I picked up 3 @ retail price last summer (the Spongebob Collex) and I picked up another 5 during the December sale.
I'm going to do a few posts featuring popular RBL colors and various alternatives.
Underwear
(2 coats)
I hate this polish. It is thick as hell and doesn't level out. While you can achieve almost full coverage at 1 coat, it is totally ugly and uneven, necessitating 2. I can't decide if it's more like applying actual white out or a Konad Special Polish (which, my guess is, Underwear would rock as).
P.S. When I wore it as a NOTD, it chipped badly on 2 nails within 4-5 hours and then started peeling off in sheets as though it were born to do so. Whoever likes this polish can go to hell. *grump* *:P*
White Out - Wet 'n Wild
(2 coats)
The formula is definitely inferior to Underwear but it's 1 buck and the brush is easier to control IMO.
White Out - Orly
(2 coats)
My preferred stark white. It can't achieve opacity at 1 coat (unlike Underwear), but it retails for less than a third the price of an RBL and is actually better. It's shinier, thinner, and levels out fairly well for a stark white.
Anybody else have any holy grail stark whites? I hear decent things about OPI's Alpine Snow
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No More War
(middle 2 coats, rest 1 coat)
This is one of the two polishes I *really* liked. I find that the contrast with my skin makes NMW a bit greener, which is great in my books! I don't have anything in my collection like it.
In terms of staying power, I found that the RBL colors that need 2 coats for opacity last way longer. This needed at least 2 coats and it still looked really good after 24 hours. Fan!
Dirty Green StrangeBeautiful Vol. 1
(No More War in the center)
StrangeBeautiful isn't a viable alternative to an RBL (or really any polish for that matter) since you have to spend 80 bucks to get a specific color you want. But hey, I have what I have.
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No More War
(middle 2 coats, rest 1 coat)
This is one of the two polishes I *really* liked. I find that the contrast with my skin makes NMW a bit greener, which is great in my books! I don't have anything in my collection like it.
In terms of staying power, I found that the RBL colors that need 2 coats for opacity last way longer. This needed at least 2 coats and it still looked really good after 24 hours. Fan!
Dirty Green StrangeBeautiful Vol. 1
(No More War in the center)
StrangeBeautiful isn't a viable alternative to an RBL (or really any polish for that matter) since you have to spend 80 bucks to get a specific color you want. But hey, I have what I have.
Nfu-Oh #565
(Middle & Pinky #565 3 coats, Ring NMW 2 coats)
I searched my stash for a second alternative and this was the second closest color I found. And it's also not close at all. But it dried way darker on the nail than it looked in the bottle so I wasn't quite as off as it seems.
NMW applies way better and dries much faster than #565.
No More War wins battle of the dirty greens. Underwear loses (badly) in my battle of the stark whites.
No More War wins battle of the dirty greens. Underwear loses (badly) in my battle of the stark whites.
