Cupcake Polish KaBloom
KaBloom was released in April 2015 by Texas-based indie polish maker Cupcake Polish as part of the In Bloom collection. It's a charcoal/off-black linear holo. Superabundant finely-milled holographic pigment reads as pale gold within the base and gives it a dusky powdered look that reminds me of velveteen, with a faint but discernible linear prismatic flare even in low light that creates a lovely dimensional bloom along the axis of light. We had overcast skies and thunderstorms here while I was photographing this polish so no sun shots, but from what I've seen elsewhere the holographic display brightens a lot in the sun, with slender sparkling arcs in prismatic colors predominated by blue and green.
Application was simply delicious. The consistency of KaBloom is fluid, full-bodied and very smooth with a medium viscosity and a luxuriously creamy, self-leveling glide over the nail with a little bit of pull to it. It's a user friendly formula, amenable to thin or thicker coats and a pleasure to manipulate with Cupcake Polish's round flexible brush. Pigmentation is excellent -- nearly a one-coater, with two coats producing perfectly even opacity. Cleanup is easy, almost no pigment travel or residual staining to speak of. KaBloom dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, somewhat flat finish that wants a glossy topcoat to look its best. Topcoat does not inhibit the holographic effects of this polish in any way that I could tell.
Photos show two coats of KaBloom over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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KaBloom has a particularly elevated, languid kind of elegance that I find rich and satisfying. There's something of the aristocratic air of old Hollywood to it that I can't quite put my finger on, something graceful and glamorous and rarefied. It's giving me a power trip. Heady stuff!
xo,
Liz
The animal within that loves all the polish is writhing in ecstasy, and Really, Really wants this polish! Stunning!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved wearing this! It really did make me feel powerful and bold, even though as a holo its fairly moderate in its presentation. Something about that deep powdery grey just sends me!
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