Cuccio Manhattan Mayhem

I love red polish as you probably all know. I was doing a little window shopping on nailsupplies.us when I saw this polish. I loved it and immediately turned to google for swatches. Oh my... heaven on a nail! Of course it was out of stock, so I couldn't order it. Isn't that always the way it goes?

When I was doing a little order for me and a friend a while later, I noticed this polish was back in stock and I didn't hesitate to order it. When it finally came and I had the bottle in my hands I was... well to be honest... a little dissapointed.

Cuccio Manhattan Mayhem is a red medium glitter in a red base. All the swatches I could find, showed an orange shimmer, flash or glow that made it look like flames on your nails and that is what I loved about it. Unfortunately I just didn't see that in the bottle.

I decided to just paint my nails with it, in the hopes of seeing the orange flash on my nails.
I got dissapointed again. When the sunlight hits this polish, you do see a flash of orange in the bottle, but on the nail, it's just a red glitter. Nothing wrong with that, but I want my orange flash!!!

 

The formula was ok but it's a little chunkier than I like my polish to be. It's opaque in 2 coats, easy to apply, I love the cap and bottle and it dries really fast. You do need a good coat of topcoat (or 2) to get it to really shine and smooth out the finish. I think it's a really nice red glitter, but I just expected it to be so different.

 

Are you familiar with this brand and did you ever have your high hopes smashed by a polish?

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