L.A. Colors Nail Polish Review
L.A. Colors Nail Polish Bottles, L to R: Sparkling Rosé, Charms, Mermaid, Jewel Tone and Fancy Pants
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L.A. Colors is one of our readers favorite nail polish brands. This cosmetics company is known for its glitter, shimmer and special effect (like glow in the dark and holographic) nail polishes.
It’s the perfect nail polish brand if you’re looking for a fun, festive color pick me up or want to experiment with something playful, seasonal or avant garde, as that’s what L.A. Colors does best.
L.A. Colors nail polishes have an impressive wear time.
Their polish lasts as well, if not better, than “high end” polishes. In our tests, we’ve found that their formulas can give you a wear time of 5-7 days with no special techniques.
Their brushes are nice, wide and flat with a square tip; very easy to use for pushing polish close to the cuticle line.
As for the price, L.A. Colors nail polishes can often be found for just a few dollars when new colors are first introduced.
Then, when limited edition releases are discontinued, the prettiest colors from the collection go up in value and can fetch 10x their original price on third party markets.
From an investment standpoint, L.A. Colors shades tend to hold or increase in value, depending on the rarity and beauty of the color.
Let’s take a look at a few L.A. Colors nail polish swatches:
L.A. Colors Color Craze Sparkling Rosé swatch
L.A. Colors Color Craze Sparkling Rosé
Shown in 3 coats, Sparkling Rosé is a chunky rose gold holographic glitter in a clear base. It’s true to its name - it’s a very sparkly and fun polish that looks like glittering rhinestones on the nail. Sparkling Rosé is extremely eye and light catching.
L.A. Colors Mermaid Magic Charms swatch
L.A. Colors Mermaid Magic Charms
Shown in 3 coats and from the Mermaid Magic Collection, Charms is a delicate lilac shimmer with silvery undertones. It’s a sheer shade for both spring and summer and in this beauty writer’s opinion, it’s one of the most beautiful purples we’ve swatched to date.
L.A. Colors Mermaid Magic Mermaid swatch
L.A. Colors Mermaid Magic Mermaid
Shown in 2 coats and from the Mermaid Magic Collection, Mermaid is a dark teal glitter that builds up nicely and really shines. It’s a pretty application experience watching this color intensify as you go from 1 to 2 coats.
L.A. Colors Color Craze Jewel Tone swatch
L.A. Colors Color Craze Jewel Tone
Shown in 3 coats, this is a dark purple, dark blue and pink sheer micro glitter in a clear base. It has a squishy, jelly look.
It’s a similar color scheme to Fancy Pants (below), yet it offers more coverage, the glitter is smaller and its leading color is a dark purple glitter; Fancy Pants has less coverage, much larger glitters and its leading color is dark blue glitter.
L.A. Colors Color Craze Fancy Pants swatch
L.A. Colors Color Craze Fancy Pants
Shown in 3 coats, this is a dark blue, purple and pink sheer, chunky glitter in a clear base. It looks like a pool party in a bottle and would pair well with a black base coat. It applies best when you dot the glitter pieces on where you want them and use the brush to push them into place.
Which of these shades do you think is the most attractive L.A. Colors nail polish?
They are each so uniquely pretty in their own right and for L.A. Colors, these five shades are just the tip of the iceberg.
All in all, L.A. Colors is a nail polish brand that offers gorgeous glitters, shimmers and special effect colors with impressive wear time, plus a nice brush all at a reasonable price.
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