I decided to try Deborah Lippmann Stairway to Heaven when I ordered another Lippmann, and it got here in record time so I thought I'd give you a peek. I looked at some pictures to decide on it, and it looked sheer-ish white with light colored moderately sized glitter.
I was surprised at how sheer Stairway to Heaven looked in the bottle and I simply don't have the patience for a million coats of color these days, so after applying base coat I applied one thin coat of Misa Heaven White. I picked Heaven White not for the handy name tie-in but because it's not as stark a white as my other layering standby, FingerPaints Papier Mache. On the very first nail, I was glad I'd put something under Stairway because I found it to be both sheer and incredibly thick, so thick that it was kind of hard to get it on the brush well. In getting it on my nails, it was so thick that I had to got over some spots to flatten out the little square glitter bits I'll show you in a minute - the base was letting them stay standing on end. I missed a spot in the flattening process of the first coat on one nail, and it's still lumpy after it dried (but it's on my right hand and not in the picture). I did a total of two coats of Stairway to Heaven and finished it off with Addicted to Speed, and the polish on my nails is pretty thick, so more coats of Stairway wouldn't have worked well for me. I let it dry and went in the sun for some pictures, so here's Stairway to Heaven.
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| Deborah Lippmann Stairway to Heaven Nail Polish, Two Coats over White |
Here's a look at the glitter, which looks like itty bitty squares of colored transparent plastic.
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| Deborah Lippmann Stairway to Heaven Nail Polish's Glitter |
I liked it more when I started writing this than I do now because I've snagged a piece of wayward glitter on the edge of a nail about seventeen billion times so far. I did wrap my tips with top coat, but extra clear wasn't an option when the polish was so thick to start with (I understand that's to suspend glitter, but there are limits to what's useful and I could always mix it before applying it if glitter settled...). This isn't something I'd wear on its own, and it seems like a Springtime glitter to me. I also have to point out the lack of gold - not many songs have specific color references, but what what do we know from the very first line of Stairway to Heaven? There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold. I would have put some gold in, because looking at this polish, this lady is sure all that glitters is pastel.
That's Lippmann Stairway to Heaven - not a huge failure, not a huge hit, but kind of a disappointment for me. That's the update for today, Dear Reader. Until next time, love and nail polish to you!
Edited to add a little note on removal: What a nightmare! Imagine the worst Nfu Oh flaky removal you've ever had and square it.
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