Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Foolish Heart, inspired by Tegan and Sara's 2013 song "I Was a Fool," was released by Israel-based indie polish maker Superficially Colorful as part of the Troubled Love collection for Valentine's Day 2015.  This is a thermalchromic polish that changes color with changes in temperature -- it is one color when cool and another when warm. Creator Jin is regularly referred to as the queen of thermals, so I knew I was good hands for my first thermal experience. If you're curious about how these polishes work, Lab Muffin did us all a solid with her blog post about the subject here.

In its cool state, Foolish Heart is a rich, dense burgundy shade. With an increase in temperature, it shifts to a rusty orange-red. Both colors are very creamy with a delicate silvery shimmer that has a pretty sparkle in the sun and adds dimension to the look of the polish on the nail. The shift isn't as dramatic as some that Jin has created, but it's substantial enough to produce a natural gradient on my nails with the rusty shade over the nail bed and the burgundy shade at the free edge. Very cool!

Application was par for Superficially Colorful, which is to say: awesome. The consistency of Foolish Heart is fluid, creamy and dense with a medium viscosity and a velvety, self-leveling glide over the nail. It was as easy to work with as the non-thermal polishes I've experienced from this brand, quite user friendly and amenable to thin or thicker coats. Pigmentation is excellent -- with a generous hand this could easily be a one coater. I used two to ensure most even opacity. Cleanup is fairly straightforward with a little bit pigment travel and trace staining. Foolish Heart dries naturally in good time to a smooth, semi-matte finish that wants a good topcoat to look its best. Topcoat does not appear to affect the thermalchromic properties of the polish in any way. 

Photos show two coats of Foolish Heart over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

Superficially Colorful Foolish Heart

The color transitions very easily. Mostly it stays at rust over the nail bed, darkening steadily out to the free edge. I can see why people like thermals, they're a lot of fun!

xo,
Liz