I ordered from Uno Mas for the first time. The polish that I was looking forward to the most was “That’s colour theory, babe” which is supposed to be a glow in the dark hot pink.
I STRUGGLED with the application. The texture is thick and goopy. Honestly it seemed almost like glue-y? It went on thick and once it hit my nail it didn’t want to spread around. Getting around my cuticles neatly was next to impossible because of the gloop so I eventually gave up and just let them look like shit for a few hours before removing it. I tried it again a few days later this time using kb shimmer thinner and even after 10 drops the consistency was still the same. I got 3 other colors and all of those ones seem completely normal when I swatched them so idk. I emailed the shop to see if they have heard about this from anyone else. I dont like being wasteful but this polish really has no redeeming qualities so it’s probably going to go in the trash.
And it doesn’t really have much glow to speak of but that might just be user error. I have never had a glow polish so I probably did it wrong. the only UV light that I have is a little flashlight that I use to look at my vitiligo in the dark 😅 but I charged them underneath for about 10 minutes and there wasn’t any glow. I was trying to make myself feel better because “Avatar State” by Mooncat is my dream but it’s just way too expensive. I also got “La llarona” in the Uno Mas order because it’s supposed to be kinda similar to it but I haven’t tried it yet.
Has anyone else used this color? Does using a top coat make the glow effect not work?
by Moonstonedbowie
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Products: uno mas “that’s color theory babe” and Sally Hansen red bottle top coat
haven’t used it but when i use thinner, i use like 40 drops. you really can’t overdo it because if it ends up too thin, just let it evaporate until you’re happy with the consistency
For all your struggles, the application and the color on your nails is gorgeous 💗💗!
While I didn’t struggle with application, I bought Hola Again and was incredibly disheartened by the lack of glow I got.
But I do have to say that the polishes I tried (Hola Again, Dress Jeans, Casa de Heaven, and Gothspeed My Friend) all applied beautifully so your bottle is making me raise my eyebrows. I’d reach out to them since they’re very active on Reddit/social media in general and see what they say because even if the glow in the dark is user error (for the both of us lol) I don’t think the formula should’ve acted that way.
My brain saw your title and gorgeous nails and imagined several scenarios with you using your nails like a pink super power to fight off sharks, or velociraptors, or clowns.
Obviously I have nothing useful to contribute info wise but it sucks that the formula is so gross for you.