Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

Like Field Trip Fun and Is it Monday Yet, Wild and Free was released at the beginning of the month by French boutique polish maker Il Était Un Vernis as part of the Back to School collection. The color is a Dutch blue, a rich medium-toned variation of blue-grey with a stormy/steely/slatey aspect. It has the same sort of deliciously complex, blended quality that petrol blue has, here with less green and more grey, and is stunningly rendered in Il Était Un Vernis' signature plush, velvety holographic style. A dimensional greenish-gold prismatic bloom shifts on the nail with the light, giving the polish that delicious lit-from-within glow that shades to a deeper, denser hue at the edges. Tiny iridescent shimmers twinkle discreetly within the base and create a transparent pinkish sheen at certain angles, and in the sun there's a delicate but sparkly scattered prismatic display.

Application was great! The consistency of Wild and Free is fluid, creamy and dense with a medium-to-thick viscosity that I added polish thinner to at the outset. Thinned, it has a luxurious, satiny-smooth, self-leveling glide over the nail and is a pleasure to work with. Pigmentation is outstanding, with completely even, opaque coverage in one medium coat, although I think that the color and holographic effects are both richer and more intense after a second. Cleanup is easy. Wild and Free dries naturally in very good time to a smooth shiny finish. Topcoat does not affect the holographic properties at all, and actually seems to intensify and deepen the color.

Photos show two coats of Wild and Free over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. 

Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

Il Était Un Vernis Wild and Free

This polish just sends me, I adore it! The color, with its delicate graining and prismatic bloom, is rich and graceful. It really is splendid on the nail, a lovely weathered but elegant medium blue for fall or any time of the year. I think this is my favorite so far from the Back to School collection, but I still have two to go!

xo,
Liz