LeChat Perfect Match – Mermaid Treasures Collection Swatches

I’ve been drooling over the LeChat Perfect Match Mermaid Treasures collection since they posted a preview about it on their Facebook page.  I have only used a handful of LeChat gel polishes to-date, but I’ve been impressed with the quality of the ones that I have tried and I’m looking to expand my collection further after trying these ones.  I really love that the LeChat Perfect Match gel polishes come with a matching regular nail polish (RNP) since I only wear RNP on my toes.  I will definitely be using one of these colors for my next pedicure!

The Mermaid Treasures collection includes six sparkly jewel-toned colors.  The bottles say they are a “frost” finish, but I would call them more of a shimmer finish, though they do also have some frost qualities since you can see some brushstrokes if you’re not careful when polishing.  These polishes were very easy to apply in thin coats.  Each of my swatch photos shows three coats of color.  My experience with shrink-back was a bit mixed – some of them applied edge to edge without any shrink-back issues and others required some flash curing to keep them in place.  I found that giving them a good shake helped this issue though, so just be sure to shake them really well before applying.

I hope my photos do these polishes justice – the shimmery finishes are really pretty in person!

Royal Crystal is a shimmery purple.  The name is very suiting since it does look and feel very royal.

Majestic Wonders is a shimmery teal – one of my favorites of course.  I’ve been wearing this color for a couple of days and love it.  There is a bit of visible nail line with this polish and a couple of the others, but it’s not that noticeable.  The whites of my nails are very white, so it’s usually more obvious on my nails.

Heart of Gold is a golden shimmer.  This one has some holographic sparkle to it.  I took a blurry picture to show off the holo effects since you can’t really see it in the normal pictures.

Pearl Rose is a bright, shimmery red.  I’m not normally a fan of red polish, but this one is really quite stunning.  It’s also much brighter than most of the reds that I own.

Precious Coral is a shimmery coral as the name suggests.  I was really surprised by this polish.  I wasn’t sure I would like this, but this turned out to be one of my favorites of the collection… I may even like this one better than the teal shade (gasp!).  It’s such a warm, inviting color.

Sea Trinket is a lovely pink-ish peach shade.  This one is very soft and feminine and is great for spring and summer.

So what do you think?  Which ones are your favorites?  I love them all!