Le Metier de Beaute Silk Road Nail Lacquer Review, Photos, Swatches
Le Metier de Beaute Silk Road Nail Lacquer
Quick Review: Le Metier de Beaute Silk Road Nail Lacquer
Le Metier de Beaute Silk Road Nail Lacquer ($10.00 for 0.14 fl. oz.) is described as a “metallic, bronzed copper.” It’s a rich, darkened copper with coppery-orange shimmer and a metallic finish. When I quickly looked for a good dupe, I came up empty-handed, because the majority of copper shades I’ve reviewed in the past are brighter, less brown-based.
Silk Road is fully opaque after two coats, and the consistency was naturally thin but not watery. Â This one had threads of metallic shimmer that ran through it, which look a bit like brush strokes under brighter light (like flash), but they’re very subtle and barely-there. Â For a metallic finish? particularly minimal visible brush strokes. Â Le Metier de Beaute, generally, has a lovely formula and interesting shades. Â Now, they have full-sized bottles, but in the past, they released small bottles. Â These smaller bottles can make for a more challenging application if you have longer fingers or larger hands, since the caps are so small. Â It contains just over a fourth of a full-sized polish (average size of full-sized polish is 0.50 fl. oz.) but is priced at $10, which is more palatable than say Dior or Chanel’s $20+ price tags (and you get around 0.34 to 0.40 fl. oz. with those). Â I typically get a week of wear out of the brand’s formula with no chipping and very minor tip wear.
** A Note on Quick Reviews: In an effort to be more on-the-ball for 2013, I’m digging through my photo folders and getting as much posted as I can. These are not full-length, in-depth reviews, and instead, I’m writing brief reviews. For dupes, I highly suggest checking out The Swatch Gallery; it’s my first stop whenever I am looking for possible dupes. All of the swatches in this post are automatically added to the gallery, so you can compare them for yourself.
Silk Road
LELimited Edition. $10.00.
Le Metier de Beaute Silk Road Nail Lacquer
Le Metier de Beaute Silk Road Nail Lacquer
Le Metier de Beaute Silk Road Nail Lacquer
Le Metier de Beaute Silk Road Nail Lacquer
Le Metier de Beaute Silk Road Nail Lacquer
Le Metier de Beaute Silk Road Nail Lacquer
These all look nice but $10 is a lot for such a teeny weeny bottle. I really like that this is a browner version of copper though!
Am I seeing things, or do all of these look like they say 1.4 oz on the bottom of the bottle? Either Le Metier de Beaute made a typo or I’m losing it…
Yeah, they say 1.4 oz. – and then they say 4ml – and when I did the conversion, that really gets to 0.1399 fl. oz. or something like that.
I really wish these were bigger. I can’t see myself buying a nail polish that will run out so quickly.
Maybe it was just wishful thinking on the part of the person who typed out the labels! hahahaha
Looks a lot like China Glaze’s Harvest Moon!
I actually like the idea of buying a small bottle, I’ve never finished a bottle of polish in my life. Bottles do last a very long time though, as long as you keep air out of the bottle.