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This is from the Fall 2021 Downtown LA Collection, and it’s a warm, fiery red crelly polish.
It’s one of those reds that immediately catches my eye because it has a little more going on than a traditional creme.
It’s bright and vibrant, but the slightly squishy finish gives the color some depth.
If you’re not familiar with the term, a crelly is essentially a hybrid between a creme and a jelly—it has the coverage of a creme, but with some of the translucence and depth of a jelly.
I personally really like crellies for exactly this reason.
Sometimes a creme polish can look a little flat on the nail, whereas that touch of jelly-like translucence allows light to move through the color and gives it more dimension.
Another thing about this polish that continues to impress me: the formula is still incredibly fast drying.
My bottle is now about five years old, and if you’ve been collecting nail polish for a while, you probably know that age doesn’t always do any favors for a formula.
Some polishes start taking longer and longer to dry as they get older, while others eventually reach the point where they seem to stay smudgable for hours.
That has not happened with this polish.
In fact, I was able to put on this manicure while starting my work day—getting my coffee, grabbing a granola bar, moving around—after about 30 seconds, it was solid and completely smudge-free.
So this is one of those polishes that I not only love for the color, but also genuinely enjoy applying.
And there’s more to talk about when it comes to the formula, how it applies, and why I think this particular red is especially nice for warm skin tones.
But first, let’s look at the swatches.
OPI Art Walk in Suzi’s Shoes
As you can see, the color has that warm, fiery quality that makes it such a great red.
Because it leans warm, I think it works particularly well on warm skin tones and can be a nice option if cooler, blue-based reds aren’t quite your thing.
The formula is also lovely to work with.
It goes on smoothly, is self-leveling, and doesn’t flood the cuticles.
These swatches are two very thin coats, and because you don’t need much polish to get the coverage, a bottle lasts a surprisingly long time.
I’ve worn this polish many times over the years and still have plenty of formula left in my bottle.
And while it originally came out as part of a fall collection, I don’t think of this as strictly a fall red. It has enough warmth and richness to work beautifully with autumn manicures, but it’s also bright enough for holiday nails and bold enough to work for a summer red.
That versatility is probably part of why I’ve kept coming back to it.
Five years after buying it, I still love the color, the formula is still performing beautifully, and it remains one of those reds that I’m always happy to put on my nails.
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