*EDIT: Wow, this was such a quickie post that I forgot to put a title! ‘Scuze ME!
This is gonna be a quickie post (yea, how many times have I said that, and then rambled on and on 
) – I’m mega-exhausted and don’t have the brain capacity to write much of anything.
And so, I present to you, RBL‘s Poco a Poco from the L’Oiseau de Feu ($18CDN):
Very pretty medium mauve-pink with golden-hot pink shimmer throughout. It’s not as noticeable on the nail unless in direct sunlight (as witnessed in the photos below), as these ‘hidden shimmers’ tend to do lately. Nonetheless, I really like it!
This is actually in natural light but not direct sunlight, so while I find you can tell the polish isn’t just a cream, the fire-y pink shimmer is unfortunately absent. What results is the polish looking quite cool and the mauve tones are more present.
These last two photos were taken under light from a lamp, and you can see a bit more of the warmness in the polish due to the shimmer. The polish looks much more pink in this light.
I was surprized that I took to this polish, as I don’t own many shades like this and most variations of pink – unless extreme – don’t entice me at all. However, there was something so feminine about this polish, and the golden shimmer really grabbed my attention. The formulation wasn’t as nice as I would have liked – it was thicker and slightly goopy – but overall it wasn’t too much of a hassle to apply, and it leveled out itself out fairly well.
I’ve worn this shade on my toes for a full pedi (these photos were just for swatching purposes), and it looks equally as nice on toes. I hope to get a lot of wear out of this polish, there’s just something about it I love, application issues be damned.
Thoughts on this shade? If a polish has a less than stellar formula, do you steer clear or will a color win you over no matter what?
That’s all for now! Thanks for reading 
#1 by Eugenia on September 27, 2011 - 5:16 pm
I’m like you, Toya; usually, I tend to shy away from pale pinks, unless they have something that really sets them apart from the rest of the herd, and while I didn’t think this would wow me either, I was so pleasantly surprised by how much I actually liked it! For the record, I think it looks really pretty against your skin tone…now you have me wondering how it’ll look on me as a pedi – guess I’ll put in on the list!
#2 by Latoya on September 27, 2011 - 7:25 pm
Oh, definitely try it out! I can imagine this would look so pretty on your toes. I am definitely happy I picked this shade up!
#3 by Liz (Beauty Reductionista) on October 1, 2011 - 11:23 am
This shade looks particularly interesting this time around. I knew it was more than just pink but it’s much more evident in this post and I have to put a clamp on my curiosity for time being (I refuse to pay all that shipping/conversion for the RBL NPs). It looks gorgeous on you and glad you get to enjoy!
#4 by Latoya on October 1, 2011 - 7:12 pm
I have to say, I really do like it! I don’t know how I managed to skip out on shipping fees the first time around on ordering from RBL, I sure didn’t this time! The conversion is the same but the shipping still is restrictive, nonetheless