Imagination In Colour UK Nail Polish Blog
Another £5 off No.7 purchase! Damson Dream, aptly named for once, is a very rich purple colour with pink shimmer. In the bottle this appears to have an orange shimmer laced in but this wasn’t present on the nail. It really does look damson-esque though, that lovely deep purple colour. These colours always used to be my favourite, I had a similar one named Aubergine by M&S; a few years back but it dried out 🙁
This is opaque-ish in 2 coats but what you are seeing is 3, I did a third for good measure. It’s a funny formula really, I found it getting quite gloopy as I applied it, and it dragged a little in some places. Dry time was good for the first coat, but after that it was a little “Barry M-ish” in that it dented easily and didn’t fully dry for a long while. I only wore this for a day (admittedly without topcoat) but already you can see the tipwear, particularly on my thumbnail. I am forced to dispute the “Stay Perfect” labelling!
I would’t say this was a unique colour and while it is beautiful, I would not pay full price for it as I just don’t feel it deserves to be £7 (I paid £2). When I buy any polish over £5 I at least expect it to have a reasonably good formulation, since all the cheaper brands do! Sad day for No.7 🙁 Oh well there are more No.7 polishes to come!
And since the £5-off vouchers are coming back (again!) I still may end up buying more – I have my eye on Pink Grapefruit.
Emma xxx
Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.
