Ever After Polish The Delorean

The Delorean was released by Ohio-based indie polish maker Ever After Polish as part of the Back to the Future collection in April this year. This collection is, of course, based on the 1985 American comic scifi film featuring a DeLorean DMC-12 sports coupe as the time machine. Even back in the day these were rare beasts -- less than 10,000 of them were manufactured between 1981 and 1982 by John DeLorean's DeLorean Motor Company. My cousin owned a DMC-12! Sadly, it was hit and totalled as he pulled out onto a highway one night near Orlando, FL not long after he bought it (he was completely uninjured). He garaged the wreck and kept it for several years. I gotta remember to ask him if he ended up selling it for parts or what.

So anyway, when I saw this glitter polish, you know I had to get it! The Delorean is a pale cool grey creme/jelly hybrid bearing abundant small multicolored glitters, tiny silver and dark blue-purple hexes and even smaller fuchsia holographic microglitters, plus a liberal dusting of holographic pigment. It has a graceful twinkle in the sun and even sports a faint holographic flair in gold-ish pink. In the shade the pale blue-grey base is deliciously speckled, and the reflective silver hexes gleam brightly from within the layers as the light hits them. It's a quirky, unusual composition, much like the DMC-12 itself.

Application was drama-free; this is a very user-friendly glitter polish. It's consistency is fluid, light and eminently paintable with an easy, self-leveling flow over the nail. The components are very well-behaved and go on smoothly without stacking, stickups or protrusions. Pigmentation is very good for a polish with a degree of translucence to it, with wearable opacity in two medium coats. I used three for the photos, but would happily wear it at two. Cleanup is straightforward. The tiny glitters like to stick around, but don't they always? The Delorean dries naturally in very good time to a shiny finish with a little bit of texture from the components, and I used a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food to smooth out the surface before topcoating.

Photos show three coats of The Delorean over treatment and basecoat with a smoothing layer of Glitter Food and a topcoat of Seche Vite. Please try and overlook the haphazard shapes I somehow ended up with on some of my nails. I didn't realize how wonky a few of them were til I got to editing the photos. The holographic effects are a bit subdued in my images -- just know that this polish has a sweet multicolored sparkle as Kirby of Mercurial Magpie captured in her review photos, here.

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

Every After Polish The Delorean

At the outset The Delorean is fairly low-key for a multicolored glitter, but the creamy translucent grey base is saturated with holographic particles that light it up with rainbow colors, producing a glowing dimensional opal-like interior light play that mirrors the larger multicolored sparkle from the holographic microglitters. The random dark blue hexes add a stippled egg-shell quality that generates visual interest and gives the polish an earthy, organic presence on the nail. Add to those effects the random glimmering of the silver hexes and you have a fluent, creatively-constructed glitter polish with a bit of self-assured modern edginess. Most agreeable!

My glitter cravings aren't nearly as ferocious as they were a couple of years ago so when I do reach for a stand-alone glitter polish it's wonderful to have one like this on tap. A grownup glitter with a cool story behind it and a strong indie flavor. I like it. I like it very much!

love,
Liz