I made it through wearing my last manicure for a few days. I was really itching to take it off and try one of my new babies so I picked the SpaRitual shade I recently picked up at Sephora. Now, before I talk about the new nail polish, let me show you the aftermath of OPI Fly.
This was the staining left behind. What.A.Nightmare. This was AFTER I used pure acetone too! I had to break out the baking soda, whitening toothpaste and toothbrush to get rid of all the staining. As much as I love Fly, I am in no hurry to deal with this any time soon.
Back to the new nail polish! I have to say that I was pretty disappointed with this nail polish because it looked so amazing in the bottle but lost most of that purple tone on my nails. It’s so hard to see the duochrome effect on my nails, and the duochrome was the main reason why I wanted to get it in the first place. Look at a bottle shot:
This is a pretty sheer polish so I think maybe next time I will wear a dark base. I applied 3 thick coats and still had some VNL.
As you can tell from my pictures, you can’t see any of the purple in direct sunlight. It’s only visible in the following pictures that I took in the shade.
Is this a pretty polish? Absolutely. Was I expecting more? YES! I will be trying other SpaRitual polishes for sure but will make sure to try cremes next. That is my test of an awesome polish brand: if they make an awesome creme, they go on my favorites list.
What do you think of this polish? Have you tried SpaRitual?
I debated this polish so hard yesterday at sephora. But i passed because i have a ds opi polish that looks extremely similar. It loses the duochrome, too. :/ i hate when that happens D:
Which OPI is similar? I was so sad about this polish. You were so right about the staining with Fly.
DS Magic. It is so gorgeous in the bottle, but on the nails it’s meh.
I just had to look it up. You are so right! It's super similar and they both disappoint once on the nails! 🙁
I don't remember having any staining issues with Fly but then again, I can't seem to remember if I've worn it as a full mani or just skittles…
Your pictures of this SpaRitual polish reminded me why I didn't purchase it in the first place, it is very pretty though. Watch out for this one, I heard it stained. :/
I didn't remember staining issues with Fly either! It was horrible. 🙁 Too bad the color is so freaking amazing.
I just took it off and there is very minor staining…not too bad. At least I got it out of my system because it was calling my name bad. 🙂 I still like it…it's just not as interesting as I thought it would be.
I bought "Turquoise & Caicos" because of YOU! I saw a pic of a bottle shot and had to buy it…Your fault!
I am kinda disappointed with this. It's pretty, but I thought it would be more duo-chromey…I dunno. I like it! But I'm sure if I like it enough to buy it? Not sure if that makes sense….
We are all terrible enablers, and I think we are all pretty proud of it! 🙂 I haven't worn it yet so I'm looking forward to trying it out. I have such a backlog of untried polishes now that I feel like it will take forever to catch up before I get my mega shipment from Zoya.
It totally makes sense. If I had seen swatches of it, I probably wouldn't have purchased it. It looks awesome in the bottle but not that cool on my nails. Like you said, it's pretty but no duo-chrome magic translates on my nails. Oh well! Live and learn.
Turquoise & caicos is pretty. I think i have it around here, somewhere… Probably buried in the land of untrieds lol
I'm naughty with colours like that, to avoid the green or blue fingers I pick the polish off…. bad I know, but no colour staining
Sometimes I do that with glitters. I purposely wear a basecoat that makes it easier to peel off because then I can get most of it off by picking at it and don't have to feel like I'm sanding my nails with glitter and acetone! Oh, the things we do for nail polish.
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I debated this polish so hard yesterday at sephora. But i passed because i have a ds opi polish that looks extremely similar. It loses the duochrome, too. :/ i hate when that happens D:
Which OPI is similar? I was so sad about this polish. You were so right about the staining with Fly.
I don’t remember having any staining issues with Fly but then again, I can’t seem to remember if I’ve worn it as a full mani or just skittles…
Your pictures of this SpaRitual polish reminded me why I didn’t purchase it in the first place, it is very pretty though. Watch out for this one, I heard it stained. :/
I didn’t remember staining issues with Fly either! It was horrible. 🙁 Too bad the color is so freaking amazing.
I just took it off and there is very minor staining…not too bad. At least I got it out of my system because it was calling my name bad. 🙂 I still like it…it’s just not as interesting as I thought it would be.
I bought “Turquoise & Caicos” because of YOU! I saw a pic of a bottle shot and had to buy it…Your fault!
I am kinda disappointed with this. It’s pretty, but I thought it would be more duo-chromey…I dunno. I like it! But I’m sure if I like it enough to buy it? Not sure if that makes sense….
We are all terrible enablers, and I think we are all pretty proud of it! 🙂 I haven’t worn it yet so I’m looking forward to trying it out. I have such a backlog of untried polishes now that I feel like it will take forever to catch up before I get my mega shipment from Zoya.
It totally makes sense. If I had seen swatches of it, I probably wouldn’t have purchased it. It looks awesome in the bottle but not that cool on my nails. Like you said, it’s pretty but no duo-chrome magic translates on my nails. Oh well! Live and learn.
Turquoise & caicos is pretty. I think i have it around here, somewhere… Probably buried in the land of untrieds lol
I’m naughty with colours like that, to avoid the green or blue fingers I pick the polish off…. bad I know, but no colour staining
Sometimes I do that with glitters. I purposely wear a basecoat that makes it easier to peel off because then I can get most of it off by picking at it and don’t have to feel like I’m sanding my nails with glitter and acetone! Oh, the things we do for nail polish.
It doesn’t look like you’ve commented on my blog before. Thanks for stopping by, reading and sharing! 🙂