Showing posts with label Tip Toe (Old Navy). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tip Toe (Old Navy). Show all posts

Tip Toe (Old Navy) After Party & A Purple Snowman Polish

Above & Below: Top Toe After Party shown outdoors in partial sun (above) and shade (below). No flash was used.
Below: In full sun, the micro glitter becomes more noticeable.
Below: Close-up of the finish. You can see some blue in there along with the red.
Below: After Party topped with a coat of one of the Blue Cross Snowman polishes, shown in full sun and shade. These have some great glitter in them in various shapes and colors, and can be found at Rite-Aid for $1.99. The bottles are difficult to hold when taking pictures though!

After Party is a dark purple shimmer that isn't as interesting as I thought it might be. The micro glitter is most notably red, but only comes out in brighter lighting or sunshine. It's not a bad shade, but I'm sure I have others that are similar. The Tip Toe polishes have excellent coverage though, and they're only $3.50 at Old Navy. Some of the colors are unique, while others are clearly dupeable. If you scroll down, you can see several of the other polishes I've swatched from their line. I used 2 coats with After Party, and then decided to top it off with the Blue Cross Snowman polish in the red-based purple shade. These don't have color names, but they're cute as can be because of the bottle. I have tried them all by themselves, and they're really too sheer to use alone, unless you take the time to do multiple (3-4) coats. They make excellent top coats though, because the glitter is densely packed and it distributes itself very evenly on the nail.


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Tip Toe (Old Navy) Midnight with a Snowman Top Coat


Above & Below: Tip Toe Midnight shown outdoors under cloudy skies with no flash.

Above & Below: Midnight, shown indoors with a flash.


Above: Close-up of Midnight. It has a black base with various shades of blue shimmer/glitter.
Above & Below: One coat of Blue Cross Snowman polish over Tip Toe Midnight.
Below: Close-up of the glitter in the Snowman polish.
This morning I have another polish from the Tip Toe brand, this one is called Midnight. If you missed my previous swatches from this line, just scroll down and you'll find a couple more. I've still got 3 to go, but I haven't had the time to sit down and do them all at once. Midnight is a fabulous shade of deep Royal blue with non-descript colored shimmer. In the bottle, it looks to have a red iridescence to it, which had me believing it had micro red glitter. It doesn't have red glitter at all on the nail, but I'm completely satisfied with this shade. Like the others, it covered perfectly in 2 coats. I decided to try out one of my Blue Cross Snowman polishes from Rite-Aid over the top and it works perfectly as a multi-colored holographic-filled glitter top coat. The Snowman polishes come in a variety of shades and the 3 glitter ones I bought all just have the name as Snowman on the label. What do you think of these Tip Toe polishes so far? I am really quite impressed with the shades and the application.


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NOTN: Tip Toe (Old Navy) Cheers

Above & Below: Tip Toe Cheers is a bright cherry red creme that is shown outdoors in full sun. The coverage was great during the application, with no streaking. This is 2 coats.
Below: These pictures were also taken outdoors with no flash, and were taken in the shade. The finish is a very high gloss.


Below: Be warned if you have an aversion to short handles and stems! It still worked fine for me even though it's significantly smaller than the China Glaze one shown next to it. The brush itself is actually a bit wider and fuller.
My 'Nail of the Night' is another one from Old Navy's brand of polishes called Tip Toe. So far, I'm fairly impressed by these for a relatively ($3.50) inexpensive polish. If you missed my previous posts on this brand, scroll down and you can see a post on Gold Rush, and below that post, bottle pictures of the 6 shades I picked up. Cheers is a creme that looked to have a hint of fuchsia in the bottle, but once on the nail, it's actually a perfect shade of cherry red. I used 2 coats and the coverage was fantastic. It's not a shade that's anything unique, but I'm happy with it anyway.

I wanted to mention that the brush stem and cap/handle is very short on these, so if that bothers you, you'll want to pass on buying these. Surprisingly, the application was not hindered in any way. When I first saw it, I thought it may pose a problem, but it worked fine for me. The brush itself is somewhat wider than many other brands, and it splays out nicely, giving good coverage in just a couple of strokes.


