A golden micro glitter polish that is extremely holographic. Soleil is the sister polish to Maleficent and Silver Springs! While all 3 polishes are beautiful, Soleil is my favorite and the only one I own from the trio.  In fact, I fell in love with this polish and found myself hitting the purchase button before I was halfway through reading the review from Imperfectly Painted.



     

     The application was pretty good for a glitter polish. I was able to get lots of glitter on the brush and it flowed smoothly. If you're one to apply thin coats you will need 3 or 4 to reach full opacity. The glitter likes to move around on the nail with thinner coats. But if you're like me and tend to do thicker layers you can get away with 2. 

     Please forgive the picture quality, I took it with my cell phone after being at a BBQ all day. And my flash may have gone off, but you get to see just how sparkly Soleil is this way. I get bonus points for that right.

     What do you think of Soleil? This might just be the first polish I've purchased that I want to get a backup for. I can see myself using this all the time as an accent nail, or for nail art. Also, did you notice I use bigger pictures in this post? I'd love to hear your thoughts on that too. Should I stick with this size or go back to my original size?

     Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!



     “The Looks Collection” comprises three keepsake tins inspired by One Direction’s globe-conquering albums, “Up All Night, “Take Me Home” and the latest chart-topper, ‘Midnight Memories.” Each tin comes complete with everything you need to show off your personality. Are you a rock n’ roll girl, a fun party girl or the girl next door? We have just the right collection for you and illustrations to help show you just how to get your perfect look. All your beauty essentials are housed in a LIMITED EDITION collectible keepsake tin with removable sleeve, complete with ONE DIRECTION doodle stencils to decorate your keepsake tin and make it uniquely your own!

     I decided to go with a simple but still pushing my comfort zone look. I'm not normally a blue eyeshadow type of girl and that lipstick was a bit bright for me personally.

     See what I mean about the lipstick. Very bright and could be fun for the right occasion. And I have a feeling it is perfect for the One Direction fan demographic or someone with the confidence to pull it off.

The eyeshadow applied nicely and blended really well. I like that fact that I wasn't left with bright blue eyeshadow that I may have shamelessly rocked back in the '80s. Think Mimi from the Drew Carey Show.









     And this make-up has staying power right down to that bright pink lip. I applied this look when I first woke and it was still going strong at dinner time lips and all.

    

     The nail polish that came in the kit is called Na Na Na and is a nice shimmery aqua that shifts to turquoise. The application was smooth but the polish is really sheer. I used 4 coats and you can still see some thinner patches.  I do love the color and will probably wear this again, but I'll be using undies for sure.

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      Overall I think the quality of this kit is right up there with the big name brands. It's not colors that I would normally choose for myself, but I do like the way adding the blue under my eyes make their blue color really pop. I would have missed out on that if  I hadn't been given this opportunity. My only real complaint is that the product is hard to remove from the packaging. I think it took me 2 minutes to get the mascara out and I seriously thought I was going to break a nail.

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     Show here with 2 coats plus top coat. The application was a surprise for me. The consistency was a little on the thin side, but not so thin that I had any issues. There was no pooling at my cuticles and I didn't have to fish around for glitters.



     Now for what I don't love. The formula. This applied like a streaky, splotchy mess. The polish was so thin it was like applying tinted water to my nails. Shown here is 3 troublesome coats plus top coat.  On the plus side, the brush was amazing and allowed me complete control. I was even able to avoid flooding my cuticles. Miss Piggy also dried really quickly to a semi-matte finish.

     I'm so sad over the formula because it really is a great color. I just don't think it's worth all the work to get it applied. Maybe it will work well for water marbling since it's so thin? You'd think it would spread nicely in the water. I'll have to give that a try and get back to you.

     Have you tried Bonita salon polishes before?  What was your experience? I'm not quite ready to give up on the brand completely, I've got a few more here to try out first. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!