Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

The Pretty Serious spree continues today with Phantom Planet, released as part of Pretty Serious' They Came From Beyond Space collection in November of 2012. Phantom Planet has translucent greenish grey jelly base loaded with awesome highly reflective multichromatic platelet glitters that shift from a dominant medium-light golden green, kinda mossy kinda leafy, through blue green and aqua to a deeper blue and finally, on the far edges, a hint of purple. With a delicious flecky foil finish and a scintillating sparkle in the sun, it is a little bit of paradise for blue and green polish lovers. 

Application was mostly uncomplicated. The consistency of Phantom Planet is light and very fluid with slightly fluffy or foamy quality. Coverage is pretty good. The first coat is quite sheer and you see a lot of the murky tinted suspension base. With two coats, the multichrome glitters begin to build up nicely. Three coats is best for complete opacity and full richness of color. Cleanup is a little bit of a trial only because the platelet glitters fly up in horror at the first touch of acetone and quickly redeposit themselves everywhere you don't want them to be. You can clearly see this in my photos. Phantom Planet dries naturally in longer than average time to a smooth shiny finish. This is one where you'll want a fast dry topcoat to ensure that all the layers dry and protect the vulnerable finish from accidental marring.

Photos show three coats of Phantom Planet over Seche Rebuild treatment and Butter London Nail Foundation basecoat with a topcoat of HK Girl.

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet, with bonus water droplets!

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

Pretty Serious Phantom Planet

There's nothing like a dynamic multichrome to renew a polish enthusiast's wonder and awe. This one does it for me, big time! The shifts in Phantom Planet incorporate some of my favorite blue and green hues, dreamy and aquatic but also lively as all get out. And I adore a speckled foily finish. Wearing this is kind of a surreal experience. About two hours after I finished this manicure I was standing in front of a south facing window and went to scratch my nose and was actually startled by the brilliant aquamarine pools shimmering on my nails. 

Never a dull moment! *lol*

love,
Liz