Glam Polish EM

EM was released by Australian indie polish maker Glam Polish as part of the special limited edition OH.EM.GEE! Trio in April this year. This sparklefest has a deep violet base absolutely packed with tiny sterling silver microflakes, silvery ultraholo microglitters and bright purple glass flecks. The ultraholo microglitters are amazingly light responsive, throwing out bright multicolored sparks at the slightest provocation, and combine with the other components to produce a truly lush sparkle in direct sun. In shade, the sterling microflakes decorate the deep violet with highly reflective diminutive silver speckles, giving it a scintillating silvery shimmer. The lavish, dynamic mix of components creates a lively tableau out of the otherwise somber violet the way a serious expression is transformed by a beautiful smile. The effect is magical.

Application was lovely. The consistency of EM is fluid, light and remarkably smooth and user-friendly for a component-laden polish, with an easy, self-leveling flow over the nail. Pigmentation is very good. Completely opaque, even coverage is available in two thin coats, which is what I used for this manicure. Cleanup, though, is a bear! Microglitters, glass flecks and sterling microflakes, the latter especially, are loosed upon the nail environs at the touch of acetone and happily scamper further afield at any attempt to brush them away. I chased them down to my first knuckle before I gave up. EM dries naturally in very good time to a mostly smooth finish with only the slightest discernible texture from the components. 

Photos show two coats of EM over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. Apologies for the the unfinished cleanup!

Glam Polish EM

Glam Polish EM

Glam Polish EM

Glam Polish EM

Glam Polish EM

Glam Polish EM

Glam Polish EM

Glam Polish EM

Glam Polish EM

Glam Polish EM

Glam Polish EM

Glam Polish EM

Glam Polish EM

I don't think that my photos do proper justice to the rich color and awesome sparkle of this polish, and it may be true that no still image could. EM is another of those kind of polishes that need to be experienced on the nail in person to grasp its amazing visual textures and glittering dynamic relationship with light. It was just fabulous under the lights at the gym and the longer I wear it, the more smitten with it I become....

love,
Liz