Candeo Colors Laman Brisa

Laman Brisa was released by indie polish maker Candeo Colors as part of its Aruba collection. The name Laman Brisa means "sea breeze" in Papiamento, the most widely spoken natural language in Aruba. Described on the Candeo website as a "sea foam base with gold and silver shimmer," Laman Brisa (such a pretty name!) is a pale delicate very shimmery blue-green jelly polish, a color that reminds me a bit of Anchor Hocking's Fire-King glassware in jade-ite. What makes this polish really special is the glass fleck shimmer, which reads as pale yellow green and turquoise through the blue-green jelly base.

Application was great. In my experience, Candeo's jellies are usually thick and sticky at the outset and do well with the addition of polish thinner and this was the case with Laman Brisa. With the added thinner, the consistency settled out to a fluid, smooth and kind of fluffy texture that applies beautifully. Pigmentation is buildable with this sheer translucent polish. With the first coat, you kind of go uh oh, this is going to need a million layers to be opaque. Not so! I was pleasantly surprised to find that I got even opaque coverage in three medium coats, which is pretty much par for a color this light. Laman Brisa dries naturally in good time to a rather flat finish that takes well to a layer of topcoat.

Photos show three coats of Laman Brisa over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite to ensure drying of all the layers and provide a glassy shine.

Candeo Colors Laman Brisa

Candeo Colors Laman Brisa

Candeo Colors Laman Brisa

Candeo Colors Laman Brisa

Candeo Colors Laman Brisa

Candeo Colors Laman Brisa

Candeo Colors Laman Brisa

Candeo Colors Laman Brisa

Candeo Colors Laman Brisa

Candeo Colors Laman Brisa

To be honest, I'm not one hundred percent sold on this color as completely compatible with my pasty pale pinkage, but I can see it as being totally gorgeous on tanned or warm-toned complexions. It would be stunning on tanned toes at the beach! Laman Brisa has a slightly minty poolside vibe and feels quite substantial on the nail for such a soft feathery color. Also, despite any semblance of frostiness in the photos, it is most decidedly a shimmer in person, with the glass flecks clearly visible and giving off a scintillating sparkle in direct light. Very pretty!

love,
Liz