Ginger + Liz Metallic Nail Polish

Recently, celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe reviewed several right-now nail polishes, including “Got My Groove Back” from Ginger + Liz ($12).  Because I love anyone that loves Chanel as much as Rachel Zoe, I had to try out the color.

At the same time, I ordered “Swagger,” ($12) a pink-silver metal to give the range a proper try-out.

Both “Got My Groove Back” and “Swagger” have opaque coverage–one coat is nearly enough to get rid of visible nail lines, and certainly two erases them completely.   Dry time during my experiment was on the long side, but still manageable.  Both gave molten metal coverage with a very slight brushmark.

I did a comparison of the Ginger + Liz metallics with two Fall metallics that I reviewed last week– namely, OPI Glitzerland and China Glaze Swing Time.

Here are my thoughts:

• Ginger + Liz’s are more pure metal, compared to the glass fleck that is visible in both Glitzerland and Swing Baby;
• Both Glitzerland and Swing Baby are sheerer–they each needed 3 or more coats to get an opaque finish;  but the dry time between coats is quite short;
• Both Swagger and Swing Baby are cool pink-silvers, but Swing Baby has a deeper bronze undertone that makes the overall color darker in tone;
• Glitzerland is a cooler gold than Got My Groove Back

Overall, Ginger + Liz offers a fun flash for the nails, and they’ll work well for an over-the-top glitz.  As Rachel Zoe would say, these are “OOC” (out of control).   I’m sure that I went a little overboard getting four different metallics in the space of two weeks, so I’m certainly set for a while.