Avon Matte - Inky Blue

Matte dark blue  

This is a strange one, look at these bottle pics

A gorgeous purple with swirls of copper/pinkish shimmer right?

Not on the nail...

On the nail it's the Inky Blue of the shade name.  I think you can see a hint of the purple but not much.

So I tried some top coat in case that would bring out the depth?

A little, but not so much - it still looks totally different to the bottle colour!

Avon Matte Inky Blue is a matte dark blue.  I just wish it looked like the bottle colour!

Application was fine, you have to work fast with mattes but usually the formula is ok.

Swatches are 2 coats, shown with and without topcoat.

Avon Nailwear Pro - Night Violet

Purple/plum with gold shimmer

The nights are drawing in and the heating is on, it's time to go vampy!

Night Violet (love that name) is a deep purple/plum with a swirly fine gold shimmer running through it.

Unusually for a deep shimmer this was a little streaky - so swatches shown are 3 coats.  This is definitely one I had pegged at 2 coats!

These are old swatches and I have a rather random collection of nail lengths here!

Avon - Green with Envy

The last of my Avon's - Green with Envy. Not a very original name but I think the colour is a little more unusual.



Green with Envy is a very dark green creme, like a school blackboard. It is very dark green but for me never looked black, but perhaps that's the view of a polish colour obsessive!

This swatch is 2 coats, the formula was great and look how shiny it is without a topcoat.

Overall I think the Avon's are good quality polishes, with somewhat unusual colours for a great price (on sale) - but actually not a bad polish for the full price either, especially given the size of the bottles.

Avon - Decadance

Another Avon Nailwear Pro, Decadance

I love this one, it did cause some problems as you'll see but such a gorgeous polish





Decadance is a purply pink shimmer with pink and purple fine glitter.  I think it looks gorgeous in the sunlight.

This is 2 coats and I'm afraid not the neatest swatch - check out that big bubble/blob on my ring finger. Basecoat but no top coat

Another oddity - this was my last swatch of the day, I went to bed 7 hours after this swatch and woke up another 7 hours later with sheet marks! So I think it's fair to say without a fast drying top coat this is not a fast dryer!

Avon - Dynamo

Next up from the Avon Nailwear Pro range is Dynamo





Dynamo is a medium pink, slightly purply, slightly dusky foil
This is 2 coats, no topcoat

It's pretty but not massively unique I don't think.

Again application and formula were great.  And as you can see they're big bottles for your £3!

Avon - Splendid Blue

Shortwidenails asked me to swatch the Avons I recently posted haul pictures of, so here goes.

First up is Splendid Blue





Splendid Blue is a dark blue with sparkly blue, turquoise and silver shimmer
This is 2 coats with no topcoat.

It's a really lovely polish, the sparkle is always visible but still subtle.  Application and formula were top.  Overall a great polish for a great price (I got these half price from the Avon site for £3 each)

Anyone else tried any of these?