First up is Cover Girl Nail Slicks Mystic Peacock. I saw Mystic Peacock on Dana sometime last year an I fell in love! It is such a gorgeous polish. Mystic Peacock has a blackened teal base with teal shimmer throughout. SO GORGEOUS! I'm not sure how old this polish is but it's definitely from the 1990's. It has that watery, non-3-free formula that was a bit difficult to keep from flooding my cuticles. As a vintage polish lover, this is the kind of thing I expect and it didn't bother me at all. In fact, I think these watery formulas help the shimmer in polish shine through through the layers and add so much depth. Anyways, it took three coats to reach opacity.
So here's 3 coats of Cover Girl Mystic Peacock. Enjoy!
Next up is Cover Girl Mattalic Silver Violet. Silver Violet is a sueded matte silvery-purple polish. I absolutely LOVE this one. I'm not sure what year this came out but I'm guessing early-to-mid 00's. The finish reminds me of the OPI Suedes or the new Avon Suedes that recently came out. I believe this was the first brand to do something like that. In fact, Cover Girl was the very first brand to do crackle polishes back in the day. Believe it or not, Cover Girl was once at the forefront of the nail polish world. I don't even think they do nail polish anymore. Anyways, the formula was a bit tricky as most mattes can be. I had some bald spots and dragging so this took three coats to opacity. Overall, a really cool polish and I'm glad to have it in my stash!
Here's 3 coats of Cover Girl Silver Violet. Enjoy!
Thanks for stopping by today everyone! Don't forget to check out Dana's vintage Cover Girls over at Polished Claws Up! Have a fantastic Sunday!
Fantastic! I love the history of polish too! : ) Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love vintage nail polish my nan has so many! Gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteJazz x
Oh, wow, Mystic Peacock is especially gorgeous of the two!!
ReplyDeleteIt is kind of weird looking back at vintage polishes and realizing all these nail trends that we've fallen in love with over the past couple years were old news in the 90s! Crackle, flakies, holos, duochromes... SH and CG already did it, pftttt! Of course, bring more on! Haha! Love that Mystic Peacock shade!
ReplyDeleteI looooooooooove Mystic Peacock on you! Beautiful swatches, I need to get my hands on these Mattes!
ReplyDeletei love both of those polishes, but mystic peacock has to be one of my all time faves :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely love the finish of Silver Violet!
ReplyDeleteLOVE Mystic Peacock and you rocked this shade :)
ReplyDeleteVery interesting about cover girl, crackles!
ReplyDeleteCover Girl just got back into polish. The line is called Outlast. It's ok, but not as good as Nail Slicks. I loved them way back in the day! That Mystic Peacock polish is to die for gorgeous. I love colors like that. :)
ReplyDeletewow Mystic Peacock! :)
ReplyDeleteOoh these look beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love Mystic Peacock!!
ReplyDeleteoooh I love Mystic Peacock!! too bad it's vintage!!!
ReplyDeleteOh I love Mystic Peacock - such a perfect colour too! I'm imagining a renegade peacock skulking behind ferns and other trees with an assault action rifle - am I the only one. Yeah. I'll stop talking now... :p
ReplyDeleteI really like both of these! They are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOoh I'm in love with Mystic Peacock! It looks amazing on you, Jacqui! :)
ReplyDeleteI really like Mystic Peacock!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely loving Mystic Peacock!
ReplyDeleteI love these oldies. Just reminds me how much I missed back in the day :/
ReplyDeleteI love it! I used to love the NailSlicks. My favorite color for a few years was a frosty sandy nude called Sand Dollar. ANyhoo, these colors are gorgeous, and surprisingly (?) right on trend for now. Why am I so surprised there were matte polishes in the early 2000's?
ReplyDeletei usually prefer darker shades, but that silver violet is so awesome *.*
ReplyDeleteThat Silver Violet is amazing! Reminds me of winter!
ReplyDeleteoo both are lovely colors! :D
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