I love this polish! It's a little like the colour of watermelon flesh (thanks for that description Mum!). This is two coats of 'Wear Something Spar-Kylie' and it is very close to looking opaque. There is a very slight VNL (visible nail line) but I'm fine with that as it wasn't particularly obvious in person.
In indirect light, the polish appears a little more opaque and the colour deepens significantly. The pink becomes a lot redder and much richer.
Indoors and slightly more shaded, my nails now have become little disco balls! The larger glitter pieces are reflecting every bit of light they can find. The glitter appears much more silvery than in the previous photo where it seems more pink.
Finally, some macro goodness... You can see that there is plenty of medium pink hexagonal glitter along with small pink glitter. The glitter is all within this gorgeous pink jelly-like base.
Every time I look at this polish, I just end up thinking about candy! But for now lets think about the formula... The polish wasn't too thick but it was thick enough in that it was easy to get an even spread of glitter on the nail. One problem... I applied this in the afternoon and didn't do anything too drastic with my nails that night, but when I woke up in the morning I had a chip! I'm not ready to say this is a problem with this polish - I'd like to give it another chance. I have a feeling I may not have used the best top coat for a glitter manicure. I used Essie 'Good To Go' and it's a fairly thin top coat. I had to use two coats of top coat and it still was super gritty to the touch!! I think next time I might try a thicker top coat, maybe something like Sally Hansen's 'Insta-Dri'.
i just bought this as my first Nicole by OPI polish , this is my first non indie polish purchase in months so i'm eager to see how it looks
ReplyDeleteThis was one of my first, if not my first NOPI too :) hope you love it <3
DeleteI do love it :) i'm wearing it atm over hot pink and it looks fab! The coverage for a glitter polish is brilliant i think!
DeleteI bought this polish about a year ago, and it is gloopy and hard to manage! The brush is strange and fanned out and the glitter is separating out from the base. Did you thin your polish out? Your swatches makes this polish look amazing... my bottle does not yield the same results :(
ReplyDeleteOh no I'm sorry to hear that. I actually haven't used my bottle for a while. Definitely try thinning it. I use the OPI thinner always and it works well (and lasts AGES) and jeeps it 3free. Hope that fixes it!
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