To Fulfill All Your Glitter Cravings - Maybelline Color Show Glitter Mania All that Glitters

Maybelline released the Color Show Glitter Mania range last week and you can read about the entire range here. I love glitter nail polishes and though summer isn’t the time when I sport them I couldn’t resist picking up a few of them. The colors are really nice and different from the other glitter nail polishes out there (at least in Mumbai) and all of them seemed to be packed with glitter! To top it off they come at a really economical price so there’s literally nothing to stop you from buying it, unless it’s not already available at your local Maybelline counter. One of the shades I purchased is ‘All that Glitters’ which is a lovely pale gold color.

Price: Rs.125
Available at Nykaa 

The Color Show Glitter Mania nail polishes have the same packaging as the plain Color Show range, except that the caps have ‘Glitter Mania’ written on one end. The wand fans out well didn’t give any problems during application. ‘All that Glitters’ is a lovely pale gold color. It is packed with gold and silver micro glitter and silver hexagonal (or circular?) glitter. All the glitter gives it a gritty texture and warrants the need of a top coat. Because it is so intensely packed with glitter, I’m confused as to whether the base color is primarily a pale shimmery gold or is just colorless with silver and gold glitter. Its not the same color as Bold Gold and will suit a wider variety of skin tones because of both silver and gold in it. Also, it doesn’t make my fingers look darker, which Bold Gold had a tendency of doing.

I’m happy to report that ‘All that Glitters’ is intensely packed with glitter and gives a blingy look to the nails. Its not as heavy and three dimensional as say, the Sally Hansen Gem Crush range but even one coat is enough to fully cover my nails. I would however advice two coats as it is a drugstore nail polish and won’t last long on a single coat. It doesn’t take long to dry on the nails.

 I found that during application, All That Glitters is similar to Sally Hansen’s ‘Rockstar Pink’. It kind of thickens up during application which it makes it difficult to apply evenly on the nails and that is visible on my middle finger in the NOTDs. This is the problem I've faced in nailpolishes which have loads of glitter.

Since this is bursting with glitter, you will definitely find it difficult to remove if you apply more coats. A tried and trusted method to remove glitter nail polishes is the ‘Foil Method’, which you can Google about.

Overall Verdict: 4.8/5

I’m super impressed with ‘All that Glitters’. Its nicely packed with glitter and looks really good on the nails. I feel that its very good quality yet budget friendly. Except for the tiny problem that I faced during application, I have no qualms with this range. I highly recommend you all to try at least one shade from this range, they have really great colors and I’m sure you’ll love it!