Essie Blue Rhapsody - swatches and review

This is a gorgeous polish with oooooh sooooo bad qualities unfortunately :/ But I've read it's really good for stamping so that's what I'll use it for in the future ;)

In daylight

In daylight - again ;)

Can you see my pink camera reflecting in the nail? ;)

In artificial light

In sunlight

Full hand in daylight

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Metallic.

Colour: Light blue metallic with a slight mirror effect.

Collection: Essie's Mirror Metallics Collection Summer 2012.

Opacity: Very good! If you play your cards right ;) this is a one coater! :D I messed up a bit so this is two coats :)

Drying time: Slower than normal. Maybe because the formula is so thick...

Formula: Horrible!! >:( Sorry Essie, it's sad but true... You have to apply it with so light strokes and with a minimal number of strokes in order to avoid streaky nails... Even for a skilled polish painter this polish is a great challange... And after it has dried every tiny single mark is soooo visible...

Brush: Thin and awful to work with, as always with Essie... :(

Shine: After drying it gets a cool mirror effekt (but not as visible as Layla's mirror polishes though) which isn't glossy but... shiny ;) I have one coat of Seche Vite in these pictures but if you have the patience to wait for it to dry I recommend that you skip the top coat... Blue Rhapsody looks better without a top coat.

Accurate colour, photo vs IRL: Accurate! What you see is what you get so to speak ;)

Grade: 3+/5 :)

This is a BEAUTIFUL polish IF you get it right! :D
BUT to get it right is hard and requires a lot of patience...

Have you tried any other polish from this collection?
Are they better or did you struggle with them to...?