OPI Lady in Black
I think young people these days are less likely to have a “little black dress” than they were a few decades ago. (I swear I’m not as old as that statement makes me sound!) It’s a pity, in my opinion, because the little black dress is such a versatile thing to have in one’s closet.
A good black creme is the “little black dress” of the nail polish world. It’s a great start for a lot of different styles of nail art. You can use it as a base under glitter polishes and layer it under other polishes where you want to make the colour deeper. Every polish addict should have one, and I dare say every polish addict does.
Until recently, my go-to black creme was Isadora’s Gothic black, which is awesome: it covers in one coat, dries quickly and is ridiculously shiny, even on its own. The only downside is that the bottle is quite small, and dries up quite quickly. I’ve employed my Seche Restore on it a few times already, but really felt I had to find a good alternative.
Enter OPI Lady in Black*. It’s super shiny. Super shiny! (No top coat used for these pics and look at those reflections on my nails!) It’s opaque in just two coats and you only need one if you want to layer something else over it.
Of course, swatching black polishes is kind of boring and it’s been done to death, but there you are. That’s what happens when a polish is a given staple in the collections of a lot of people with different tastes.
*I’m told this was previously known as OPI Black Onyx.
