Flakie Friday! Revlon Moon Candy in Satellite

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Hello Lovelies! Happy Friday!!!! I wish I could say that it's a happy Friday here, but it's not. far from it. Yesterday we found out that my mother's Lung Cancer has already returned, and it's highly aggressive. They are concerned that it has probably spread to her lymph nodes, and are going to do a PET Scan and full brain scan to check for metastasis. She also has a lot of fluid in her lung, which they will be draining.  The original tumor that they found in December is dead, so these are new. I'm not in a good head space. I'm scared and worried about my mom. Right now I'm in disbelief, really having a hard time processing this. Thankfully I have all of you lovelies, and you've all been so kind over the past 24 hours. Thank you. You guys rock! I'm so glad that I have you all, and this blog is a wonderful distraction from reality.

So, let's get distracted!

Today is Flakie Friday and today's polish was a huge disappointment. I really dig the Revlon Moon candy line, and the polishes that I've worn from this collection have been a little troublesome in the application department, but nothing horrible. Enter "Satellite"....

Satellite is a deep Red that leans brown - almost the color of dried blood. The flakies are your usual Orange/Gold/Green flakies. I remember thinking this was beautiful when I swatched it on my nail wheels. Once I got it on the nail? I am disappoint, son.

Before I get into all the issues, let's take a peek. This is 2 coats of the base color and 2 thin coats of Flakies over NPB Glitter-A-Peel (review coming soon!), topped with NPB Glitter Food and HK Girl Top Coat. Pictured with my trusty Glitter-A-Peel bottle since the Moon Candy bottle leaked. Also, ignore my poor, aggravated cuticles. They always get a little puffy after cuticle remover, but  managed to add insult to injury while pulling weeds from my garden. We have weeds with huge thorns here, and I managed to poke my fingers in several places. They itch. It sucks.

Satellite looks pretty enough, right? Maybe so, but let's talk about Formula and Application.

Formula:
Satellite's formula was incredibly thick, gloppy, and impossible to use. Even with thinner, it was still a nightmare to apply.  Lot's of dragging and balding, impossible to control, and it would thicken up terribly after every few nails. I literally wanted to smack this polish. That bad. The Flakies weren't much better, needing a good dose of thinner as well.

Application:
Satellite was hard to control, and as I mentioned above, had issues with dragging and balding. The ultra thick formula made this impossible to control, making for a huge mess. I thinned and thinned, and it still was thick and goopy. The most annoying issue was that no matter how many times I went over a spot, the polish acted like it did not want to hold. It literally would thin out and thicken in some places, and be so thin you could see through it at others. The only way I can most accurately describe it  very much like when you apply Gel polish and don't get under the light fast enough.  The Flakies were easy to apply after some thinner, but they left me underwhelmed. They seem to be very sheer, and without a ton of them, they just look like big mylar blobs on the nail.

Yeah, I will not be wearing Satellite again. I don't like posting negative reviews, but I can't lie either. This polish is not good. I'm really hoping that it's a fluke and the rest of my Moon Candy's are more like the other 2 I've worn. And who know? Maybe I got a bad bottle. EIther way, I'm not pleased with it.

What do you think of Satellite? Have you had any issues with Moon Candy Polishes?

I think Susan took this week off, but you should check out her blog, The Subtle Shimmer, anyway!

Be sure to check back for some awesome pretties from Nail Pattern Boldness (including the brand new Glitter-A-Peel!), Wingdust, and one more BG Cosmetics Holo! I also have some awesome thermal polishes to share over the next few days.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber




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