Manicure Monday: Formula X in Bond, Ionic Bond

Disclaimer: The product mentioned in this post is given to me. I am not affiliated with the company nor getting paid to advertise the product. This post is written with my honest opinion.

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Happy belated New Year!!! Sorry I haven't blogged for awhile. I had family visiting, as well as, I took a vacation which is highly needed. I wanted to spend time with family and on myself (still at work). I do wish you a great 2016. I hope it brings happiness!


Christmas of 2013, Beautzy gave me a gift.

I took this picture from my Instagram. This was my first Formula X nail polishes. I also received Make Up For Ever eyeshadow palette.

Here's a closer look at the nail polishes from The X Look. Unfortunately, they don't sell this mini-set anymore but you can purchase each one individually. I already reviewed Formula X in Atom + Eve (second from left) and Formula X in Mr. Positivity (third from the left). For this post, I will review the last one from the left.

This is Formula X in Bond, Ionic Bond. Since I did a thorough review of Formula X in Atom + Eve, I will base this on that.

Click on the picture to see the original size.

Here's a closer look at the color. The website describes it as "gold multi-glitter" and I agree!

Here's a closer look at the brush. Compared to my favorite brush OPI, it's thinner and shorter. I find the length really short to paint the nails. Then again, this isn't a full size polish.

I applied OPI Nail Envy in Original and Formula X For Sephora Base Coat. On all my nails except ring finger I applied 2 coats of Formula X For Sephora in Bond, Ionic Bond. On the ring finger, I applied 2 coats of Milani in Black Magic. With a plastic wrap, I dotted with Essie in Blanc and Formula X For Sephora in Blond, Ionic Bond. By the way, the plastic wrap art did not come out the way I expected but too lazy to change it. Then I topped it off with CND Vinylux Weekly Top Coat.

Now for my overall opinion... First of all, this is a mini-size bottle. Since it's not the full-size, the brush is shorter which made me dip into the bottle a lot more often. On the other hand, it'll be faster to finish the bottle. As a blogger or maybe it's just me, seeing products go down makes me feel more accomplish. Secondly, I was really impressed with the color. From my experience, gold tends to be on the sheerer side. This is opaque! With that said, it went on smoothly with no streaking and bubbles. Third, there's a lot of glitters. You do not have to search for them, as well as, they do not sink to the bottom. With that said, it does take some effort to remove. I highly recommend soaking your nails with cotton pads with remover for couple of minutes before completely removing the polish. Lastly, it lasted five days before I noticed slight chipping at the tip. It's not that noticeable unless you examine it.

Would repurchase: Yes.
Rating:  4/5 Tobey's Paws


Other Formula X reviewed/swatch:

Atom + Eve

Mr. Positivity

treatments

Base Coat

Disclaimer: The product mentioned in this post is given to me. I am not affiliated with the company nor getting paid to advertise the product. This post is written with my honest opinion.