A couple days ago, my friend, Fran, introduced me to her friend who owns an indie polish company called Prihtee Paintz. She had a box of her polishes with her, so I obviously had to take a look, and I bought two then and there (at $10.50 a pop, I could not resist... and, hey, I love supporting indie companies). I mean, come on, showing me nail polish is like showing an alcoholic a double shot of vodka. Anyway, she had some shades from her Valentine's collection with her, and when I saw Love Taco, I knew I had to have it. (I would also have bought the polish based on the name alone.) I'm not really celebrating Valentine's Day this year, but my nails sure are.
Love Taco (worn on top of Julep's Joan and Chanel's Rouge Noir)
Love Taco is a clear light pink base with neon pink large heart and hexagonal glitter, light pink pearl medium hexagonal glitter, red square glitter, and red holographic micro-glitter. Due to the intense amount of glitter, it does go on quite chunky and thick, and it does require some work to place the glitter pieces evenly. Because of the clear base and different sizes of glitter, it does not really reach opacity and should be used more so as a top coat (in the photo, I have used Julep's Joan on my index and ring fingers and Chanel's Rouge Noir on my middle and pinky fingers). I can't find an exact dupe; this has a lot more glitter than Nicole by OPI's Have a Heart. I used two coats on top of a cream polish, which seemed to yield a good amount of glitter per nail. This is one of those polishes that can be time-consuming to use because the glitter doesn't apply very evenly on the nail, so you might have to shift some here and there... But, hey, this has got to be one of the most fun polishes I've ever seen for Valentine's. It's like Cupid exploded all over my nails.
Happy Valentine's Day to those who are celebrating; Happy Thursday to those who aren't!
