Friday, May 2, 2014

OPI Glitter Off Base Coat

I am FINALLY getting around to writing up my review for the OPI Glitter Off Base Coat. I've used this so much it's ridiculous. I wanted to test it will several different types of polish.






I ordered my bottle off Amazon and I think it was less than $11 including shipping.






This is how it looks as it dries. Pinky and ring finger are almost totally dry the middle and pointer still have spots that are wet and the thumb is freshly painted on. It takes about 10 minutes to dry.







The first polish test was a jelly polish with glitter. I used Emily de Molly Cosmic Forces for this test.






This came off in tiny pieces. It was easier than usual to remove put still a huge pain. This was only 1 coat of OPI Glitter Off.





I repeated the jelly test with 2 coats of Glitter Off and it worked MUCH better.






The next one is a crelly polish with glitter. I used Picture Polish Frosting.



I used 2 coats of OPI Glitter Off for this test and it came off super easy. All in one sheet.






I also tested all glitter in a clear base. This is 3-4 coats of China Glaze Snow Globe.






Great removal again with 2 coats of Glitter Off.




I also tried out a cream polish with a glitter topper. I used Sinful Colors Pistache for the cream base polish and Wicked Polish Arson as the Glitter topper.






 Still awesome removal with 2 coats Glitter Off.


I LOVE this stuff. It makes removal about 10 billion times easier. I will be buying 2 or 3 more bottles just to have a stock of them. I hated soaking my nails with cotton balls and acetone because acetone is so bad for your nails anyway. I don't mind using it to wipe polish off but letting it sit on my nails and cuticles can't be good for them. The Glitter Off caused NO damage to my nails at all. I didn't have to scrape or poke to get it off. I just lifted the edge up with a cuticle pusher or even a fingernail and slowly lift it off.

I didn't really have issues like some people did where whole nails would just pop off while they were doing normal things around the house. I did have one that started to pop off and then while I was messing with it I popped it almost totally off but the base is a tiny bit sticky so I was able to just press it back on and then it lasted until I got home to remove and change my polish.

I did not do any long tests with this. Part of the point of this -for me- was that I wouldn't dread the removal so much that I'd leave the polish on for 4 or 5 days like I have before. All because I didn't want to have to deal with the removal. Using the Glitter Off, I could change my glitter every day because removal wasn't a huge pain anymore. SO most of my tests only had the polish on for about 24 hours.