Nail Hoot Event Horizon
Like Nebula, Event Horizon was released by Missouri-based indie polish maker Nail Hoot as part of the Space Galaxy Trio Part II in February this year. Creator Brandie describes this as a green scattered holo with gold highlights. There are oodles and oodles of golden microflake shimmers in this polish, which combine with the base to produce a golden olivey green, sort of a soft light-medium artichoke hue. The base color is hard to distinguish exactly, but I think it may be a darker slatey blue-green, as I can see subtle hints of slate blue in the finish of this polish that adds a certain shadowy complexity to the mellow artichoke green, patinated by the golden microflakes to a shimmery sleekness on the nail. In direct sun, a cloud of prismatic sparkle, amped considerably by the gold shimmers, blankets the nail, to include a delineated rainbow flare in its midst, a twofer!
Application was great! The consistency of Event Horizon is fluid, light and loamy with a medium viscosity and a plush, self-leveling glide over the nail. The eminently paintable formula is easy to finesse with Nail Hoot's compactly-sized flattened flexible brush, which I love. Pigmentation is very good. There's a certain amount of translucence built in to the formula and the first coat is sheer-ish, giving the impression that full opacity might turn out to require three coats. But no! I had evenly opaque coverage after the second coat. The color is so gentle that I debated on adding a third, but it really wasn't necessary. Cleanup is easy and straightforward, albeit with some stickiness on the part of the microflake shimmers. Event Horizon dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, shiny, foil-like finish.
Photos show two coats of Even Horizon over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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Event Horizon is soft and sleek on the nail, with a delightful pale gold flash. It's gentle colors remind me of ivy somehow, and the dusty quality that ivy has. I grew up in an old Georgian brick house that had ivy growing up all over the back. It sent curling tendrils into the windows, which I'm sure was not good for the house but I loved those venturesome shoots. This polish has a certain nostalgic quality because of that, I think. It puts me in mind of the conflux of vine and stone such as you would find in an old and venerable garden.
The holographic effects are of course much stronger and more sparkly than I could capture in a photo, but I like this polish best in indirect light, with its subtle green and blue hues mixing with the foily golden flakes. Understated but quite graceful and soothing. Win!
ttyl,
Liz
What a uniquely beautiful polish. My accolades to you for such a terrific description and review of it. This is one of those polishes I would have trouble with the description when I entered it in my spreadsheet!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lara! It's an unusual combination of a somewhat dark base that's considerably lightened by the abundance of golden microflakes. Sits lightly on the nail with a soft, sleek glow and a beautiful prismatic flare in the sun. Very pleasant!
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