Like the other Cozy Sweaters polishes, Cashmere Sweater is heavily laden with ultrafine golden particulate shimmers. Creator Amanda describes the base color as a berry pink. It's a slightly muted medium-toned strawberry shade along the lines of thulian pink, dense and creamy with a rosy aspect. The superabundant golden shimmers completely transform this pink on the nail to a much warmer flame color -- at least, on me. From what I've seen, Cashmere Sweater pulls more pinkish red on richer skin tones than mine. On me, it's definitely a glowing autumnal bittersweet shade that reminds me a little of terra cotta. The density of the shimmers is such that they give a dimensionalizing lit-from-with radiance to the look of the polish on the nail and impart a silky opulence to the finish.
Application was great! The consistency of Cashmere Sweater is fluid, creamy and dense with a medium viscosity and a velvety glide over the nail that has a little bit of pull to it. It went on best for me in thin to medium coats -- thinner coats will head off any proclivity to brushstrokiness -- and self-levels like a dream. NWP's brush flattened brush is somewhat bushy and holds a lot of polish, and I overloaded a nail or two before I got the hang of using it but after that it was smooth sailing. Pigmentation is very good with evenly opaque coverage in two coats, and cleanup is easy and straightforward. Cashmere Sweater dries naturally in good time to a smooth, slightly flat finish that wants a good topcoat to look its best.
Photos show two coats of Cashmere Sweater over Pretty Serious Rock On treatment and Pretty Serious All Your Base basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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This is not one of those banal frosty shimmers from back in the day! This is a modern, glowing, artisinal shimmer in a rich color that drapes luxuriously over the nail like satin. I purchased the whole Cozy Sweaters collection and I'm really glad I did -- get ready to see more of them soon!
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Liz
Oooh, love that shimmer! A very impressive polish.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it wonderful to see a shimmer-laden polish that's truly shimmery and not frosty or pearly? Amanda chose the perfect particulate size and ratio to base to get this effect -- a beautifully constructed polish!
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