A perfect shade of polish for fall. In natural daylight it tends to look more brown with coppery-gold shimmer, but under fluorescent lighting it turns into a beautiful brownish-plum, and the purple in it really shows up. The application was very smooth, and using Gelous and Seche Vite, I'm having only a tiny bit of chipping. It's a delicious vamp color and makes me feel sophisticated and naughty at the same time when I wear it. It's dark for conservative office wear, but you could definitely wear it for a more casual business office. For evening wear it would be perfect.I would definitely buy this again. Such a unique color.

Midtown Magic is bronze micro glitter in a deep burgundy/brown jelly base. This polish is dark and vampy, and the glitter effect is subtle. In bright, direct light, the polish is nearly black; in softer, indirect lighting, it tends more to a kind of dark purpley-brown. Works well on my very pale, cool-toned skin.Do not be fooled by how it looks in the bottle! When viewed in the bottle, the bronze glitter has an almost sickly edge to it, and it's not very nice looking at all. If I hadn't seen swatches of this, I never would have purchased it, based on the in-the-bottle appearance.Like many jelly type polishes, I get terrible tip wear with this, but it's not something so troubling that I won't wear the polish. When I wear this polish, I feel like my hands look elegant, and I find myself looking at my nails frequently to catch a glimpse of the glitter or to see how the light is playing with the colour. Lots of nail polishes for me are "put it on, don't pay much more attention to it", but this one does draw my eye frequently, and it's pleasing when it does. Very pretty.The formula is a bit on the tricky side, with unpredictable viscosity, but I've used worse. Two coats will probably give acceptable opacity and coverage, but you might like to do three to really bring out the depth this polish is capable of.I will also add that this reminds me very much of Lubu Heels, also by China Glaze, although that one is black jelly with red glitter, with a much more cool-toned look and feel, while Midtown Magic definitely has a warm vibe.Also should add that this removes easily, without the usual hassle associated with glitter nail polishes. Bonus!

I'm not usually a fan of darker, vampy colours but Midtown Magic completely won me over. It's gorgeous a dark brownish purple base with tons of gold/bronze shimmer that adds an interesting depth to the polish. The consistency is perfect, it applied smoothly and was fully opaque in two coats. Wear time was fairly impressive too, I wore it for 5 days with no topcoat and only had minimal tip wear and chipping

When I got the metro collection set of minis I figured this shade would not be flattering and not get much use. As soon as I got home I swatched them all and to my surprise midtown magic ended up being my favorite. It is a dark purplish/brownish color with shimmery flecks. On my pale skin it gives the perfect contrast. This is my new favorite for fall and I will def be purchasing the full size before they are all gone.

In the bottle in person this looks nothing like the colour on the website, in the bottle it looks black with gold shimmer, but on the nails its a dark purple with gold glitter particles. As usual with CG I don't really like the thin long brush, it makes application more difficult compared to opi brushes, but the colour is worth it!