This quote from the 1982 sci fi/film noir epic Blade Runner on indie polish maker Indigo Bananas' webpage for Twice as Bright pinpoints the source for the name of this polish. Twice as Bright was released by Indigo Bananas as part of the Fiery the Angels Fell collection, a collection inspired by the legendary Blade Runner. It's a glass fleck jelly shimmer, with a vibrant fuchsia pink jelly base absolutely crammed with blue/violet iridescent glass flecks. There's a bit of holographic pigment in here too, although it definitely takes a back seat to the luminous beauty of the glass flecks, which glow prominently from within the strata of bright pink, giving the polish a blue flash and a subtle bloom of violet when the angle of light changes. Eerie and utterly gorgeous, this polish has an irresistible color dynamic and a bold, eyecatching presence on the nail.
Application was delightful! The consistency of Twice as Bright is fluid and smooth, with a lovely even flow over the nail and excellent self-leveling properties. It has a nice balance of fluidity and viscosity that makes for a very paintable polish without a trace of the stickiness that can sometimes accompany jelly-based polishes. Pigmentation is deceptively sheer; the components account for much of the coverage so multiple coats are required for complete opacity. Two medium coats are wearable but three are better. This polish does not run or flood, but minor swipage deposits glass flecks on the cuticle and skin that take some determination and extra care to remove. Twice as Bright dries in very good time considering how fluid and workable it is during application to a silky smooth somewhat satiny finish. Topcoat provides shine and really pops the color of the glass flecks.
Photos show three coats of Twice as Bright over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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| Indigo Bananas Twice as Bright |
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| Indigo Bananas Twice as Bright |
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| Indigo Bananas Twice as Bright |
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| Indigo Bananas Twice as Bright |
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| Indigo Bananas Twice as Bright |
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| Indigo Bananas Twice as Bright |
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| Indigo Bananas Twice as Bright |
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| Indigo Bananas Twice as Bright |
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| Indigo Bananas Twice as Bright |
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| Indigo Bananas Twice as Bright |
This is exactly the sort of chunky glass fleck shimmer that provokes every kind of ecstatic flailing and fangirling from me -- I mean, look at it! So freaking gorgeous! The blue/violet iridescence of the glass flecks couched in the light-catching translucence of the bright rosy pink jelly base provide such dimensional and delicious visual texture, how can one not love this polish? The glass flecks lift themselves from the flood of pink like sands lapped by waves of some otherworldly pink sea, perhaps on an off-world colony from replicant Roy Batty's travels through the universe in search of his creator, Eldon Tyrell.
love,
Liz
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