Nails I Love
COLOR CLUB – Wink,
Wink, Twinkle
Hellooooo Goddesses.
Today I have for you
the many wondered Wink, Wink, Twinkle from Color Club’s Starry Temptress
Collection. A few weeks ago, I bought
another colour from this range – Ultra-Astral – and HATED it. I didn’t like that it went on matte, or that
it was quite neon, and I hurriedly ushered it into the reBay pile.
Then I saw someone
else’s post (sorry, I have looked but can’t find who it was, but I think it was
someone from PAA) about this little beauty, and I hhhmmmmed and thought it was
worth a whirl.
Wink, Wink, Twinkle
is deeply pigmented. Deeply. She’s a perfect violet, magenta with serious
blue undertones. I just can’t express to
you how deep this colour is. There is
nothing wishy-washy or half-hearted about this girl, she’s a full-blown,
melodramatic, look-at-me diva!
The polish is packed
with glitter – teeny tiny dust particles that just add to the depth. This looks like how a starry night would look
in Barbie-Land – dark and sparkly, all at the same time.
When this dries, she
dries matte, and for someone who hates matte (surely nail polish should look
polished, no?) that wasn’t so good, but even I could appreciate the beauty of
the dull finish (altho why you would want to make a sparkly polish dull doesn’t
compute for me) …. Anyhow, long ramble, blah blah where was I …. Oh yes,
anyhow, whether you like matte or not, this dries quickly and beautifully.
Better than that
actually – it dries like concrete! This
is one of the most durable looking polishes I have ever work. She looks like a proper acrylic manicure, and
the photos were taken ofter 2 days – still no chipping or tip wear. My nails
looks INDESTRUCTIBLE with this on – no word of a lie, I think they would go the
whole week without chipping. Amazing.
All the photos are
glossy, so what did I use to get rid of the mattness ? Well, I didn’t use Starry Temptress topcoat, I
used something else that arrived in my nail mail that day – NORTHERN LIGHTS by
Out The Door, a holographic top coat.
This adds the
tinsiest bit of fairy sparkle to your nails – delicate without being
over-powering. After having some
SpectraFlair moments lately (thanks, Lori) it amuses me that whatever holographic
element OTD use ALSO sinks to the bottm.
Amuses me a LOT.
This may not be the
most beautiful colour I own, but WWT has impact, flair, drama, chutzpah and a
gluelike formula. Definite winner.
J
Top Tip – if you’re
ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give
you plenty of contrasts and compares.