Enchanted Polish February 2014

Hey there everyone! Today I have a beauty of a polish to show you. If you remember, last month I showed you Enchanted Polish January 2014 – a lovely deep dark blue holo, and this one is like the muted cranberry cousin to Jan 2014. If you didn’t know, Enchanted Polish (EP) is one of the most sought-after brands in the polish world. I think this is largely due to their exclusivity. That’s something that sells me on a product – not being able to have a second chance at choosing… I’ve said it before, I am genuinely a marketer’s dream customer! This exclusivity lead to many a problem with restocks, however it seems Chelsea has finally found a good solution. She’s currently doing a pre-order window at a certain date and time of the month, for the monthly polish releases. This seems to be working great – both times have been easy and stress-free for me.

2014 is also the year of mystery polishes for EP. This means that you are buying blind, essentially, as you won’t know what your polish looks like until you peek at swatches from the US or until it arrives on your doorstep. Which is something I LOVE, and because I don’t have many polish colours I hate, I feel relatively safe knowing that I will probably love it. Although I know it’s not for everyone!!

This is 1 coat!

I struggle to describe this colour… I *think* it could be called a muted cranberry, but I’m not too sure. It has hints of mauve too… it’s a really tricky one to label, much like EP January 2014, so kudos to Chelsea for a very unique shade! It’s also a linear holographic polish, and catches the light beautifully. The holo isn’t so visible in dull lighting, barely at all actually, but in direct light and sunlight it dances with rainbows!

Application:

The first photo shows one coat, while the rest are two. It’s lovely and opaque and I think I would probably be happy to wear it at one coat, although as you can see the tone of the polish really builds up with the extra coat. It’s a little on the thick side, but nowhere near as thick as January 2014, so this was a relief for me. This also meant it dries quicker. I found the thickness makes it a tiny bit hard to get a neat edge by the cuticle, but nothing cleanup can’t fix. It applies nice and evenly, which is always good with a thick polish as the thickness can cause dragging issues, but this one has none. It dries relatively shiny, but I’d add topcoat to make the most of the holo :).

There is actually another pre-launch happening tomorrow evening, at 7pm. The window is open for 1 hour only so make sure you don’t miss it! This one is for March 2014 and April 2014. Visit Enchanted Polish online at that time to order! 🙂

You can sign up to the EP mailing list here, for email updates about when there will be a pre-launch.

What do you think of the pre-order system, and also of the mystery element? I find it really exciting myself! 😀