Valerie

I debated long and hard about bothering to post this mani. The base polish colour is Valerie by Zoya. This polish looks magical in the bottle. It is so many colours all at once and they flash as you move the bottle! A burgundy purple with fuschia, red and gold glittery sparkles. Just gorgeous.   I couldn't wait to put it on! 

Photos I have found, including the one at the Zoya website make it simply look like a rich royal purple. This picture on the right I took indoors under an Ott lite and it too turned out very purple on my nails.  So strange that the colour on my nail is not true but the colour in the bottle is correct!  If I had to pin it down to one colour I would describe it as burgundy. So a purple with more red like in the bottle rather than with more blue making pure purple as it appears on my nails.

This poor quality pic when the polish is several days old, the top coat is dull and icky and there is tip wear (sorry) comes pretty close to being the right colour. Sadly the beauty in the bottle does not show up on the nail. Not even close. I see burgundy and very subtle fuschia sparkle hidden deep inside. Bright light is required to see more sparkle. So sad. : (

Of course, after a few days, I had to do some stamping!
Some ok, some not so ok.
Thumb - OPI DS Amethyst + BM20 Plate
Index - OPI DS Radiance + BM05 Plate
Middle - OPI DS Extravagance + BM20 Plate
Ring - China Glaze OMG + BM21 Plate
Pinkie - Sally Hansen Chrome Champagne + BM14

Addition: April 22nd

Check this out!  When I was removing this polish the first thing to come off was a blackened purple colour leaving a layer of metallic red.  Interesting!  I guess all the sparkly goodness settles to the bottom when applied.