The glassfleck finish is beautiful; classic China Glaze. But the color is where I have some serious issues. On someone with darker skin, I think Knotty could be potentially eye-catching. But on someone as pale as I am, it somehow manages to simultaneously clash with my skintone and wash me out. It just looks...off on me.
Part of me wanted to take this polish off after only an hour or so of weartime, but I decided to leave it on for a day and see if it grew on me. Well, that didn't exactly work out and if anything, I wound up disliking it even more by the end of the day. In fact, I pretty much hate it now. Maybe I could layer it over another nude to preserve the glassfleck finish while still changing the strange base color?
If I can't salvage it somehow, Knotty is headed to the swap/give away pile. I've admittedly never been much of a nude polish kind of gal, so maybe I'm just not part of the core audience that's going to appreciate polishes like Knotty. The more I think about it though, who really is the core audience for this polish? It's such a strange polish. What do you think of Knotty?
Ugh, what a bad colour D:! May I suggest China Glaze Fast Track? That one would look amazing on you! :D
ReplyDeleteI loooooveee Fast Track! It's one of my favorite neutrals. :)
DeleteMeh:/ I hate when pretty polishes look bad on me. If it helps, I hated this on me as well, but my Sri Lankan roommate rocks it! There's someone for Knotty out there!!
ReplyDeleteI had a feeling this would look worlds better on someone with a much different skintone than mine, so that's good to hear! I think I am going to try to find this polish a good home with someone who can rock it!
DeleteI am with Ash on this one. Fast Track is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteFast Track is everything Knotty SHOULD be haha.
DeleteI have this whole collection and I have yet to try this one. Maybe I'll wait for next summer when I hopefully have time to get a tan! haha
ReplyDeleteIt does lean a bit orangey on you...I can see this looking amazing on a really dark skinned black woman. It's pretty, but I agree not on us pale whiteys ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm with Meredith and Ash and Tara and Sarah and Brandi... either more or less yellow would compliment your skin tone a lot better. As it is, it's right in that middle area where it just looks like a once-pretty polish went old and dingy. I'd love to see it on a darker skin tone too--I imagine it'd look like an entirely different polish!
ReplyDeleteLol, I have snagged clearance polishes before only to get them home and wonder what the heck I was thinking. It's like we see a great deal and our sense of pretty goes right out the window.
ReplyDeleteaw, too bad! Is it sheer? maybe it would look better layered over a dark color?
ReplyDeleteYeah...not good. Kudos for trying it though!
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