Do you ever have a polish just pop into your mind? I knew several days ago that my next mani would be in black, and that it would specifically be L'Oréal The Queen's Ambition, so this design was built around that gotta-do-it-now thought.
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The Queen's Ambition was part of a fantasy-themed group L'Oréal put out in 2012; this is my only polish from that line. This Queen is just barely off-black, and was very subtly dusty looking at the first coat, but deepened just a little with the 2nd coat. It's also quite thick, and the only reason it took me 2 coats is that I do my first layer as thin as possible. Embedded within this inky darkness is a whole boatload of silver microglitters that means it dries somewhat textured... and then it's SUPER topcoat thirsty. 2 layers wasn't adequate to smooth things out.
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Continuing with my winter holiday themed December, I had this black & silver background turn into sparkly wrapping paper using a bow from MoYou Geek 15 and ribbon waves from French BP-X20 in silver and El Corazon true red (color me seriously impressed with how well this red stamps over black!!).
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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars. Unfortunately, this was a little too thick, which means that it started showing wear and a couple minor chips within 48h. If the silver glitters had stood out more, they might have been worth the asphalt texture they created, but as it is, meh.
Where to buy: this color did not become part of L'Oréal's core line, so try ebay or destashes.
~Michelle
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