Dior Spring 2012 Nail Polishes: Review

Almost immediately after I posted my initial reactions to Dior’s Waterlily and Forget-me-not, I decided to paint my nails. I put Waterlily on my left hand, and did an accent nail on the right,

then the reverse with Forget-me-not.

Out of the two, Waterlily is my favorite, which is a surprise because I almost passed on it.

The rose scent creeps in once the polish begins to dry. So while it’s drying, there’s an odd mixture of rose and nail polish…

But once completely dry, the scent if faint, and for me dissipated after the second day. Unless my hands were near my face, I didn’t really notice it. I reminded me of my favorite body butter from the Body Shop/

This polish didn’t wear like my other Dior polishes wear. I’m not sure how this particular formula differs from the ones that I already own, but the texture is thicker and for me, neither color wore like my Dior’s typically do. I only have a few to compare them with, but the ones I have all wear a good week before any major chipping, and I can go 10 days with it still looking good.

Below are my nails on day 4 of wear. Please excuse my wintertime cuticles, I did a full manicure right after.

I needed 3 coats of Waterlily to reach full opacity, and 2 coats of Forget-me-not, although it probably would have benefited from another coat.

Of the 2, Waterlily wore the best for me, it took about 3 days for me to begin seeing white tips. However, my thumb chipped with Forget-me-not on day 2, and by day 3, the color had really started to fade.

I guess by normal nail polish standards, that’s about the average, especially considering they were worn with no base or top coat. Overall, I think they’re ok. Not great…but not bad.

EH….that’s all for now, talk to you in the next one!

Comments

[Dee]

Beautiful!!!! I am still contemplating Waterlily.