Here's the first L'Oreal polish I've ever swatched for Polish Hound, and the first of two I've ever tried from the brand! In general, I love a lot of the line's colors that I've seen in stores, but the price point (~$6 for .39 oz) doesn't really do it for me. I did recently get two for a buy one get one half off sale, though!
L'Oreal - Hidden Gems is a polish from the Gold Dust line, which basically denotes sparkly texture finish polishes.
Hidden Gems is a charcoal base filled with deep teal shimmer and silver hexes. The shimmer is a bit shifty, and makes the polish in the bottle look purple around the edges- sort of duochromey. That effect doesn't happen on the nail, though.
Artificial light, two coats:
Window-filtered daylight:
I do think the textured finish does look better in person than in photos.
Outside, shade:
Sun:
Finally, I decided to see what this one looked like with a glossy finish:
I was able to smooth it out with one coat of Gelous plus one coat of INM- Out The Door. I have to say I much prefer Hidden Gems this way! I think the top coat brings out the shimmer and glitter much more!
Formula: It's very nice for a texture! The base is on the thinner side, but still carries the shimmer and glitter nicely. I didn't have to dab anything in place, and it just kind of applied over the nail normally. Two coats were opaque! I also smudged a nail on my non-swatched hand, and kind of mushed the half-dry polish back in place, and it looked perfect- the magic of texture polishes!
I love it with a Glossy finish! :D
ReplyThanks, me too! Such sparkliness!
ReplyThis texture is gorgeous! I'm really liking the chunkier silver glitter pieces in it too.
ReplyYay, you got one! It looks great glossy! Hidden Gems is one of 3 I don't have yet; might have to rectify that. Too Dimensional? is another that looks way better with top coat...I think the shimmer gets lost in the darker shades.
ReplyThis polish is gorgeous, I love the deep teal in it. Also, I tried INM Out the Door after hearing you talk about it.....I'm loving it!!!
ReplyBeautiful, as always! I really enjoyed this one for the holidays last year. Blackened teals in any finish just slay me <3
ReplyI've tried this one but I must admit that I prefer Too Dimensional and Sexy in Sequins, as both those colors looked better on me.
ReplyI didn't even try getting those glossy though... I admit your patience :)
That is really gorgeous. I'm sucker for texture polishes.
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