Elevation Polish Melbourne

Back again today with another bottle of win from Elevation Polish! So loath was I to remove yesterday's When the Cherry Met the Spoon that I wore it for two whole days -- twice as long as I usually wear a polish -- and even then I didn't want to take it off. I had to mentally dangle today's polish in front of me like a carrot on a stick, but it was still a hard sell at the outset. That all changed once I began applying it, however. 

The polish is Melbourne, just released as part of the Street Graffiti collection earlier this month. Described as a medium blue with microshimmers in gold, green, blue and silver plus a light sprinkling of holographic pigment, this is undoubtably the closest nail polish equivalent to denim that I've ever come across. I'm telling you it couldn't be closer to denim if it sprouted red tags and a button fly! It's medium-dark slightly cloudy sapphire swimming with an analogously-colored mix of softly gleaming microflake shimmers that give it the perfect dimensional speckling of washed dark blue twill. I even experienced that tingle of joy that you get when you slide into your best-fitting jeans and they zip to perfection (yes, it's been a while but I haven't forgotten). I thought no polish would be able to thrill me after When the Cherry Met the Spoon, but I was wrong. I hate to fling superlatives around again so soon, but Melbourne is the most delicious of any blue polish from Elevation I've tried. It's not flashy, although there is a pretty sparkle in the sun from the scattered holo pigment, but it is utterly awesome. 

I was so busy falling in love with the look of this polish that I can hardly tell you how it applied except that I found it slightly thicker than I thought it would be. I added a couple of squirts of polish thinner, but those who prefer a denser consistency probably won't feel the need. It's very creamy and smooth and the microflake shimmers, though superabundant, are tiny enough that they don't interfere with application at all. Pigmentation is excellent. If you plan for it, you can easily achieve even, opaque coverage in one coat. I didn't, so I used two. Cleanup is easy and straightforward. Melbourne dries naturally in very good time to a silky smooth, shiny finish with a gorgeous flecked visual texture that complements the denim color beautifully. 

Photos show two coats of Melbourne over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

Elevation Polish Melbourne

See what I mean? Is that walking talking tasty or WHAT?! God help me, I'm in love with my own finger nails!! 

I recommend a purchase at your earliest opportunity. Your blue polish collection isn't complete without it. That is all.

xo,
Liz