Sephora X Demolition Swatches and Review

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Sephora X is the new line of Sephora Brand nail polishes formulated for the best balance of shine, color laydown, wear, and gloss retention. After checking out the collection, I decided that most colors weren’t all that unique, however, their glitters were absolutely stunning, and many of them even look like something an indie brand would sell. I picked up one of such indie-inspired glitter bombs in Demolition because I don’t have anything even remotely close to that in my stash.

Demolition was released as part of Xplosives Top Coats Fall 2013 Collection, which includes fourteen beautiful matte glitter bombs. Here’s the shade description from Sephora website:

“A next generation graffiti art nail lacquer that fuses matte glitter particles in assorted shapes and sizes for a paint-splatter effect. Demolition – blue, turquoise, lime and orange confetti.”

I’m usually not a fan of long and thin brushes, but in this case I didn’t mind. I think it allows for a more precise application and assists in spreading the glitter evenly all over the nail. Here are a few swatches when I used it alone as well as when I tried it over different polishes just to see what it works well with.

Over Lime Crime Crema de Limon

Over Zoya Gie Gie

Over Zoya Kennedy

Over Zoya Tracie

Over Julep Nikki

Over Julep Natalie

I think I like all of them except layered over Julep Nikki, but I wasn’t super crazy about that base color to begin with. Just like most glitters, this top coat was a pain in the neck to remove, but I guess we sign up for that the moment we decide to put it on.

Sephora X nail polishes are 3-free and do not contain formaldehyde, DBP (dibutyl phthalate) or toluene.

PRICE & AVAILABILITY
$12.50 USD, 12mL. Available at Sephora.

Have you tried Sephora X polishes or top coats? Do you think they are worth the hype?

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6 Comments

  1. October 31, 2013 / 11:22 am

    You know what I love most about this glitter topper? It works amazingly well over all the colors you tried! So pretty!! I purchased the Sephora X “system” last week along with one polish and one glitter topper. I haven’t tried it yet, but am planning on it soon! 🙂

    • October 31, 2013 / 1:46 pm

      Those systems looked very tempting 🙂 Let me know how you like it.

  2. October 31, 2013 / 4:33 pm

    this is really cool! Im surprised to see this at Sephora as well, did you grab any others? they’ve definitely caught my attention now!

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    • November 2, 2013 / 5:40 pm

      Nope, I only grabbed this one to test the formula, but now I have my eyes on the rest of the glitters.

  3. November 20, 2013 / 3:37 am

    I like it best over Zoya Gie Gie.

    • November 20, 2013 / 12:51 pm

      I feel like with this one the possibilities are endless!

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