I'm a bit of a nail polish hoarder - I've got about 60 odd bottles which probably isn't too bad really. And up until recently, I ONLY had O.P.I nail polishes. I'm trying to make myself stop being such a nail polish snob and try some other brands.
My first foray into nail polishes that aren't O.P.I are the Ruby Wing Color Change nail polishes (I have spelt it per the bottle). I love a gimmick - and a nail polish that changes colour in the sunshine is right up my ally.
I was quite surprised with how drastic the changes can be. Todays review is an example of a fairly drastic change.
Important Info
Name: Ruby Wing Color Changing Nail Polish
Shade: Rose
Size: 15ml/0.5oz
What is it?
A nail polish that changes shade when exposed to the sunshine/UV - which is a bit different to the usual heat activated change.
The colour change is from a soft pink to a deep rosy shade. Rose is part of the Champagne and Cupcakes collection.
This shade is also scented. I've never really understood the theory of scented nail polishes. Once it dried it smelled okay, but the smell was completely gone the next day.
Packaging
The glass bottle is rectangular shaped, and the brush handle is circular shaped gold. The Font on the bottle is really pretty and whimsical.
First Impressions
The brush was a good width and nicely cut making application easy.
The particular formula I used was of the micro-glitter variety. The polish applied evenly without any patchiness. The glitter did bunch up every so slightly at the tips of my nail, but nothing that was noticeable once it levelled out.
The particular formula I used was of the micro-glitter variety. The polish applied evenly without any patchiness. The glitter did bunch up every so slightly at the tips of my nail, but nothing that was noticeable once it levelled out.
Was it Any Good?
The colour change was really dramatic and happened almost instantly when exposed to UV - I was expecting it to take a couple of minutes, but it must have been less than 15 seconds for a full colour change. The change back from dark to light, took longer - I think a minute or so.
In the pictures below, only 1 coat was applied - so I'm not sure if that's why my indoor shade isn't as rosy as the picture from the Ruby Wing website. I'm not too fussed though, because I like the light pink shade I got.
I'm not 100% sure about wear time, as I removed it after 2 days to reapply my missing gel nail. I have fairly weak nails, and wore it for 2 days without any chipping - and that's with a single coat with no base or top coats applied. I don't know if the colour change aspect would be inhibited by a top coat - wish I'd thought to test that!
I think the only thing I would do differently in the future is the try and paint my nails in the sunshine where possible, so I can see how the darker shade will look. Light colours are much more forgiving for an uneven application - but darker colours less so. My theory is if I can make it look nice when darker, it'll look nice light by default. This shade looked nice enough indoor, but I could see a little messiness when the darker shade was visible.
Oh, please excuse the different colour nail polishes - the day this polish arrived I had lost a gel nail, so I took the opportunity to try it out on a single nail.
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Indoor - window lit
Outdoor - direct sunlight
Rating
4/5
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