Max Factor - Earth

This is the last of the Max Factors the lovely Director David over at Fashion Addict sent me to try.
Earth is a browny-terracotta colour - and sad to say, looks a bit icky on me...


It's just a bit wrong for my skin tone. I'm not sure who this would suit? Maybe someone lighter so there's a bit more contrast?
Good thing is, at least the formula's nice. A bit runny, but 2 coats gives you opaque coverage.


Not quite "mannequin hands", but close enough :)



Overall - the colour's not for me, but if you can pull it off it would probably be a good shade for work.

I seem to have a lot of trouble finding brown-ish colours that suit me. Anyone else find it's a particularly hard look to pull off?

Max Factor - Pink Flame

Just a quickie, as it's been a craaaaazy week with some really, really big life-changing surprises (if you follow my twitter you'd know all about it. Everyone else - I'll tell you about it later).

Tonight I have the other pink Fashion Addict sent me to try - Pink Flame.


This is so bright it's almost a neon. Almost.


I think I like Disco Pink better than this. Not only for the colour, but it had a better formula. This is 3 coats and you can still see the nail line a little bit. For some reason the consistency was runnier and I had problems controlling the application (as you can see by the pooling round the cuticles - sorry!).


As you can see, it's still quite bright even in low light. It's a good standard pink, but for my money, I'd go Disco :)

Check you all later!

Max Factor - Disco Pink

So today I have another "drugstore" find for you.
Here's one of the Max Factors Fashion Addict sent me - a lovely little bright candy number by the name of Disco Pink -


I'm always pleasantly surprised by Max Factor polishes. Their colour range might not be very adventurous, but what they do they do well.

This is a really nice slightly blue-toned pink. Formula was really easy to apply in two coats and it set quite fast. The brushes on the Factors aren't bad either - they fit my nail better than the Revlons, which seem a bit narrow in retrospect...


And of course I will always have a soft spot for Factor after I found out their "Ruby Fruit" is an exact dupe of Chanel's "Rouge Noir" :)


I don't wear pink a lot, but I have to admit this was really fun to wear. Apparently Max Factor has now been discontinued in the US, but just about everywhere else in the world still has them, so you shouldn't have much trouble picking one up!

Now, quickly touching on another subject - over at the Beauty Brains last week they had a very interesting little article here about vitamins and nails well worth reading. It might stop you wasting a lot of money on nail (and hair) treatments that don't work...