Thanks to the nicest swapper ever, I got to swatch Lippmann Marquee Moon... that I CP'ed for her. (Got some Bloom polishes in return, those will be coming soon as well!)
I'm really mixed on this polish. On one hand, it's original, eye-catching, interesting; no two manis are ever alike. On the other hand, it's not the easiest to apply and is a tad streaky. Streaky is especially not fun because one does want a little bit of leeway to move the hex glitter around. So now I'm trying to decide whether I want to spend my energy finding the right ingredients to frankendupe it or if I just want to buy this polish. Again, the hex glitter is the challenge: I have silver hex glitter but only holo silver hex. Marquee Moon uses silver hexagons that are highly reflective. I do have some candidates for the silver polish, although compared to my silver polishes, Marquee Moon seems to lean closer to pewter than silver.
What surprised me about this polish was how lightly reflective and thick the hex glitters were. The glitters that came on with the last coat pretty much sit right on top of the polish and shine brightly, which is an awesome effect.
Yes, I could've done a better job applying it. I was just too excited. :) I think three coats is way too much -- it starts looking clumpy -- but that's how many I had to use to get it to be opaque and even.
Lippmann Collection Marquee Moon
What is especially funny to me about my swatches is that you can see how small my nails are: if you compare my swatches of Marquee Moon to other swatches found online, you'll see that the hex glitter are relatively huge on my nails compared to others. I think it looks better on larger nails, personally. Actually, that's true of a lot of nail polish: polishes just look nicer spread over a larger area, imo.
