Creator Pam describes How to Find a Naked Man (in Vegas) as "a dusty denim blue crelly, with an iridescent holo microglitter, bronze twinkle and violet shimmer." The color is a deep, murky midnight blue kissed by grey, an elegant, moody shade that's given a noticeable violet lean courtesy of abundant violet microflake shimmers. In ambient light it is deliciously speckled by tiny gleaming bronze microflake shimmers, with a splashy bronze flash where the light hits it. In the sun there's an additional twinkling veil of pinpoint prismatic sparkle from the infinitesimal holographic microglitters.
The consistency of How to Find a Naked Man (in Vegas) is fluid, dense and jelly-ish with a medium-to-thick viscosity that sets up very quickly and seems to thicken with exposure to air so I thinned it quite a bit at the outset and added drops of polish thinner periodically to make it easier for me to work with. The first coat goes on sheer and a bit streaky, but builds easily to wearably opaque coverage in two to three coats depending upon coat thickness and opacity preferences. After checking the opacity in the sun, I ended up using three coats for most even opacity and full, rich bottle color. Cleanup is easy. How to Find a Naked Man (in Vegas) dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, flat finish that wants a good topcoat to look its best.
Photos show three coats of How to Find a Naked Man (in Vegas) over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. Apologies for the rampant pinkage!
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Sorry for the absence of sun shots. The rainbow sparks you see in the sun were simply too fine for my camera to capture in focus, so those photos didn't really reflect how the polish looks in person.
If you've ever watched HGTV's wonderful reno show Fixer Upper, this color reminds me very much of the sort of shade Joanna Gaines likes to wear on her nails. I absolutely love that show! Some episodes have even brought me to tears, prompting a flurry of online research about psuedobulbar affect by my concerned significant other. Whatever -- if it's poignant, I'm probably going to well up!
I'm really digging this deep, greyed indigo color with its gleaming flecks of bronze, and the delicate, twinkling prismatic sparkle is a delightful surprise in the sun. As a dark polish, it's the kind I feel most comfortable wearing -- a comfy shade of blue that is somewhat enigmatic at the outset but filled with sweet indie details to keep my eye happy.
ttyl,
Liz
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