Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Like 11th Dimension Interloper, Operation Solar Doom was released by indie polish maker Hare Polish as part of the Interstellar Invasion collection in October this year. Operation Solar Doom is an utterly luscious red orange jelly glitter polish. It has a medium well-saturated bright orange jelly base with lipstick red undertones bearing variously sized circle, hex and square glitters in pale pink, iridescent electric blue hex glitters, gold flake shimmers and sparkling electric blue particle shimmers. The overall appearance is of a brilliant, neonesque translucent tomato color resplendent with shimmering gleams of vermilion, bittersweet, pale orange, pink and persimmon punctuated by the purple/blue glow of the iridescent blue hexes and enlivened by sparks of electric blue from the tiny particulate shimmers. It's a blast of totally delicious dimensional color on the nail, vivacious and feminine, with fleeting shimmers of analogous tones shining through the translucent layers.

I did not do so well applying this one. My coats were a little too thick for a smooth-looking finish. Nevertheless, the consistency was fluid and nicely balanced without any stickiness, and flowed evenly over the nail with little tumbling of the components. As this polish is translucent, opacity must be built over multiple layers wearably opaque coverage can most likely be achieved in two medium coats. I used thicker coats, which was a mistake as it created a lumpy look to the polish on the nail. So thin to medium coats is the way to go with Operation Solar Doom. I included a third thin coat to my manicure, unnecessary in terms of opacity but it did add a touch to the rich dimensionality of this polish. Three thin coats, if you can manage it, would probably produce the ideal Operation Solar Doom mani. Cleanup was fairly easy and straightforward but I missed a few swipes to my sidewalls. Operation Solar Doom dries naturally in fairly good time to a shiny finish that is slightly textured by the components. I used a coat of Essie First Base to try and even up the surface, finishing with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Photos show three coats of Operation Solar Doom over Seche Rebuild treatment and Pretty Serious All Your Base basecoat topped with a smoothing layer of Essie First Base and finished with a topcoat of Seche Vite. The change in the appearance of the color in this polish from the beginning photos to the final ones is a result of the sun rising to a point where its golden morning light begins to shine through the skylight in my lightbox bathroom, producing a much warmer light environment. The later photos are more true to how the polish appears in person, more orange than red (as it appears in the earlier pics).

Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Hare Polish Operation Solar Doom

Nikole calls Operation Solar Doom a "juicy orange," and that it is, a shade that is just bursting with lively saturated color. I adore this vibrant, buoyant polish, it radiates megawatts of crowd-pleasing positive energy without, in my opinion, being gaudy. The juiciness Nikole refers to results from the translucence of the jelly formula, which adds a certain delicacy to the nature of this polish that underwrites its exquisitely feminine exuberance on the nail. As Lily of Modern Family says, it's transcendent! (And positively pulpy!)

Operation Solar Doom is perhaps most aptly suited to wear during the warmer months of the year, but it felt downright liberating to have this on my nails now, with Halloween just past and Thanksgiving and the holidays looming. It's the kind of polish that makes you want to flutter your fingers so it'll catch your peripheral vision, and looking at it takes you to a place where bright colors rule and your eyes are always happy. 

love,
Liz

ps. This polish did leave trace staining when removed, which after a quick gentle scrub with a pad soaked in cuticle remover.