Milani ~ Totally Cool - with stamp

Milani ~ Totally Cool

Purple jelly with duochrome magenta/golden shimmer

Here’s another one of my Milani polishes. Totally cool is very different to the others I own because it’s a jelly-like polish. It’s very sheer and packed with magenta shimmers. It took four coats to reach desired opaqueness. Yes, you read it right: FOUR! And this baby has got a regular drying time, so imagine me sitting through four coats! I mean...yikes!!! It’s not going to happen again, that’s for sure!

But anyway – you need to see it. This pic is taken in the light box:

Look at all those pretty flecks!!

And here’s a shot under direct light, to show you how this polish changes character and starts glowing when lights hit it:

Amazing, isn’t it? 

I thought I would be adding glitter, but to be honest, it didn’t feel right. So I changed my plan, and went for stamping instead. I used a plate from Bundlemonster called BM-310 and a no name silver stamping polish. The top coat is my old faithful one from Poshé ♥

Here’s a pic under a lamp:

While I was applying this, I thought that the polish reminded me of something, namely Max Factor’s “Fantasy Fire”. But taking a closer look at the two bottles I see that they’re nowhere near being dupes. The colours aren’t the same, but they have definitely got some elements in common. I actually considered putting Milani’s Totally Cool in my box of shame, but now that I know this, I’ll start using it differently. I’ll try layering it over various colours to see if that works or not. Because seriously: FOUR coats??? No way, José! O_o

What’s your verdict on this, girls? Do you like it?

Opacity: 3/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 7/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 6.5/10
Buy again: I’m not quite sure