Loose Powder

I meant to post this review the day I got this manicure, because, just WOW, this is an amazing color! Last month I took mother dearest to get her first (yes, very first, and she’s 55 years old) manicure for her birthday. She was super psyched and I was excited because my nails were in decent shape for it. For mom, I brought a polish for her – my Zoya Marcella. I pegged it as a good color for her skin tone (pale/ruddyish, freckles, red hair, blue eyes) and it ended up looking great on her. I was afraid she’d pick some garish pink or bright red, which, NO. She needs pinky-browns, like Marcella. Anyway, I decided to choose a fun color they had at the salon, and settled on OPI’s Glamour, part of their DS (designer series) series. Unfortunately I can’t find it anywhere online anymore to link to This has to be one of the prettiest nail polishes I’ve ever had the pleasure of wearing – here are a few pictures:

The first picture is in full sunlight with the holo all a-glitter (click on it to see the full-sized picture and the full effect!), and the second picture is in less direct light without the full rainbow effect. When not looking at the polish in full sunlight, it’s a nice cornflower-to-royal blue with some silver sparkle, and when you look at it in full sun, it explodes into this gorgeous rainbow glitter. I just LOVE it.  The manicurist put two coats on plus a top coat, and it lasted a good few days without any major chipping.

My huge regret is that I didn’t purchase a bottle when I found it online back then… I just checked the site Cyn found it on and it’s gone now It was a Fall 2009 color so I probably won’t be able to find it anywhere, but I will keep looking. Probably the best blue polish I’ve ever had, and I needs to have me a bottle!