Review: Rescue Beauty Lounge Italian Summer Collection
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Hey Everyone!
I’m back again with more RBL swatches for you all! This time I’ll be showing you the Rescue Beauty Lounge Italian Summer collection. Ji is really pumping out the colors this season! This set of 7 shades was inspired by a trip to Italy that Ji and her husband took one summer.
Here’s a little trailer created by Ji to showcase the Italian Summer collection:
Meow Meow: During our nightly strolls you could smell the day’s catch on the shores,
and out of every corner, bright green eyes flash at you from the cats protecting their
food bank. This dark hunter green shows off a finely milled glitter. It’s almost like Burn
The Evidence but with a black glitter that casts shadows, the way a dark cat’s
fur might look in the moonlight.
Meow Meow had rather good coverage for being a thin glitter, this is 3 coats. I love the contrast of the black against the green!
Melanzane
Melanzane: I love eggplants. In the markets, in pastas, roasted, and I can stare at them
all day just looking at their lush colors. I always see the various tones of purples, vivid
green stems, and sometimes there is almost a hint of a bluish tint on their skins. This
glitter polish is just like that, you’re going to stare at your nails all day long— wait —
make that all week.
I love the color range in Melanzane! This is 3 coats as well.
Bicicletta
Bicicletta: In Sorrento, while strolling by the sea, I saw a precious, dark-haired little girl
in a bikini riding a bike with training wheels. The bike was pale pink and it sparkled and
twinkled in the sun, the matching streamers flying along with the girl’s confident
peddling. I was reminded of my own six-year-old self; this was the exact color I had
longed for instead of my own lime-green bike! This pale pink polish has micro glitters
that will make you think of sugar and summertime.
I was surprised by how much I liked Bicicletta. I’m not a big pink/pastel lover, but the flecks of charcoal mixed in with the silver and salmon shimmer in this shade are really gorgeous. I used 3 coats here, though you could get away with 2 coats for shorter nails.
Oliveto
Oliveto: Did you know that Italian men climb ladders to carefully handpick olives for
extra virgin olive oil? And that the olives that have the misfortune to be dropped on the
floor are destined to become just plain olive oil? The smell of olive groves was
something I want to smuggle back home. A wonderful multifaceted fading sun drenches
those dancing, rustling olive trees. Oliveto is the perfect olive green that reflects the
flash of rainbow and purple and periwinkle shimmers. It is a shimmery, yet less yellow
version of No More War.
Wow, Oliveto is GORGEOUS! The shimmer is to die for and this formula practically painted itself onto my nails. This is 2 coats, great coverage!
Gelato Al Cioccolato
Gelato Al Cioccolato: I promise I will stop my obsession with anything that has to do
with a taupe-brown goodness, but what can I say? When I tried the gelato from Venice
(and it had been about a decade since my last Chocolate Gelato—I know, not a huge
chocolate fan, and yes, I’m human) I was mesmerized by its taste and color. When I was
mixing this color, there were definitely times it looked good enough to eat.
This is a nice neutral medium brown creme shade. Great formula and I only needed 2 thin coats for full coverage.
Gondoliere
Gondoliere: Yes, I do adore those red and white stripe-shirted gondoliers floating
around the canals in Venice. Gondoliere is the most vibrant orange-based opaque glossy
red nail polish I’ve ever mixed. It’s so sexy, yet classic at the same time. This has more of
an orange base than Bangin, trust me, I tripped over myself endlessly
comparing the two. This color is hot, like dreamy, steamy summer nights.
Gondoliere is my kind of red! Super glossy even before I added top coat, and I just adore the orange undertones. Maybe I would say OVERtones because the orange in this shade isn’t shy. Me gusta. This is 3 thin coats, but you could get by with 2 coats for short nails.
Motorini
Motorini: If I ever learn how to drive a scooter, this would be the custom color I would
mix for mine. A moodier, darker sister of our famed and playful Aqua Lily,
this medium base of blue/aqua has a flash of surging fuchsia shimmer.
I was immediately reminded of Aqua Lily when I first saw Motorini! I did a quick comparison of the two and Motorini really is the darker sister to Aqua Lily, though the shimmer in Aqua Lily is more prominent than it is in Motorini. This is 3 coats for me, and again you could get by with 2 coats for shorties.
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Final Thoughts:
The formula for all 7 shades in the Rescue Beauty Lounge Italian Summer collection is perfection. Each polish was easy to apply and just glided across my nails. My top picks from this collection are definitely Bicicletta, Oliveto, Gondoliere and Melanzane.
Here’s some quick links to my fellow bloggers reviewing this collection:
Polish Police, Scrangie, Kellie Gonzo, Fashion Polish, Makeup Withdrawal, Manicurator, Peachy Polish, Warm Vanilla Sugar, and Refined & Polished!
Purchase Info:
Rescue Beauty Lounge nail polishes are exclusively available at www.rescuebeauty.com for $20 per bottle. The pre-order date is set for Monday, August 11th, so make sure you’re signed up for the newsletter email blast to take advantage of the Rescue Beauty Lounge Italian Summer collection pre-order! If you can’t do the pre-sale don’t worry, the date that this collection will be available for the public is still forthcoming.
Rescue Beauty Lounge nail polishes are created with resin and high molecular polymers to improve flexibility, durability, and high shine. They contain no harmful Toluene, Formaldehyde, DBP, and Formaldehyde Resin. They do not test on animals.
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