L is for Lilac

The week's almost over and I still have the letter L to show you in our Alphabet Challenge! So today I have three polishes, all in L. Lilac, Lilacism and Lolly. Sounds like a beginning of a joke, doesn't it?
I first decided to use Zoya Lolly and Nabi Lilac Matte. I'm a total freak for the matte finish. I really love it, and these two looked like the perfect match.

Zoya Lolly was a bit hard to work with. It's formula was a bit too thick, the polish refused to even itself on the nail and the stroke lines are visible, no matter what I tried. But it is extremely pigmented and it has such a sweet medium-pink color. Almost neon-y but not quite. Two coats give complete opacity.
Nabi Lilac Matte is much easier to work with. It is opaque in one coat only and although matte, it has this beautiful shimmer that hides any brush strokes pretty well. However - do note that Nabi Lilac is extremely stainy! Make sure you put at least two coats of a good base under it!

A close up look at Nabi - Lilac Matte

Zoya - Lolly and Nabi - Lilac

Then I decided I wanted to add some stamping. My idea was to stamp on Lolly with Lilac and on Lilac with Lolly, but after several tries I realized that matte polishes are not really working as stampers. The polish dries too fast and I wasn't able to get the pattern onto my stamper on time. Also, for some reason the Nabi Lilac wouldn't accept any sort of stamp! Anything I tried just wouldn't stick. So I decided to replace the Nabi for Essi - Lilacism.

Essie Lilacism is a light lavender color. It applies real easy although it is not as pigmented as any of the other polishes. It needed 3 coats for full opacity, although if I was a bit more careful, I suppose I could get it right with only two. But Lilacism is a shiny polish and it did not look right next to Lolly, so after stamping I added a shiny top coat to them all.

Zoya - Lolly stamped with Essie - Lilacism, and Lilacism stamped with Zoya - Charisma.
Photo taken indoors in artificial lighting.

Zoya - Lolly stamped with Essie - Lilacism, and Lilacism stamped with Zoya - Charisma.
Photo taken in natural lighting and direct sun.

Over all I liked all three polishes. But I wonder if there is any way to stamp over a matte polish and have the stamp only - shiny.
So what do you think of this sweetness explosion? Is it too pink for you? LOL It actually is for me, but I didn't think of anything else for L. After all, L is for LOVE.