Reprise: Candeo Colors Prénses Ros

I originally featured this polish last summer towards the end of July (here) but it's just too pretty and fresh and girly not to share it again during springtime.

Prénses Ros was released by indie polish maker Candeo Colors as part of its beautiful eight-polish Aruba collection. All of the polishes in this collection have names in Papiamento, a creole language of African and Portuguese heritage that is the most widely spoken natural language in the islands of the former Netherlands Antilles. Prénses Ros is Papiamento for "princess pink," eminently fitting for this delicate translucent candy pink polish with its semi-sheer jelly base strewn with medium and small silver holographic hex glitters.

In my original post, I layered Prénses Ros over a simple pink jelly, but I wanted to try it without the base polish this time. I began with two layers of Butter London Nail Foundation basecoat to camouflage my polish-stained natural nails and then applied four coats of Prénses Ros, allowing each to dry before the next went on. The consistency of this polish is a bit sticky and fluffy and I added polish thinner, which made it easier for me to apply thin coats. Prénses Ros goes on sheerly with buildable color and coverage and I didn't have any other problems with application or glitter distribution. It dries naturally in very good time to a very slightly textured shiny finish.

Photos show four coats of Prénses Ros over treatment and a double layer of basecoat with a topcoat of HK Girl to perfect the surface, add gloss and ensure drying of all the layers.

Candeo Colors Prénses Ros

Candeo Colors Prénses Ros

Candeo Colors Prénses Ros

Candeo Colors Prénses Ros

Candeo Colors Prénses Ros

Candeo Colors Prénses Ros

Candeo Colors Prénses Ros

Candeo Colors Prénses Ros

I love the translucence of this polish and the way the holo glitters flash from within all the layers giving it a kind of iridescent laciness. It's reminiscent of the all the ornamental fruit trees that are in full flower here in NC at the moment. And the shade of pink is so agreeable, with just enough warmth in it to edge it a baby step or two towards neutral territory. Over a pink base polish (and possibly too over natural nails less stained than mine), the pink pops a bit more than it does here, but I'm really loving the softness of this look. 

Candeo has all of their polishes marked down to the lowest prices I've ever seen them offer, $6 each for most. I refused to stop myself from picking up two more glass fleck shimmers from the Aruba collection. It's a good day to buy polish!


xo,
Liz