FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

24 Karat Diamond was originally released in 2014 by Singapore-based indie polish maker FUN Lacquer as a duo with its spectraflaired sister polish 24 Karat Diamond (H), one of three duos that made up the Birthday collection. Both versions are now part of FUN's permanent shades, and are among the brand's most popular polishes. 

24 Karat Diamond is a silver holographic microglitter bomb with a clear suspension base that is designed to be used either as a topper or layered over itself as a full-coverage microglitter, which is how I wore it. It is created with special high quality holographic microglitters that creator Yuin tells us are much brighter and shinier than other microglitters. They are incredibly tiny and fine! I can't even imagine what it would be like to work with such nanoscale glitters, they must be lighter and finer than dust! On the nail, they create a twinkling blanket of pinpoint prismatic sparkle, even in the lowest ambient light. And in the sun, SHAZAAM! A solid field of massive rainblow bling will blow the minds of all you meet! 

Application was great! The consistency of 24 Karat Diamond is fluid and exceptionally smooth with a thicker viscosity that I thinned to medium. It has a graceful, even spread over the nail with excellent glitter pay-off and distribution and is remarkably easy to manipulate with FUN's flattened, flexible brush. I barely had any cleanup to do, and you know me and my shaky hands! Coverage is of course provided exclusively by the microglitters, which are dense enough to render wearable opacity in two medium coats. Cleanup is best done as you go along for cleanest removal of extraneous glitters. 24 Karat Diamond dries naturally in very good time to a gently pebbled, shiny finish that is almost completely smoothed by a generous layer of topcoat. 

Photos show two coats of 24 Karat Diamond over KBShimmer Love You Strong Time treatment and Pretty Serious All Your Base basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

FUN Lacquer 24 Karat Diamond

As I was editing the photos I was surprised to discover that there are actually two sizes of glitter here. One is micro and the other is almost microscopic it's so teensy! 

I almost did a do-over on this manicure. I wish I'd used three thinner coats instead of two medium ones. It looks a bit thick on the nail here for my taste, and in the sun shots you can see sparse patches in the coverage. But not every manicure turns out perfectly the first time you work with a polish, so there you go.

The silvery glitters give this polish a futuristic, sci-fi kind of feel -- it's kind of like stage make up for your nails! I love full-coverage holographic microglitters for their ability to make an impression, and this one certainly does!

love,
Liz