Whether in beauty or baseball, no one bats a thousand, not even Estee Lauder (GO, GIANTS!).
Of their two new holiday nail polishes, I’m totally into sparkly purple Extravagant Night ($18), but frosty champagne Extravagant Pearl just isn’t a base hit for me.
Looking at it on my nails, I’m not seein’ beautiful bubbly. More like — sorry, EL — coagulated leftover oatmeal.
But I give it points for being easier to work with than Extravagant Night. It has a thinner consistency and applies more evenly, but it also takes light years to dry. Heck, I could walk the bases 10 times blindfolded with my shoelaces tied together in the time it takes to dry.
Yeah, not really feelin’ this one…
PRICE: $18
AVAILABILITY: Available for pre-order online
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: C+
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
I have never really rated EL nail polishes – one i got was a big gloopy mess and the other a gift for my birthday looked gorgeous in the bottle but was practically clear on application
They’re hit or miss. I’ve liked a few, but this one isn’t my fave.
I love the color, but not feeling the long drying time. With a baby, my nails need to dry in like 1 minute or I’m screwed. lol
I’m amazed that you have time to paint your nails. You go!
Yeah I’m not feeling it either….but perfect opportunity to say ‘GO GIANTS!!!!!’
WOOOOOT!!!
GIANTS!
Hmm.. doesn’t do much for me either, I think it would look like my nails died on my pale skin 🙁
I bet the other shade would look cute on you! It’s purple, sparkly and much more inspiring.
Aww, that’s too bad. Especially the fact that it takes forever to dry. I get what you’re saying about how it looks, but I think I kind of like it. It reminds me of frosting, kind of.
Hi Trisha,
Mmmm… frosting!
you just made me <3 u a hundred times more!!! GOOOOO GIANTS!!!!
is that matte? go giants, even if for 2 days i liked the phillies LOL!
That’s a shame because it looks like it has so much potential. You’re right though, the clumping kills it (not to mention the dry time). Sad, since it’s such a pretty color.