I’m so sorry for the iphone picture! I did this manicure and then uploaded this picture to my tumblr last night. I was all prepared to wear this to the movie today, but as some of you know … opaque glitter is a blessing and a curse. It is amazingly pretty and I can’t get enough of opaque glitter but it chips so easily. No matter what top coat you put on, opaque glitter only lasts about a day on me before it starts chipping. This was no exception. So I only got this one shot before the whole thing with chip-tastic and I took it off and went for a different manicure. But what I can report on for this polish after wearing it for a short time is remarkable.
China Glaze “Electrify” is a densely packed gold and red glitter. They aren’t exactly that “micro” to consider them micro-glitter, but they are small. They are medium-small round glitters that seem to be about 60% gold and 40% red. The result? It looked like my nails were on fire! If you squinted, it looked like an orangy gold color that glistened in every single possible light. I loved this polish and I tweeted a picture of it and China Glaze Retweeted it! So I had a ton of people asking about the application. One girl said it reminded her of Gryffindor from Harry Potter (which it totally does!). The application, 2 coats and it was opaque. It does chip really easily and another trouble you run into with this polish is that the application is a little messy and the brush gets all goopy from the thick glitter. I love this polish and it will be awesome in the summer and a really cool accent nail with any red, yellow or orange polish.
Wow, that is a lot prettier than I thought it was based on some of the swatches I’ve seen… I may have to cave and get it after all! I totally know what you mean about glitter chipping, though; I’ve had to fix my current mani about four times due to annoying chips all over the place. This is why I normally change my nail color every two or three days 😛
its really pretty and i know if you can’t find that glitter, nicole by opi makes one similar except with a little less red. both are good tho!
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I love this polish! I’ve had it on for about two days now and it hasn’t chipped yet, which is surprising! If you want you can read my post about the Hunger Games polished that I got: http://wp.me/p27dDv-58
i’m so jealous! i wish mine stayed that long! and i love your manicure with the 5 different hunger games colors with luxe and lush over all of them. looks amazing over riveting
Thanks! Luxe and Lush was definitely one of the better ones.
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