Revlon Whimsical

Yesterday I got Revlon Whimsical in the mail from a swap. The recent hype about this polish is because it is an affordable dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Glitter in the Air, which costs $19. Whimsical was a recent addition to Revlon's core line, and although it's selling out at a lot of places right now, once that dies down it is supposed to be permanent. You can get it at Ulta, Walgreens, CVS, www.drugstore.com, etc for about $4.99.

Unless you like the semi see-through "visible nail line" look (I personally don't) this is going to be a layering polish. On its own, it is a sheer base of milky pastel blue with baby pink and bright baby blue hexagonal glitter in it. There is a bit of subtle silver and bright baby blue shimmer in the base as well. You can put it over any complementary light blue polish to make it appear opaque and bring out more of its blueness. Overall it reminds me of yogurt, Easter, or baby showers haha



















My photo is 2 coats of Whimsical over Zoya Kristen on all nails except for the ring finger, which is OPI What's With the Cattitude. I couldn't decide which of those polishes I wanted to wear it over, so I decided to do this for a more muted manicure with a pop of brightness on just the accent nail. An entire manicure of Whimsical on What's With the Cattitude looks VERY baby-shower esque, or Easter-y. This is more subtle/tasteful, or as tasteful as pink and blue glitter can be!

Application on this was solid. Like most polishes of this nature, it takes a bit of effort to get the glitter bits evenly spread out across the nail. 1 coat barely showed any glitter, which is why I went for 2, and could definitely apply MORE coats if you wanted MORE glitter.