OPI Shatter Review

I loved the look of the shatter affect, I only bought the black one because it looked great with a bright colour underneath. It looks really cute but it can take a bit of practice before you get it right, it dries super quick so if you don't get it right with the first stroke you can't go back and correct it unless you take off all the nail polish and start again. And it can be really iffy trying to get that perfect balance of not too thick and not too thin so you get a good shatter, but when you get there it's totally worth it.

I have tried a various assortment of shatter/crackle nail polishes over the years but the OPI ones are the ones that I keep going back to. In fact I now have almost every colour! My fav colour is the gold, it makes almost every colour you out it with look fantastic! The wide brushes mean you only need to do two swipes on each nail, any more and you get it too thick and it does not 'shatter'.

I only bought these at a makeup sale as OPI is expensive. The shatter effect is good (if applied thick and evenly), but it does chip quite quickly. Within the day of application, if you wadh dishes or do housework, the polish will chip instantly! I found avon shatter to be more hard wearing and cheaper. Definitely don 't think it is worth the price for the short lasting wear.

I honestly love this shatter. I got one as a gift and of course i had to try it instantly, I found i liked it better when there were bigger shatters which you had to apply a thick even coat. The only downside is you only have one shot for each nail but you get better over time. For it to last longer i just applied a clear top coat when it dried. The only downside was that it can go a bit lumpy and to solve that i just warmed it up a bit by rubbing it together. In the end i loved it and will continue using it.

Definitely a cool and pretty effect. I purchased in almost all the different colours and found they look great when applied. One down side is that you need to get an even thick coat for the best results, reapplication will just make your nails look pretty gross in my opinion. I also found that mine dried up quite quickly so they tended to be a bit lumpy when I tried to apply them, warming them up a bit in a cup of boiling water for 30 seconds seemed to fix this though.

if applied correctly it looks great , but you need to get a nice even coat first try or else it looks clumpy and ugly in my option. it is quick drying as you can watch it start drying and cracking (creating the shatter effect) .it looks pretty and cute when applied right, worth the money!

Like the title says, I find this very hard to get the shatter to work properly; like I don't want to put too much polish but then I don't want to under use and this is my problem. I think that if you're a beginner, then it's best to stay clear cause you're just wasting your money. But if you are a pro, then this should be no sweat for you. I only have the white one and It looks great if you've done it right!

Shatter Nail Polish, from what i remember this was a phase in the nail world maybe 2-3 years ago, which is still lingering around, although not as popular as it once was.

No surprises that i jumped on this bandwagon, and purchased the OPI shatter in both black and silver because those were the colors i thought would be most versatile.

They way these nail polishes work is you paint your nails as normal with your colour coats, and then place a reasonably thin layer of shatter on top, and while you wait for it to dry, it literally shatters before your eyes.

Like all OPI's this shatter range comes in the same weighted clear bottles, with the OPI logo imprinted on the front. The handle is plastic and black, and the brush is applies nail polish smoothly and evenly, but the brush is nothing special.

I found the formula on this nail polish to be good on one level, but no so good on the other. It was good because the colour was pigmented, and so you only needed to use one coat, which is good because you can only use one coat for the shatter effect. The formula let me down because i find the nail polishes a bit thicker than the regular OPI. This means at times, the coat was way to thick to create a good shatter, and it also meant these nail polishes dried up really fast. I think they dried up in around 6 months, which i think is ridiculous.

Overall, a nice idea to create a new nail look, but small imperfections, and a change in trends, as well as personal preferences ensure i wont be repurchasing this product again.

I own the silver colour and I've used it a couple of times and the cracked shatter effect is awesome over the top of a vibrant colour. However, I will add that it didn't last long for before chipping away, maybe 2-4 days after I applied it.