This is my second go at a Sephora X nail polish mani. I used two coats of Ice Princess here.
Ice Princess is a mix of highly reflective and metallic goldy-green shimmers as well as larger chunky pink glitters. It's a bit thick, so application does require a little extra care. I didn't feel the need particularly to clean up, though, so that's an added bonus.
It's quite textured, as I'm sure you can see. I used three coats of Sephora X top coat (denying Gelous so as to be a Sephora X purist and hope for nine days of amazing wear) and it still was not smooth. I can't do more than three top coats. I just. Can't.
Check out how insanely metallic and mirror-like it can be! And also how chunk-tastic, below! I kind of loved and hated it, all at the same time. The shininess kept winning me back, though.
My pictures don't capture it, but the gold shimmer actually shifts green in person. It's really quite interesting and unique. You can almost see it below.
As much as I would have been happy to have worn this for nine days, it was not meant to be. :( It started chipping - fairly big chips - in about a day's time. I tend to have quicker and bigger chipping with glitter polishes in general, so I'm not totally shocked. I was definitely sad, though.
I did not wrap my tips at all here, because they are so short and with the polish being chunky, it just didn't seem like a good idea. Maybe that is why they chipped fast. I do wonder if Ice Princess could work better and last longer layered over something else. It's fairly opaque, so whatever it's going to be put over will likely only barely show through.
