Happy New Year, everyone!
Here are the swatches of Nails Inc Victoria that I promised you a couple days ago. I want to start off by saying this is actually my first bottle of Nails Inc nail polish and I really didn’t know what to expect of the formula, but the reviews seem to be majorly positive.
Victoria can be described as a bloody dark cherry jelly, so it’s actually a bit sheer. I had to build it up to full opacity in three coats for these swatches, because I’m personally not a huge fan of dark jellies in general. The formula is quite runny and despite being very careful I still experienced some pooling over my cuticles.
This is one of those rare polishes that photographs well and true to color, while looking almost exactly the same regardless of the light conditions. To show you the comparison, I included two pictures taken with and without flash. Don’t they look nearly identical?
When I was done swatching, I decided to dress it up a little and added some glitter. I added a nice thick coat of Julep Erica over my ring finger, and a little hint of Nubar Blondie over the remaining four. I think the result is quite lovely 🙂
All Nails Inc polishes are free from formaldehyde, toluene and DBP.
PRICE & AVAILABILITY
$9.50 USD, 0.33oz. Available at Sephora.
INGREDIENTS
Ethyl acetate, Butyl acetate, Nitrocellulose, Propyl acetate, Tosylamide /formaldehyde resin Isopropyl alcohol, Trimethyl pentanyl diisobutyrate, Triphenyl phosphate, Diacetone alcohol Ethyl Tosylamide, Camphor, Stearalkonium hectorite, Benzophenone -1, Dimethicone. May contain/ peut contenir: Titanium dioxide (CI 77891), Violet 2 (CI 60725), Yellow 5 lake (CI19140), Red 6 lake (CI15850), Red 7 lake (CI15850), Red 34 lake (CI 15880), Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Iron oxides (CI 77499, CI77491), Aluminum powder (CI 77000), Bismuth oxychloride (CI 77163), Mica, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Polyacrylate-4, Calcium, Aluminum Borosilicate, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Silica, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Alumina, Tin Oxide.
ooooh gorgeous dark vampy color 🙂
I agree, it’s s nice vampy jelly.
That’s a pretty, vampy color, and I love your glitter accents!
Thank you 🙂 I think they complement the color well.
Love it! I love deep colors that almost look black. I think they’re elegant!
I also think that dark colors look elegant, they’re very eye catching and make the nails and fingers look classy 🙂
Beautiful polish, especially with the glitter
Thanks Kim, I was surprised that it turned out so well 😉
This color is beautiful
Agreed 🙂
I like this color, very vampire-ish.
I see what you mean, it’s like a color you’d see in a vial of blood in those vampire movies.
This didn’t turn out as dark on my nail wheel but I had a feeling it would once on. I love the color.
Was your swatch 3 coats too? It wasn’t very deep until the last coat, so maybe you’re seeing more of a dark cherry than it looks on my nails.
I LOVE your mani! Mostly because I am wearing the exact same thing… Even Blondie is on my ring finger! Are we the same person in two different bodies???
Oh wow what a coincidence!!!
This is such a gorgeous, rich color. Perfect for winter and every outfit choice!
That’s what I thought, too 🙂
Vampalicious! Love this color – I have a love/hate with jellies, too. Love the effect, hate the runnyness and need for so many coats.
I’m right there with you, why do those jellies have to be so hard to work with!
I love that color!! And the glitter you picked is very pretty on it. However you have your lighting set up is amazing!! And I mean amazing!
Omg Shelley, you have no idea how long it took me to realize how to set up the light for polish swatches, since I was never a nail blogger. I basically just put two LED lamps on a table and move my hand directly under them, and that’s it for my setup! Normally I do swatches outside in daylight, but it’s winter and I hate being cold 🙂
I can’t get over the shininess of it all! I love dark vampy colors and the accent color. (Sheila, Painted Ladies)
Thank you Sheila, I’m also a huge fan of dark colors, especially in the Winter 🙂