Depend #297
Depend’s polishes nearly never have colour names, just numbers, so here’s the aptly(? How could you tell?!) named #297, a matte pink creme, from the summer 2012 collection.
I pretty much hate shimmery pinks with a passion. Some glitter I can stomach, depending on the sort, but shimmer is never okay in my book. I feel like that makes things too princess-y, too little girl-y and too grandmother-y — all at once!
So, that being said, I’ve been on the hunt for a perfect pink for a while now. It needs to be pink (duh!), but not shimmery, and preferably a creme or a jelly, that covers well in max three coats and lasts for a while before chipping. Not, exactly, an easy task to find the perfect one, then. You’d think it would be, since there is a veritable sea of pinks out there, but apparently that just means there are more imperfections to wade through to find The One.
This is not it, unfortunately (The One, I mean). It’s not bad, though. It’s a pink non-shimmer creme that covers in two coats and dries matte. Awesome, thus far. Too bad it’s not the shade of pink I’m after. =( Also, to be honest, I prefer my matte shades to become matte by use of a top coat, rather than being that way from the beginning. Yay! for versatility and all that.
All in all, though my hunt goes on, this is something I will definitely be wearing from time to time. Application was a breeze and it’s not a bad shade, so thumbs up!