Catrice My Little Pony Nail Lacquer [C03 - Happy Skydancer] Review
By Maychiri's Thoughts - August 16, 2023
After the glamorous nail polish, let’s take a look at one
that is much more cute and girly! This is the Catrice My Little Pony Nail
Lacquer, shade C03/Happy Skydancer!
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Catrice had an MLP limited edition... ugh! I literally
rolled my eyes and groaned when I first saw it. I am not a brony, never have
been, not even as a little kid. I liked the ponies but I never considered
myself to be a fan, hell, I never even watched any of the cartoons! So, to me,
this was bit of a dumb weird collection – but hey, if Revolution can have a PowerPuff
Girls collection, I guess Catrice can have a My Little Pony one, too! Despite all that, I still kinda liked the colours so I figured I might as well buy one of them – this light blue colour seemed the best to me. So let's see how good this MLP polish is...
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Packaging: standard Catrice nail polish type of packaging
with two caps, one decorative and one functional. The functional cap is ribbed, and can be quite
difficult to open! The bottle is clear and rectangular, as usual with Catrice
nail polishes. It’s just as heavy as most Catrice nail polishes, too. But what
sets this nail polish apart from others is the My Little Pony details! Aside
from the logo on the front of the bottle, there’s also an illustration of
Skydancer (right??) on the cap. Oh it’s all very girly and cute! And the white
caps are perfect with the almost pastel light blue! Just wonderful!
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Brush: a large flat brush, standard with Catrice nail
polishes. It is large enough to coat my nails evenly with only a stroke or two.
And it’s also precise enough to paint the sides of the nails without making too
much of a mess. The brush picks up a ton of pigment, waaayyy more than you need
for one nail. Which might pose a bigger problem than usual with such a thick,
creamy formula. The brush does its best to spread the polish evenly across the
nails, and it manages to do that with a lot of success! As usual, another great
nail polish brush from Catrice!
This is a wonderful colour, I must confess! It’s perfectly
girly and pretty and just perfect for spring! This is a very light blue with
pastel tones. It’s like the clearest skies! For some reason, it also reminds me
of jelly beans! It’s such a cute colour, ahh! And it looks great on pale skin! It’s
just such a vibrant, yet gentle colour that really pops on skin as pale as
mine! Only... isn’t Skydancer yellow?? The only part on that pony that is light
blue is one band of its rainbow-coloured mane/tail. So wouldn’t a pale lemon
yellow be a better fit for this particular pony? Don’t get me wrong – I
absolutely love this colour – but it fits Rainbow Dash much, much better. Ah
well, nit-picking. (Also, before you @ me, no I didn't know what colours the ponies were, I had to Google it)
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The formula is very thick, but it’s also quite easy and
comfortable to use. It’s a nice formula, although I would like it more if it
was thinner; this is a bit too thick, which makes it difficult to apply thin
coats, which will cause problems. Despite being so thick, it’s not too heavy
and looks nice be it with one coat, be it with two. The formula is perfectly
even and isn’t one bit runny. It’s also very gelly, but there is a lot of
creaminess to it, too. Much more creamy than most Catrice nail polishes, I
actually like it! Now, if only it were a bit thinner...
Given the thick formula, it’s not a surprise that one coat
is already pretty much opaque. Two coats doesn’t help with how opaque it is, as
there isn’t much more it can do at that point, but it seems to cause air
bubbles to form. So I highly suggest not making my mistake and staying with one
coat. However, it doesn’t look too thick with two coats; in fact, it looks
pleasantly gelly and glossy. It even reminds me of a jelly bean for some
reason! The texture is very glossy, but the bubbles do hurt it a tiny bit.
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Oh god, more air bubbles. Fortunately, these ones are
tiny, but there’s a lot of them. Thing is, this formula is quite thick by
nature, so it is extremely difficult to get thin layers, and thick layers are
most likely to bubble. To be fair, maybe I should’ve stopped at just one
coat like I was considering, but no, my brain had to be dumb and go “oh sure,
never mind that it’s thick, two coats will be grand!”. Anyways, the longevity
in general is actually excellent! Over the course of 4 days, it had barely any
chipped parts! Nothing that I did caused it to chip significantly – and yes,
that includes washing my hair! That caused only 2 or 3 of the smallest chips, that
are so minor you can barely even see them!
It’s still very glossy, too, despite
getting scratched to bits. So, yeah, I would suggest applying a top coat, but
if you don’t, no biggie! It still functions perfectly well without one! If I
disregard the bubbles, this has got to be one of the most long lasting Catrice
nail polishes that I have used, so far, and I have used plenty of them!
Fantastic!
It’s pretty easy to remove, although I did have to rub more
than usual to remove it completely (and that’s with the exceptional Ebelin
Express Remover!). It was a bit stubborn on the sides of nails, I must admit. And
my nails did seem a bit more yellow afterwards. Hmm, despite being such a light
colour it still caused some yellowing. Not good.
All in all, it’s actually pretty good, which, to be fair, is
what most Catrice nail polishes are, at the very least. This one has a really
rich, thick and quite creamy formula that is super easy to use because it
always ends up being perfectly even. And, because it’s so thick, you really
need only one coat. This is where I made a mistake, as I had plenty of bubbles that
started appearing after I applied a second coat. I really should’ve stopped at
one coat because it’s already opaque then. If the formula were just a smidge
thinner I would be able to apply two thin coats and prevent air bubbles
(thicker coats are most likely to cause air bubbles). But it’s just a bit too
thick for that. Eh, I guess I can live with only one coat – I used only one
coat with the AURA nail polish that I reviewed alongside this one (and that was
problematic, but that formula couldn’t be any more different). The colour is
actually super adorable, such a lovely light blue! It somehow looks great on my
pale skin, and here I thought it wouldn’t be good! It’s such a springtime
colour! I think that this is definitely the best of the available colours, at
least on my skin! The nail polish has surprisingly great longevity, as it had
almost no chipped parts after 4 days! Even a hair wash didn’t cause it to chip
significantly! Okay, there were some tiny chipped off parts but they were
barely noticeable. Although, I would highly recommend applying a top coat, this
nail polish gets scratched way too easily, which, while it doesn’t ruin the
glossy finish, is still not a pretty sight to see. So, something good,
something bad. The only thing that makes it worse than your average Catrice
nail polish is the presence of air bubbles, in all other regards it as good –
or even better – than most Catrice nail polishes. With the added cuteness
factor that My Little Pony provided! I am happy with it, more or less
(bubblessss), so I will recommend it, in spite of its flaws! And that’s coming
from somebody who doesn’t like MLP much!
Rating: 7/10
Would buy again? NO (air bubbles again argh)
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