essie Encrusted Treasures: belugaria

Favorite polish ever!

I asked for this for Christmas even with all the bad reviews and I fell in love with it the second I put it on! It is not for the faint of heart. Be prepared for a lot of texture and then some. Let it go on a little clumpy and do not expect it to be smooth! It feels like black sand on your nails and the effects of the matte, sparkle, and grit make it unbelievably beautiful.

great color in theory...

I love the IDEA of belugaria, I really do. Unfortunately, this polish is difficult to apply and chips very easily. On top of that, the gritty texture is not something you want on the tips of your fingers all day. I keep my nails pretty short, so I wonder if this color might look better on long nails. It's a great color for making a statement or a special occasion, but definitely not one I use regularly.

an unusual polish - fun, but not for everyone

I was not aware of the grainy texture when I purchased it but still loved the color and the glitter. The first time I used it, I was not completely sold on the outcome. However, once seeing the glitter, not overly obvious or excessive, catch the light during movement and the interesting, matte finish, I grew to like this polish much more. I would recommend this polish on toes over fingers due to the rough texture and finish that looks best from a bit of a distance. Application can be tricky, but it works well with only two coats, dabbing rather than brushing without a top coat. It's an edgy, fun polish that I enjoy bringing out of the collection on occasion for a different twist.

horrible texture

it goes on streaky or chunky, just uneven overall.

love this

At first i had no idea on how to apply it. then i watched some YouTube videos and now i lover this polish on top off a back one. its so cool and uniqe. I love this nail polish!

Ugliest nail polish I ever used

That nail polish it's so horrendous my nails look so ugly I can't wait to go the salon tomorrow to take them of

probably the worst nail polish I have

I got this as a gift and it looked beautiful in the bottle! I was really excited to try it on right away and was immediately disgusted. where to start with the problems? the black color in it is super sheer so it took like 4 coats to actually look black. as I was applying the coats I noticed there was a grainy texture to the polish, causing it to end up very thick and lumpy. there seems to be very little of the holographic glitter in the bottle, or at least it doesn't actually get onto the brush easily. then even though the black is so thin, it's still just dark enough to obscure what little of the glitter I can get onto my nail so it ends up just being barely visible and only from very specific angles. a few weeks after the initial disaster of testing this polish I decided to give it another shot and I put some solid black down before applying a coat or two of belugaria, thinking that would turn out better, but that still didn't help with the graininess or poor glitter visibility and I still hated the way it looked. if this nail polish looked as good as it does in the bottle, it would easily be one of my favorites, but that's not the case here. honestly, the only good thing about it is that I wasn't the one who spent money on it.

Bought this for a special occasion. Wore it once and I can't say I'll wear it again. Barely any sparkle and looks like mud on your nails.