Polovetsian Dances was released in June this year by British boutique polish maker A-England as part of the Russian Soul collection, a series of five polishes inspired by Russian music and dance. This one is described by creator Adina as a "deep intense purple enhanced by the luscious prismatic hologram finish." The color is a dark Spanish violet with an inky vibe and a molten, semi-metallic flash of royal purple. I know many folks see it as blackened, but to my eye it's simply luxuriously deep and vampy. Finely-milled holographic pigment gives it delicately-grained look in ambient light and a dusting of prismatic sparkle in the sun with an occasional prismatic bloom at certain angles.
Application was awesome! With polishes this dark I usually make quite a mess. Not so here! The consistency of Polovetsian Dances is fluid, creamy and dense with a medium-to-thick viscosity that I added polish thinner to at the outset. Thinned, it glides over the nail like heavy satin, with excellent self-leveling properties and a gracious, biddable formula that goes right where you put it and stays there. Pigmentation is outstanding, with completely opaque coverage in one coat. I added a second to finesse some lines and because I always use at least two coats with a holographic polish. Cleanup was surprisingly easy with a tiny bit of pigment travel but no residual staining to speak of. Polovetsian Dances dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, shiny finish.
Photos show two coats of Polovetsian Dances over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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Midnight violet! Looking at this polish is like sinking down into a pile of silk velvet. The sleek, glossy finish makes it a great after-dark polish, the kind that looks like wet lacquer when the light hits it. And you can still tell that it's violet in low and incandescent light, the color actually glows under the lamp. Love it!
ttyl,
Liz
This polish has such a sumptuous color! It is very beautiful and looks so lush. Very nice!
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