Lakmé Flaming Orange + Indian Nail Art

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Lakmé Fashion Week Summer Resort 2012 saw the launch of the latest from the house of Lakmé, the

Lakmé Absolute Fast & Fabulous collection

30 fashion forward nail colours that speed dry in 40 seconds and with a unique flat brush that glides effortlessly over the nails and gives an immaculate finish in one stroke!

I was sent a bunch of polishes by the company for review.

 I picked Flaming Orange first as I havent done an Orange mani in a long time..hmmmm

maybe never. Here's a swatch. (2 coats)

This shade: Flaming Orange is a really bright orange with creme finish, but stops short of going neon.

As per Lakmé: One coat of these polishes set dry in 40 secs..Me: True that!

Unique flat brush covers full nail in one stroke... Me: Not necessarily

One coat dries fairly fast and I was impressed by that. However it takes 2 coats for an even opaque base and I found that it takes a bit longer for the 2nd coat to dry..say avg 5 mins. But thats still much better compared to most other Indian NPs. And in a humid climate like Mumbai, it did well.

The brushes are much wider and thicker than the average Indian polishes and better compared to Lakmè other range and older polishes (more like OPI), but I still find the bristles rough and streaky. If you are not careful and generous with the 2nd coat, it can drag down your first coat.

It lasted 4 days on me with a bit of tip wear at the end of 4th day.

Lakmé launched 30 shades in total: but I've never seen any shop stock all 30 together. However I have seen most and they are mostly cremes and a few are micro shimmer polishes.

Price: Rs.199/- for 10 ml (was Rs.175/- up until recently) :-/

Lakmé has changed the design for this new range..the bottles look chunky with a boxy silver cap.

Now thats a fresh change compared the previous small square-round bottles they have.

For my mani I used:

 Base: Lakmé Flaming Orange

Stamping Colour: Konad white

Stamping Plate: M64, Accent: M71 + black rhinestone

The paisley stamp gives this mani such an indiany look. I need more of these stamps.

Have you tried this Fast and Fabulous range from Lakmè??

Do tell me how you like them? Anybody used the yellow yet?