So everyone knows about the iconic Beatles. I love them, I love being British 😀 I love that Deborah Lippmann names her polishes after songs. Across The Universe was never one of my favourite Beatles songs, but it is lovely. Funnily enough, this polish has a deep, inky, night-sky blue base, but the glitter is green and blue. I’ve never actually seen any universe but what I have seen of the night sky doesn’t look like this! Not that I’m complaining, the polish is totally gorgeous and has been on my wishlist since the beginning of time.
My very amazingly generous boyfriend Andy bought it for me for Christmas, along with another Deborah Lippmann polish… I can’t thank him enough, this zooms straight to my top 20 ever nail polishes, and is very high in the running!
The polish takes very different faces dependent on the lighting (hence the picture spammage) – the first 5 photos were in sunlight, the final 2 in natural light. I find that in natural light the glitter tends not to stand out so much and the deep blue base really dominates the polish, while in false lighting and sunlight, the glitter really comes alive.
Application
The photos all show 3 coats. The blue base is a jelly, making the polish quite sheer, but it builds very quickly. This is also helped by the density of the glitter… I don’t think it’s possible to avoid the glitter, there’s so much of it! The polish dried relatively quickly, so the 3 coats weren’t a problem. I found that, worn alone, the polish was quite dull, presumably because the blue base covered a lot of the glitter. However with 1 thick coat of topcoat, the polish became a magical lagoon of sea-green and blues 🙂 It has so much depth, I absolutely love it!
What do you guys think? Across The Universe retails at £16 from House of Fraser.. I don’t think there are many around on eBay or Amazon but it may be worth a look. This one frequently sells-out on House of Fraser though, so if you’ve missed it before, now’s your chance 😉
Do I think it’s worth it? Well I suppose I’m biased as the polish was gifted to me, but I really do think it’s worth the money. It’s sooo pretty and I can guarantee you won’t stop looking at your nails! 1000x more worthy of the price than a Chanel polish, in my very humble opinion. What are your thoughts?
Wanted to say a huuuuge thank you to my Andy for this rather extortionate present, I am eternally grateful! 😛 <3
Hope you are all well my lovelies, I do have a little New Year’s manicure lined up, so hopefully that will be up in the next few days. What are you doing for New Year’s? Any special manicures/nail art/makeup you’re planning on doing? If so, link me up, I’m very curious! 😀
Emma x
Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.