Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

Bicicletta was released by indie polish maker Rescue Beauty Lounge as part of the Italian Summer collection in August 2014. It is a pale understated almond pink with a whisper of greyed lilac to it bearing superabundant shimmers in pale pink, blue and silver. Ji writes about the inspiration for this polish:

In Sorrento, while strolling by the sea, I saw a precious, dark-haired little girl in a bikini riding a bike with training wheels. The bike was pale pink and it sparkled and twinkled in the sun, the matching streamers flying along with the girl’s confident peddling.

On the nail, this polish has a silvery nacreous gleam to it like the opalescent inside of a mussel shell. It's very much a grown up pink, a "your nails but better" kind of color, faintly speckled with shimmers that have a delicate sparkle in direct light. It reminds me of the pale lip that Sophia Loren and Ali MacGraw used to wear back in the day -- it has that chic, movie star coolness to it.

Application was lovely. The consistency of Bicicletta is fluid and creamy with a touch of fluffiness to it from the shimmers. It has a smooth flow over the nail and is easy to manipulate with RBL's round flexible brush. Pigmentation is buildable. The first coat is very sheer and a little streaky. After two coats there is still some visible nail line, but the coverage evens out. Three coats produce even, opaque coverage, and that's what I used for this manicure. Cleanup is fairly straightforward -- the shimmers can be a tad sticky but relinquish their grip with a few sweeps of the cleanup brush. Bicicletta dries naturally to a smooth shiny finish. Topcoat emphasizes the shimmers, bringing a little extra glow and sparkle to the glistening shell pink of the base.

Photos show three coats of Bicicletta over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

Rescue Beauty Lounge Bicicletta

This polish works almost like a cool-toned nude on me. It's a professionally appropriate polish with a hint of princess mixed in, a gleaming diaphanous note that gives it a certain magic. But it's really uniquely sophisticated for a pink shimmer, graceful and slightly aloof.

Cool polish!

love,
Liz