Chainmail is another polish from Cirque's recently released Alchemy collection. Man, this collection is a liker a goldmine for stunning! Chainmail is a true glitter polish with silvery grey tiny hex glitters and silvery grey microglitters with random pops of rainbow from a sprinkling of holographic hexes. The overall effect is of an industrial glittery dark grey with a slight blue tint to it that shimmers and scintillates like sun on rippling water. This polish balances itself gracefully between glamour and edginess with its lively organic light play and cool metallic darkness.
Although it can be layered to opacity on its own, I chose to layer Chainmail over a england's Dorian Gray, a dark grey one coater with a silky metallic look. Chainmail has a fluid, non-sticky formula that applies smoothly with even glitter distribution. It dries quickly to a beautiful satiny finish with a surprisingly smooth pebbled texture that I found eminently appealing. But I wanted to show the glitters to their best sparkly advantage so I applied topcoat. Two layers of Poshe got me a glossy glasslike finish.
Photos show two coats of Chainmail over one coat of a england Dorian Gray, with treatment and basecoat underneath and two coats of Poshe to finish.
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
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| Cirque Chainmail over a england Dorian Gray |
My photos don't do justice to this polish so you'll have to trust me when I say that it is all drop dead gorgeous sparkly goodness. It's a sparkle bomb in any light -- in the sun it's flat out madness. The random holo glitters are just numerous enough to perfectly accent the grey with festive winks of blue or red or violet, so pretty. But mostly it's all about the interplay between dark and light, bound together by bazillions of dark silvery grey glitter. If you love sterling chainmail jewelry (and who doesn't?), this is your go-to polish. If you love wearing black, this is your go-to accent. If you love beautifully crafted glitter bombs, this is certainly one for the books.
Love it. A lot.
xoxo,
Aunt Liz
Let's go next year, see for ourselves.
ReplyDeleteStunning! Love the shade of this glittery bomb!
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