The Blob indie nail polish from Carpe Noctem Cosmetics swatch, review, photos

I had a major nail break on the ring finger and pinkie, so, yes, the non-existent nubs you see in this post are mine and you haven't gone to the wrong blog. I've swatched The Blob glitter nail polish, made by indie polish maker Emily of Carpe Noctem Cosmetics as part of her Hallowe'en collection, which I had picked up in my Etsy haul from her. I wore The Blob alone over my Rimmel All White Now base coat, as I wanted to swatch it by itself for you and not over other nail polish. I applied two coats of Rimmel Pro Super Wear topcoat, though. All photographs are in natural light and, as usual, unedited.

The Blob consists of large lavender-ish holographic round or disc glitter and smaller multi- and pink or purple glitter in a pinky-purple crelly base. Incidentally, The Blob was a horror movie I watched after Jeff Murdoch in the BBC sitcom, Coupling, alludes to it in episode #2 (I know, I loved that sitcom). This "blob" from outer space lands on earth, consuming everything and everyone, growing in size, till Steve McQueen and co. defeat it, pretty much. Right, back to nail polish.

Emily of Carpe Noctem Cosmetics makes this polish to order, really. She threw in everything "resembling a purple" that she could lay her hands on into this fabulous mix. I'm wearing two coats on the index, middle and ring fingers but just one each on the rest. Can you tell? Since you get a mix of glitter and the base is pink, there is some nice depth even when you apply just the one coat. I haven't done much by way of evening out the polish either. Now for the formula of The Blob.

One word. Incredible. No fishing, ever. I did turn the bottle upside down and give it a few shakes at first and then the large round glitter came rolling, rolling, rolling through the wintry sea. I have to say this is the best glitter polish I have tried. Better than Reflection in Flames by Carpe Noctem Cosmetics, even. Better than all the mainstream glitters I've tried from O.P.I., China Glaze, Innisfree and Bourjois, where I've had to fish and swish my way till I lost whatever little patience I've acquired during adulthood. And drying time was super-fast. I didn't even have to get Q-tips to clean up, I just peeled off the excess with a nail! Bad habit, but it's fun to peel things, isn't it?

As the larger discs tend to sink to the bottom, you might want to turn the bottle upside-down for a few seconds. But I did manage to get a couple of discs out without doing this.

A decent amount of glitter and at least one or two large discs turn up on the brush easily: 

And the staying power has been very impressive as well. I wore it on Sunday and it lasted till Friday without a peep. Impressive, given that I was mucking around with antique bronzes. And, at the risk of grossing you out forevermore, this is how it came off:

Yes, I did peel it off on purpose, primarily because I ran out of reading material during the journey back. It came out nicely, leaving behind traces of neither glitter nor base on my disgraceful "nub" nails, which are no longer suitable for stamping or watermarbling at present. Tutorials will have to wait.