Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Quiet Riot from renowned Russian polish maker Dance Legend is a part of their Wow Prism line, a collection of polishes with intense scattered holographic finishes. I've never seen holographic particles as large as the ones in Quiet Riot. Flat, flaky and irregularly shaped, they are even larger than the holographic particles use by Picture Polish in their Opulence line, and they are so abundant in the polish that it is difficult to tell the exact tone of the base that carries them. Holo pigment is made with microscopic aluminum flakes layered in glass and inorganic pigments. The aluminum is what gives them the characteristic silvery appearance. Quiet Riot has a deep charcoal base, but it reads much lighter on the nail due to the massive amount of holo flakes. The contrast between the deep charcoal of the base and the silvery flakes produces an unusual speckled, granite-like appearance that has an edgy, graphic quality that is very cool. A beautiful sparkly scattered prismatic flair can be seen in most lights, although it's at its best in direct light.

Application was wonderful. The Wow Prism formula really is superb and deserves the praise it has received in online reviews. The consistency of Quiet Riot is quite fluid but not at all runny, and very smooth. It slips over the nail like a piece of silk lingerie, has excellent self-leveling properties and is easily manipulated with Dance Legend's flattened, flexible brush. Pigmentation is very good with some sheerness on the first easily building to completely even, opaque coverage in two coats. Cleanup is easy and straightforward. Quiet Riot dries naturally in good time to a shiny finish with the appearance of visual texture from the sizable holo flakes, but it is smooth to the touch. Topcoat appeared at first to diminish the prismatic holo effect, but it returned in full once the topcoat began to dry.

Photos show two medium coats of Quiet Riot over Seche Rebuild treatment and Pretty Serious All Your Base basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. We have significant cloud cover today here so I wasn't able to capture any sunlit shots, but I did take a few pics under the halogens in the kitchen. They aren't quite as sharp as the indirect light photos, but they do show the sparkling prismatic display a little better.

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

These last four photos were taken in the kitchen under a combination of halogen and indirect natural lighting.

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

Dance Legend Quiet Riot

The scattered holo effect in this polish is actually much more lively in indirect light than my photos show. There almost always seems to be some kind of colorful nuance going on, sometimes quite subtle but still providing the dimensionality and shading that makes scattered holos so fascinating to the eye. Quiet Riot is the only Wow Prism I've tried, but it looks to be one of the more unusual shades in this line in that it is basically atonal aside from the holo effects, producing the granite-like look that I mentioned earlier. I love the edgy, stark, tweedy aspect of this look! It has a contemporary graphic appeal that is almost futuristic.

Cool polish! Dance Legend polishes are available at Llarowe and Color4Nails, but for the best selection you can order directly from Dance Legend in Russia on their website.

love,
Liz