Application was interesting. My Dear Poseidon has a fluid but somewhat bulky consistency due to all of the glitters, and likes to go on the nail in medium to thick fluffy coats. Pigmentation is a good question. Between the holo rainbow and the color-shifting glitters it's kind of hard to tell how opaque it really is. After two coats I still wasn't satisfied and added a third, which made enough difference for me coverage-wise but did end up a bit bulky-looking on the nail and still revealed a bit of sheerness when I held my nails up to the sun. No matter, there is too much going on in this polish to notice. Cleanup is an exercise in chasing down random glitters and trying to flick them off of the skin, to which they adhere with cheeky determination. I must admit that I was not very successful in dislodging them, myself. My Dear Poseidon dries naturally in good time to a slightly textured finish that can use some extra topcoat care to smooth everything out.
Photos show three coats of My Dear Poseidon over treatment and basecoat with a layer of Gelous and another of Seche Vite for a glossy smooth surface.
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The last two pics are taken with a shaft of sun hitting the polish so you can see what sort of high jinks this polish can get up to. I was wearing it while running errands and almost drove off the road. The clerk at the grocery store wanted to know where in the world did I get that nail polish. I think that counts as a compliment, no?
The combination of the strong prismatic flair from the holo pigments and the bright color shifting sparks of light from the glitters is an effervescent incantation to the gods of light and color. It's the kind of polish that makes you stretch out your arms and twirl your hands to view it at length and sends your mind into total visual mode as you try to take it all in.
love,
Liz
This is such an interesting and gorgeous polish! It has a lot of depth to it that I like. I love not only the holo but the glitter too!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Melissa! It's actually almost shockingly pretty in person, the holo base is very rich and dimensional and the glitter is really really sparkly. The fact that the glitter is iridescent and changes colors constantly makes even more noticeable. When you see it in person, it's as if you were to come across a ballerina in full performance costume while grocery shopping or something, it has that sort of extraordinary and unexpected effect.
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