Let
me tell you, the Cosmic Pink colour you see in the pictures and the
colour you get on the nails is quite different. The bottle looks a bit
purpleish or cherry-ish, but it is not. This is a very girly, festive
and Cinderella-ish pink. I guess the glitter bits distort the colour in
the photos because even in the photos of my hands, the colour doesn't
look as prettier as in real life .
The polish spreads easily and
evenly. One coat is nice enough and has decent coverage, but two coats
make perfection. Despite the glitter, one coat dries off quickly
This
polish has a rugged textured finish not a smooth one, which can be
expected from any glittery polish. It smoothes out a bit with a clear
top coat, but the textured finish won't disappear despite this. Beware,
as with any glittery polish, it takes a bit of more effort to remove it.
The polish chips off but not overly so, so a new spot application is
enough as the polish is thick enough to cover the spot without needed of
a full coat.
This is a travel-size tiny size (see my photo
beside an average polish bottle), and, this being the case, it's a bit
pricey for what it is. This explains the four stars not the five. On the
other hand, as I have small hands, I find this sizing perfect for my
DIY manicure and the brush is perfect for my nails size.
The brand is vegan and cruelty free, something that's really important to me. This is my first Mavala polish, and I will repeat.
I've
been using OPI An Affair in Red Square for several years now and it's
my fav red shade on the nail polish stratosphere. OPI is also one of my
fav nail polish brands. Yet, there are some issues with this specific
shade that I want to mention:
> This shade is one of the thickest
OPI polishes I own, and I own many. One coat over a base coat and under
a top coat suffices to have full coverage and to look spectacular.
>
Two coats of the polish look great, but, when I apply two coats, the
polish takes a lot of time to dry off (more than other OPI shades) and
it tends to smudge easily even when it's almost dry.
> This shade
polish starts to thicken when the bottle it's mid way, in a way that
makes it difficult to apply without resorting to adding acetone to
clarify it.
> This being the case, and despite this being of one
those polishes that I always have in my beauty case, it is pricey,
because I usually bin the bottle midway.
> This red, as most red
shades, chips easily, that's why I reserve the second coat for when my
nails are totally dry but I need to cover the chipping.
Beyond that, this is just a classy wonderful red that never goes out of fashion and I never get tired of.
