Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

Nuddy Nude was released by venerable Australian indie polish maker Glitter Gal as part of the Blooming Babes collection for spring 2014. This is a wonderful light putty or griege creme with a barely there pinkish tone that keeps it to the cooler side of neutral. It's the kind of color that might have a name like almond or biscotti or bone if it was a house paint, a creamy softened off-white that gets along with everything. With its pink and grey tones it's a great nude for pale, cool-toned complexions, and even manages to look deliciously sleek and fresh on my ruddy digits. Its gentle presence sets it apart from starker whitened shades, and it has a delicacy and sweetness that I find particularly endearing.

Application was pretty nice. The consistency of Nuddy Nude is fluid, super creamy and dense with a buttery glide over the nail. It doesn't self-level immediately. Rather, it self-levels as it sets up and you can actually watch it do this, pretty remarkable for a whitened shade. Pigmentation is very good, with some streakiness that is par for the course for a white-based color, especially on the first coat. Things improve with the second and what doesn't come together for evenly opaque coverage after the third will be smoothed out and taken care of by a good topcoat. My only quibble with the formula is that it doesn't self-level enough to prevent all of my nail ridges from showing beneath the polish, but it comes close and still manages to look great in person so I forgive this small sin. Cleanup is easy and straightforward. Nuddy Nude dries naturally in very good time to a slick glossy finish.

Photos show three coats of Nuddy Nude over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. Somehow two small fibers sneaked their way into the topcoat of my left index finger nail. We curses them!

Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

Glitter Gal Nuddy Nude

The timeless, chic beauty of the delicately-hued neutral! Reminds me of milky tea or some sort of almond or maple flavored sweet and is very becoming on the nail, clean and tidy but softly so. Nuddy Nude is one of what I love to call character shoe polishes, after the flesh-colored, suede-soled, strappy pumps by Capezio (and others) that dancers and actors wear. I always wanted a pair of those clean-looking, leg-elongating shoes! They always look so delicate and graceful on, just like this polish.

If you're interested in getting your hands on some Glitter Gal, Llarowe has its complete Glitter Gal stock on sale at the time of this writing -- cremes, shimmers, holos, color-shifters, topcoat and all! The regular price is already very reasonable for a 10ml bottle of indie polish from Oz, now they're a steal.

love,
Liz