Modestly Flashy - Nyx Advanced Salon Formula Forever Young

Saturday is Extra-Swatchurday! ;)

This is the second set of swatches from the three NYX Advanced Salon Formula polishes I purchased recently. We've already posted a few bottle pics and swatches as well as the potential Zoya dupes Be Jeweled and Enchanted Forest but here are swatches and my review of Forever Young.

[In the bottle: NYX Advanced Salon Formula Forever Young]

Forever Young is a dusty salmon pink jelly with irregularly-shaped and -sized gold flakies. The density of the flakies is pretty decent and fairly evenly dispersed throughout the bottle.

[One coat: NYX Advanced Salon Formula Forever Young]

 One coat shows the jelly finish. It levels out quite well with the flakies lying flat and actually looks pretty good at one coat! I usually don't like sheer-ish polishes as much but I quite liked this.

[Two coats: NYX Advanced Salon Formula Forever Young]

At two coats the colour deepens and you get added dimension from the placement of the flakies at different levels in the polish layers. There was no problem getting the flakies to disperse over the whole surface of the nail either which is a major plus.

[Two coats, indirect sunlight: NYX Advanced Salon Formula Forever Young]

 You could still see a bit of nail line at two coats (as in the previous photo) but it depends on the lighting. Here, the colour looks deeper and the nail line less visible in indirect lighting.

[Three coats, closeup: NYX Advanced Salon Formula Forever Young]

Three coats of polish, the colour deepens slightly but not too much. This pic was taken in the near dark so pardon the crappy lighting. Click to check out the flakies in the closeup!

My thoughts? It's a very pretty polish - I love it when I take a chance on a polish I normally wouldn't get and it works out! I also like that you can decide how much colour you want on, from sheer to opaque. In conclusion, a very versatile shade - the dusty salmon is more unique than your everyday pink, still very worksafe, yet with some added flashiness to it!