Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Jayne was released by Australian indie polish maker Grace-full Nail Polish as part of the Glitters collection from the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun series in December 2014. Theresa describes this as a super holographic microglitter, with a royal purple base bearing holographic microglitter in a lighter purple. The purple base is deep but translucent, and the microglitter flashes an indigo color, a blue/purple, so the predominant look changes depending upon the circumstances in which it's viewed. In bright indirect light, the indigo color of the microglitter takes the fore, giving the polish a more blue appearance that's ablaze with tiny sparks of light in rainbow colors. Under low and incandescent lighting conditions, it's a glorious deep vampy purple, almost an eggplant, with a seductive scintillating sparkle in prismatic colors that seems to emanate from deep within the polish. This is my favorite look -- Jayne was made for candlelight!

Application started out well. Jayne has a great formula. The consistency is fluid and smooth, with an easy self-leveling flow over the nail. It's slightly thicker than yesterday's Katie, but not at all sticky or goopy. Coverage is buildable. The microglitters, which add considerably to the coverage, don't seem as dense in this polish as in Katie and the base is more translucent. Even so, wearable coverage can be attained in two coats. I used three for the camera. Cleanup was a bit of a bear, which I blame on my shaky hands. I made quite a mess and those teensy microglitters just run wild at the touch of acetone. But this turned out to be the lesser of my worries. Jayne dries naturally in very good time to a slightly textured finish, and I applied a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food to smooth it. The Glitter Food did not play well with Jayne, pulling the glitter from the edges and leaving a washed out looking corona near the cuticle and tip pull at the free edge. Then when I topcoated with Seche Vite, the surface dried down all swirly and funky looking so I felt obliged to apply another layer of le Vite to get a more glassy finish. Basically, I could have skipped the Glitter Food, used two layers of topcoat and ended up with a better looking manicure. Well, learn and live -- I'll know next time!

Photos show three coats of Jayne over treatment and basecoat, with a layer of Glitter Food followed by two coats of Seche Vite.

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Grace-full Nail Polish Jayne

Jayne has awesome stage presence, with the sultry glamour of a siren-singer. Hot! Definitely a stunning polish to wear for a night out when you want some extra sparkle in low light!

I'll add that removal of Grace-full's microglitter polishes do not require soaking in pure acetone under tinfoil. They do take more elbow grease than a creme but aren't much more trouble than some of the larger-sized shimmers we been seeing this year. I've had no trouble removing them with the acetone-based polish remover from Sally's and my favorite Graham Hands Down cosmetic and nail pads, and I imagine the job would be even easier and faster using felt squares. 

love,
Liz