Summer Peach, Butter, L’Esprit, Malibu Green

American Apparel’s Summer Lacquers

Well, four of the five, at least! The lighter shades suffer from some of the same issues that the original shades did–a little streaky at first and need three coats to get a smooth, even look. The other new shade is California Trooper. Each shade retails for $6.

• Summer Peach is a soft, almost washed out peach. It doesn’t have any pink tones to it–definitely subtle orange tones, but it’s a very, very pale peach. While I found one coat was insanely pigmented, I still ended up with three to smooth everything out, since it was a little on the streaky side.
• Butter is exactly the color of butter. It is a soft, buttered yellow cream. Two coats here – it was easier to work with than Summer Peach.
• L’Esprit is pastel lavender cream. Like the other shades in AA’s line-up, it’s quite pigmented in just one coat, but I found two coats were needed to give it a smoother, more even finish.
• Malibu Green is a deep green-teal cream. This is such a beautiful shade, but it stains like no other. My nails were stained, and I had only worn this for less than a half hour. Just the residue on the cotton round I used for removal stained my other fingers a bit, too. I looked like I killed the Swamp Thing.

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• Product: 26/30
• Value: 8/10
• Ease of Use: 4/5
• Packaging: 4/5

Recommendation: These didn’t quite apply as smoothly or easily as American Apparel’s original debut, and I really wish Malibu Green didn’t stain so much–it’s truly an incredible color! I’m not completely sold on any of these shades.

Availability:  American Apparel

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Summer Peach, Butter, L’Esprit, Malibu Green

Summer Peach, Butter, L’Esprit, Malibu Green

American Apparel Summer Peach Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel Summer Peach Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel Summer Peach Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel Summer Peach Nail Lacquer (Flash)

American Apparel Butter Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel Butter Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel Butter Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel Butter Nail Lacquer (Flash)

American Apparel L’Esprit Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel L’Esprit Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel L’Esprit Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel L’Esprit Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel Malibu Green Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel Malibu Green Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel Malibu Green Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

American Apparel Malibu Green Nail Lacquer (Flash)

American Apparel Malibu Green Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)