keep giggling when I think they actually named that poo brown "Uranus". Childish, I know...but still. *giggle*

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  6. Yeah, it made me giggle too. :)

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  7. They both look very glossy... Uranus is reminding me of OPI&AP though! hehe.

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  8. I'm loving the color of the second one. I know lots of people don't like colors like that, but I do!

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  9. Yay! I'm glad I'm not the only one. :)

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  10. I have Uranus and my daughter thinks it looks like baby poop! I had the same reaction when it came in the mail. However, when I actually tried it, it grew on me. It doesn't look bad combined with BB Couture Rustler.

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  11. Haha! It's definitely not the most appealing color in the bottle, but I do like it on my nails.

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