Salem

Imagine you'd spent every meal of your life eating mince and then someone gave you Fillet Steak. This nail varnish is the cosmetic equivalent, superior quality from anything I've used before. Im a regular OPI & Chanel girl. ILNP was, hands down the best performance I've ever had from nail varnish. The formula is relatively thin, meaning you can effortlessly get an unbelievably smooth finish. Take your time and apply three/four of these delicate coats and watch the depth of colour blossom in front of your eyes. The finish is like emeralds under dark water. A glossy, shimmering delight, with unbelievable depth. I added top coat and the shine was magic. The colour is a definite deep green. Occasionally it looks almost black, The colour shift to red is subtle and only visible in certain lights. Drying time was swift, application an absolute dream but the best thing? The performance. I got eight days of chip-free wear and in those days I typed daily and at length, washed pots and pans gloveless, scrubbed my bathroom and applied insulation to my front windows- all without a chip, smudge or crack to the polish. Towards day eight, the glimmering shimmer had slightly diminished. I could possibly have revived it with a reapplication of top coat but instead removed and reapplied. There's none of that frantic scrubbing you usually get with glittery polishes. Ordinary remover did the job fine. My first ILNP product yes. Certainly not my last. I love this and it is worth every penny.

I didn't expect it to be such a deep emerald hue- the pictures make the shift in colour seem more more intense. Which it's not. But that doesn't mean it's not beautiful. Applies in 3 coats, ILNP's formulas are always so wonderfully easy to apply and quick drying so this was no trouble.
All in all I know I'll probably be wearing this shade all of october....<3

It usually takes me about 3 coats to get a colour I'm happy with that's nice and opaque. The green sparkle is really pretty and the shift to red is subtle, but pretty as heck