OPI Stay The Night

So, let me just say that I am now obsessed with textured nail polish. I love it! This one especially has won my heart over.

Stay The Night is one of the polishes in OPI's liquid sand line and part of the Mariah Carey collection. It's a black based matte polish with red glitter. The glitter does tend to look a little more fuchsia/pink to me, personally. The glitter is so sparkly through the matte polish, it really looks like it's glowing. And since the black dries matte, it is not harsh against your skin and much more flattering.

The texture is not rough at all. It's smooth but gritty. It feels almost the same as an emery board or a fine nail file. It would not catch your hair or clothes.

It dries fast, but the longer you wait, the better the matte looks. Like, it was dry to the touch after about 15 minutes, but still had a bit of a shiny look to it. Once I woke up in the morning, it was completely matte. Also, wear time is really good even without top coat. I am on day three with no chips and minimal tip wear.

Pics are three coats. It probably would have been ok with two coats, but I did two just for optimum depth and coverage :) Sorry there are so many pics. I love this polish so much that I found something to love about all of them...and I actually removed about five others!

Have you tried any of the new textured polishes, yet. It seems to be the next big trend of 2013!!

Wet N Wild Ink Well

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Wet N Wild Ink Well is your everyday black creme. I wouldn't even have really posted about this, but the formula was seriously amazing. If someone would have told me this was OPI, I would have believed them! Except for the brush, which was a little more stiff than OPI's. But, the polish was nice and thick. It applied like butter. It dried VERY quickly without the help of a top coat and also was super shiny. This is probably my favorite black polish to date!

2 coats, no top coat:

What do you think about inexpensive polishes? I find them to be kinda hit and miss, but this one was for sure a hit!

Glitter Gal Black Sparkle

Glitter Gal Black Sparkle is a black cream polish with subtle silver micro glitter. There are also some large holo pieces of glitter in there, as well, but kinda get lost of the nail.

I know there are probably many other swatches of this on other blogs that really show the sparkle. While that is really pretty, these are honestly more true to life. When you look at this polish from far away, it really just looks like a black polish. The light has to be hitting it just right or you have to be looking closely to see the sparkle.

This was a breeze to apply. Only two coats and no application issues at all. Pictures are two coats plus SV.

Personally, I don't wear a lot of black polish, but I do like it for nail art. Do you like to wear dark colors like this, or stick to using them for special occasions?

OPI Black Spotted + Milani Cyberspace

My friend Felicia was so kind and sent me some decanted OPI Black Spotted in a swap package because she knew how badly I wanted to try it. I don't think I ever would have gotten a hold of it otherwise.

I had been dying to try it, but was doing mostly Christmas and holiday manicures for the past couple weeks. I wore Milani Cyberspace for a day, and then knew it was time to bust this baby out and give it a try.

It is a VERY thin polish, and applies almost like a crackle. You want to do very thin coats...so thin that you think you don't have enough on the brush. You can see on my index and pinky finger that I used too much. Also, it dries very quickly, so don't try to over manipulate it. Just do a couple strokes and then move on to the next nail. My right hand ended up looking better than this because I got the hang of applying it.

These pics are without top coat, but if you are going to wear this for an extended period of time, you will want to put a top coat on or else the Black Spotted is easily scraped off. It could be because I layered it over a finished mani with Seche Vite, though. I guess I need to do some trials to see what works best with it.

Overall, I find the effect to be pretty cool and definitely unique. I don't think this is a polish I would wear frequently because most non-polish enthusiasts wouldn't 'get it'.

So, what do you think? Is it something you would try/wear? Or are you going to pass on this trend?