Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Max Factor Fantasy Fire and Moon Dust Max Colour Effect Minis


I recently spotted this little purply-blue-red duochrome polish in Boots that I thought was kind of sweet. You probably won't have heard of it. It's called Fantasy Fire. (OK, I'm kidding - if you haven't picked up the insane hype over this polish you're probably in a very tiny minority indeed.)

What to say? Well, I don't own the Clarins polish this is allegedly a dupe for, so I can't say whether it's a true dupe or not, but I can tell you that it's very very sheer. This is about 5 coats and it still gave out a distinct "jelly" vibe once dried. So given its scarcity and how small the 5ml bottle is, this may be best layered over a blue creme of a similar hue. (Try Boujois So Laque in Bleu Violet 31 or Boots No 7 Stay Perfect in Violetta.)



In terms of colour shift, the duochrome particles in this travel from teal blue through to warm red via a coppery gold sort of colour. I've tried to capture both above.


At the same time as chancing on and seizing picking up Fantasy Fire, I also bought Moon Dust, which is a greyish purple shimmer with a more subtle duochome thing going on. It's got a shimmer that's made up of small metallic particles, rather than being that pure metallic-type finish that's prone to brushstroke marks. I really like this one too. It's less "wow" than Fantasy Fire, but it's got a sort of glowing multi-hued appeal.


The wear on both of these was really good, with around 5 days wear before chipping. You can find Max Factor Max Colour Effects Mini nail polishes at most branches of Boots and Superdrug, costing £3.99 each.

Have you tried Fantasy Fire or any of its fellow polishes? Do you think it's overhyped, or is your curiosity piqued?

EDIT: Reader Liseyduck has pointed out that Maxfactor is part of P&G, an organisation who conduct animal testing. More here at uncaged.co.uk

Here is P&G's statement on their use of animal testing

4 comments:

  1. Moon Dust looks lovely! I can't recall the name of the blue I've got from this range but there are some awesome shades that are getting overlooked due to FF!

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  2. Are you still in principle doing the animal testing disclosure? Because Max Factor are owned by Procter and Gamble, one of the worse offenders...

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    1. Thanks LiseyDuck - do you have any further info I can link to from the post?

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  3. Here's the page from Uncaged, a UK group - one I tend to trust since I have known many of the people involved, also iirc several of them have backgrounds in science: http://www.uncaged.co.uk/pg.htm

    P&G's own page on the subject: http://www.pg.com/en_US/sustainability/point_of_view/animal_welfare.shtml I will be truly thrilled if they mean this: "We are committed to continuing our leadership in developing non-animal alternatives, and our goal is to ultimately eliminate all animal research." However I am not holding my breath...

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