REVIEW: OPI Nail Lacquer in Wing It!

I swear, I have never felt more self conscious buying a product (not even tampons!) than when I bought this nail polish. I walked into the the salon I buy OPI from, and the girl at the till and her co-worker would chat - pause to stare at me - and then chat again. This went on for the duration of my time in the salon; when they got at the till, they made small talk with me but made me feel like I was out of place by being there. The manager of the salon, an older gentleman, is usually the one who works the tills on weekends but I guess he was busy. Next time he is there when I am, I will talk to him about this.



Product Brand and Name, Price (CDN), Where Purchased

OPI Nail Lacquer in Wing It!, $10.00 CDN @ Enviro Trends

Reason for Purchase

I like the nail polishes that OPI produces, and I really liked the look of this color in the bottle.

I went into the store to check out whether or not they have gotten in the Katy Perry collection yet, and they have not. So, I picked up this polish and another glitter polish from the Burlesque collection.

Notable Features

The polishes are salon quality, and are formulated without formaldehyde, toluene, or dibutyl phthalate (DBPs).

Packaging

Polishes come in glass bottles with a black twist off brush cap. OPI polishes are easy to recognize in a crowd, as their bottles are round and chubby - as are the brush caps.

Experience Using Product

Wing It! is an interesting color. It is a shade of pink, but it’s got shimmers in it that change the color a bit when light hits it. In the bottle, you can pick up hints of gold, orange, magenta, silver and blue. On my nails, all I have been able to pick up is the silver and blue. I really like colors like this, because they transform depending on what you are wearing with it, or the light you are around.

One thing I am not too happy about is that this color never goes opaque. You will pretty much always be able to see your nail through the polish. It goes on very streaky for the first coat, but applies much more smoothly on the second and third coats. I had to use three coats in order to get a finish I was happy with.

Would I Re-Purchase, Recommend, or Reject

While I like this color a lot, I am sure that you can find shades similar to this one by drugstore brands that are less expensive. Additionally, I am not really impressed with the streaky application and the number of coats required to get a good finish on my nails. Price for this product is also a negative - $10 is a lot for a nail polish (I know I have said this twice now, yet I keep buying them...). For the reasons above, I would not recommend this product.