Max Factor Fantasy Fire

Sometimes a polish gets so much attention on blogs, youtube and everywhere else, I just can't help myself but buy it. Today I have one of those hyped polishes for you. This is supposed to be a dupe for the discontinued cult favorite Clarins 230 and it's been sitting in my stash for quite some time, untried, because although it looks really cool in the bottle, it's sheer as can be and is meant to be used as a topper over other polishes and that's just not my thing...

Max Factor Fantasy Fire is a color shifting sheer topper. In the bottle you see gorgeous blue, purple and gold and it has been talked about so much, I had to have it!

The formula is ok, it's extremely sheer, but 1 coat over a base color is enough to get the full effect. It dries really fast, but not as shiny as I like, so a top coat is a must. I decided to go with a deep blue base, Essence The boy next door.

The result was... well... not as gorgeous as I expected after hearing everybody rave about this polish. I do see the shift and it's nice, but it didn't blow me away. To be honest, I actually like The boy next door better without Fantasy Fire. What a disappointment...

Maybe I just layered it over the wrong color, but this doesn't do it for me at all. I am going to try it over a few other colors, but for now, I'm so underwhelmed, I put it in the back of my helmer where it will stay for quite some time.

If you do like this polish and have some great base color suggestions, please let me know in the comments. I really want to love this, but I just don't.

Do you own this and what do you think?

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