Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Like Dragonberry, Coral of the Story was released last month by Missouri-based indie polish maker Dreamland Lacquer as one of two polishes for April 2016 created by Noelie exclusively for the Hella Holo Customs (HHC) facebook group. This is a vivid medium-toned coral linear holo with beautiful rosy overtones and a lush, tropical, fruity/floral vibe. Athletic and highly responsive holographic effects nuance the brilliant base color with gorgeous shifting hues of brink pink, bittersweet, vermilion and violet, creating a radiant ever-changing tableau complemented beautifully by an exceptionally glossy finish that gives the polish a gleaming, near-metallic appearance. In direct sun, there's the analogously-colored linear display characteristic of creme holos with a central blaze of semi-metallic rosy orange-red surrounded by a glowing band of violet and indigo trimmed with a bright corona of prismatic sparks before shading to vermilion around the edges of the nail.

Application was similar to Dragonberry, which is to say: fabulous! The consistency of Coral of the Story is fluid, light and ultra creamy with a thin-to-medium consistency and a near-effortless silky self-leveling slip over the nail -- just a perfect, eminently paintable formula. Pigmentation is excellent, with aspirations to one-coat coverage and completely even opacity in two coats. Cleanup is fairly straightforward with a bit of pigment travel but very little residual staining. Coral of the Story dries naturally in very good time to an incredibly slick glossy finish. Topcoat does not inhibit the holographic properties of the polish in any way.

Photos show two coats of Coral of the Story over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

Dreamland Lacquer Coral of the Story

There's a bit more orange to the look of this polish than my photos show -- it's a coral, after all, not a pink. I love how all the component colors of the coral are so clean and unmuddied! 

Like its sister polish Dragonberry, Coral of the Story has a neon-like intensity in bright ambient light, exponentially escalated by the polish's sleek semi-metallic finish, which also doesn't show in the photos. Between the two, I feel like I'm set for brights for the summer! Except I need a nice bright blue holo. 

Time to revisit the Dreamland shop for a bottle of Noelie's Himalayan Blue Poppy!

ttfn,
Liz