OPI Blush Hour

Today I have a pretty glitter to show you.  I'm not going to go into detail about my base colours though.  

Blush Hour was part of the OPI Spotlight on Glitter that came out this Spring.  I was very excited when I saw this bottle because it was dark and different from the other glitters I had.  I read some reviews and saw the pictures and it looked pretty.

The only thing was, I would prefer to wear this as a polish on top of another colour. Like a sheer effect.  I knew that this wasn't a clear base and it was a tinted base colour but I thought that would be ok.

What I didn't realize was, Blush Hour dries kind of grainy.  It reminded me of what I expected a Liquid Sand to be like.  Also it dries kind of matte, or it looks like there is a bit of a white crystal on top?  It looks more shiny after a topcoat but it is grainy.  

Close up bottle shot

Close up bottle shot

Brush shot

Thinly layered on polish - 1 thin coat

Here I used Essie's Ballet Slippers (2 coats) and thinly layered 1 coat of Blush Hour.  I realized that if I were to layer it like I did here, it's pretty obvious that the base is a purple sheer tint.  Also, depending on how thick my coat was, it was kind of streaky in terms of the base.  So if you're going to try this, I just warn you that it can happen.

Thick coat - 3 thick coats

Here I did an accent nail.  On my other fingers is OPI You're Such a Buda-Pest.  Here, you can kind of see how it's more like a Liquid Sand texture.  It's pretty.  I would recommend 2 coats of top coat if you want it really shiny.  I used 1 coat here.

For myself, I feel that this polish is pretty but I was hoping it would be a similar finish/texture as Polka.com.  Everyone did think my accent nail was pretty.

I bought OPI Blush Hour at Trade Secrets for C$9.99.