I found Savina nail polish at a beauty supply shop and decided to pick up one color as I had never heard of the brand before. The bottle looks very similar to China Glaze, except that there are long S shapes on the cap. This color stood out to me immediately--Black Pearl is, like its namesake, a darkened blue-teal/purple duochrome with a shimmer. Here are some lovely black pearls for you to look at :
Ah, so pretty. I wouldn't say that the formula was as smooth as China Glaze--but the color is to die for! And it definitely lives up to its name...look at this pearly finish:
Look, it's purple!
And now it's blue!
Here is the shimmery bottle.
Indoors
I wanted to bring out a bit more of the purple, and so I added CND color effects in Violet Shimmer. This didn't ruin the duochrome, but enhanced it! I love this effect (and all CND effects) but they are hard to find around here.
The formula on Savina Black Pearl was really nice--not too brush-strokey. This was two coats over Seche Recondition with one of Out the Door...and then a single coat of the CND effect.
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