This is sufficiently opaque. The red is more orange toned and looks like a dark brick red with silver sparkles over it.I love this polish! It is so beautiful and shimmery in the light. You call tell a huge difference when they're in the light compared to when they're not. I plan on ordering other colors.I have seen this product on tik toc so many times and I needed to try this out. OMG, the reflection of this polish is amazing. I tried 2 coats but I really liked how bright and bold the 3 coats were. In the picture I have 3 coats on (please excuse the foot).Lets talk quality, I had these on for 15 days and I had no lifting, no dullness they look just great. It was very easy to remove with gel remover but the quality is outstanding.This is great polish and the glitter is the most sparkly I’ve ever had. Just love it!Glittery, yes. Holographic, no. Great coverage, photo is two coats.This is a gel polish, you do need a UV/LED lamp to cure. It's su h a pretty color and when the light hits it (even in natural light not pictured) it just stuns and sparkles beyond any other glitter polish.So for context, the bottle on the far left is a 15ml bottle, and the one on the right is an 8ml bottle. I wasn’t expecting it to be as big as the gelish bottle but certainly not as tiny as the makartt one. Besides that though the polish is beautiful! Super reflective in flash and the color is a pretty almost lilac purple with tons of glitter.I ordered gold and it is more bronze or brown in colour. I gave it three stars just because it arrived in time but have not tried it out. If I try it I will revise my rating. Beware that the colour is not what is shown in the picture and you will be disappointing if that is what you expected.Beautiful polish, but it will NOT cure or dry at all without a UV light. Heads up.