OPI- 4 In The Morning Review

Hey guys!

How are you all today? I hope you’re all doing well, and you like this new post. I still can't believe that it's the last day of March already! This month seems to have flown by! As always, if you would like to see any polishes reviewed, just let me know and I’ll get right on it for you guys!

Today I have an OPI polish for you. My reviews for OPI’s tend to get the most views, so I’m assuming you guys like OPI. Haha. This particular polish is really pretty. I saw my favourite blog post swatches of the Gwen Stefani collection, and I saw this and drooled, and then rushed online to buy it, and I am honestly so stoked that I did! This polish is called ‘4 in the Morning’ (I’m assuming that’s a Gwen Stefani lyric or song title or something. I’m not a Gwen fan), and it is a beautiful black with a satin finish, and it is meant to be worn without top coat. This polish literally looks like black leather on your nails, so I’m slightly obsessed with it. Now, if you don’t know what a satin finish is, it’s basically a matte but with a tiny bit more of a glossy sheen. If you put a matte and a satin side by side, you’d be able to tell the difference. I was so excited when this polish landed in my mailbox, so I tried it out straight away. However, I am slightly disappointed with it, and I’ll let you know why.

Bottle shot! I'm in love with the cap!

This polish does have some great points, even though I just mentioned that I was slightly disappointed with it. One great thing is it’s drying time. It’s so quick! I loved how quickly it dried. Another good point is how versatile it is. I mean, black goes with everything, so having it on your nails makes it super versatile. The formula was good, and as long as you use thin coats, application is easy, and it’s opaque in two coats. However, the thing that most disappointed me with this polish was the wearability. This polish really does not wear well. I put it on Friday afternoon, and by the time I went to bed on the Friday night, it had chipped quite severely. I continued to wear it over the weekend, but it just chipped so much. I feel like this polish would be great for a night out, but not for a longer period of time. I actually did my swatches on the Saturday morning, and I didn’t want to show you the chipped polish, so I attempted to touch it up. It doesn’t look too bad in the natural light photos, but in the sunlight photos, you can quite obviously see the touch ups, so sorry about that.

In the sunlight, it looks so pretty! Please ignore my attempts at touching it up.

Natural light!

Overall, this polish wasn’t as great as I was expecting. The formula and colour aren’t bad, but the wearability of this polish is so disappointing, and it lets down the polish. The leather look, black satin is something that does look awesomely cool on the nail, but with it chipping in just a few hours it isn’t worth it, in my opinion. I’m probably going to continue wearing it, but it won’t be for an extended period of time, it’ll probably just be for a night out or something along those lines. However, if you don’t tend to wear nail polish for an extended period of time, and you’d just like something to wear for a brief period of time, I’d definitely recommend it because it is one of the coolest looking polishes I have in my collection.