Pretty Serious Destash
Destash was released last month by Australian indie polish maker Pretty Serious Cosmetics as part of the Serious Business collection, an eclectic series of polishes named for commonly used polish enthusiast lingo. Destash, literally de-stash, is what must happen when there are so many polishes that one's collection can no longer be hidden from loved ones. Well, that's one reason. Syn: purge. Related: destash regret.
This polish has a deep, vivid magenta-leaning red jelly base bearing abundant fine blue shimmers. The base color is very like a deep electric crimson, a vibrant shade about halfway between red and rose on the color wheel with a brightness that varies according to the amount of light in which it's viewed. The shimmers give it an ethereal blue-violet glow along the axis of light, transform the base color to a rich raspberried cerise similar to Crayola's razzmatazz and create a twinkling net of tiny sparks in the sun.
Application was lovely. The consistency of Destash is fluid, creamy and full-bodied with a thin-to-medium viscosity and a luxurious, buttery glide over the nail. It is amenable to thin or thicker coats, easy to manipulate with Pretty Serious' round flexible brush and self-levels like a dream. Pigmentation is excellent -- if this were a creme, it would be a one coater. With it's semi-translucent jelly base, it needs two coats for fully opaque coverage. Cleanup is fairly straightforward with a little bit of pigment travel and residual staining as you might expect from a well-pigmented red. Destash dries naturally in good time to a smooth, shiny finish.
Photos show two coats of Destash over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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This polish is actually more complex and changeable than you'd think. As the sun goes down, the color leaves its crimson roots behind and transitions to an absolutely stunning red-violet under artificial light, a fierce, feminine shade that I love. It's like two polishes in one, courtesy of the translucent jelly base that allows the blue shimmers to work their magic in different ways according to the type and amount of ambient light. Impressive!
ttyl,
Liz
Even though I do like flakies, especially flakies that flash so prettily, I am really liking that deep red by the cuticles that I see in many of the photos. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThat red is the base color. Although it looks like a deep pink in the bottle, on me it warms a bit on the nail to a medium dark crimson shade. My favorite part of this polish is the red-violet look it takes on in low natural light, like sundown and twilight, and indoors at night. I so love that color!
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