"Live like a czarina in this richly ornamented jet black laced with highly textured matte glitter with flashes of holographic rainbow." - Essie
Essie's Belugaria is a very, very thick polish to apply, as it's half polish, half glitter pieces. This makes it almost impossible to have a perfect application. I used two coats of Belugria, and this polish is very pigmented. Belugaria dried very quickly, and to an extremely textured finish. This formula has mid-sized holographic glitter pieces and black glitter pieces that are supposed to resemble caviar. Belugaria is striving to achieve the popular caviar manicure in just one step, by including the glitter pieces in the polish formula. I myself haven't tried any caviar manicure sets, so I can't tell you how well Belugaria compares. Just be warned that this polish does dry to an extremely rough and textured finish. I mean, I can't even run my hands through my hair without getting my nails caught! This finish isn't up my alley, but I know that some people will enjoy this new look. If you wanted a look with a bit less volume, I'm sure you could use a layer of plain black polish as your base, followed by one coat of Essie's Belugaria.
As I mentioned earlier, I think that this polish will be pretty hit or miss with most people. Honestly, this polish was a miss for me, just because I found the textured finish finish so annoying. This may not be such a turn off for you, but I thought that I should point it out. This almost resembles dried lava on your nails! What do you think about Essie's Belugaria? Are you a fan of this textured look? The new Encrusted Treasures Collection will be hitting shelves November 2013.
That is taking textured polish to the extreme!! I definitly fall in the "miss" group. If I want to be brutely honest, it looks like road tarmac LOL. I'm really surprised this came from Essie... Thanks for sharing this post, but I think I'll pass :P
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely a love it or hate it polish! It's not for me, but it must be up someone's alley!
DeleteI agree, it's a surprising release from Essie!
That looks so cool! I don't think it'd be good as an everyday polish but I can see myself getting creative with it for Halloween.
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You're so right - it would be a great Halloween polish!
DeleteIts an edgy nail polish looks heavy on. Great review doll. I nominated you for the Versatile Award come read.
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It is very heavy!
DeleteOh thank you so much :D
It's has cool edgy vibe. Was it hard to remove?
ReplyDeleteRowena @ rolala loves
It was a bit easier to remove than a traditional glitter polish! But it wasn't as easy as removing a cream polish. :)
Deletethat is definitely unique, to say the least! I'm not sure if I could wear it or not!
ReplyDeleteAha it's very unique! :)
DeleteThis polish is interesting! I've never seen anything like it!
ReplyDeleteIt is very unique, that's for sure!
DeleteThis is just weird. I was all for the opi liquid sands and loved how quick they dried. Definitely a miss from me.
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It's a very different take on the Liquid San trends!
DeleteThat looks vile! :| How could Essie think that people would want to buy something that leaves that sort of result? >.<
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Yea, I'm not really a fan! :(
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