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Opi pink shatter nail polish1/14/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() Normally, this is a colour that I love for Summer but would avoid in the Winter when I tend to choose darker colours but when you are using Shatter which is a black nail polish you want the first colour to be a high contrast to it so a bright and vibrant colour like pink, blue, yellow, orange etc. I went and got a polish change today at my local nail salon - I got OPI "It's All Greek To Me" which is a very vibrant magenta. On the bottle it says to use Shatter w/ the Katy Perry nail polish line.well that's just a marketing ploy it will work on any nail polish. I immediately grabbed a bottle and knew I wanted to try it out immediately! It's literally selling out EVERYWHERE almost IMMEDIATELY! Well last night I was at my local hair supply shop buying weft to make extensions for one of my brides and I saw the OPI Katy Perry display and she actually had a couple of bottle of the Shatter nail polish. Well I'm not the only one who wanted this nail polish. I figured not only would it be great for me and my manicures but I'd LOVE to incorporate it into a shoot in the future! It has a really cool 80s feel to it b/c it creates this black shattered or cracked effect on the nail. I don't know any of the colours in the line to be honest but I did notice the Shatter Nail Polish immediately and knew I had to have it. ![]() I do have an array of nail polish for shoots b/c it is sometimes necessary to do manicures on set and over the last yr I've found myself getting creative w/ the nails for editorial shoots.I'm literally becoming a one woman control freak - Makeup, Hair & Nails.God help me if I ever figure out how to work a camera!Īnyway, OPI came out w/ a limited addition Katy Perry line of nail polish. I don't even normally buy nail polish for myself b/c I just go and get manicures every 2 wks and they have an amazing selection of colours so why bother.although I will admit I frequently choose my nail polish by it's cute name! Black shatter not only “shattered” cleaner, but the base color showed through much brighter.Even though I get regular manicures and I'm all about keeping my hands relatively nice and pretty (I figure b/c my hands and fingers are in ppl's faces all the time it's important) I don't normally blog about nail polish.I leave that up to my friend and nail polish fiend Ashley Readings. So with my right hand I decided to apply a top coat over my base coat, and the results were MUCH better. The base color was dulled out and upon closer inspection appears to have been “eaten away”. With my left hand I applied the black shatter directly on top of my base color, and I noticed that the base color did not come through as vibrant. This one a figured out through trial and error. #2: Use a clear polish before applying Black Shatter. Bright colors result in the most noticeable effect. Since the polish is black is won’t show up well over darker colors. This one would seem to be a no brainer, but I figured it was worth mentioning. However there are some tricks getting the ideal look. Plus, due to the effect you don’t have to worry about being overly neat or perfect with your application. What you get is a customized look without having to go pay for nail art/manicure. “Apply one coat of Black Shatter over any completely dry Katy shade for an irresistable “shattered” look.”Īs the polish dries it separates on the nail creating a broken look over your initial color. A couple of weeks ago OPI released their Katy Perry Collection which included 5 “colors” the most interesting of the set is Black Shatter! Black shatter is different in that it is more of a topcoat of sorts, the directions with the nail polish states: ![]()
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