SquareHue Decades Collection 06.15 1950s is cool!

I love this month’s installment from the monthly subscription service, SquareHue! Bright, happy and vibrant high gloss cremes take us down memory lane to the 1950s. It was such a happy time with many firsts of the century. Disneyland opened in 1955, Elvis was king, and Alaska joined the USA in 1959. The post war boom brought about many new technologies. What a great time! But enough of the history lesson, let’s take a look at these babies!

SquareHue Decades Collection for 06.15 is 1950s. Brilliant selection of high gloss cremes SH! From left: Palm Springs 1950, Belair 1957 and Sock Hop 1958.

First up is Palm Springs 1950!

Palm Springs 1950 is a bright but not quite neon green. Although is starts out streaky, 3 thin coats is all it takes for a perfect finish.

I want to clear something up while we are discussing the Palm Springs shade. It is not a dupe for 04.14’s Beethoven Straat. See below.

I had to bring something to light. Since swatches and bottle shots have begun to appear on blogs and social media, I’ve noticed a bit of discussion about these two polishes. Some have complained that Palm Springs from the Decades collection for June is simply a renamed dupe for Beethoven Straat from April 2014. Nope! As you can see here and on my nail swatches, both are indeed light nearly neon green. However, Beethoven Straat is a bit of a milkier formula giving it a creamier appearance and lighter as well. Palm Springs is a deeper verion of Beethoven Straat and not as milky. Clearly two different polishes. No dupes here.

There is a difference on the nail as well. You can see here, with three coats each, Beethoven Straat and Palm Springs dry to a glossy shine.

Now that we have that out-of-the-way, let’s move on to Bel Air 1957.

Bel Air 1957 is a creamy sky blue with a super glossy finish. These kinds of blue get my motor runnin’!

Finally, here is Sock Hop 1958. I want to disclose that I never got to go to one because I was only 3 years old at the time 😉

Sock Hop 1958 is a bubblegum pink and such a glorious shine it will make you want to dance and shout! Each shade I used three coats but this one seems a bit more pigmented and you could get away with two.

Final thoughts. I love this collection even though they were all the same finish. When they are this glossy and fabulous, I say bring ’em on! All were on the thin side, but no pooling. I used three coats with each although the Sock Hop seemed a bit thicker and more pigments. You could get by with two.

Come back in July for my next SH post on the 07.15 collection, 1960s. They ship out on the 1st of the month!

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