When Sephora announced that they would be launching the Marc Jacobs make up line, I was pretty excited. I mean it's not like I own anything from Louis Vuitton or anything, I only really own Marc Jacobs perfumes. I ordered Petra because it seemed like a unique colour.
Thoughts
The polish is pretty thick, so it doesn't drip everywhere. I found the application pretty easy and it was opaque after one coat. I'm not sure if it's because of the base I used but sometimes I found that the polish didn't stick to my base coat. I painted my nails pretty late at night, so while it appeared to be completed opaque, I might have missed some spots. Application wise, it was good and I found it pretty easy.
Remember this was late at night, so I thought it was very opaque and I originally placed one coat of Seche Vite. Yesterday night, I realized that I wasn't really into the finished look. I mean the application was easy and it was opaque but I'm not into how the finish product looks. I'm not sure why. It is described as a "dirty bronze metallic shimmer" and it's supposed to be high shine. It wasn't really shiny and it looked dull to me. I wore it to work and my coworker honestly told me that she didn't like the colour, and I agreed. I showed her some swatches online and she said those were nice LOL. I asked her if it's because we're on summer mode and I wore something for the fall? So, on conclusion is one coat doesn't wow me and it looked dull in person.
I went home and painted another coat on top of what I already had. So the pictures on the bottom are "without" top coat because it's actually underneath. After I added the second coat it looked a lot prettier. I am thinking of returning this just because even after the second coat, I'm not really into the finished look. It's a lot prettier with two coats though. I'm not sure why I painted my nails with only one coat since I usually throw in a second coat. I think after the fact that I had Boxer Shorts on and I really enjoyed the shine and the look for that, wearing this was a disappointment. I was REALLY looking forward to painting this. After I received my shipment, I took off Boxer Shorts to paint this. The one coat with Seche Vite did start chipping a little. For me, I'm not sure if it's only because I had one coat but if I spend this much money on a polish, I would like it to last a few days longer. I realize this is a glitter polish so the finish is different from cremes but I own a lot of glitter based polishes too. I think this just wasn't my thing.
Packaging which is really pretty and cute.
Base coat: Nicole by OPI Base Coat Plus
Colour coat: Marc Jacobs Petra
Top coat: Seche Vite
Thick polish that doesn't drip
One coat with Seche Vite top coat
One coat with Seche Vite top coat
Second coat on top of the one coat with Seche Vite. It really comes together here.
Second coat on top of the One coat with Seche Vite
Second coat on top of the one coat with Seche Vite
Second coat on top of the one coat with Seche Vite
Second coat on top of the one coat with Seche Vite
I bought Petra online from Sephora.com. I placed my order before it was available in store. So if you are interested in this colour, it is available in Sephora now, so you can test it. I paid C$22. The bottle is 13mL.
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