
For those who might not know, I sell Avon. It isn't the most lucrative endeavor, but I've come to amass a really great customer base, and well... I love make up so it fits (the discount isn't too bad either.) Having said all that, I'm not a huge fan of Avon's nail polish. Of course that doesn't stop me from getting the odd bottle or two, but I find it takes sooooo looooong (yes, that many 'o's are necessary.) Their polishes are big 3 free, and in the past few years they have really upped their game and put out some great shades. For spring- although they look more like summer shades- they have introduced four brights: Shocking Blue, Electric Green, Vivid Violet and Powerful Pink.
I don't wear a lot of purple polish and I found that Powerful Pink looked to close to others I have in my collection so I passed on it and the Vivid Purple. I have been really into blues and greens, so I had to go for Shocking Blue and Electric Green. The blue and purple shade of this collection are a unique finish, they aren't glittery, but thy have a micro shimmer and a hint of a duo chrome meets jelly thing going on. The green and pink are basic cremes.


Well, they sure didn't mess around when they named this guy. I applied it in bed, and once on I thought "Well, it's nice, but I just don't see what makes it shocking..." That was until I saw the next day in proper light. I love the colour, it's a bright cool blue with micro shimmer. The finish is almost like a jelly, but not quite. If that makes any sense...I thought that I would have a hell of a time with application because the first coat was so watery, it looked like I was trying to use watercolours to paint my nails with. Surprisingly the second coat brought it up to almost 100% opaque. In the photo shown I have three thin coats on. Drying time was better than my other Avon polishes, which is a major plus, but I still used a drying top coat to speed it up.


Unlike Shocking Blue this didn't live up to it's name. It isn't an electric green to me at all, but I do love the colour. I class this as more of a mature kelly green, or an acid green, which happens to be one of my favourite colours. Oddly enough, I didn't have a green like this in my collection. This is a basic creme, and applied quite similarly to Shocking Blue. The first coat was quite thin, but by the second coat it was almost perfect. I ended up with three thin coats.
Wear was better than I expected with these... Avon claims that they will last 10 days with normal touch ups. Huh? I had chips and tip wear by day three, which for me is pretty good. I usually have to touch up any nail polish by the second day. I am hard on my nails and have never gotten 10 days wear out of any nail polish.
Overall these are great shades and I am really happy with them, especially since they were $3.49 before my discount. If you get the Avon book, the new shades are available in campaign 6 at $3.49 as well.
Have you tried Avon's Nailwear Pro? What did you think?

gorgeoussss! i love all the colors although i have to admit, the pink and purple suit me more :p still, thanks for the swatches! they look great. just wished we could purchase avon in stores :( guess i'll have to put these on my list of avon stuff to get and wait for a good coupon code :p
ReplyDeletewow suprisingly the greeen is by far my favorite out of all the colors!! I will be on the lookout for a green like that now!
ReplyDeletejust a quick question i don't know anybody that sells avon but can you just order from the website or do you have to go through a salesperson? and if so how do i find one here in the US? thnaks so much.
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ReplyDeleteGo figure that you like the ones I didn't swatch! You can get Avon online, shipping in Canada is only $5, but they have promos when it is free quite often.
@mysweetie924
Hey! Thanks for reading! You can order online from the American site which is www.avon.com. You don't need to have a rep to order either. Hope that helps & happy shopping!
I was so disappointed with this product. Although the colour was great it took 3 coats to build and started to chip the same day I applied it. I generally really like Avon but not this range.
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