piCture pOlish Lollipop

Sometimes a blogpost writes itself, but today's post...  not so much.
I struggled a little to get the wording for this post right, but the biggest struggle was to get this polish on my nails in such a way, that it did justice to the absolutely stunning polish I saw in the bottle. This wasn't a polish that I just slapped on or a blogpost that I wrote in 2 minutes, this has taken a bit more effort on my part to get it right.

Picture Polish Lollipop is the polish that gave me such a hard time. Yup, a Picture Polish that I struggled with, it's a first for me. Lollipop is a gorgeous deep purple jelly base, filled with different sizes and shades of purple glitter.


When I first saw this polish, I was over the moon with it. It's such a gorgeous deep color and it has glitter in it! The reason that I struggled with it, is that the jelly base is quite sheer and I just couldn't get it opaque and looking deep enough on my nails, while still being easy to paint.

I tried 2 thicker coats, but ended up with a gloopy mess, I tried 3 thin coats, but I found I just didn't want to deal with the thicker formula and run away glitters. I felt so dissapointed and I almost gave up, but I've seen so many people rave about this polish and it looks so good in swatches, I wanted it to work for me too!


So for my third attempt I tried layering it over a single (not even opaque in the slightest) coat of OPI Do you have this color in Stock-holm? and low and behold, it worked, no, it looked stunning!

I only needed 1 coat but I did 2, just to see if it would deepen the color. It didn't, but it did add extra glitter. I absolutely love how this looks, finally I understand what people rave about and this is now a favorite instead of a dissapointment.



This polish was created in collaboration with Nail Polish Canada, a Canadian polish retailer that (unfortunately) doesn't ship internationally. But if you live in Canada, this is a great site for you!

This polish was intended as a more textured polish, so if you want a smooth finish, you do need to add a good topcoat. I suspect that's also the reason for the much thicker than all my other Picture Polishes formula.

What do you think about Lollipop?

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7 comments:

  1. O, I had as much struggles as you, what a disaster to apply!
    I wore it once on its own, but did have some bald spots here and there... I didn't do any justice to the gorgeousness of this polish... I put the bottle away, sad that it didn't turn out the way I imagined it.
    I really like it layered this way, though! I think I'm actually taking out my bottle soon and try for myself!

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    1. You definitely should, it makes all the difference!

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  2. What a gorgeous purple, too bad it was such a hassle to get to it.

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    1. It's such a deep, rich purple <3
      Once I figured out to layer it over Stock-holm, it wasn't a pain at all and if you get a change to pick it up, it's absolutely worth it and a perfect color for you!

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  3. Ik vind 'm echt heel mooi! Wat frustrerend dat je 'm niet goed op kreeg. Ik ken het! Super over dat kleurtje van OPI heen. Echt een musthave!

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