Cirque Curiosity

Curiosity was released in 2012 as part of Cirque's Objet d'Art collection. It's described on Cirque's website as "a bright cherry red with gold flecks and shimmer." This is a well-saturated medium-toned bright scarlet red jelly polish with the smooth application of a creme and the look of a true glass fleck. It's amazing! It reminds me of those "tinct with cinnamon" hard candy disks you see around Christmas, it has their translucence and bright clear color.

All of the Cirque polishes I've experienced so far have delighted me with their ease of application and Curiosity is no different. Smooth, fluid, with perfect viscosity for easy control and manipulation, this polish is incredibly forgiving for a jelly. It goes right where you put it without any tendency to stick to itself which allows you to fine tune those edges like nobody's business. Never pulls patches, never bubbles. Pigmentation is excellent given how translucent is is, with buildable even coverage. Dry time is also fantastic and results naturally in a silky satin finish. Topcoat really brings the shimmers and flecks to life.

Photos show three coats of Curiosity over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Poshe. Please forgive the peeling fingers, they are still trying to recover from the great gloveless bathroom scrub of a couple of days ago.

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Cirque Curiosity

Totally incendiary! I adore the shardy shimmer and flecks, tiny and delicate but with a big impact -- they are just gorgeous peeking through that brilliant Christmas red. When you're not close enough to see the flecks, there's a shimmery gift wrap ribbon look to Curiosity that is quite fetching. 

¡Lo quiero! 

xoxo,
Liz