Indigo Bananas Olive Time and Space

Olive Time and Space was released by California-based indie polish maker Indigo Bananas as part of the Fall 2015 Holos collection last month. This is a dark charcoaled olive green linear holographic polish. It's mostly overcast here today, so I'm not able to tell you about the prismatic display in direct sun but if the holographic effects in indirect light are any indication, it must be spectacular. The athleticism and responsiveness of the holographic color nuancing in this polish is blowing my mind. Beautiful darkling peacock hues of Pacific blue, cerulean, spruce and golden olive flood the deep green base with a flame-shaped flare edged in tiny sparks of yellow and red. The blues are so omnipresent that they give the polish a deep blue-green glow in the center of the nail that floats over a gleaming semi-metallic flash of golden olive, shading to a swampy near-black around the edges. It's a mercurial wonder, murky and mysterious and ostentatiously showy by turns,  a precocious, dramatic polish in an ideal color for fall.

Application was a delight. The consistency of Olive Time and Space is fluid, light and very smooth, with a luscious silky glide over the nail and excellent self-leveling properties. It is amenable to thin or thicker coats and is easily manipulated with Indigo Bananas' round flexible brush. Pigmentation is very good -- somewhat sheer on the first coat but building quickly to evenly opaque coverage in two. In her description of this polish, creator Andrea suggests three coats for darkest color and fullest holographic effects, so that's what I used for this manicure. Cleanup is easy and straightforward, and this polish applies so beautifully that you'll probably have very little of it to do. Olive Time and Space dries naturally in very good time to a smooth shiny finish. Topcoat does not diminish the holographic properties in any way.

Photos show three coats of Olive Time and Space over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. And the sun came out while I was taking pictures, so you get to see that spectacular prismatic display after all!

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

Indigo Bananas All of Time and Space

How about that holo, eh? Shazaam! 

I wish I'd had a camera with me when I went to the gym -- Olive Time and Space was INCREDIBLE under those lights. The finish became totally metallic and the green was bright, like a Christmas green. Tory has assigned me another balance exercise for my warm up, where I balance on one leg while standing on the bosu, steadying myself with a pole (for now -- the eventual goal is to do it without the pole). Well I wanted to show her how much I'd improved so I'm up on that bosu on one leg wobbling and bobbing and leaning heavily on the pole, so proud that I can do it for all of seven or so seconds. Come to find out she's been looking at my nails the whole time. 

Upstaged! 

love,
Liz