PHWWOOOARRR. As always with Polishgasm posts, not too many words. This is Asun, a rather bloody beautiful nail polish from The Make Up Store.
It's a sheer red jelly packed with amazing holographic hexagonal glitter - they are hexagonal, but they almost look round. There's also a lot of teeny tiny holographic glitters in there. I wouldn't dream of trying to wear this alone as the base has basically no pigment, so I layered one coat of it over China Glaze Skate Night.
What's especially lovely about Asun is that it's so easy to apply. With most polishes that contain large glitters, it's a pain in the arse to distribute them evenly on the nail. Not with this though - it applies more or less as well as any regular polish.
As far as I'm aware, there's only 2 Make Up Stores in the UK, both in London - at Westfield Shepherds Bush and on Carnaby Street. If you know otherwise, please do let me know! Now I'll be quiet and you can enjoy the sparkly sequinned loveliness.
Wow that's gorgeous! I would love to be able to wear nail polishes like this but the stress of taking it off makes it not worth it x
ReplyDeleteUse the foil method! Soak pieces of cotton pads in remover, stick on your nails and wrap the tips of your fingers in tin foil to keep them in place. Wait 5-10 minutes, pull them off et voila, perfectly clean nails!
DeleteI never used to wear glitters until I learned about that - now I wear them all the time! :-) x
Aya woowwa! Hot glittery goodness!
ReplyDeleteI know, right? :-D
DeleteWoah, it's so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it just?
DeleteWowzers, that polish is amazing! Do you know if you can buy The Make Up Store polishes online?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I don't think so - I have had a look but can't seem to find anything! :-(
DeleteThe website has good pictures of what they sell though, if so you want anything picked up just let me know, I'm pretty close to the one on Carnaby street :-)
No lie, I was tidying yesterday and came across a copy of their pamphlet and this polish caught my eye and I thought to myself I must check this out when I'm in the store next and then you post a swatch :-) Now I have seen your lovely swatches I don't think I'll be getting it as I have quite a few polishes with the dame sort of glitter in clear bases.
ReplyDeleteHah, I wasn't looking in your window or anything I promise ;-).
DeleteI have this and love it! I actually wore it on it's own once, it took about 6 coats to get it looking semi opaque but it looked awesome! I love it on you, it looks so rich!
ReplyDeleteBlimey, I don't think I'd have the patience for six coats - I salute you! And thanks :-)
DeleteOh wow, this is so gorgeous! I've not seen another polish like it.
ReplyDeleteMe neither, isn't it lovely?
DeleteI have been eyeing this a couple of times, and I think it's really pretty. I'm sure it can be layered over others colours than red. How much is a Make Up Store polish in the UK?
ReplyDeleteI reckon it could be layered over most colours really, since the red jelly has barely any pigment to it. They're £11 in the UK
DeleteBeautiful! Another shop I need to visit in London!
ReplyDeleteYes, yes you do! Let me know next time you're down and we can meet up :-)
DeleteI have glittery nail varnish on right now but it's no where near as amazing as yours!! ...I'll have to get me some next time I'm down there. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat are you wearing right now? I love glitters!
DeleteAww I went to Carnaby St in June and wanted to get this but they didn't have it =( I ended up with 3 others though! I bought some of their holo's in Sweden and they're amazing, you should get them if you don't have them already!
ReplyDeleteI swear every time I go in there something I want is ALWAYS out of stock, such a pain! If you still want Asun I'm happy to pick it up for you if its in stock next time I go by Carnaby St way? I've got a couple of the holos, Britta and Charmaine that I used in my holographic splatter manicure a couple of weeks ago but the others have been out of stock every time.. they WILL be mine eventually!
Deletevery different and just utterly gorgeous. the last picture is just surreal
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Ahh, I knew you'd like it! x
Deletethat polish is so pretty! it looks great on your complexion as well. cute blog :)
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