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Thursday 30 May 2013

Darling Diva Polish Material Girl

Darling Diva Polish Material Girl
Darling Diva Polish Material Girl 

Darling Diva Polish Material Girl is just so *girly* - I love it! It's a hot pink jelly with a variety of pink and holographic glitters - some hex, some circular that all just comes together into a super-feminine polish.

Darling Diva Polish Material Girl

Darling Diva Polish Material Girl

Darling Diva Polish Material Girl
Darling Diva Polish Material Girl 

As Material Girl is quite sheer, I chose to layer it over a polish almost identical to the base colour to avoid visible nail line. I think Material Girl would be fine on it's own on short nails, but I try to avoid vnl in my manis  mainly to disguise the fact that my nail beds are all different lengths! I used Barbara Daly Think Pink as my undies for this mani, which is a Tesco brand. Sally Hansen Insta Dri Presto Pink is almost identical.

Application of Material Girl was really easy, the formula is good and no fishing for the glitters is required. I didn't do any placement of glitters, this is just how they came out the bottle - I prefer a random distribution on my nails! I used three coats of Material Girl here - I was going to stop at two  but I really liked the jelly sandwich effect I was getting as the coats built up so I decided to add another coat. I used just one coat of Seche Vite quick drying top coat to smooth this manicure out.

In more subdued light, Material Girl takes on a brighter denser pink hue!

Darling Diva Polish Material Girl

Darling Diva Polish Material Girl
Darling Diva Polish Material Girl 

And here are a few macro shots to show the detail of the smaller glitters - look at that holo microglitter!

Darling Diva Polish Material Girl

Darling Diva Polish Material Girl


Darling Diva Polish Material Girl
Darling Diva Polish Material Girl 

I received Darling Diva Polish Material Girl as a sample for review; you can buy Darling Diva polishes from their Etsy Shop or from Llarowe or Mei Mei's Signatures - all these sellers ship worldwide. Norway Nails also stocks Darling Diva polishes and ships within Europe. You can follow Darling Diva on facebook for news of new colours and restock updates.

8 comments:

  1. Girly indeed! Love the mix of glitter in this :)

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    1. Thanks! I think it might be my new favourite pink glitter!

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  2. That is so pretty! I love the glitter and the color really caught my eye.

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    1. Thank you! It is eye-catching, I love super-bright pinks like this :)

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  3. This is gorgeous on you! And your nails are to die for! I wish I could grow mine that long with out breaking them.

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    1. Thank you! I'm just lucky with my nails I think - no special treatment other than regular moisturiser / hand cream.

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  4. It looks so pretty on you! I tried it on its own and it was not as great as your mani. next time I'm layering too.

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    1. Thanks! Yes, I thought it would be just bit too *jelly* to show up the glitters to their best on its own, and to cover VNL on longer nails. I've not tried it alone yet - did you post about it yet?

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