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| POP Polish Pastel Multichrome Oil Slick Collection, half collection PRESS SAMPLE |
POP Polish generously sent me 4 of 8 Pastel Multichrome Oil Slicks and my goodness they are amazing! Part multichrome,part foil,part shimmer. In bright direct light the predominant shift/shimmer comes out against the pale background to create a metallic foil like look while shade and low light allow the myriad of shifts to come out to play.
I was also sent POP's topcoat, Liquid Glass. I am not used to wearing a non quick dry but I felt this did dry pretty fast! Very glossy and I actually had great wear with these. Guess all those people who say a normal dry has better wear may not be crazy after all, huh? hehe. I havn't had a chance to try it with any other brands but this is a good combo for my nails. I usually wear Vapid's quick dry and get great wear with that too but not other brands. I won't be replacing my quick dry as I'm often in a hurry but this is nice to have in the rotation.
UPDATE: this is, in fact a quick dry so color me impressed with wear!
Before I start my review here are some notes from the maker and my added blurbs:
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Before I start my review here are some notes from the maker and my added blurbs:
- The shimmer is more pronounced than in the original Oil Slicks. I agree with this based on photos and my knowledge of traditional multichrome polishes. Multichromes with a dark base usually show a very solid color shift and the actual shimmers aren't noticeable. The shimmers look larger here, perhaps because of the light backdrop but don't leave any streaks.
- Shifts we aren't accustomed to seeing in multichromes appear such as grey and nude. Agree but it's so elusive on camera.
- These need to be allowed to dry thoroughly to reach opacity, it's better to allow each coat to completely dry than add tons of coats. I took her word on this and didn't test it, I painted while watching tv and let each dry properly. I didn't reach full opacity on all of the shades with 3 coats. It was close though and I do have a very "loud" nail line, she wants to be noticed haha.
- They seem to be darker toned in direct light which is the opposite of the original slicks. This I don't know about. I don't have any of the original slicks but I tend to think of the pastel base as "lighter" and the strong shifts as "darker" which would make the opposite true in my opinion but perhaps the shifts are actually just more colorful rather than darker. Except in sunlight, that does make the colors look more saturated but sadly didn't show it's face for all of these swatches.
- Available to the general public starting August 10,2018 from POP's Etsy shop.
- $16 each
Macros in natural light, from top left: Slick and Slide,
Surf Slick,Sand Slick, Watermelon Bubble Slick
- In every swatch I used 3 coats of polish, 1 of POP Liquid Glass.
- Natural light sources in all photos, my artificial ones just didn't add anything to the story.
- Dried fairly quickly to the touch, I gave at least 15 to 20 minutes for each coat to be sure. I was watching Netflix so...sometimes more.
- No shimmer ridges or streaks, not too thick or thin.
- Long brush, wide fan, I like it. Bottles are a little precarious.
- No trouble with removal, simple like a creme but clean up was a bit more challenging than some because the super shimmer likes to stick to skin and side walls. My preferred method was to shower, then clean up if needed before photos. Not every swatch required clean up.
- No photos show the true beauty of these, videos are closer but they really do need to be seen in person to be fully appreciated. I'll be posting videos to my Instagram and Facebook page and in the P.O.P Polish Fanatics Facebook fan group. Follow me to see them and join the group for tons more swatches and general fun!
- My top picks: of the 4 I have Sand Slick and Watermelon Bubbleslick. Of the 4 I didn't receive Slick days of summer and Limeslickle.
SLICK N SLIDE
Primarily light purple and blue, shifts to magenta,grey and violet as well. Not quite as light as these photos show, I had to adjust the tone with this one as my camera really over saturated it.
Opaque in 3 coats for me.
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SURF SLICK
Mermaid tail in a bottle. That's an acceptable color description, right? lol, you see why I leave this up to makers usually. Green teal base, shifts darker teal, bright blue, azure, indigo and gold.
I used 3 coats but I think I could have used only 2.
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| sunlight |
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SAND SLICK
Ok so the name of this one should have clued me in but I expected pinky mauve with golden, purple, blue and green shifts. That's all there but the predominant color is the lovely sandy gold. This polish is like a rainbow, so many colors, I bet it would look awesome layered over a mauve.
Still a little sheer on me with 3 coats. duncurr. Ha!
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| indoor natural cool lighting, at an angle |
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| super grainy bed time photo but look at the shiffftttsss |
WATERMELON BUBBLESLICK
Very prominent gold, pink and green shifts, bronze and blue are in there too. Perfect name for this one as well.
3 coats wasnt't quite opaque in every light but close enough for me to not be bothered.
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| caught in the rain! |
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