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Where on earth does the time go? Heavy Metal is one of the LA Girls polishes I received from the swap I did with Kelly of Vampy Varnish fame – back in 
August 2009! The thing is, I have all of these nice things and just not enough time to review them all as soon as I get them. Like I’ve said before, it’s not that I don’t like them, or am ungrateful, I promise.
So. I love a bit of rock music. OK, a lot of rock music. It’s kind of all I listen to, so it’s no great surprise that this collection has a fair amount of allure for me. Hell, I spent my hen party at Rock City of all places.
Heavy Metal is an amazing nail varnish. Whilst there are loads of black polishes threaded with silver shimmer, this one is more of the glass flecked varety, the kind of particles that China Glaze usually does so well. It’s not flakies but more flecks. Not glitter. From a distance this looks like a gun metal grey, but up close you can see that it is actually a black jelly base with
silver flecks. Gorgeous.
This kind of polish is right up my street as it is less Emo than just plain black polish and makes me feel more grownup and glamorous. Rock connotations aside, this is a really nice product. One of my friends chose this for her manicure that I did on her recently, just because she thought it looked nice – and it really does – you don’t have to be sporting long hair and leather trousers to pull this off.
Heavy Metal is that rare beast – a one coat wonder. I did two just to make sure, but it didn’t really need it. The formula is brilliant. Just the ideal consistency. Although the bottle is massive, and kind of awkward to hold, this manicure was done from start to finish in about a minute, plus a small amount of drying time. What a dream!
The photos you see here by the way do look as though my nails have been in the wars. I stupidly took the photos of this after I did manicures for seven of my friends. Therefore the contant exposure to remover kind of took its toll. Ah well – you get the idea. Thankyou Kelly for sending this my way! Helen
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Looking great Helen 🙂
They’ve also released a whole collex of metallic finish polishes that I’m very curious about. Have you got any of those?
I have never seen that kind. I have some LA Colors but nothing like that. So very pretty. Sorry if this is a repeat but I can’t remember who has entered.
I’m having a new giveaway: http://susies1955.blogspot.com/2010/06/enter-my-kiss-giveaway.html
Susie
Liking this one as I too think I am too old and sophisticated for plain black these days.
Hi Helen how are you? I’m probably asking a dumb question,but have you had your wedding yet? No, I’ve not forgot that you did get engaged. This black is certainly,”rock and roll” looking. Which I like very much. I feel the same way about plain black polish. I feel silly when I try to wear it being a 36 year old woman…lol! But this black has a bit of grown up zing to it.
This is one of those colors I’d love to wear but my husband would be horrified at. He detests any of the very dark colors and cannot, for the life of him, understand why a woman would (and I quote) “want to look as if her fingers were hit by a hammer”. That being said, it is jazzy and zippy and I wish I could get away with wearing it! Maybe if I sneak and put it on after I leave the house, just wear it for the day and remove it in the car before I come home? 😉 Rock on Helen!
I love the whole collection. It looks fantastic on you. It was my first time using the L A Girls polishes. Really love these. If you can’t dress the part your nails can look the part.