Good morning lovelies & happy Sunday! & oh boy, is it a chilly Sunday! The weather is nippy & even my coffee isn’t keeping my hands warm. I miss Summer.
One thing I do love about this time of year, though, is that my favourite nail polish colour is everywhere! You know I love a good red, & I have a vast stash of crimson polishes to prove it. So let’s dip into it wifh today’s Swatch Sunday pick: Quo Beauty Mary Merlot from the Breathable line.
3 thin coats + top coat.
This shade is a beautifully crelly red, which dries on the nail slightly lighter than in the bottle. Formula was thin, & on the sheer side, but built to a nice level of opacity without taking too long to dry. I don’t usually enjoy a shade where I need more than 2 coats for application, but it paid off here.
Obviously, you could go with 2 for a little more sheer-ness.
Again you can see how the colour in the bottle is darker than on my nails, but I feel like that’s the crelly formula. If I had applied more coats — which I wasn’t doing — I’m sure it would have appeared darker. I like the shade of red though, so I was perfectly fine with my application.
Quo Beauty Nail Polishes retail at Shoppers Drug Mart for around $12CAD (when not on sale). Unfortunately, I believe this shade is no longer in the core collection — they’ve recently changed the bottles — but I did find what I think could be a similar shade from the same line.
What do you think of Mary Merlot? Would you consider this a great holiday nail polish option? Let me know all your thoughts in the comments below, & what you’re wearing on your nails this weekend!
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