OPI Glitter Off Peelable Base Coat

OPI sent a bottle of their new Glitter Off Peelable Base Coat for review. I have yet to see this in stores, though I suppose it could have shown up while I was off cavorting in Minsk. It came in a Natural Nail Base Coat bottle with a Glitter Off wrap on the cap and a hangtag with directions.





Since I had yet to try the Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter A-Peel that I bought way back last fall, I pulled that, out, too. In contrast to the OPI's milky white appearance, the Glitter A-Peel is clear.



I used the OPI Glitter Off on my left hand. It smelled a lot like Elmer's white school glue, though was not as thick as glue. It went on white but dried clear; I had some trouble getting it to lay down evenly though it didn't seem to dry lumpy. I used Glitter A-Peel on my right hand; it smelled like nail polish, and I had no problems applying it.

I waited for both the bases to dry—the OPI said I should for theirs; I'm not sure about Nail Pattern Boldness. Then I applied Zoya Rina topped with Smitten Isabella Emerald on most of my nails and Studio M Gold Glitter topped with Zoya Maria Luisa as accent nails. I was so focused on the bases that I didn't jot down how many coats I used of the glitters; I'm guessing three or four all together. I topped all of these layers with Diamond Dry.





Things were going well until the next day at work around 10 a.m. (around 14 hours after I'd put on the mani), when I scratched my arm and popped off the polish from one of the nails on the OPI hand. No peeling necessary.



The polish came off cleanly, leaving only a few bits on my nail around the edges, where I most likely had painted polish past where the base coat was.



I had brought polish with me, so I painted the now bare nail and stuck the popped off polish back on; it looked fine and stayed put after that. I did pop off another nail later in the day, doing the same thing, scratching an itch. Based on that experience, I'd say Glitter Off works too well. I didn't have any pop offs on the Nail Pattern Boldness hand. When it came time to intentionally remove this manicure by pushing gently with an orangewood stick, the polish on the OPI nails came off in larger pieces than the NPB ones, but both were pretty easy to remove. (I know mrsrexy gets her polish off in one piece with Glitter A-Peel, so maybe I didn't apply it quite right or something.) NPB pile on the left; OPI on the right below.



I gave Glitter Off another try under OPI Rose of Light, one of the colors in the Spotlight on Glitter collection. This has small gold and rose gold glitter and larger square holo glitter in a clear base. I think it's meant to be worn over a base color, but I wore it alone. I don't know how many coats this is, either; probably three.





Rose of Light was quite pretty on its own but since I have eleventy hundred bottles of matte topcoat sitting around, I decided to mattify it with OPI Matte Top Coat. That toned down the colors popping from the square holo glitter quite a bit, making the look almost mannequin hands on me—if glitter can ever be considered mannequin hands.





I didn't pop any polish off prematurely this time, though I only wore this look for about a half a day. Here's one hand worth after removal.



I'd say if removal is keeping you from wearing glitter polish, try one of these peel off bases. As for me, I'll probably stick with my regular treatment base routine (though maybe I should see what these do over a treatment base; look for that post in around 2017).

The OPI base coat shown in this entry were provided free for review purposes. The content of the entry was not dictated by the provider.

Nail Pattern Boldness Tyrian Purple and Other Goodies

Last week I posted about first polishes I tried from Nail Pattern Boldness, Le Big Party and Ignition (remix), and mentioned I'd also gotten some purpley ones. Well, today is their day, starting with Tyrian Purple, a squishy deep purple jelly.



I swatched this at two coats, no topcoat. There was the barest hint of visible nail line in some lighting conditions but the color was so deep and gorgeous at that point I didn't want to risk mucking it up by adding another coat.



Note that you may see this color referred to as Tyrion Purple, with an o, because that's what the label on my bottle says (the website shows Tyrian Purple with an a).



You know I have a hard time going without glitter for too long, so two glittery friends came to play with Tyrian Purple.



The Girl With the Most Cake has pink, lilac, and turquoise matte square and tiny glitters in a clear base. This bottle was kindly included with my order for free as a review sample.



Elderberry is a microglitter mix of green, blue green, blue, purple, and magenta in a clear base.



I wanted the Tyrian Purple to still show through, so I used only one coat of the very densely glittered Elderberry on top of it, with an accent nail of 2 coats of The Girl With the Most Cake. I didn't get any of the largest squares on this one accent nail, which was fine by me since large square glitters have taken over for black glitter in my personal list of things I'm not so sure I want on my nails. I put topcoat over the whole shebang.





