Desperately seeking Persistent Polish: 7 Days With OPI Chills Are Multiplying!

OPI Chills Are Multiplying ($10.50) — the before and after
Desperately seeking Persistent polish is a series where I wear a nail polish for seven days and take before and after pics to file the condition of my paws over the course of the week!

Life lesson learned last week: the greatest risk to your manicure isn’t washing dishes, or lifting heavy weights at the gym, or pounding at the keyboard like you’ve just inhaled 12 cups of coffee. The greatest risk to your manicure — the risk that spells practically certain doom — is being distracted while waxing your upper lip at home.

From this, there is practically no going back.

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A minor moment of shock

Because, friend, as I smoothed some Bliss blue wax onto the forest that is my upper lip, then stared at myself in the mirror in shock and thought, “Holy sh*t, I look exactly like my brother with a blue mustache,” I momentarily misplaced that little plastic waxing wand thingamabob you use to spread the wax on your skin and unintentionally sprinkled big, hot blobs of wax onto the nails on my left hand.

WHOOPS!

Just a few chunks…

But not all was lost. After recovering from the initial shock (I’ve been waxing for years and never had this happen before. Distracted waxing is dangerous, people!), I waited for the wax to dry, massaged some of the oil that comes with the kit on my nails to loosen the wax up, and thoroughly peeled it off.

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Unfortunately, a few chunks of my polish peeled off, too…

Frankly, I’m amazed any of the polish remained because that wax removes *everything*.

עָמִיד!

To make a long story even longer, all of this happened on day five of this dark blue OPI manicure. through then, it was chugging along remarkably well. better than average, for sure! A lot of people say that OPI lasts a really long time. Well, they aren’t joking.

Like I’ve done in my last couple of “7 Days” nail polish experiments, I used Smith & Cult’s base coat and top coat, along with two layers of polish, in this case OPI Chills Are Multiplying ($10.50).

Flawless for four days

Day five of this manicure, shortly before I waxed my ‘stash, was when I saw the first signs of very minor chipping at the base of my nails.

That’s better than typical for me. typically by the fourth or fifth day of a manicure I see at least two or three big divots on one or much more nails.

There was also hardly any wear at the suggestions of my nails — like no chipping whatsoever — which practically never happens.

The final word

If I hadn’t been so distracted while waxing that day, I think this mani would’ve made it to day seven, and it would’ve looked pretty darned good. For sure, I’ll wear this again.

As rose from The golden girls once said, “The older you get, the better you get. Unless you’re a banana.” now I know better than to let my mind wander while I wax. The next time I do this manicure, I’ll be paying much closer attention!

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4 מתוך 5 לבבות.

OPI Chills Are Multiplying: Day 1

OPI Chills Are Multiplying: Day 7

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