Here’s mesmerize which I’ve heard is the former name before
they changed it to ‘mesmerized’ or was it the other way round. Either way it
doesn’t bother me. I like the colour, it’s a blue crème. Essie describes it as
a ‘royal va-va blue’. Looks pretty royal to me too but once again my camera is
making it a shade lighter. It’s a bit deeper but not to the point it looks
black.
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| Photos 1 & 2 taken indoors, natural lighting |
The formula is okay, not thick a little runny but not too
much that it’s hard to work with. Mesmerize is almost opaque in one coat but
with the way I polish my nails it’s best to apply two to cover up any parts
that I’ve left out.
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| Photos 3 & 4 taken outdoors, natural lighting |
I couldn’t leave it as that so I layered every nail with
China Glaze’s Solar flare. I’ve always wanted to use that polish, preferably
with a blue. I remember putting Solar flare alongside China Glaze’s first mate
and they looked like they’ll make a great pair but I eventually did a different
combination.
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| Mesmerize & Solar flare taken indoors, natural lighting |
The glitter didn’t apply as well as I thought it would. I
wanted to pack on the glitter but after two coats and losing patience very
quickly I was left with uneven distribution of glitter across the nails.
Anymore coats and I’m pretty sure I would’ve taken everything off because it
was getting too thick.
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| Mesmerize & Solar flare taken outdoors, natural lighting |
It grew on me after a day but I still wished I could’ve
added more glitter to it. Taking the polish off got a little messy though. If
you’re one to swirl the cotton pad over your nails to remove it faster, do
expect some mess around your fingers and cuticles with a wee bit of staining
too. Not forgetting that glitter is a pain to remove in the first place but we
always have the foil method for that.
What's your favourite gold glitter polish?
- Friday, June 22, 2012
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