OPI Nail Polish Review: "Dusk Over Cairo"

Since I'm celebrating a late Thanksgiving today, I thought I'd go for a more fall-ish color. In the bottle, this shade looks like a gorgeous red-pink with a gold shimmer/undertone, and with a name like that (I've actually been to Cairo, so the name struck a chord with me!) I thought it'd be a pleasing pick!

Coverage: After 2 coats, I was completely disgusted with how sheer this polish was. Even after 3, which is when the picture shown was taken, you could still tell where the whites of my nails were! I even went ahead and did 4 coats, but that was a waste of time because it looked exactly the same, but the gold shimmer was a little more noticeable which redeemed it slightly.

The color: ...looks horrible on me. I think it's because I had pinkish skin, whereas my mom has more golden/tan undertones in her skin. I'm glad this is actually her nail polish because I would be mad if I'd spent $8.50 on this myself.
The color looks great in the bottle-on the back where it isn't quite blended together, you can see a tan/gold swirl that makes me swoon ( I put another picture of the back side for you), but only in a very specific light can you see this golden ness when you have the polish on. It's too light of a golden pink to be flattering, in my opinion. It kind of looks like the color your skin would turn if you had a burn or scar, yuck!

Lasting power: usually OPI has decent staying power and won't chip for 3-7 days. However, not only has this color been dinged on four of my fingers already, but it also has chipped minorly on a couple nails. Maybe it's been because I've been in the kitchen all morning, but I let the polish dry for a good 5 or so minutes before adding a top coat or touching anything.

Overall, I'm very glad I only painted one hand with this color to test it out. I want to take it off soon, but I'm waiting for it to grow on me at least a little bit. My advice: stay away from this one!

Thanks for reading!
xox Elle
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