Nails I Love
OPI DS Temptation
A Tale Of 2 Halves ….
Hi goddesses. I was really excited to snap up this pretty little
beauty, and wore it on Wednesday. Then I
got caught up in my Hallowe’en challenge, and now Trace Face Philes has blogged
it – and with better photos! Grrrrr, I bow
to your supremacy Traci J
Firstly, I hate this
polish because it highlights my stupidity.
I thought ALL DS polishes were holos – but they’re not. This is a glitter bomb (more on that later)
but man it would have looked awesome with some holo in it. Can you imagine, crazy violet purple holo
with fuschia shimmer ? oh I could cry ….
So, yes, DS
Temptation. I love and loathe this
beauty in equal measure, often for the same reasons! The base colour is a blue
toned crazy violet and cold purple and it is RAMMED with blue, fuschia and
purple glitter. The effect is almost
overpowering, it is THAT crazy on the nail.
I have included a
LOT of photos in this post, because it really is hard to find JUST ONE that
captures everything about this polish.
The colours in it are intensely wild and deep, and the glitterometer is
off the scale. You’ll notice how gritty
some of the nails look – and this was after 2 coats of Poshe.
DS Temptation literally
sizzles with electricity – you can almost see the volts creating the glitter
before your eyes. There’s also quite a
lot of timelessness going on with this glitter – it looks like a galaxy on the
nail, layers and layers of glittering crowding over each other to create a cosmic
overload of dazzle.
I like that this
purple is almost feral – it’s wild, it’s elemental, there’s nothing civilised
about it at all. It’s one of the coldest
purples I’ve seen in a long time, and the purple is always braided with violet
and blue to add to its chilly density.
This is one of OPI’s
best polishes in an otherwise dull year, and it’s a shame it’s getting lost in
all the hype and saliva ahead of the Muppets Collection. Whilst I am sure there are at least a couple
of Nubar’s this is similar to, it’s nice to see OPI trying to wow the crowd
rather than the incredibly safe play they’ve indulged in this year.
The moment I put it
on, I was in love. This polish is wild,
intense, dramatic, outrageous – it’s a cabaret in a bottle. But, the longer I wore it, the less I loved
it. I could still marvel at its impact,
but it looked more and more neon to me as the day wore on, and I don’t do
neon. The purple started to fade away,
leaving too much electricity in it’s place, and I fell out of love with it.
Also on the negative
side, as you might imagine, this was a BITCH to remove. Because the glitter is fine and dense it just
dries like concrete – there is no other way but to soak it off.
However, as I said
at the top, this is a tale of 2 halves, and you’ll have to come back tomorrow
to find out What Debbie Did Next and how DS Temptation redeemed itself.
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.
