Essie ~ Starry
Starry Night (retro revival)
Navy blue
jelly with silver and blue glitter
I might as well tell you right away: I have never been
tempted to spend a lot of money on the original Starry Starry Night, that came
out long time ago. The colour is a bit too dark to be mine, to be honest. But
when this remake of it came out I thought it was worth having in the collection
just for the hell of it.
The formula is good for a jelly and I used two coats
for my mani. My boyfriend passed me as I was painting the nails, and his first
reaction was: “Wow, that’s dark!” So you can hear that it isn’t really my
colour.
Anyway, this is two coats and no topcoat:
I like the look of the glitter and I like the fact
that it’s so well behaving for a jelly.
I did however decide to try and lighten
it up a bit by stamping on it. I found a nice navy motif on Moyou London’s
stamping plate Sailor Collection-07 and I stamped with Himalayan Peaks from El
Corazon’s stamping series. It’s a blue and very shimmery stamping polish that
definitely works best over dark polishes.
This is the final result including topcoat:
The stamping definitely helped a bit.
I think Starry Starry Night is worth having in the
collection, but there’s no way that I’ll ever spend lots of money on the
original one. How about you?
Number of
coats: 2
Drying time: Good
Drying time: Good
Finish: Jelly
with glitter
Overall impression: Really nice formula for a jelly, nice looking glitter
Overall impression: Really nice formula for a jelly, nice looking glitter
Buy again: Yes
It's dark yet pretty and you made it lighter with the stamping - it looks so sci-fi :)
ReplyDeleteIt does, doesn't it? I liked it with the stamp :)
DeleteI also didn't want to buy it at the huge sum of money it was sold for after it was sold out. But I got it this time around, and like it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's too dark for you, I love it on you!
Really? That's great to hear :) Have you also got the original?
DeleteI bought this before I had seen or heard anything about it. I was so dissapointed that it wasn't a dupe on the original one. But it's still a very pretty polish and I'm glad that I have it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I would have bought it if it hadn't been for the hype, then I had to try it :D
DeleteThe polish is beautiful, but not so much my thing! With the stamping I love it though!
ReplyDeleteI think it would look really cool on you. Thank you :)
DeleteWhat a beauty!I like how the glitters stands out over the dark base color. :D
ReplyDeleteThat is really nice to hear, thank you :)
DeleteI love Starry Starry Night <3
ReplyDeleteYay!! :D
DeleteNice colour, I really like such dark blues :D
ReplyDeleteI had a feeling you would like it :D
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