Old bottles of polish: Guerlain N°3 Brun

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Guerlain N°3 Brun is one of my oldest bottles of nail polish. You might remember it from my vintage collection post. This is a dark brown creme polish with a subtle shimmer. You can see it on the photos that are taken in the sun. I hadn't used it for years, and the bottle seemed empty. But after adding thinner, the polish behaved like a one coater. So I added more, and then I noticed the shimmer! :-) I'm wearing 2 coats+ Seche Vite. The photos of the thumb were taken before top coat. Look how shiny it is! I don't know if this polish is a teenager or a young adult. Please let me know if you remember/ know.


I'll start with swatches, and then you can take a closer look at the bottle. (I'm sorry about my nail shape. It's because three nails on this hand are broken.)

Now I never wear brown polish. But a long time ago I used brown a lot. And it felt very strange when I was going to paint my nails, but now I like it again.

The bottle:

There's no text on the other side.

Sadly Guerlain is on the list of brands that are tested on animals, so I don't recommend buying from them. I just wanted to show you my vintage nail polish. And I wanted to show it before you see the nail art I made for the GOT Polish Challenge.


What do you think about this polish? Do you like brown nail polish or do you hate it?


♥ If you know anything about Guerlain N°3 Brun, please let me know! ♥


Lani

Vintage- Polish Days March- Old bottles of polish

My vintage nail polish collection

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This months Polish Days theme is VINTAGE, so here it is, the old part of my nail polish collection! :-) I'll show you the bottles of course, but I also picked 20 of them to show on a nail wheel. I haven't felt comfortable showing the collection until now, because sadly, I found out that most of these polishes are tested on animals. And most of the few brands that didn't test on animals then, started doing it. But with today's Polish Days theme, and now that the EU has stopped to test cosmetics on animals this week, I felt that I had an excuse to do it. Also, few of these bottles are still for sale.

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As usual, you'll find thumbnails with links to all the other participants at the end of the post.

Old bottles of polish: Helena Rubinstein 262 Lemon Heat

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(If the photos are too far to the right, please use Google Chrome!)

Helena Rubinstein #262 Lemon Heat, 2 coats

Today I decided to show you one of my old nail polish bottles. It was bought before I found out that Helena Rubinstein test on animals. It is difficult for me to post about products that are tested on animals because I don't want to make people buy it, and I don't want to support brands that are harming animals. But the reason why I made this exception, is that this is a nail polish that I don't think is for sale any more. Please tell me in the comments what you think. Is it OK to show you nail polish that is tested on animals when it's vintage?

Helena Rubinstein #262 Lemon Heat, 2 coats

Helena Rubinstein #262 "Lemon Heat" is a deep yellow frost. I love the color, but it doesn't look good with my skin tone. I'm not sure when this bottle was bought, but it's a long time ago. I tried to check if this polish is still available, but could only find some of the round ones, none of these square bottles.

Helena Rubinstein #262 Lemon Heat, 3 coats

I  tried it on again today (after many many years), because I have very few yellow nail polishes, and need a yellow to make my "Festival Of Lights" mani for the Winter Holiday Challenge. And now I appreciate the color much more. It is such a unique color. Nearly orange. But I still think it would look better on someone with a darker or black skin tone.

The formula was flawless. No need for thinner, and nearly no clean up, although I often got too much polish on the nail. I just removed the excess around the nail right away. And I had to concentrate to make the brushstrokes straight, as with all frosts. The only change was that the cap separated from the brush.

Helena Rubinstein #262 Lemon Heat

I had some problems with lighting, so I had to use the photos that were taken before top coat. I have written under each photo how many coats that were used; 2 or 3 coats. In real life I can still see a little visual nail line, but it doesn't show in all angles.

Helena Rubinstein #262 Lemon Heat, 3 coats

I have more vintage bottles, but many of the brands are on the animal organisations' lists of brands that do test their products on animals. And sadly I have not found the rest of the bottles on any lists, so I don't know if they are tested or not. Do you still want me to show them? I know a few of my readers are very interested in vintage nail polish, and that many of you are concerned about animal testing.

Lani

Old bottles of polish: Clarins #201 Acajou Mahogany

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Clarins 201 Acajou Mahogany

Today I want to show you one of my old nail polishes: Clarins #201 Acajou Mahogany. I hope it didn't stand on a shelf next to #230...