I hope you had a great start in the week. I was at home today but had to run around after some paper work and ended up exhausted on the couch, playing with shimmery black nail polishes (as shared on Instagram here) and yawning as I woke up a little earlier than usual.
Shimmery black nail polishes are one of my weaknesses, love them as long as there is no chunky glitter involved. I love the glittery ones too but they are a little of a mess to remove. Yes, even with aluminum foil technique but this is a topic for another blog post. Let's look at this stunning black with subtle but visible shimmer, flashing in all possible colors. I am talking about Tom Ford Nail Lacquer Black Out.
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| Tom Ford Nail Lacquer Black Out |
In the bottle Tom Ford Nail Polish Black Out looks like a metallic black with silver shimmer but if you look under light, you can see it flashes in many colors, which gives Black Out its complexity and extra dimension. The base shade is a very deep black with a slight hint of blue but I might be imagining the blue because of all the different shimmer blurring my mind.
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| Swatch: Tom Ford Nail Lacquer Black Out |
The shimmer of Tom Ford Black Out is not hidden nor it is too obvious. It has the great balance between looking too black and looking shimmery. With one coat it is almost fully opaque. The following swatches are taken with two coats which I prefer. The consistency is exactly right, it applies like a dream. I am wearing it for the fourth day now and it is going strong, without tip wear on the left hand and minor tip wear on the right.
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| Swatch: Tom Ford Nail Lacquer Black Out |
I pulled out some similar shades from my stash to compare to Tom Ford Black Out. You can see how crazy I am about shimmery blacks. Chanel Steel is more metallic, less shimmery. Chanel Cosmic (reviewed here) is close in terms of the subtlety of shimmer but the shimmer particles are less and a little bigger in Cosmic. On the nails Black Out appears more complex compared to Cosmic. Diorific Diva is close in terms of shimmer but it leans warmer because the shimmer particles are more golden. Dior #905 Black Sequins has more shimmer and they are mostly silver. YSL Nuit Noire has more chunky glitter (never loved that one, reviewed here). Illamasque Creator is also more of a glitter base combination which dries down in a textured way. D&G Stromboli has bigger shimmer/glitter particles, it is not textured but very different than the subtle finish of Tom Ford Black Out, the shimmer in that one is gold.
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| Comparison: Tom Ford Nail Lacquer Black Out |
Chanel Noir Ceramic and Chanel Inframetal are both more metallic and their base are warmer. a-england Bridal Veil has more of a holographic shimmer but the strength of it is close to Tom Ford Black Out. I added a close up below for you to see the shimmer up close. Dior #982 Black Out and Chanel #219 Black Satin are both more of a cream black although Dior Black Out is less glossy than Black Satin. All in all I don't have a dupe of Tom Ford Black Out in my collection but it depends how you define dupe. *chuckles*
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| Comparison: Tom Ford Nail Lacquer Black Out |
Here is a sneak peek FOTD with Tom Ford Black Out and other items from Noir Collection which I am loving at the moment. As a spoiler: Eye Duo in Night Sky is very wearable and to die for. Review is coming up soon. I am wearing Tom Ford Matte Lip Color in First Time (reviewed here) on my lips which comes back with special packaging with Noir Collection. Blouse I am wearing is from More & More.
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| FOTD: Tom Ford Nail Lacquer Black Out, Cream & Powder Eye Duo in Night Sky, Lip Color First Time |
Final thoughts: Nothing but love for Tom Ford Nail Lacquer Black Out, it is wearable, easily removable (no chunky glitter) and has a complex gorgeous shimmer. Its consistency is great and it is almost opaque in one coat.
Availability/Price: Tom Ford Noir Collection for Holiday 2015 is going to be out in November. Tom Ford Nail Lacquer Black Out is limited and costs around 37€.
Are you eyeing any nail polishes for the Holiday season? What is your favorite nail polish shade for Holidays?
Disclaimer: The product in this post was provided free of charge for my consideration.
I am not paid for this review. All opinions are honest and my own.
