Application was a delight. The consistency of Lavender Light is fluid, light and smooth with a thin-to-medium viscosity and a nearly effortless self-leveling glide over the nail. It likes to go on in thin to medium coats and is easy to manipulate with GLL's flattened flexible brush. Perfect! Pigmentation is very good. A bit of sheerness with the first coat builds easily to evenly opaque coverage in two medium coats or three thinner ones. I used three coats for the photos. Cleanup is easy and straightforward -- the glass flecks enjoy loitering in the sidewalls but can be persuaded to move along eventually. Lavender Light dries naturally in good time to a beautiful glossy finish.
Interestingly, something in this polish does not play well with quick dry topcoat and/or vice versa. As I applied my customary Seche Vite, random nebulous dark/light streaks and patches appeared and did not dissipate upon drying. The exact same thing happened when I swatched Pahlish Mother Yackle back in February. I redid today's Lavender Light manicure using Pretty Serious Crystal Coat as my topcoat: same thing, a little less obvious than with Seche Vite but still there. No other reviewer mentions coming across this issue. Since it happened with two polishes of very similar hue, I'm wondering whether the same pigment was used in their respective formulas. Anyway, avoid using le Vite with this polish -- a less carcinogen-filled topcoat will work better.
Photos show two coats of Lavender Light over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
Great Lakes Lacquer Lavender Light |
Great Lakes Lacquer Lavender Light |
Great Lakes Lacquer Lavender Light |
Great Lakes Lacquer Lavender Light |
Great Lakes Lacquer Lavender Light |
Great Lakes Lacquer Lavender Light |
Great Lakes Lacquer Lavender Light |
Great Lakes Lacquer Lavender Light |
Great Lakes Lacquer Lavender Light |
Great Lakes Lacquer Lavender Light |
Great Lakes Lacquer Lavender Light |
Pigmentation issues aside, I absolutely love this color, it's a perfect spring violet/purple for me. I love that my florid skin tone does not wash it out, as happens with so many paler spring purples and other pastel-like shades that folks love to wear during this season. My pinkage is a heartbreakingly unsuitable host to these colors, much as I would love to wear them. But Lavender Light is vibrant enough to get along beautifully with the pinkage while maintaining a decidedly spring vibe. Hooray!
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You can see how Mariah pulled this color from a sunset, no? Inspired!
love,
Liz
WoW - that landscape photo! That central glow - gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThis polish is so pretty - I am going through a Lavender Period, I believe! I am trying to wear all the different pastels I have but my heart keeps going back to the lavenders, light violets and light lilacs. I decided to give in but to change it up a bit by using a light hand with a flakie topcoat or holo topcoat, lol. It looks like this polish already has all the elements I want! So strange what it is doing with a quick dry topcoat.
I love that photo -- the pink light from the setting sun and the blue light from the snow, so perfectly captured. Amazing.
DeleteThis bluey-purpley tropical indigo color is really something, no? It's just a perfect spring shade! Don't know what's up with the discoloration, but it's not problematic enough for me not to wear it.
Gah, you've no idea how much I wish I could wear a pale lavender, but it goes all muddy on me. Sad star!
Happy Easter, Lara!