Wednesday, January 11, 2012

China Glaze ~ Skyscraper

China Glaze ~ Skyscraper
Silver micro glitter in a blue/purple base

Skyscraper is from the Metro Collection from Autumn 2011, and just as pretty on the nails as it is in the bottle.

Applying was pretty easy once I got the hang of it. It’s a fairly thick jelly, so it’s possible to move the brush around until the polish covers evenly. I only needed two coats to reach the opaqueness I was hoping for.

Here’s two coats, no top coat:

I love the colour. The name Skyscraper fits the polish perfectly. It’s like a night sky full of twinkling stars! In the daytime it’s definitely purple. But when it’s dark outside, it switches to being blue. It’s so pretty.

But! I wanted to stamp on it. I went for Bundle Monster, plate 213, and Konad’s own white stamping polish. It went pretty well, take a look:


I’m more than satisfied with this mani. The design wasn’t quite big enough for the thumbnail, but I managed to work my way around that with a bit of careful double stamping.

I have read a number of reviews of this polish, and they almost all say that it chips very quickly. Well – let me say I didn’t experience that, for some reason. I don’t know if it’s got to do with the base coat or the top coat that other people use. Perhaps.  Anyway, I used Poshé’s base and top coat for this mani, and it went pretty well for me. This is a really nice polish.


Opacity: 8/10
Colour, prettiness: 10/10
Durability: 6/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 8/10
Buy again: Yes

8 comments:

  1. I love this! The polish looks really pretty on its own but I love it with the stamping. I haven't used that stamp myself but it looks great on you :-)

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  2. Thank you so much. :)
    I wonder what people with really long nails do when it comes to all nail designs. I mean, my nails are not long, and not particularly wide either, and there aren't many of the designs on the plates that would actually cover my entire thumbnail. I'm puzzled.

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  3. This is so freakin awesome! You're stamping is really great! Sorry am very behind in my blog reading!~

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  4. I take that as a huge compliment when it comes from someone who is as good at stamping as you are. Thank you so much!!

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    1. Thanks! I ended up being very satisfied with it myself. :)

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