I used the Black Shatter. All OPI nail polish, the bottle looks like a candy choice & it's hard to just pick one colour. The brush is really lovely. The formula didn't go on easily, and it was tricky. I didn't really couldn't achieve the expected shatter effect. It waskind of lumpy & thick. A thinner coat worked better and make sure the base coat is smooth & very dry. I love OPI, however this might be a skill level of painting I'm not ready for.
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OPI Shatter Review
***THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED BY THE BRAND***
Seven irresistible Shatter shades. Each colour createsa beautiful “shattered” effect. The options are endless!
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Love the look the shatter gives off however I could never get all my nails looking nice. Some days it would be real thick to apply others it would be fine. I then wen back to use it one day and was all dried up even though the lid was on tight
I got the red OPI shatter and it is quite neat as you get a lot of looks out of it depending on what colour you use on the bottom. It definitely looks better when you just put a thin layer on, and its neat how each nail ends up slightly different.
Tips: Make sure your base coat has completely dried to get the best look and apply the OPI shatter thinly.
These Nail polish are very cool and I love the idea. I love the colour range and that some are sparkly and some not. There are so many possibilities of what you can do with this product but so little time to put them into action! This nail polish sadly dries up very fast. With this nail polish you have to make sure the bottom coat is very dry because otherwise it won't work well making painting your nails with this polish quite a long process.
Tips: Make sure the bottom coat is very dry.
I love the black in this shatter. Although during Xmas I do a red shatter over white nails for a candycane effect when you look at them and also the red over green (which looks a bit freddy kruegerish). The black over the white looks like zebra print and is always a standout. The Black over gold gives you an almost leopard print/tiger stripe effect. People always comment on my nails and take a second look at them and shatter lets me play around quickly without going to too much effort
Tips: Make sure your base colour coat is stone cold dry! This will help the shatter effect work. Without doing that... the results can be very very average. For lots and lots of stripes apply thinly. For a chunky shattered effect apply thick. Don't go madly overboard but don't be shy either!
I have the shatters in black, turquoise and pink. The pink is the only one that I found shattered properly. The turquoise is gorgeous but for me it only ever cracks in about 1 place on the nail, which isn't the effect I desired. The black is the worst, it was really thick when I opened it and because it is so thick, it never dried for me and just sat there all sticky on my nail. I only used the black several times and now the whole bottle is completely dried and caked up, the nail polish has separated from the sides and even nail polish thinner wouldn't be able to salvage it. It's basically now an empty bottle with a small ball of rock hard polish, so disappointing. With such a really expensive price, you can find a much cheaper one that works better.
Tips: Use nail thinner on them when they are new as they are quite thick and sticky.
I have the black shatter polish and while it pretty much does what it says, you have to be careful and make sure you apply is relatively thinly! When I used it, the black came out kinda gross and didn't realise that it's better to use way less or it won't shatter! It does take time and effort to make sure you get it right because you have to apply a base polish to ensure it works! However, maybe a lighter colour would've been more forgiving!
Tips: Apply thinly - less is definitely more!
OPI was one of the first nail polish brands to bring us a quality version of the shatter look. Cheaper ranges have disappointed me trying to do what OPI does best. I really liked what the OPI version did but the shatter look was a passing fad and it has sat unused in my collection for years.
Tips: Plaster it on thick! A thin coat won't give you the desired effect.
So I was given an OPI shatter by the Katy Perry line I think? It's called Gold Shatter. Firstly, just like with all OPI nail polish, the packaging is great, and the brush is really good too. However, for me, that's where all the pros end. The formula didn't apply easily, and it's just hard to use in general. The texture was bumpy and grainy, kind of like a glitter polish, and because the one I have seems like gold glitter in the bottle anyway, you couldn't really see the standout shatter effect. It just looked like badly applied glitter on top of a base coat. At around $25, I would say to give this OPI range a miss. Don't get me wrong - I have other OPI nail polish that I absolutely love, but this range just didn't do it for me.
This product was really nice if you got it right! The problem I had was I was never able to get it that way, I found the polish to be uneven and even lumpy at times.