It's no secret that my love for light colored nail polished goes hand-in-hand with inability to get weekly manicures and unwillingness to do may nails every few days myself. Light colored polish doesn't show chips as much, so manicures, be it at a salon or at home, can stretch much longer. While I love my Essie Mademoiselle and OPI Bubble Bath, I felt the need to get something with a slight edge while everyone else was rocking the blacks and navys. Side note: even light colored polishes turn my nails yellow while wearing a base-coat, so the effects of wearing round-the-clock dark polishes would be frightening. So I turned to a soft shade of gray.
I discovered OPI's Moon Over Mumbai in CVS of all places almost a year ago, and have been wearing it almost exclusively ever since. I'm still working my way through the same bottle, so if you're hesitant about spending $8.50 for a bottle of nail polish, you really get a lot of use for your money. The color is sheer, so I usually put on 3 thin coats (seen above), allowing drying time between each, and finish with an acrylic top coat. The bottle I bought advertising having an extra-wide "professional" brush. I'm not sure if all bottles in this color come with this larger brush, but it does make the polishing go faster. I generally get about a week out of my home manicures, with a few small chips here and there, but I have only myself to blame since I definitely use my nails as tools. Sometimes I just assume that everyone knows how to do their own nails, but I'd be happy to do a tutorial if that's not the case!
Bottom Line
Product: OPI Moon Over Mumbai
Website: www.opi.com
Retail Price: $8.50
Category: Nails
Recommendation: My favorite, long wearing, every day nail polish
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2 comments:
Moon over Moombai is realy gorgeous! the best of indian collection
Opi always has the larger brush. I'm not sure about the other opi lines like Nicole or their sephora line though.
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