Candeo's website description says that Sour Grapes has a "shimmery vibrant purple base loaded with multiple sizes of lavender, purple and dark purple hex and square glitter" and "small black hex glitter thrown in for good measure." The base color is a little more blue-leaning than Mira, it's almost a violet.
Application was ok. The formula was fine, but even dispersal of glitters across the nail wasn't happening. I fished and dabbed for a while but it even so it didn't seem to make that much difference. I had a couple of instances of glitter stacking where a dark purple hex glitter came to rest atop a large lavender hex glitter. This kind of thing doesn't usually bother me with glitter polishes, in fact I expect it to a certain degree. But in Sour Grapes, where I felt I wasn't getting enough glitters on my brush per dip, having these obvious stacks chuffed my chaps a little bit. Also, I had ghosting around the edges of the polish where I overshot Mira with Sour Grapes.
To plump the pillows, here are some photos of Mira, two coats over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite, taken in the kitchen under the halogens.
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| Zoya Mira |
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| Zoya Mira |
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| Zoya Mira |
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| Zoya Mira |
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| Zoya Mira |
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| Zoya Mira |
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| Zoya Mira |
Now for Sour Grapes. Photos show two coats over the Mira manicure above with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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| Zoya Mira and Candeo Colors Sour Grapes, bottle shot |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes, macro shot in the bottle |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira on the nail, Sour Grapes in the bottle |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira on the nail, Sour Grapes in the bottle |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
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| Candeo Colors Sour Grapes over Zoya Mira |
My favorite parts of Sour Grapes are the shimmer and the tiny microglitters. This kind of shimmery purple is so gorgeous, and the microglitters throw out perfect tiny sparks of light. I love the small black hexes too. I wish there was more of the larger glitters, or that they were easier to capture with the brush. I upended my bottle before I applied but it didn't seem to help, maybe if I got in there with a skewer and loosened up all those big lavender hexes where they seem to be clinging to the sides of the bottle....
Next time I'm going to try this one over a slightly lighter purple, something like Zoya Malia. That way you'd be able to see more of the darker purple glitters.
love,
Aunt Liz
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