Application was par for Il Était Un Vernis, which is to say: wonderful! The consistency of #imanatural is fluid, light and creamy with a thin-to-medium viscosity and a fluent buttery flow over the nail. It is amenable to thin or thicker coats, self-levels like a dream and is generally a delight to work with. Pigmentation is very good, with sheerness on the first coat building easily to wearable opacity after the second. I used three to ensure full bottle color for the photos. Cleanup, should you require it, is easy and straightforward. #imanatural dries naturally (ha) in very good time to a smooth shiny finish.
Photos show three coats of #imanatural over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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Bé and Stéphanie utilize holographic pigment in their creations quite differently than many other indie polish makers. For them, it seems to be a kind of compositional grace note, employed with a characteristic restraint that results in discreet, artfully-constructed lacquers with color being the primary attraction. In #imanatural, it is used in company with ultrafine golden shimmers to reveal the perhaps unconsidered subtexts to what is already a fundamentally subtle hue. No small feat! But there is clean uncluttered comfort here, and the grace of understatement, as well as evocations of bone-colored beach sand, natural unbleached linen and the magical phenomenon of early sunlight filtering through a misty fog and touching its droplets with gold.
Above and beyond its palate-cleansing, decorator neutral functions, #imanatural has an uncommonly generous soul, giving the wearer an opportunity to slow down and mindfully absorb the palliative simplicity of the moment. It's an embodiment of one of the reasons we practice this particular variety of physical adornment, and I for one am grateful for the reminder.
live to love another day,
Liz
I am such a pushover for these nudes with shimmer/holo. It's as if the moment my eyes see one, some overwhelming program takes over in my brain. I really do like these polishes, and this one is beyond gorgeous. Hahah, I remember the days way back when I wondered why some people liked nudes or these light tan / beach sand looking polishes. Now they are one of my favorite things on my nails, especially with shimmer or holo. Their elegance and subtlety delights me!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you enjoyed it -- I'm the same way about these nude holos.
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