OPI Nail Lacquer Review

I love this colour! This shade of teal aqua blue has been a favourite for a long time, and now I finally get to wear it on my nails too! The colour isn't too dark or light, so it's great for all seasons. I recommend wearing this with a neutral coloured outfit and some accessories in a similar colour, to really make this colour pop.

This would make a great colour for a modern French mani - use on nail tips, with a thick base coat of a cream colour (ie. OPI My Vampire is Buff). Would also look great with a chunky glitter on top.

Very creamy, easy to apply formula. It's OPI so I'm sure it will last ages too.

Just got my Czechbook OPI today and I couldn't wait to try it out, The colour is even better than what I thought it was going to be like, I have applied a base coat and two top coats and it glides on well like all opi colours. LOVE the colour :) A++

Opi is my fave product . Long lasting and great i will always choose this product and the colour is super awsome .

I have always used OPI as my preferred polish brand. It stays on and the brush is great. This is a great glitter, I put it over a dark base so it really stood out. It needs a top coat to make it smoother and seal it.

This was the most amazing shade of blue and I had to buy it when I was at the store. So I tried it on and it works really nicely with my light tanned skin only negative would be that it takes quite a bit of time to dry

I love the O.P.I When Monkeys Fly. I have tried lots of different glitter nailpolished but most of them chip and parts of the glitter come off. But this O.P.I nailpolish has been amazing, it has lasted for one whole week without chips. The transparent colour is perfect over other colours, it also looks great when worn by itself. I would definately buy this again and recommed every girly girl at least owns one of the glitter When Monkeys Fly by OPI. :)

I was lucky enough to be one of the few chosen to review this nail polish. So that being said i feel awful giving it a bad review, but we are here to be honest to help your decision on whether this is for you.

When Monkeys Fly is a sheer glitter polish, large gold hex glitters combined with smaller silver hex and circle holo glitters in a clear base. The consistency isn't too thick, nor too thin. That's not where the application goes wrong.

This looks stunning in the bottle but before even opening the bottle i could tell that the large gold hexes have a curve to it. This makes it extremely annoying when applying to the nail as it is very difficult to get a smooth coat.

As with any chunky glitter polishes, you just need a little patience. Have a wee play and push the glitter pieces around till you get the uniformity you desire.

I personally would prefer the gold hexes to be a little bit smaller for ease of application and a little more of a flattering look to smaller nails and a little extra small holo glitter (im a sucker for holo). However that been said it is described as a top coat to be used over a colour base.

Personally if i want this kind of look i would apply my own glitter and hexes over a clear wet top coat, i think this would be less time consuming.

To conclude, this is stunning in the bottle but on the nails it just makes me wonder why they even bothered putting the glitter in the top coat in the first place!

I wasn't thrilled when this "texture" trend started but thought I mustn't judge too quickly. Don't knock it til you try it, and all that jazz.

So I tried it.

It was... fine. It took two coats and it looked the way I expected. Just one left it looking a bit bare and thin, but the texture was still present.

The red/pink within black is quite pretty but at the end of the day I just didn't like the rough texture - to see or to touch.

I wanted to see how it would look under gloss. The good news is that it looks amazing. The bad news is it takes at least three layers of top-coat to smooth it out! Who has time for that?

I think I'll leave texture to the real trend addicts. I like my nails glossy and polished looking.

A very sparkly nail polish, one that I would happily wear out on a night out in town. I did find that the finish is quite rough due to the sparkle so you will definitely need a clear top coat just to smooth it out. Apart from that, it's a shade that would please all ages. My little girls love this nail polish due to the colour & especially the sparkle.