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NOTD: Tip Toe (Old Navy) Gold Rush

Above & Below: Shown outdoors in full sun with no flash. Depending on the angle, it looks brown, gold, or an olive gold.
Below: Shown outdoors with no flash in partial shade.
Below: Again, in full sun. You can see that the shimmer/glitter has some purple, red and gold tones in it.
Below: I added a coat of Essie's Matte About You for a deeper antique gold with black finish.


Below: A close-up of the bottle shows that there is some purple in the formula around the sides.
Below: Glitter detail close-up.
Yesterday I showed you bottle pictures of the Tip Toe brand polishes I picked up at Old Navy, and today I have Gold Rush, which was my favorite in the bottle form. I'm not disappointed now that I have it on, and it makes me excited to try out the others. I used 2 coats and touched up a few bald patches after the first coat. It dried quickly and I was happy and surprised to see how well it covered the nail. This is an interesting shade...it looks like an olive gold shade in the bottle, and you can actually see some purple around the edges of the bottle. During application , I noticed that it has a charcoal base, and I also noticed that it not only has very small gold glitter, but also additional glitter shades. I applied Essie's Matte About You, which gives it a deep burnished gold look with a black base. These retail for $3.50 and can be found in a canister at the check-out lane in Old Navy.


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Tip Toe Polishes from Old Navy

Above & Below: L-R-Midnight, Memory, After Party, Pop, Gold Rush, Cheers. The bottles are sealed in plastic in the photos, so their color is slightly muted from that.

Above & Below: Close ups of Gold Rush (above) and Memory (below).
I stopped at Old Navy today and picked up some of their Tip Toe brand polishes for $3.50 each. I'll be trying them out later this week, and not surprisingly, Gold Rush (olive gold) caught my eye immediately. They're located in a canister at the check-out lane and they're all sealed with plastic, which I like. They're still sealed in the pictures, so if you see any odd reflection, that's why. There were probably another 6 or so shades that I didn't get, including a black creme, a red shimmer, and a frosty pink. The size of the bottle, which is square...another plus for me, is 4.5 fl. oz., so they're just a bit smaller than a traditional bottle. Here's a quick description of my shades:

Cheers-a red creme with a hint of fuchsia

Gold Rush-an olive gold shimmer with tiny gold and olive glitter

Pop-a tangerine orange shimmer with micro gold glitter

After Party-a purple shimmer with tiny red and blue glitter

Memory-an eggplant purple creme with slight brown undertones

Midnight-a deep royal blue shimmer with tiny red and purple glitter


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Various Swatches: Tip Toe (Old Navy), Misa, Sally Hansen

I'm fighting the war with all of my untried's and losing! I swatched these yesterday and then came home to the two new Jessica collections I posted last night, so I didn't really make any progress, did I? Oh well, there are far worse problems to be had.
Above & Below: Old Navy carries a line of polishes called Tip Toe, and for about $3.00 each, they're great polishes. I picked these up last year and have posted several other shades previously here. The top photo is Memory, a stunningly rich shade of a purple based burgundy with a jelly finish. This creme covered perfectly in 2 coats. The photo below is Pop, and although I had to use 3 coats, it's a great Summertime shade of juicy orange shimmer.
Below: Misa Sorry Just Can't Help It is from their Fall 2009 collection, I'm only Human. This is a medium purple creme that surprisingly, photographed true to color. I used 2 coats and had perfect coverage.
Below: I'm Going To Love Myself, also from the I'm Only Human collection, is another two-coater with perfect coverage. This is a nice shade of fuchsia, but nothing terribly unique.
Below: Forgive, Forget, For Me I Will--you guessed it, also from the I'm Only Human collection--is a persimmon red creme. I adore Misa's formula, but I wish they would come out with some unique shades as they have in the past.
Below: Sally Hansen Iced Coffee, not to be confused with an older Sally Hansen called Ice (singular) Coffee, is from their latest collection, although it might be overlooked by the hype of Hidden Treasure! It applied nicely in 2 coats and is a fantastic neutral shade.
Below: Sally Hansen Vivid is a deep wine shimmer that seems to glow from within. The formula on this was very thin, but it still covered exceptionally well in 2 coats.



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