Pretty Serious Elliot and Shimmer Polish Julie

Today's Pretty Serious polish is Elliot, released as was yesterday's polish, Claris, as one six polishes in Pretty Serious' In The Night collection. Elliot is the boy character in the Nights Into Dreams Sega Saturn game upon which the collection is based. Elliot, the polish, is a medium saturated bright azure blue with silvery shimmers that are shy at first but become more affable as you get to know them.

Application was lovely. Elliot's consistency is fluid, creamy and light and lays down evenly over the nail. This is a well pigmented polish with complete opacity achieved in two coats. Elliot dries naturally in average time to a smooth shiny finish. A good topcoat adds luminosity to the color, which I think makes it even more beautiful.

As an aside, I got a new clean up brush. Some time ago I read something somebody somewhere had written about the ELF Essential Concealer Brush and how it was great for manicure clean up. I'd been using a small angled eyeliner brush for clean up and while adequate it was a little stiff and straight for the cuticle area especially and over time had started to splay as well. So I ordered the ELF brush. With a filbert-shaped tapered rounded edge and more flexible bristles than my old brush, it makes clean up a lot more fun. I like it very much!

Back to the polish! Photos show two coats of Elliot over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl. Despite oils and lotions, my fingers are still flaky. My apologies.

Pretty Serious Elliot

Pretty Serious Elliot

Pretty Serious Elliot, plus bonus bathrobe lint!

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Pretty Serious Elliot

Pretty Serious Elliot

Pretty Serious Elliot

Pretty Serious Elliot

Pretty Serious Elliot

Pretty Serious Elliot

Pretty Serious Elliot

Pretty Serious Elliot

Pretty Serious Elliot

Pretty Serious Elliot

Pretty Serious Elliot

This lovely dense limpid blue reminds me of the sky on a clear day when the air is washed and clean and the humidity is low. Stare straight up and gradations of pure azure are what you'll see. 

To play with Elliot a little, I added a quick dabbed glitter gradient with Shimmer Polish Julie, a melange of mixed glitters with a general emphasis on purple, blue, cyan and gold, and matted it with OPI Matte Topcoat.

Shimmer Polish Julie over Pretty Serious Elliot with matte topcoat

Shimmer Polish Julie over Pretty Serious Elliot with matte topcoat

Shimmer Polish Julie, macro shot in the bottle

Shimmer Polish Julie over Pretty Serious Elliot with matte topcoat

Shimmer Polish Julie over Pretty Serious Elliot with matte topcoat

Shimmer Polish Julie over Pretty Serious Elliot with matte topcoat

Shimmer Polish Julie over Pretty Serious Elliot with matte topcoat

Shimmer Polish Julie over Pretty Serious Elliot with matte topcoat

Shimmer Polish Julie over Pretty Serious Elliot with matte topcoat

Shimmer Polish Julie over Pretty Serious Elliot with matte topcoat

Elliot is lovely matted -- it looks even more like a clear sky than it did glossy -- and the fabulous mixed colors of Shimmer Julie are a party over Elliot's azure blue.

With this manicure as my "brave pill," I think I am ready to write the check to my lawyer to take care of that speeding ticket I got on Rt. 86! 

love,
Liz