When I found these polishes I had no idea they were from a limited textured polish line! There was no signage at the display, no markings on the bottle to tell me as much. I was drawn in as the store I was at had all L’Oreal polishes on sale for about 50% off, maybe I was blinded by that! I grabbed this one, L’Oreal Too Dimensional, and another, L’Oreal Rough Around The Edges which will be watched and reviewed another day, on the merit of looking cool and interesting in the bottles alone. As luck would have it I got something far more interesing than I anticipated!
L’Oreal Too Dimensional 136, I discovered, is from their Colour Riche Gold Dust 3D Texture nail colour line. This is my first of any of these types although they have been around for a while. Too Dimensional is a medium denim like blue base full – really loaded – with gold micro glitter and medium hexagonal glitter. It dries quickly to a slightly rough to touch (but not enough to, say, snag your pantyhose) somewhat matte yet glittery finish. I don’t have anything like this and liked the effect right away! You aren’t supposed to use a top coat with these so that you get the full intended effect, but I’m sure it would look just as nice shiny! I couldn’t bring myself to add a top coat for pictures today, I was really enjoying the matte, roughish edgy texture too much. Perhaps I will make them shiny for a future NOTD.
This shade needs 2 coats for it’s full effect, however if you are having some kind of “I need sparkly blue nails absolutely RIGHT NOW!” emergency, you can get away with one coat and be out the door in seconds as it does seem to dry very quickly. This could just be the rough texture fooling me though! Here it is at one coat, looking a little more lavender.
And here it is with two coats in the sun. It looks a bit brighter blue in the photos, in person it is a slightly more muted greyer blue.
Here’s an unfocused photo so you can see more of that amazing golden glitter!
And some with bottle photos indoors. That gold glitter is amazing! I really like this one, so glad I found it, even if by accident!
Have a great week!
katezilla 
super nice!
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So pretty!
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Thank you kindly ladies! I like it too! Can’t wait to try the black/silver one!
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Hi there! I just nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger award! I love your blog! Here’s a link to the details: http://trymepretty.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/me-nominated-for-the-very-inspiring-blogger-award-yahoo/
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O.O Oh wow. I’m quite new to blogging so this is a huge surprise! It’s a little overwhelming! 🙂 OK I will check out and follow through on the details asap! Thank you TryMePretty!
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I’m quite new to the beauty blogging scene too, so when I was nominated I was equally surprised! But how flattering! 🙂 I really do like reading your posts! Keep up the great work 🙂
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That looks sooo pretty 🙂
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Thanks, I really like it! This one and the black version are undoubtedly my new favourites, I still have it on my post I did the other day and I never leave them on that long!
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Well it does look fab on you 🙂 That’s how you know you really love a polish! I wore Catrice Berry Potter and Plumbledore for a WEEK 🙂
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I just looked that up as I had never heard of the shade! And wow, gorgeous, a violet with blue shimmer duochrome! It immediately reminded me one I have, Rimmel Violet Metal, which I would say is slightly deeper purple with somewhat more subtle blue shimmer. I sense a NOTD post coming up now thanks for the inspiration!
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That’s so cool! You’re very welcome! Would you believe I’ve had that Rimmel on my wish list for ages! I love anything with a blue flash. I can’t wait to see it on you 🙂
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