Urban Peacock

Hi everyone, today I have a polish review for you. While shopping in Urban Outfitters the other day I noticed they had a mini polish stand. There were only 6 polishes, but three of them looked interesting enough for me to pick up. They cost £6 per polish on their own or 3 for £15 and are available in store or on the Urban Outfitters website here. The brand name is W.I.P. but I think it's a brand exclusive to Urban Outfitters, because I haven't seen it anywhere else.

First up I present to you - W.I.P. Peacock, an almost black metallic blue/teal polish. The formula is a bit runny but workable. I'm wearing 3 coats in the pics below.

Sorry about the slightly fuzzy pics, it was another beautiful grey day in the UK, and I was having major trouble with getting decent lighting. In strong sunlight or artificial light you can see the blue shine, but try as I might it was almost impossible to get a good picture of it. The effect is very weak.

My verdict is "Meh". There are so many other polish brands making "peacock" type colours, and they're better than W.I.P. Peacock. I'd invest in one of the Models Own polishes, or KIKO or GOSH, or any other polish than this. I think I'll just be using it as a black base for layering other polishes.

Right so as I had it on my nails already, I decided to try out a tape mani. I love Chloe's Nails "checker board" style nails (see her tape mani here), and so here is my version with W.I.P. Peacock. I used ordinary cheap stationary tape and one coat of matte top coat by Beauty UK.

I hope you like the look, I think it's more interesting than Peacock alone and I really like wearing dark polishes this way.

Andrea Fulerton - Petrol on Water

I've walked by the Andrea Fulerton display, had a browse countless times but never bought anything before. I think it's that the display really isn't very well laid out. Nothing is at normal eye level, you really have to make an effort and crouch down to the ground look at the interesting stuff. Plus I always thought that the single polishes were a bit on the expensive side (£5.10) compared with the other "drug-store" brands that have similar colours.

Nonetheless there's a first time for everything. I noticed this particular Trio layering system and was intrigued. It's called Petrol on Water an consists of 2 polishes: a dark shimmery brown and a iridescent white glitter that  flashes pink and blue. The idea is that you can use the 2 colours on their own or layer them and create a third look.

So first 2 coats of the brown. I think it's really quite a nice colour on it's own.

A shot of the white part of the bottle.

And a shot of the brown part of the bottle.

When that was dry I added 1 coat of the white glitter polish, and wow! an amazing transformation! A blue and purple duochrome effect with a foil finish. Very nice indeed.

Ack! Sorry about the nail dink on my middle finger. Happened just as I picked up my camera (frustration!).

I've tried to capture the colour change across the nail. Half of the nail is bright cobalt blue and the other is purple. Made me think of peacock feathers.

Nail dink fixed now!

If you zoom in you'll notice that I've got lots of little blue glitter pieces stuck to me. I kind of like having sparkly fingers... Like most glitter polishes the glitter is a bit stubborn and hard to get off when you try and clean up your cuticles. In the end it took me using a nail brush + soap and water to get rid of it all.   

I was trying to think of a suitable peacock inspired stamp or something to add to my mani, but in the end went with a simple tape mani design. A deconstructed peacock if you will.

Overall verdict, I'm quite liking this Andrea Fulterton TRIO polish, and for £7.99, I'd say it's a fair price, especially if you use the colours on their own as well as layered. 

Formula wise Petrol on Water is good, the brush was good and I quite like the look of the bottle now. It stands out amongst my single colour bottles. I know I'll wear this polish again, and will try and come up with more peacock inspired looks.

Andrea Fulterton TRIO polishes retail at £7.99 and are available from Superdrug.

What do you think of Petrol on the Water? Do you have a peacock manicure that you'd like to share? I'd love to see them.