Colors by Llarowe Plum Perfect
Plum Perfect was released by Colorado-based indie polish maker Colors by Llarowe (CbL) as part of the Winter 2015 collection towards the end of November 2015. This is a linear holographic polish in a brilliant medium-toned Munsell purple. The color is intensely vibrant (I began to think of this as the winter version of Cupcake Polish's Berry Good Looking) and the holographic effects are exceedingly athletic and responsive in almost all circumstances, suffusing the amazing purple base with beautiful bold blue and fuchsia nuances and giving the finish a pink sheen. The prismatic display in direct sun is a showstopper! There's a sparkling, crisply-delineated flame-shaped flare predominated by an inner band of bright blue and an outer band of bright red edged with a trailing corona of sparks featuring all of the rainbow colors, the whole floating over a gleaming semi-metallic lick of purpled fuchsia before shading to a deeper Byzantium purple at the edges of the nail. Stunning!
Application was fantastic. The consistency of Plum Perfect is fluid, light and smooth with a thinner viscosity and a nearly effortless self-leveling slip over the nail. It's inclined to go on in thin-to-medium coats and is well-served by a light touch. Pigmentation is outstanding -- this is very nearly a one-coater, but you'll want two for fullest richness of color and holographic effects. Cleanup is easy and straightforward with some pigment travel but no residual staining. Plum Perfect dries naturally in fairly good time to a smooth, shiny finish. Topcoat does not inhibit the holographic properties of the polish in any way.
Photos show two coats of Plum Perfect over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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Plum Perfect went over like gangbusters here. Fuzzy was practically speechless before its heady purple prowess, and John, completely unsolicited, declared it "all beef!" -- surely a compliment of the highest order. This polish deserves it, it has got to be one of the most euphoric purples I've ever had the pleasure of wearing on my nails. Outrageously good!
Purple holo lovers, this for YOU!
love,
Liz
Hahahah - 'all beef'! Leave it to a man! But that is a gorgeous polish. I love the second to last photo - a macro - shows that pretty vibrant violet purple center. Just gorgeous!
ReplyDelete(Maybe John could wake up to this on his toenails!)
John WISHES he could wake up to Plum Perfect toenails!
DeleteActually, I've been trying to get polish on him for years. I'll say, just one nail, just your pinky! Denied. Suffice to say that his soldierly psyche is not comfortable with this kind of embellishment.
Fuzzy allows me to paint her pinky nail on occasion, usually when there's something sparkly at hand. Otherwise, I have to wait for a visit from my niece to paint someone else's nails. So sad!