I'm just WAITING for somebody to get this concept right. The creme and shimmer 3-layer "mixables" that I've gotten from Claire's before have been pretty disastrous: usually, it's a nice color but it's a single color and it's usually hard to apply. So when I saw this, I got really excited: how interesting to throw the glitter in! With the clear polish and glitter, the polish seemed to stand a better chance of getting a marbling effect.
Claire's Stardaze in the bottle
Claire's Stardaze
Three coats (which includes one coat where I had to go fishing for stars). You've gotta look pretty closely but there IS a slight marbling effect going on here (yay!) and the polish ends up jellyish because of the clear polish diluting the shimmer ones. There are three types of sparkle in this: shimmer, glitter and star. The shimmer is pretty. The glitter is pretty. The star... is surprisingly flat. And thick. Thick to the point where it sticks up off the nail. I wonder why polish manufacturers don't use a more flexible material for these things. And why Claire's didn't choose a more reflective star! They looked like they were made out of cardboard.
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ReplyDeleteI've been buying up the "lay it on me" ones at rite aid here and they are fascinating.
ReplyDeleteI really do want to see what the possibilities are for these.
That is a actually really cool; I have been passing on these but now I might go pick one or two up!
ReplyDeleteThat is a funny nail polish!
ReplyDeleteDon't know what to think of it...
In the bottle it looks cool.
That's a really pretty polish. Usually I don't really care for the layered polishes. This one is really pretty. I can see the slight marbling effect. Those stars are really thick. What a pity they aren't very thin and holographic.
ReplyDeleteI've been wondering how these work! I actually like the look of the thick star but I'm a sucker for big over the top Japanese nail-art too. lol
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