OPI Spotlight#1 (and #2)

So I didn’t forget about this and instead have a one-two-punch as my first OPI nail polish spotlight.

The photo shows Kyoto Pearl with Red Shatter on top. This combo makes me think of candy canes, though having done this shortly after Christmas, the season might have had some influence on that opinion.
To be honest, when I bought Kyoto Pearl and tried it on its own, I wasn’t entirely happy with it as you could see the brush lines even after two coats. It covered well, but I really didn’t like those brush lines. That being said, it is the perfect undercoat for shatters!!
Shatters in general are really neat but as you have little to no control on how the shatter splits up, the overall look can go many ways. For example, I loved how this looked on my thumb (pictured above) but wasn’t entirely happy how it shattered on a few of my other fingers.
One downside to shatters, for me at least, is that the shatter results in a 3D effect on your nails. This sounds cool and was neat, but it left me with lots of little bits I could pick away at on my nails and as trying to not pick at my nails is one of the main reasons I use nail polish, this kind of defeated the purpose.