This is Milani Dress Maker, a limited edition color from a little over a year ago that was all the rage for awhile because it is supposedly a dupe of Chanel Jade, a very HTF and popular runway color. OK don't get me wrong, the color is pretty. It's a minty green that is yellow toned, but also has some visible blue shimmer in it that makes it appear blue toned at times too.
The formula on this is THE WORST I have encountered in QUITE awhile. It needed 4 coats to be opaque. Not only is this a time consuming inconvenience in and of itself, but it paved the way for all the other problems I had with it: patchy draggy application, stayed tacky and dentable FOREVER, and did not play well with topcoat (Poshe) which then in turn led to INSTANT tip wear/shrinkage. My nails came out looking like a 5 year old painted them (which is why I didn't even want to post these pictures), and I swear this is only 15% my application's fault and 85% the formula of this polish's fault.
Subtle blue shimmer, the only redeeming quality:
If the color was ZOMG OUT OF THIS WORLD, BEST THING IVE EVER SEEN, RAINBOWS AND UNICORNS, then MAYBE I would be willing to work with this polish, try a different topcoat (I did see another blogger say Seche Vite fixed some of their problems with it). But nope, I'm not. I'm not painting 4 coats of this ever again. I'm not painting ANY coats of this every again. Goodbye Dressmaker, to the swap list you go! This was $4.99 at CVS.
What a shame the formula sucks because honestly it is a unique color (to be anyway haha, I don't have a ton of polishes).
ReplyDeleteI feel like I'm always disappointed with Milani products, no matter what they are.
I will definitely stay away from their polishes. I don't think I've ever tried them but after this I don't think I wan to haha.
i had bought a milani polish a while back in bubblegum pink or something like that and it sucked! it was like a pink shimmer..
ReplyDeleteI used one Milani polish one time, and it was god awful. I actually did give it to a little girl.
ReplyDeletei remember i had issues with this one as well. the application and contrast with my skin tone didn't work. i still have it in my swap bucket.
ReplyDeleteI love the color but I get fussy if I have to do more then 3 coats. :/ It would anger me to have to use 4 or more!
ReplyDeleteI typically don't have problems with Milani polishes, but I'm definitely avoiding that shade...
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