Sunday, May 15, 2011

OPI Silver Shatter

OPI Silver Shatter

From the long-awaited Pirates of the Caribbean collection '11. This was 2 coats of OPI The One That Got Away and 1 coat of OPI Silver Shatter.

OPI didn't invent it but they restarted the shatter craze with their iconic Black Shatter, which became a bestseller. China Glaze one-upped them when they came up with their multi-coloured Crackle Glaze collection, with neon pink, white, turquoise and gray shatter. And now, to prove that OPI will fight to the death for the shatter polish consumer base, they've thrown in the never before seen Silver Shatter as a bonus in the Pirates of the Caribbean collection.

This shatter is very versatile, and also a whole lot more friendly than the China Glaze ones, I felt. Easier to use, partially also because of OPI's wider brush, and the formula just works better. I say it is versatile because if you do apply it without topcoat, it has a suede matte sort of feel to the sparkles in the polish, but when you apply a layer of high-gloss topcoat like Seche Vite, you can just see the sparkles come to life and it's awesome. I really love the effect, it looks like encrusted diamonds.

The application here is not perfect. Although the formula is more friendly than that of China Glaze's, it does still take a bit of practise. This hand photographed turned out a little sparse in certain areas (although it isn't as bad as it looks in the photo, the streaks of Silver Shatter are just really thin and happened to camouflaged with the shadows in the photo), but the other hand turned out a bit too thick so while it did still crack, the silver polish completely overpowered that of the base colour. I personally like the base and the shatter polish to intercalate and mingle, so that wasn't good for me.

Overall, I would say this is a must-get if you like shatter polish. Actually, it's a good to get even if you don't like shatter polish. Because this shatter is bling and sparkly in addition to shattering, it doesn't add that Halloween jagged effect to your colour which creme shatter polish tend to do. It enhances the liveliness of your colour and blings it up. Will definitely be using this one more often.

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