Monday, July 12, 2010

Lippmann Collection / Deborah Lippmann Fall 2010: Across the Universe and Bad Romance

Hmm... This is odd... somehow when I wasn't looking Lippmann Collection changed their name to Deborah Lippmann? Sneaky.

It's also my first Lippmann review in about a year... And these polishes deserve the attention!

Ever since we got those little teaser pictures of the new sequin polishes several months ago, I've been dreaming of these. Deborah Lippmann has apparently seen just how much we all love glitter because there will be three more glitter polishes from her this fall. In fact, I was just reading in the newsletter that Happy Birthday is their top selling polish. That's kind of awesome. I would not have expected that- I'd think it would be Bitches Brew or something like that... But no... Happy Birthday is number one!

According to the press release, Bad Romance is supposed to be a new take on Ruby Red Slippers and Across The Universe is supposed to be all of time and space in a bottle. Have a gander:



Across The Universe. A couple different angles and lights to show the depth and glitter. It's a dark navy sheer base with small aqua-blue glitter and larger aqua-blue and green hexagon sequin glitter pieces. A little bit duochromey looking if you tilt the glitter just right. This polish is seriously gorgeous. The glitter doesn't get eaten by the dark base, and it's really prominent in the polish. The texture of the sequins looks fantastic showing through the sheer jelly-like quality of the blue base. I'd say this is pretty unique, I can't readily think of another polish that looks like this straight out of the bottle.



Bad Romance. Unfortunately, my lighting hasn't been ideal this week so I have to settle for some indoor flash pictures to show the glitter. This is a sheer black base with bright shiny purple-fuchsia glitter. There are mostly small particles and a splash of hexagonal sequins. It does remind me of Ruby Red Slippers but there seems to be less glitter in Bad Romance comparatively. The sheer base does help the glitter to show through instead of looking lumpy and it's not so sheer that you need a million coats. It bears a resemblance to Petites Black Amethyst or Wet n Wild Night Prowl, but Bad Romance has sequin-style glitter added.


The formula was good. I had no problems controlling the polish; it was thin but not runny. The only application issue is trying to get the sequins distributed evenly, so I used a few more strokes in application than I normally would. These are somewhat sheer so I did three coats of both and that looks just about perfect to me. The texture of these isn't lumpy or bumpy or gritty, which is a huge bonus, but I still used a very thick topcoat when I wore Bad Romance this weekend. Drying time was average. Removal is not as difficult as I anticipated, either- the big sequins come off pretty easily and the glitter is not very dense.

I think the sheer base of these really helps give these polishes that deep layered look. Sometimes the bases of glitter polishes can be so opaque that it just covers all the glitter and makes a lumpy look instead of letting the glitter show through the layers. So yes, you'll need an extra coat if you hate visible nail line, but I feel the end result is worth that. Three coats isn't bad at all.

I'm sure that some of you franken-geniuses could duplicate these with ease if you had the right shades of glitter, but other than that observation, I'm extremely happy with these. I favor Across The Universe the most of the two shades and I would pay $18 for it. I love big chunky glitter and especially big chunky glitter in dark vampy bases. Hell, I love any kind of glitter... so... naturally a good fit with me.

And just for fun, here's how I was wearing Bad Romance yesterday:





(These were sent to me for review.)

25 comments:

  1. I love Across the Universe...I would like Bad Romance better if it had more glitter. It looks more sparse than Across the Universe.

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  2. Oh cool! I love the blue one. O.O

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  3. I love these! I'm a weirdo and didn't worry about glitter placement. I liked the random look when I did mine.
    Your swatches are fab as always

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  4. Oh. My. God. You make me drool with your pics! And it's impossible for me to get my hands on these since I'm not in the US :(

    Thanks for sharing! <3

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  5. I'm in love with Across the Universe. The Bad Romance is pretty but it needed something more.

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  6. Across the universe is perfect!

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  7. I love these!! So pretty. I steer away from glitter often because I hate removing it! I may have to make an exception for these!!

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  8. I usually hate glitters, both in looks and for how much of a pain it is to take off, but Across the Universe is dreamy. DEBORAH LIPPMAN, STOP BEING SO AWESOME.

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  9. I think I'm caught in a Bad Romance =)

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  10. Across the Universe is absolutely amazing...Bad Romance is great, too, but I think I would be more in love with it if it had more glitter.

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  11. These look so gorgeous! I have to say my favorite is bad romance. Thank You for the swatches :)

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  12. They're both so pretty :) I especially love Bad Romance.

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  13. Holy cow...! I am SO so glad I ordered these!

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  14. Holy cow...! I am SO so glad I ordered these!

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  15. DYING to get my hands on Bad Romance, love what you did with the stamping

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  16. I'm DYING to get Bad Romance... Unfortunately, I live in Brasil and that brand is not available here... =( But I must have it, somehow! >.<

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  17. From all the pics I've seen, Bad Romance is calling to me. I'd totally wear that. I have RRS and I really like it.

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  18. Dang! I was going to pass on these b/c I'm currently on a no-buy, but your swatches just sealed the deal for me. *sigh* I guess I'm gonna have to pick these both up. I'm such a sucker for glitter! (Mad as a Hatter and Absolutely Alice both chip like whoa, but I loves them so!)s

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  19. If I can get "Across the Universe" to come out looking like your photos, it will be my new favorite nail polish - it's really stunning! "Bad Romance" has sort of an elegant look, but it would have been really incredible with more of the hexagonal glitter.

    Thanks for the pics!

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  20. OH MY GOD! I have to have these or I think I might die! Thanks for the pics!

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  21. Hmm I don't think I like the look of these. I like it much much better when the glitter is more dense.

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