Urbanite Icicles
Hello, lovely people! My wonderful Mummy recently got a few China Glaze polishes off a website, and snuck one in for me! Urban-Night is a lovely deep purple that turned out quite a bit darker than how it looks in the bottle. In artificial light it was almost black, but out in natural light it's quite a vamp-y red-toned purple. It's definitely red-toned because it stained my cuticles orange! Sorry about the fur in the first pic... The kitties are just so helpful.
These photos were taken without a top coat, which gives you an idea of how incredibly glossy the finish on this polish is. It's a true crelly (creme-jelly) with that delicious China Glaze formula I'm becoming addicted to. Just look at that shine!!
You can even see my camera reflected in this one! 'Scuse the couple of nicks on the index and middle fingers - I seem to be particularly clumsy today and bumped a couple of nails while painting the others. This one took two coats to be opaque which I was a little surprised at as I've become accustomed to the CG formula only needing one. I probably would've done two coats anyway because I'm just that kinda gal! Over Urban-Night I used one of my smaller dotting tools to add some little polka dots in China Glaze Icicle. I have no idea why, it just seemed like a good idea at the time. Kinda cute though, no?
The silver polka dots add a little bit of a younger, more playful edge to this particularly 'mature' polish. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it! Behold, another label shot:
No top coat in any of these photos either. I knew I was going to be taking this mani off straight away so I didn't bother, but as far as the shine finish goes, it seriously wasn't necessary. Can you see the reflection of my camera lens in this pic?
Have to say, Urban-Night isn't right at the top of my favourite polishes, but it is a truly delicious colour and such an easy formula to work with. I'm not sure what it is, maybe it's just my mood today or the fact that I have so many purple polishes in my 'favourite pile' already, but this doesn't really spark anything magic in me. That's weird, because it has all the necessary elements. Hmm. Oh well! It's still pretty darn gorgeous ;-).
Polka dots - for or against? Do you like the purple / silver pairing or think that perhaps purple and gold belong together? What's the last polish you got that failed to spark as much excitement as you'd hoped? I know I'm nagging, but I wanna know! I love hearing from you lovely people. Pop your feet up and forget that it's Monday tomorrow... ;-)
- Ally xx
