Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

The Norwegians are Leaving was released by indie polish maker Hare Polish as part of the Winter 2014: Welcome to Twin Peaks, Part 2 collection in December 2014. Creator Nikole describes this polish as a "bright blue jelly with lots of gold flakies, iridescent gold glitter, tiny blue flakies and purple shimmer." It has a lively medium-dark vibrant azure/primary blue creme-jelly hybrid base bearing abundant shardy golden flakes, iridescent golden hexes that flash a coppery pink, Hare's trademark tiny electric blue flake shimmers and pinpoint purple particulate shimmers. Another gorgeous melange of components and color from Hare!

Application was great. The consistency of The Norwegians are Leaving is dense with components but nicely fluid. It has an easy self-leveling flow over the nail with some tumbling of the shardy flakes and a few protrusions over the free edge that need a nudge back onto the nail. In the end, all components lay flat and smooth. Pigmentation is excellent for a crelly with completely even opaque coverage in two to three coats depending on how you paint. Since my coats tend to vary in thickness for some reason, a few nails got three coats but most were fine at two. I did notice a bit of sheerness on the tips of a few nails where I used only two coats, especially on my right hand. Need to wrap those tips a little more carefully! Cleanup was surprisingly easy for a flake-laden intensely blue polish, with no sticky components and no residual staining (although I did miss a few spots, oops). The Norwegians are Leaving dries in fairly good time to a mostly smooth finish with some visual texture from the components that persisted through a coat of Nail Pattern Baldness Glitter Food and topcoat. 

Photos show two to three coats of The Norwegians are Leaving over treatment and basecoat with a layer of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food followed by a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Hare Polish The Norwegians are Leaving!

Such a great bold Scandinavian blue! The combination of the blue with its translucence and shimmering components reminds me of vintage lucite beads. I'd love to have a necklace of beads like this polish. Wearing this polish with similar bright primaries and secondaries will really make it pop, and who doesn't love a pop of color? Granted, certain circumstances don't lend themselves to it but if you don't have to worry about that and love your brights, this is a wonderful polish!

love,
Liz