Unlike the colour red, which is available from every nail polish brand in every shade under the sun, blue is a little trickier to find. Of course, some of you will no doubt say, "But Celina, I see blue nail polish everywhere. I even own one or two myself. This is not a rare colour. It's BLUE for crying out loud."
But you will be wrong.
And you know why? Because I am picky. And it has taken me many years of searching to find a "true blue". Not navy, not teal, not aquamarine, or I don't know, cerulean, whatever that is. No, I want a really bright, royal blue that is exactly what comes to mind when you think of primary colours. A Superman blue.
Wear-wise, the formula on this was pretty good. It's a nice smooth jelly* polish which goes on rather thick - I really had to scrape off the excess polish from the brush. Opaque-ish in 3 coats, but I did 4 for full opacity. I tend to prefer layering thin coats because your first nail is dry by the time you get to the tenth one.
Minimal chipping, which is good, and I topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite.
On to the pics!
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| This is what it looks like on the bus... |
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| I guess I would say this is natural and flourescent light mixed together? |
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| With flash |
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| Flourescent light, mostly. This looks a lot more navy here, no idea why. |
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| Aaaaaand natural-ish light again. |
*A jelly polish is one that at first coat, looks sheer, but builds to opacity by the 2nd or 3rd coat. These nail polishes have a quality of depth to them, and are considered pretty much the holy grail of nail polish formulas. They tend to be shiny and bright, and easy to apply.
"translucent" is the word you're looking for. any nail polish can be "sheer", but only a jelly is translucent.
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