Today I have a quick post reviewing Revlon's Mint Gelato, which is part of their new Limited Edition Scented Treats collection that's out now at drugstores. When I first spotted this pretty at Walgreens, le boyfriend convinced me I didn't need it (for shame!), so I left it behind. Finally, yesterday I went to buy something else (on my own) and realized why I was so drawn to it...it's a jelly!! I'm totally on a jelly trip right now. So much so that I'm going to buy more glitters so I can do sandwiches. Mmm jelly sandwiches.
Mint Gelato is, to my eyes, a greener turquoise, similar to For Audrey and the likes but dustier and less blue. I don't know, I'm really no good at describing polish colors, just look at the pictures!
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| Ignore the little scratch, my fault :( |
Formula was pretty good! You're seeing three coats without top coat so it was very shiny and pretty much opaque unless you hold your fingers to the sun, but really, who does that? Then I did some stamping with the zebra pattern from my Bundle Monster plates. I kind of can't believe it's my first time using this image when it's one of the more popular ones. I stamped with Sally Hansen Whirlwind White and I also added a coat of Essie As Gold as It Gets as an accent on my ring finger.
Another note about the formula, it dried quicker than I expected. Usually jellies with 3 coats take forever but I had good results with this. I was still uber careful for a while just in case it wasn't thoroughly dry but I had not dents or the like. The only thing I don't love about the polish is that it's scented. The scent itself is not displeasing (big word huh? :P), but it is distracting while polishing. I also used the phone a lot today so I was sick of the smell after a while, but it does fade away so just make sure to do the scratch and sniff at the store in case you hate it.
So that's pretty much it... Happy hump day! ;)
I always look at those and go "Scented o.O... not sure if want..." but now I may have to scratch and sniff to satisfy my curiosity.
ReplyDeleteIt's probably going to be the only scented polish I buy. It was distracting a lot of the time and I actually like the chemical smell of nail polish. I also sniff Sharpies and love smelling books. I'm pretty sure that if you didn't already know I'm a little off, you will with this post.
DeleteThen again, there's people that huff paint thinner, so maybe I'm not so bad ;)
Very beautiful color. And I'm loving the animal print.
ReplyDeleteThank you! That might just become on of my go-to stamping images.
DeleteThat is a really pretty color! What did it smell like? Mint?? lols
ReplyDeleteWell, kind of. But not like peppermint or that really good mint smell of gum. It was more like what I believe the actual mint plant smells like, but it just reminded me of those mint chocolates. Not bad really, just different.
DeleteGorgeous! I'm obsessed with jellies! Just to let you know (in case you didn't already) I have to fill out a word verification if I want to post a comment on your blog. All google blogs do this unless you turn it off. It would make it easier to comment if you turned it off :)
ReplyDeleteYess I'm so obsessed too!
DeleteThank you for mentioning it! I was aware and removed it for a while, but then I got these weird emails about comments left that seemed like spam. Then when I went to check the comments, it wasn't there. I was afraid it would be spam or something so I enabled it again. I'll probably remove it again because I don't want people to be inconvenienced and just keep a watchful eye on the comments though, so thank you :)