Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Jane was released by indie polish maker Rescue Beauty Lounge as part of the Real Housewives of the Tudor Dynasty collection for fall 2010. Creator Ji describes it as a "pale gray pearl," but I've seen it described elsewhere as everything from an oyster griege to a putty grey to a bone to a pale taupe to a mushroom to a nude. It has a delicate wash of super fine shimmers in gold, pink and pale green, which you can see in the bottle. On the nail they are very discreet indeed, with only a hint of the gold shimmers coming through on close inspection, although they do add a subtle diaphanous pearly cast to the desaturated milkiness of the shade.

I am not pleased with the way my photos of Jane turned out. It pulled a pale khaki, near camel shade in them that I do not find pleasant with my complexion. In person, the grey is much more evident and the polish is overall more neutral, less tan. It's another Capezio character shoe color, creamy and sleek. I read a review on Makeup Alley where Jane was described as light colored chocolate milk color with grey as the base instead of brown, sort of a pale grey-toned cafe au lait. This is is how it appears to me in person.

Application was disappointing. Although the consistency is similar to other RBL cremes, fluid, thin and creamy, Jane did not have the same wonderful self-leveling properties for me and it was quite difficult to render even coats. Pigmentation is very good. I believe that someone with more finesse and a more even touch with the brush could achieve wearable opacity in two coats, but I used three and even then ended up with an uneven, streaky, lumpy appearance. Topcoat helped a great deal to even out most of my nails (as well as popping the golden shimmers), but for a couple I had to resort to trickery, applying an addition thin coat of Jane over the topcoat and then one more layer of topcoat. The polish seems to even up more as it dries, so possibly I could have rested at three coats for all of the nails and eventually been happy with how it turned out, but I didn't. So some nails have four coats. There is a lot of white in this polish and that may have contributed its uneven application, I don't know. All I can tell you is that it didn't apply well for me. But so it goes with some polishes! Cleanup was easy and straightforward. Jane dried naturally in good time to a finish that was smooth, if uneven, with a low shine that wants a good topcoat to look its best.

Photos show three to four coats of Jane over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Fuzzy was uncommonly harsh in her commentary on this polish. I guess pale, ambiguous nude-type colors are fine for walls but when it comes to nails, "why bother?"And then she said it looked like "elephant breath," whatever that means. Get a grip, Fuzz! Not every manicure is here to entertain you! Some are here to softly and demurely accessorize one's appearance.

Actually, Jane reminds me very much of Dr. Scholl's sandals in their "bone" shade. I had a pair of those, and they didn't do much for me either. But I saw some great looking Jane manicures while researching this polish. Here are my favorites: Rachel's from Stuff I Swatched, here; Christine's from Temptalia, here; Michelle's from All Lacquered Up, here.

love,
Liz