Review: Revlon Colorstay Vintage Rose

Hey Everyone!

I recently bought another Revlon Colorstay nail polish called "Vintage Rose". This is my second Colorstay nail polish and fourth Revlon polish (that isn't a top coat or base coat). My experience with Revlon polishes before the Colorstay line was "okay". Usually the application of the polish depended on the color I used (light colors being the hardest to apply as usual). The other Colorstay polish I have is "Bare Bones". I won't go too into detail about Bare Bones since I will do a post on it eventually. For now I'll just say that Bare Bones was the polish that convinced me to keep buying from the Colorstay line.

The Revlon Colorstay nail polish line has over 20 colors. Definitely a variety of colors to choose from. The majority of the polishes are creme finishes and a couple contain micro glitter. There was also two foils (a copper and a silver) and one jelly glitter polish (a dark green with green glitter). I bought my first Colorstay polish back in June... and between June to present I have visited the that section of polish  at least 50 times... Yes, I have been obsessed with these polishes. Theres only 2 problems that I have...
1. Although theres over 20 colors... I already have polishes that are similar shades. Most of the shades that Revlon came out with are definitely not what I would consider as "unique". However, I do have high hopes that more "unique" looking shades will be appear over time.

Other than Bare Bones, the only other shade that seemed interesting to me and I didn't have anything else like it in my collection was Vintage Rose. Vintage Rose is such a complicated color to describe. The words that come to mind are: reddish brown, deep rosy, berry-ish/mauve-ish.

Seche Vite Crystal Base Coat
2 Coats of Vintage Rose
Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
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The application was so smooth and easy to work with. I made very little mistakes. Each coat applied very evenly - no streaks or patches.

This polish as one of the best formulas - not too thin, not too thick. Opaque with a slight visible nail line in 1 coat, completely opaque in two coats. 

Two things that I just love about this polish are: the long brush handle and the brush.

The long brush handle made applying the nail polish very comfortable. I dislike short handle brushes because its a lot harder to hold and if you are like me and you apply nail polish to both hands (one after the other) then its easy to smudge the polish on the hand that is applying the polish to the second hand...  did that make sense? Basically, I've had problems with smudging the polish that is drying on my right hand while I'm trying to paint the nails on my left hand. 

The brush is VERY different from usual nail polishes. It has a "double brush" meaning the brush is composed of 2 brushes side by side. If you don't really understand what I'm talking about then google the Revlon Colorstay Top Coat and you'll see. The bristles is a good balance of being flexible and stiff - flexible enough to fan out evenly over the nail, but not so flexible as to be flimsy.

The nail polish dried within a reasonable time; it was super glossy, and very smooth. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture to show the polish without a top coat since I forgot to charge my battery and I already applied a top coat last night but took the pictures this morning... So, take my word for it... it was glossy! I actually don't think the top coat made the polish any shinier than it already was!

As for the wear... This is only my second day wearing the polish (and I do have a top coat protecting it) there are no chips... but I can't say that it was due to the awesomeness of the Colorstay formula. I honestly have no intentions (as of right now) to do a test to see how long this polish will wear since I like changing my polishes pretty frequently. 

Overall, I love this polish and I don't have any major gripes about it other than it's price. The price of the Colorstay polish line ranges from $7-8 which is around the same price as Essie, Zoya, OPI, and China Glaze polishes. The Colorstay polish is only 0.4 fl oz, making it 0.1 fl oz smaller than most polishes. Both times that I purchased Colorstay polishes, the polishes were on sale. I bought Vintage Rose when all Revlon polishes were being sold for $4.99 at Walgreens... I also had a $2 off coupon for any Colorstay product and got back $3 in Register Rewards! Although I love the formula and the brush of these polishes, I would not purchase them at regular price since I could buy other brands for the same amount of money. Well, I'd make an exception if theres a polish "special" enough.