Le Beauty 56

For the rest of my posts up to and including Valentine's Day, I'll be showing pink and red polishes to celebrate my least favorite holiday of the year...however, I DO like pink and red, so I guess that'll be my excuse.

I received Le Beauty 56 in a giveaway a while back, along with a couple other Le Beauty polishes. I've already tried 152, which is silver, and I wasn't too happy with it - I liked the color, but it was too brushstrokey for me. This one, on the other hand, is perfect. It's opaque in two coats, the application is great, and it's a gorgeous color. The blue flash isn't as dominant in real life as in my picture, but it was definitely visible even in dim light.

indoors, artificial light

Even though I hate heat and love winter, this polish makes me want summer and strawberry sorbet. *slurps* I can see myself wearing this any time of the year because I wear whatever polish I want no matter the weather, but I'm sure I'll be bringing it out more once the warm weather rolls around...not anytime soon, judging by this evening's weather forecast. That's perfectly fine with me, though - bring on the snow! 

Le Beauty 152

Today I'll be showing you a polish from the Australian brand Le Beauty. I received this polish in a giveaway from You've Got Nail some time back, and though I was eager to try it, I somehow didn't until now. Here are three coats, though as far as opacity, it didn't really need them - I'll explain in a bit.

indoors, artificial light

My first thought when applying this, and now when looking at the picture? Ew, brushstrokes. I don't mind a little bit of brushstrokes in a really gorgeous lacquer, but this was a bit much for me. In fact, the only reason I did three coats was to try and remedy my poor application that was shown so well by the brushstrokes. Which is really too bad, because 152 (SUCH a cool name - I wonder how long it took to come up with that?) is a lovely color of silver, and one that I don't think I've seen before. It's kind of pale, but it goes to a more charcoal color in the shade or on the edges of the nail, which I quite like. It's not a duochrome...I don't know how to explain it. You can kind of see it in my picture - where the light hits it, it's a bright, light silver, and away from the light's focal point, it's darker. All in all, I really wish this wasn't brushstrokey, because I'd really love it if that were the case. As it is, it'll probably stay in my stash as a base under layering polishes or to franken with. Or I may put it in my swap list on MUA, who knows. Hope you're all having a great weekend!