Application was fabulous. The consistency of From Cairo, With Love is fluid, creamy and dense with a medium-to-thicker viscosity and an easy, self-leveling glide over the nail. The formula is remarkably easy to work with considering the slightly thicker viscosity and abundance of components. The gold flakies took occasional runs at protruding over the free edge, but were easy to coax back onto the nail with a tip-wrapping swipe of the brush. Missi's formulas always feel like they are expressly created for application with Different Dimension's slightly bushy flattened-style brush, which holds a lot of polish. Pigmentation is very good, with a touch of sheerness on the first coat building easily to completely even, opaque coverage after the second. Cleanup is actually not difficult given all the flakes and microglitters. From Cairo, With Love dries naturally in very good time to a mostly smooth, shiny finish with a tiny amount of visual texture from the flakies, not really discernible to the touch. Topcoat does not interfere with the holographic properties of the polish in any way.
Photos show two coats of From Cairo, With Love over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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Although I'm not a gold lover, I'm full of admiration for this graceful, uber glamorous polish. Missi has a masterful touch with metallics imo and From Cairo, With Love is a wonderful example of her expertise at work. Copper microflakes, golden flakies and silvery holographic glitters work together beautifully in this lustrous holographic creation. Gleaming lightplay, exquisite holographically-nuanced colors and sparkle abound, yet nothing overpowers anything else and the look on the nail is harmonious. The pervasive pink sheen produced by the coppery microflakes is a fantastic encompassing element and more overt in person than you see in the photos.
In low light, the nude base reads as a dusky desert sand with a soft silky luster, a flash of pale golden-pink along the axis of light and a lovely gentle twinkle as light catches the holographic microglitters. As gorgeous as it is in bright daylight, I imagine this polish would kill it in candlelight!
Missi, you rock!
love,
Liz
So gorgeous! I have several nude/gold holo polishes, which I like, and really am trying not to buy more - so I am thanking my lucky stars that polish was in one of those boxes, out of the reach of temptation! I know it's not really a nude but I think it could pass for one, with the extra bonus of all that holo and sizzle!
ReplyDeleteTo me, this is more of a light desert tan color than a true nude and somewhat ornamental with all of its components. It really is a marvelous composition. It's a bit too gold to really do well on me, but I'm going to keep it anyway because its such a stunning and classic example of indie polish making at its best.
DeleteHa! I thought I was the only one to be grateful for box collections putting polishes beyond potential purchase. A helpful little rule (that I ocassionally break) for keeping the collection in check, but not without its painful moments!