OPI Shatter Review

I am so confused as to why there was such a massive hype about this product!? It never works on my nails it looks clumpy and doesn't have the nice shatter look that I had expected from looking at pictures. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but this product really doesn't do what it's ment to and I would most probably never use it again.

Was extremely excited on the release of this product that I went and brought the whole set.

What a disappointment

It works best with 1 coat using 1 brush stroke but the brush is not wide enough so it requires multiple strokes leaving the finish not shattered enough and looking heavy. The red shatter is not pigmented enough and would not cover anything other than perhaps white. And the lacquer itself dries and clumps very quickly that it becomes completely unusable. I barely got any use out of this product. I definitely don't think anyone should be paying the full price for this polish

I bought a couple of these when it was all the rage a couple of years ago. I have the black and white. I find that you have to wait ages for your first base coat colour to dry before even thinking about adding the shatter polish over the top. The formula is okay, never had any clumping issues and one quick swish was usually sufficient to get a decent crackling look. Top coat is an absolute must as one few times I went without they felt rough and chipped after only a day or so. I have no problems with this type of OPI polish but I guess it's become a bit outdated in terms of nail trends. In recent months i've used the black once on a feature nail which I think tones down the look a bit.

I remember how much hype there was around this range, and when I got them I felt quite disappointed.

To begin with I had to make sure that the underneath nail polish colour was bone dry before attempting to apply the Shatter or it would start to pull the nail polish away with it when it started to shatter - not a great look.

I also found that it chipped SO fast, within a couple of hours it had started to chip even with a top coat.. I also thought the brush was too small and you weren't able to coat your whole nail with 1 stroke which would have been more ideal.

The thing that annoyed me the most was how fast they dried up and started to go bad/gluggy. After a couple of uses my black was almost unusable which sucked - especially after paying $25 for it! I've found dupes which work better from the $2 shop... Sorry OPI :S

A positive is that they had a nice selection with a decent range of colours, but I would not repurchase again...

I was so excited to try this, and then I tried it and my excitement was gone. Fast.

It was just so awkward. You have one chance to get it right. If you don't get a perfect, full coverage with your first swipe of the brush you need to start all over again. You can't keep brushing it on before it dries or it just doesn't work.

I have found other "shatter polishes" that you can keep coating it on to get the perfect coverage before it starts cracking, for a lower price.

This is a fail for me, sorry OPI.

I have tried applying this by myself once, and it was a disaster! Because it dries rather fast, you have to get it right on the first application or it becomes really thick and the effect doesn't look good. When done correctly, I really like the shatter effect and have gotten it done at a nail salon several times. My favourite shatter is the silver one. I wouldn't recommend trying to apply this on by yourself.

I like the shatter effect and found it easy to apply myself at home. I did find that the white did not work as well as the silver and black shatter I purchased. An easy and affordable option if you don't want to go to a salon for a different look.

I loved opi shatter at first but its a lot harder to do than you would think. you also have to have a color underneath which sometimes messes with the look of the nail polish. Its nice if you have the time and do it right.

I have purchased/been gifted a number of shatter OPI's and have to say I am not very impressed with them.

I find that some of them look really tacky and it does take a bit of practice to get the right amount of polish on in order for them to shatter with a nice look to them.

You need just a base covering- too thin and it shatters too much/ you cant see the colour very well. Too much and it hardly shatters and just looks messy.

The other problem I found was that after really short amounts of time the nailpolish went gluggy and unusable in its jar. This was something I found for all my 4 shatter polishes.

At first, everyone was all about shatter polish and so I went out and got a few OPI shatter polishes.

I found them rather hard to work with, yes it became easier and looked better with practice but I still didn't completely get the look I was expecting or wanting.

One thing that completely annoyed me was after paying the ridiculous amount for each polish they went gluggy and dried very quickly.