Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The light plays tricks on my... polish? Rescue Beauty Lounge Grunge

On an impulse awhile back, I picked up Rescue Beauty Lounge Grunge for an atypical $15 at BeautySak. It looked like a light taupe (a "faded, mushroomy" color) in everyone's photos. It applied beautifully... but it looks... pink on my nails. Usually, I chalk up photo discrepancies to issues with lighting and photography but my photo captures pretty well what it looks like IRL on me.

P.S. Please ignore the blue glitter that's ALL OVER my fingers. :D

Rescue Beauty Lounge Grunge
It's not just me, is it? Doesn't it look pink? a greyed-out pink but still pink...

Closeup of Grunge
...with silver shimmer!

I ended up emailing Ji Baek to ask whether I got a strange or mislabeled bottle of Grunge or if maybe the yellow undertones in my skin were making what usually looks taupe-ish on people with pink undertones look pink on me. She just confirmed that that was Grunge. Okay then.