Catrice nail polish in Apropos Apricot [review w/ swatches] !!

HELLO GUYS!!

I have a nail swatch and review today :D

I have been trying to get access to Catrice for a while,

I checked on ebay but products are somewhat too expensive 

when compared to the retail price. 

FINALLY. I got around to some Catrice nail polishes since, 

I believe, the same person behind Essence cosmetics is getting the Catrice products slowly in Malta.

As far as I know, 

only nail polishes are currently available, 

and because I know some people will ask, 

I got these from the Health Shop at University Canteen, 

but I contacted Essence's customer care and they told me 

that Tony's Pharmacy in Gzira has a wider range of products :)

As far as Catrice's nail polishes go, 

they do not have the same consistency. 

I only have two but they are different..

I have Apropos Apricot and 

Meet me at Coral Island.

Apropos Apricot had a sticker with "2x coats" written on it, 

so I guess that should have told me it's not opaque as Meet me at Coral Island. 

Anyway. 

This needed 3 coats for maximum colour payoff. 

Which is a sort of bummer to be honest..

I don't like putting on a lot of layers, 

I'm way to impatient for 3 coats to fully dry.


 

As I was applying it I was chatting with Nina from Nina's Bargain Beauty Blog

She loves Catrice so I was very eager to try it out.

But at first I was rather disappointed. 

I applied it at nightime, 

and it made my fingers look dead. 

I applied ELF's matte nail top coat on and it seemed to look better. 

Then, I woke up in the morning and fell in love with the nail colour. 

Literally. 

It's such a gorgeous peachy nude shade.. I LOVE it. 

It has very light silver sheen in the packaging but it doesn't transfer

I also wore it another time with no matte top coat. 

And I STILL loved it.

 

It dries to a shiny finish, and I applied the Seche Vite top coat on it 

so that I won't mess it up. 

Having said that, 

my Seche Vite top coat is getting all goopy in texture, 

such a shame. 

Anyway here's the swatch:

 

I used ELF's matte nail polish top coat on top of it. 

I'm glad I got to try it out, 

but I will not repurchase, 

because I'm such an impatient human being 

and I hate waiting for the nail polish to dry in between coats 

when Essence's nail polishes need a maximum of 2 coats. 

Sometimes even just one. 

For your reference it costs €2.79.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for my second review on Catrice nail polishes :)

Dyna 

xxx

FTC DISCLAIMER: I am not paid to do this post. I bought the product myself for my personal use unless otherwise stated and I am not affiliated with any company. Everything I said in this review is my genuine honest opinion :)