BAE (Big Aura Energy)

BAE is a light pink champagne color with metallic finish. It can be used with a strong magnet to manipulate metallic in the polish to create one of a kind nail looks. In the photos, I am wearing one a base coat, one coat of BAE, and a glossy clear top coat. The color is very pigmented and one coat is enough to coat the nails. However, the packaging recommends 2-3 coats. Most polish retails for $8 to $17 usd on their site, with Big Aura Energy around $14.50 usd as of date of posting. Pros: The color is beautiful and so pigmented. I did not feel the need to use more than one coat and it dried fairly quickly. Using a magnet, I was able to able to change the polish which was so fun! I think this could work well with other colors underneath or on top. Worn by itself, it is a very soft and elegant shade. The polish glides on the nails smoothly with no clumps. It took a few minutes to fully dry. The bottle is glass and standard size (.37fl oz/11mL) for polishes of this price point. The brush is a circular brush and thin, so it’s easy to get edges of nails. My nails chip easily, and this seems to have lasted well for a day. Cons: I used the metal wand to manipulate the polish and while it seemed effective, once dry I didn’t notice much difference. This was my first time using the polish so it could be user error. I prefer flat brushes for painting my nails. Flat brushes push and pull the polish better and are typically better quality. I have read other reviews that say these brushes don’t last well, so that concerns me about their longevity. Other notes: The company does not test on animals, is fully vegan, cruelty-free, and 10-Free and have a wide range of shades and finishes! Due to how clean the ingredients are for nail polish, it is still such a high quality but did not irritate my sensitive skin. Cirque Colors shipped the polish in a cardboard box with minimal brown paper wrapped around more than box of polish. This helped to minimize movement and cut back on the paper packaging. The cardboard box was appropriately sized for my shipment. The company is minority- and woman-owned and the staff is diverse in representation as are the models and product photos. The social media accounts frequently show diverse models and representation. I felt confident in purchasing and seeing how the color would look on me.