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<\/a><\/p>\nThe base coat here is NYC Hint of Mint, a cool mint creme.\u00a0 On top I layered two coats of each:<\/p>\n
Thumb – Sinful Colors Hottie<\/p>\n Pointer – NYC Starry Silver Glitter<\/p>\n Middle – China Glaze Cracked Concrete<\/p>\n Ring – OPI White Shatter<\/p>\n Pinky – Prevail See You in Chelsea<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This polish contains 2 sizes of holographic glitter in a sheer blue base.\u00a0 Unlike some glitter polishes that contain a frustratingly tiny amount of pigment, you can get a formidable blue color with only two coats.\u00a0 It’s so sparkly and full of depth, and it didn’t dry super gritty like some glitters.<\/p>\n In sunlight, no top coat<\/p>\n Then I mattefied it using Essie Matte About You finish, and I’m in love.\u00a0 Next time I want mermaid nails this is what I’ll be using!\u00a0 So gorgeous.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n It looks to be very similar to this Sally Hansen Hard as Nails glitter, which I spotted at Rite Aid.\u00a0 Anyone know if these are indeed dupes?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yeahhhh, I was not feeling this at all.\u00a0 The microglitter was very starry and holographic, which the pictures don’t really portray.\u00a0 But the base was completely clear and the glitter was too sparse.\u00a0 I didn’t like how there were only a few big chunky blue and purple hexes hanging out.\u00a0 I had to do two coats and specifically pick big hexes out of the bottle (a pain in the arse) and place them around my nail so my nail looked uniformly covered.\u00a0 Maybe this would look better on a different background color – gunmetal? navy blue? – rather than mint.\u00a0 I might feel inspired and try that in the future, but for now I’m underwhelmed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This lacquer is best applied expeditiously because it dries so fast.\u00a0 It has the smooth consistency that I’ve come to expect from China Glaze.\u00a0 There was no dragging or thickening like I’ve noticed with some of the other crackle polishes.\u00a0 I got some nice thick “fault lines” that showed off the base color nicely.\u00a0 It looks sweet mattefied, too – yes, I went matte crazy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I found this OPI shatter polish easy to paint on as long as I shook the bottle vigorously.\u00a0 The bottle tends to get a bit gunky inside, I guess because the polish starts drying inside whenever the brush is out.\u00a0 Crazy.\u00a0 Anyway, as you can see it crackles with a kind of ropey pattern, with some big breaks mixed in.<\/p>\n Matte is my friend<\/p>\n <\/p>\n True to its name, I bought this lovely in a Chelsea Duane Reade too, ha ha.\u00a0 I had never tried Prevail polishes before but this sweet seafoam green and turquoise blue duochrome caught my eye.\u00a0 There’s a bit of pinky-gold pearl in there for warmth, too.\u00a0 On it’s own it would need maybe 3 coats to build up some opacity and cover the nail line as it’s pretty sheer.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nSinful Colors – Hottie<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/a>China Glaze Cracked Concrete<\/h2>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nOPI White Shatter<\/h2>\n
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