Pale Icy Blues

I normally meet my friends at Boon Lay to take the bus to school together and I was early one day so I decided to take a walk around JP. Bad idea knowing that JP has Nature Republic and they sell a bottle of polish at only $2.10! Couldn't resist such an attractive price so I ended up buying 2 bottles of blue! The first one was a paled out, almost-white blue (BL503) and the other was a pearly blue (BL501).



L-R: BL503 (2 coats), BL503 with BL501 layered on top (2 coats of 503 with one coat of 501) and BL501 (2 coats)

I was trying to recreate Chanel Riva by layering the two because that was what I was thinking of when I bought them!



I also painted a layer of BL501 over 2 layers of OPI Black Onyx (a simple, straight up black creme polish) on my pinkie and I love how the black base made the end result a much darker pearly blue!



Close up for you to see better!



Close up of all the nails, and hopefully you can see the creme finish on the index finger vs the pearly finish on all the other 3 fingers! The thin layer of BL501 also made the overall look just a tinge bit darker on the middle finger(2 coats of BL503 and one thin coat of BL501 on top, to refresh your memory)!



Here's how they look if we back it up a little. I'm starting to dig the two blues layered together after seeing these pictures!

 Overall, I'm really impressed with how pigmented the pale blue creme was. I was expecting to have to do 3 to 4 coats but it only needed 2 coats to be opaque so kudos! Plus it's so cheap and the brush is really decent so the polish is a good polish to play around with! I don't know how long they'll last though because I took the colours off after swatching them but the last time I tried Nature Republic polishes, they chipped really fast. Oh well, how much can you expect out of a $2.10 polish?

Hope the monday blues aren't getting to you!