Sunday, August 7, 2011

NOTD: Topshop Adornment

Another gorgeous colour in the bottle, another complete fail on my nails.  I couldn't have purchased this fast enough when I was in topshop recently.  Dark purple jelly base with iridescent flakies....I thought to myself..finally! I don't need Nfu oh 51! I got my dupe.
Well the joke is on me.


First difficulty was finding the name of this.  Yes I think I'm getting old, and need new contacts, because the clear label with the black lettering on the bottom was torture to read against this colour.  But finally i found out it is adornment.


The second difficulty with this polish was that it took 5 coats to get what you will see.  5 coats...sigh, I'm far too lazy for this polish.  Yes for £4, this tiny bottle seemed like a steal, but if I had to do 5 coats to get an opaque colour, I will not be getting many manicures out of this bottle, 


And last but not least, the biggest difficulty that I had with this polish was the short stubby brush. 


  


Where did all my beautiful red, orange, yellow, green holo flakies disappear too.
Such a disappointment.  Despite the lack of flakie transfer from bottle to nail, this is still a beautiful colour.  It looks like sparks of flames on your nails, and I really like the contrast of the dark grape jelly to the orange flakies that do appear.

Has anyone purchased anything recently that they were disappointed with?





3 comments:

  1. This is so pretty! I'm going to have my friend hunt this down.

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  2. It also comes in a 4 pack for £15, which is slightly cheaper than buying all 4 for £4 each. But what you really want is Gypsy Night, which is suppose to be similiar to SOPI 212. That can only be bought in a 3 pack however for £12 :)

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  3. I just bought this too (and couldn't read the damn name). So pretty in the bottle, but fail on the nail. Marginally better as a layering polish but still flakie-light - grrrgghh

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