glitter obsession: Wet N Wild Megalast Break The Ice

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Wet N Wild Megalast Break The Ice

Does white polish say summer to you? Or white out? I think it screams summer. Beside all the bright and neon polishes, there is something calm and serene about a plain white polish. It makes me think of cool cotton shirts and white capris. It also makes me think about pina coladas in coconuts. =)

Wet N Wild's Megalast in Break the Ice is a beautiful white polish with silver shimmer. Can a color be be described as graceful? I have a friend who believes there are certain colors you wear on your toes (brights or glitters) and certain colors you wear on your hands (nude cremes and soft shimmers). She approves this one for hands and for work!

The pictures below are three coats without top coat. The polish is sheer and can possibly be built to opacity with enough coats, but I like a little skin tone showing through to make it a little off white which makes the shimmer stand out a little more.

Wet N Wild Megalast Break the Ice

Application was a little messy and I had terrible cuticle drag, but that may have been because I was rushing my application. It did run a little, so buffing ay ridges or using a leveling base coat would help in application.

I decided to try layering it over a white creme polish (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On anyone?) to see if I liked it better as an opaque polish, and below is the result.

Wet N Wild Megalast Break the Ice over Sally Hansen White On!

I really like it over the white creme, but I think I prefer it alone. Or possibly somewhere in the middle. Either way, it's a great polish. I'm curious to try it over black! You can see it layered under Essie Stroke of Brilliance here.

I may have to do a comparison post soon (if anyone is interested, that is) because I believe I have two or three others similar to this. I hope once I get moved to do a long swatch session on my swatchicles (swatchcicles?) then I'll provide more info on similar colors I have when I show them to you!

P.S. I should be on the road (fingers crossed) and near Dallas about the time this goes live, so wish me luck on my 14 hour road trip today! I'm going to schedule some posts so my blog won't be lonely, but if I'm behind on commenting, I'm truly sorry. Things have been crazy around here and I haven't done my nails in THREE DAYS. Thank you Sally Hansen Salon Effects. =)