I am happy to have this dark grey polish. It is different than I thought.. I discovered while trying to rub the polish image off my mani that it was shiny silver underneath. Part of th duo chrome finish I guess. Well I just wore that silver as my mani instead.

Picks up well, slightly changes color depending on the background color, but still thick enough to call it opaque.

This color reminds me of a pencil tip. Really pretty. Stamps well.

I was expecting a shiny finish on this. After all isnt duochrome...chromy? But it is matte finish, maybe satin if I am generous. Smokey black definitely describes it, it is not a deep rich black but a very dark gray. It coats and stamps well as it is SUPER thick. It is so thick I will probably try to thin it a little. So if you want the thickest almost-black matte finish get this. The top coat got it to a satiny look but it is far from a shiny look I expected from photos and the term “chrome”. If it was described differently Id give it 5 stars as a polish. But three stars because it is not as described.

Out of all my Maniology polishes, this one is my favorite. It’s really unique, dark, and deep. Works amazing as the stamper, you’d think that the fine lines wouldn’t allow this to shine so deeply, but it does!