The color is a medium-toned, highly-energized azure with apects of cornflower, a marvelous vault-of-heaven blue that is luminous to the point of Dodger blue in its intensity with an accompanying oomph reminiscent of a neon (if neon blues were actually a thing). There's a gently translucent aspect that makes it somewhat changeable depending upon the kind of light in which its viewed, but by and large it is lighter and milkier than my beloved Indigo Bananas Klein Trink Wasser while sharing a bit of that polish's intense nature. It is especially striking under incandescent light, where it takes on a lush, almost violet-tinged ultramarine look.
Application was a blissful affair. The consistency of Creme Bluelé is fluid, dense and ultra smooth with a medium viscosity and a luscious, creamy, self-leveling glide over the nail. It's a fast-drying polish but not so fast that you don't have the opportunity to finesse your application before it sets up, and went on most happily for me in medium coats from a bead-loaded brush. Pigmentation is excellent, with near one-coat coverage and completely even opacity in two coats. Cleanup is easy and straightforward with a skosh of pigment travel as you might expect but very little residual staining. Hooray! Creme Bluelé dries naturally in very good time to a rubbery/satin sort of finish that takes topcoat beautifully.
Photos show two coats of Creme Bluelé over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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Gorgeous, eh? Gazing at Creme Bluelé in the bottle did not prepare me for such a dazzlingly vibrant presence on the nail -- there's a wow factor at work here, for sure! I dare say that if you're looking for the right blue to rock with your favorite summer neons, this adorably-named lacquer is certainly up to that task.
Over the next three days I'll have sneak peaks of the other three polishes from this edition of the Creme a la Mode box for you to see. Follow Creme a la Mode or join its Fan Club on Facebook to keep up with the latest info about the impending release.
As in the past, contributors to the Creme a la Mode box will have the option to list the polishes they created for it on their respective sales platforms at a later date, so if you miss the pre-order window for the box, you may have the opportunity to purchase the polishes singly in the future.
love,
Liz
ps. This polish was provided for my honest review.
That polish is a lot of bang for the buck! Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lara! It's a great bright blue for summer!
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