KBShimmer That's Nude To Me

That's Nude To Me was released at the beginning of June this year by Indiana-based indie polish maker KBShimmer as part of the Summer 2016 collection. It's a pale vinaceous or dusky pinkish buff color, kind of like a lighter, slightly sandier variation of the color pastel pink from the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names, a light mauvey pink-toned nude with creamy clay overtones. It is packed with finely-milled holographic pigment that reads as an exquisite pale gold shimmer in ambient light, also working to create delicate nacreous hues of pink lavender, champagne and misty queen pink within the base that dimensionalize the polish on the nail. In the sun there's a dainty shimmering linear flare featuring thin arcs of pasteled prismatic colors that floats over a glistening, semi-metallic underlay of dusky golden pink. 

Application was divine. The consistency of That's Nude To Me is fluid, full-bodied and creamy with a medium viscosity and an easy, even sweep over the nail that self-levels like a dream. So good, and user-friendly too. I smacked the fresh polish on one nail with the non-business end of my cleanup brush (I'm coordinated like that) and took out a sizable patch. A careful dab of polish to the bare spot followed by a thin coat over all and you can't even tell it was there. Huzzah! Pigmentation is very good. A bit of sheerness to the first coat builds quickly to completely even opaque coverage with the second. Cleanup is easy, although if the color is as close to your skin tone as this one is on me you may have trouble seeing where you need to do it! That's Nude To Me dries naturally in very good time to a smooth shiny finish. Topcoat does not inhibit the holographic effects of this polish in any way.

Photos show two coats of That's Nude To Me over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

KBShimmer That's Nude To Me

KBShimmer That's Nude To Me

KBShimmer That's Nude To Me

KBShimmer That's Nude To Me

KBShimmer That's Nude To Me

KBShimmer That's Nude To Me

KBShimmer That's Nude To Me

KBShimmer That's Nude To Me

KBShimmer That's Nude To Me

KBShimmer That's Nude To Me

KBShimmer That's Nude To Me

Every now and then a nude polish comes along that delights and gratifies so poignantly, it feels like it could have been made just for you. For me, That's Nude To Me is one of those polishes. Two nails into this manicure and the hair on the back of my neck stood up (in a good way), my jaw dropped and it was like scrolls rolled down from the heavens to the faint sound of trumpets. YNBB perfection!

For those of you who have done theater, this polish is the perfect character shoe for your nails, even better, dare I say, than In Bare Form from the Summer 2014 collection. If you have cool-toned coloring and a special place in your heart for nude holos, you owe it to yourself to check this one out. There's also a taupier variation of pinkish-nude available in the misfit section of KBShimmer's shop called Acetone It Down that looks like it would be equally beautiful on richer complexions. 

There's nothing quite like the thrill of being caught off-guard by an utterly gorgeous polish. Thanks, Christy Rose -- I needed that!

ttnt, 
Liz