Essie have recently released a new collection called Slick Oilpaint. Now I honestly haven't seen too much about these (nor did I really look too much into them before buying them) but I thought why not give them a go. The collection contains three metallic shades and a transformative top coat. Now while I am sure they were designed with nail art in mind, I have done swatches of each of the polishes, both with and without the top coat as well as a comparison of what each polish looks like with and without the top coat so you can really see what is going on.
The formula across the three metallics is the same. They are easy to use and you can get away with one coat. If you have the Essie Mirror Metallics collection then you will know how these apply as they are the same. And yes they do stamp as well.
Over The Moon-stone is the transformative top coat. I am not entirely sure exactly what this top coat is meant to do. All I can tell is that it makes the metallic polish deepen slightly in colour and makes it overall look brighter.
Indigo To The Gallery is a metallic blue. My swatch shows two coats.
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| No top coat |
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| Pinkie & Middle: With top coat; Ring & Index: No top coat |
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| With Over The Moon-stone top coat |
Jade In Manhattan is a metallic green. My swatch shows two coats.
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| Without top coat |
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| Pinkie & Middle: With top coat; Ring & Index: No top coat |
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| With Over The Moon-stone top coat |
Violet Auction is a purple metallic. My swatch shows two coats.
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| Without top coat |
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| Pinkie & Middle: With top coat; Ring & Index: No top coat |
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| With Over The Moon-stone top coat |
Of course I couldn't do a blog post without adding in some nail art to show how these blend together.
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| Without top coat |
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| With Over The Moon-stone |
This collection doesn't excite me like I thought it would. It's good and I love that they polishes stamp (warning: Violet Auction stains your stamper), but I still don't fully understand the top coat. Maybe my expectations were too high. I was expecting some really magic, not just a slight colour change.
How strange that the top coat didnt really do much. I love the effect it has in the blue & maybe it'll work on other metallics you have. Did you sponge them on? They look pretty but no more so than usual colours.
ReplyDeleteVicky x
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It was really strange. I honestly don't know what I was expecting the top coat to do but I thought it would be something more. The colours are nice so it's not a total loss. For the nail art I did a squish mani (blog polish onto my ubermat, squish it with a stamper a bit and then put it on the nail) It's very simple and gives a great finish. Looks really good under stamping ;)
DeleteI agree, I would have expected more from the top coat. The colors are lovely though.
ReplyDeleteI agree 100%. I do like the colours so will definitely keep using those. I should try them in a gradient next time. Maybe the top coat might do some more magic then.
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