Even at just one coat, Elderberry was super sparkly; below you can see it throwing off many pretty colors in a low light shot. I really, really liked this one. I'd intended to try doing a jelly sandwich by adding another coat of Tyrian Purple but I just didn't want to cover up this glitter. Another time, maybe, with another glitter.



There was one more free bottle surprise in my package from Nail Pattern Boldness, something called Mix #6. This had smaller gold, blue, and purple glitters joining larger iridescent pink and purple circle glitters in a mix of sizes to make a big ol' glitter party.



I used Revlon Seductive as a base for Mix #6, doing two coats of each and then adding topcoat.



The real fun with this one was watching the biggest circles change colors as as I moved my hands around.





I still haven't had a chance to try the Glitter A-Peel basecoat that was the impetus for me to order from Nail Pattern Boldness in the first place, but her glitters have impressed me enough that even if I end up not liking the basecoat at all, I'll still be very glad I tried the brand. I've been flipping back and forth to the Nail Pattern Boldness store site while writing this post and trying to decide which ones I want to get next. Most are $9 a bottle; there are some colors on sale right now for $6 (including The Girl With the Most Cake).

Two of the polishes shown in this entry were provided free for review purposes. The content of the entry was not dictated by the provider, and I get to keep the polishes for my own use.

Nail Pattern Boldness Le Big Party and Ignition (remix)

After yesterday's swatching extravaganza, today I'm reining it in and only featuring two polishes, both glitters from Nail Pattern Boldness, a brand I knew about but hadn't tried until now. The thing that finally got me to focus long enough to put in an order was a friend asking me about peel off base coats, and that reminded me that I'd been meaning to try Glitter A-Peel from Nail Pattern Boldness since mrsrexy did her review of it on Canadian Nail Fanatic. So off I clicked to get some Glitter A-Peel and of course while I was there I had to put some glitter in my cart. As things unfolded, I haven't actually worn a full glitter mani since I got my order, so I still haven't tried the Glitter A-Peel, but I did make time to swatch two of the glitter polishes I bought: Le Big Party and Ignition (remix).



Le Big Party is a matte glitter, with small square and hexes in yellow, red, green, blue, and purple in a clear base.



I knew I wanted to layer Le Big Party over a base that would let the bright glitters pop, so I grabbed Twin Sweater Set, the dark red creme from Essie Fall 2013 and applied three coats of that before topping it with two coats of Le Big Party and a layer of topcoat. I loved this combination; even though there's a lot going on in and some of the hues are quite bright, it all blended nicely into a festively elegant (or elegantly festive) effect.





I was curious how Le Big Party would look over other colors, so did Skittles with Sally Hansen Lemon Shark, Kelp Out, and Play Koi (which you saw with the rest of the Sally Hansen Triple Shine yesterday) and Essie Mesmerize. I did two coats of all of those then added two of Le Big Party and one of topcoat. This was just plain festive:



The blue base provided the most contrast with all the colors of glitter.



With the other bases, they blended with one of the glitter colors and that tweaked the overall effect of the glitter in each case:



Ignition (remix) has a clear base filled with two sizes of medium hex glitter in a rainbow of colors: red, orange, gold, green, blue, purple, and some that shift colors.



The first thing I did with Ignition (remix) was put it on top of the Skittles/Le Big Party I already had on my nails. Le Big Party got even bigger at that point.



I used only one coat of Ignition (remix) and didn't add topcoat since it was just a quick experiment, so this look is a little rough, but it makes me happy to look at nonetheless.





To give Ignition (remix) a chance in the spotlight on its own, I did a base of Essie After School Boy Blazer with an accent nail of Sally Hansen Vanity Flare, then added two coats of the glitter plus a topcoat. I could have done a better job distributing the glitter but there are so many colors to look at my less than stellar application isn't a big deal. You may see some glitters that looked to my camera like they were curling; they were not—it's just how the reflections were hitting the lens.





I'm quite happy with these two rainbow glitters and can see them working with a whole lot of different base colors. I also got some purpley colors from Nail Pattern Boldness (including a bottle she included as a sample) and hope to get those posted soon. And I really, really hope to finally try Glitter A-Peel; I just need to decide which glitter I want to look at for a week and make the time to do a proper manicure. I suppose that could happen this weekend; we'll just have to see.