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I recently discovered there’s a Sally Beauty Supply store near where I live. Like 5-minutes-away near. Within-walking-distance near. In-a-plaza-where-I-do-some-of-my-grocery-shopping near. Like… I’m-in-trouble-I-need-an-Intervention-before-my-wallet-stops-speaking-to-me near.

Last week I ventured into the SBS cautiously – I needed to scope out the place, but I didn’t want to plunk my credit card down on the cashier and say, “Give me one of everything.” (Although that sounds like fun.)

I allowed myself to get one nail polish – this time. And since I’m a blue fanatic with a glitter obsession, FingerPaints Laugh My Art Off immediately caught my eye. Gosh. I’m predictable. But this nail polish isn’t! It glistens every which way for unexpected look-at-me glamour. Yum!

FingerPaints Laugh My Art Off Swatches & Pictures

*~* 3 Coats with Top Coat in Natural Light *~*

*~* 3 Coats with Top Coat in Flash *~*

 

Claims: TRUSTED

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High-gloss finish (it’s a glitter polish)

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Fast drying

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Long wear

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Smooth application

Key Notes

• Name: FingerPaints Laugh My Art Off
• Amount: 15ml or 0.5fl oz
• What I Paid: $5.99 CAD
• Price Per Unit: $0.40/ml or $11.98/fl oz
• Other Colors Available: A Heart for Art, Add and Abstract, Art Auction Auburn, Art Deal of Fortune, Art Lofty Toffee, Be A Pal-ette, Blank Canvas Cream, Brushstroke Blush, Color Inside the Lines, Copper Elements, Coral Complement, Drawn to You, Easel Come Easel Go, Etched in Bronze, Expressionist Red, Free Form Fawn, Get Real-ism, Gossamer White, Model Colour, Paper Maiche, Primary Color, Putty in My Hands, Tapestry in Taupe, Well-Cultured Pearl, What an Exhibition!, It’s an Original, Figure of Art, Private Collection, Silver Sculpture, Rose Patina, Pretty as a Portrait, Chroma Coral, Lavender Highlight, Art Dealer Teal-er, Framed in Red, Brilliant Brushstroke, Artist’s Inspiration, Natural Talent, Gallery Glam, Pink Imagination, Watermelon Watercolor, Wine at the Gallery, Shades of Dark, Tangerine Tint, Drawn to This Shade, Artist’s Sapphire, Picasso’s Puce, Sketch-Y, Bauhaus Burgundy, Whose Hue?, Vermilion Dollar Painting, Gogh Red!, Curator’s Crimson, Art You Blue?, Romanticism Ruby, MichaelTangelo, Black Expressionism, Meet Me at the Met, Art of Theft, Key to My Art, Leonardo Da-Vin-Pink, My Art Belongs to You, Louvre This Pink, Hue Left a Message?, Art You Kidding Me?, Sketch N Etch, Art Nouv-Yellow, Stealing My Beating Art, Easel-Y Entertained, Guggen I’m Lime, Cerulean Seascape, Vintage Violet, Scenery Greenery, Holly-Wood Frame, Tough Art to Follow, Sketchy Character, Tiffany Imposter, Purple Palette, Red Brandt, Avante Gardge Green, Prints and Printsess, Go Van Gogh!, It Baroque, Where Art Renoir?, Hue Are You?, Bronze Sculpture, Warm He-Art-Ed, I Pink I Can, Don’t Make a Scene
• Where to Buy: Sally Beauty Supply online & in-store

Finger Paints Laugh My Art Off Review

 

Color

This is so flippin’ gorgeous. Staring at Finger Paints Laugh My Art Off on my nails is kind of like staring into the ocean on a clear and sunny day. The blue is deep and rich, and the blue glitter glistens from beneath creating an illusion of depth.

Formula & Application

Laugh My Art Off by FingerPaints is on the thick side. It’s slightly goopy, but stringy at the same time. This doesn’t affect application though. Just sweep over the nail like normal – no tricks needed.

Opacity

You will need 3 coats of Laugh My Art Off by Finger Paints. The first coat goes on almost sheer. But never mind that – I think of the first coat as like a gritty primer. The 2nd coat starts to give you the color that you want; it doesn’t completely cover the nail though. The 3rd coat enhances the richness of the color and the intensity of the glitter for an awesome color that forces you to stare.

Finish

As expected, Finger Paints Laugh My Art Off dries kind of gritty because of the glitter. It’s not gritty like you’re touching cement, but you can definitely feel the sparkle glitter on the nail. I applied 2 layers of a thin top coat for smoothness.

Drying Time

And as expected FingerPaints Laugh My Art Off dries really quickly. I was really surprised actually. I accidentally bumped my nails against something and was expecting to have to repaint. But nope! It takes about 5 minutes to set.

Ingredients

Do you pay attention to the ingredient list? Then you’d be happy to know that FingerPaints Laughing My Art Off is Big-3 Free!

Packaging

The cap of Laugh My Art Off is longer and slenderer than what I’m used to. I actually quite like this as grip is easy, making applying the polish a cinch as well.

Pros Toluene-, formaldehyde- & DBP-free Easy to apply Dries quickly Beautiful color with radiant glitter Longer cap handle with good grip

Cons Dries gritty: requires 2 layers of TC Needs 3 coats

Final Verdict: 9.8/10

One of my all-time favorite polishes! This is my first experience with FingerPaints, and I’m loving them. I like how all their polishes’ names are related to art, although I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why this color is called Laugh My Art Off. What does that have to do with a beautiful blue with blue glitter? Beats me!

What do you think of this color? Do you have a nail-polish color that you predictably gravitate toward like I do?