I was absolutely thrilled with I saw this in my local Sephora. Formula X made a grafitti splatter effect topcoat that looks amazing. I decided to try it out (in Chaotic) because I was curious to see whether this would work or present challenges. Ads don't give you that type of information. I also decided to try it without base color to see if it would be sufficient alone.
Applying this was as follows:
First coat: wow, this would look great with another coat.
Second coat. This looks awesome! But some of these sequins aren't laying flat. Maybe another coat would fix this.
Third coat: ughhh these straight sequins are sticking off the edge of my nail. I guess I have to wait until it dries to trim them down. Maybe I should've stopped at the second coat.
Drying: at least it's drying quickly.
After dried: this topcoat needs a topcoat! The sequins are scratching everything.
The end effects are amazing but I'll update and try it again with a base color to see if it gets even messier.
My analysis: use another topcoat on top of this, use base color under it to make it more dynamic.
The effect without a base color.
