Creator Karen describes This Fruit Was Bruised as "a deep, bruised burgundy/purple linear holographic." The color is a well-pigmented, sumptuous byzantium purple that reminds me of heavy silk satin, very rich with that shimmery, semi-metallic sort of sheen that satin has. The holographic effects in ambient light are understated and complex, nuancing the base with analogous hues of dark violet, mardi gras and burgundy and veiling the finish with a loose net of tiny prismatic sparks. In the sun, the polish's burgundy tones are more apparent, and there's a bright linear holographic flare with a compact ribbon of compressed prismatic sparkle framing a lick of gleaming semi-metallic mardi gras purple.
Application was as luxurious as the color. The consistency of This Fruit Was Bruised is fluid, silky and dense with a medium viscosity and an opulent, velvety, self-leveling glide over the nail that has a bit of pull to it. It is quick to set up but obliges a small window to finesse the application. Pigmentation is excellent, delivering evenly opaque coverage in a single medium coat and full bottle color in two. Cleanup was fairly easy with some pigment travel and a skosh of trace staining, relatively benign considering how intensely-pigmented this polish is. This Fruit Was Bruised dries naturally in very good time to a smooth shiny finish.
Photos show two coats of This Fruit Was Bruised over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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Stunning color! This Fruit Was Bruised displays remarkably little of the finely-grained visual texture to the finish common to holographic polishes. It has the silky, lustrous sheen of a shimmer with a dusting of prismatic sparkle at the surface. Karen achieved an exquisite balance between pigmentation and holographic effects with this polish -- neither is sacrified at the expense of the other, with glorious results!
love,
Liz
Magnificent!
ReplyDeleteHahah, I have this idea that I don't care for purple polish. And then I see one like this. Your review is exquisite, as are your photos.
I know! I sometimes fancy that I impervious to the charms of purple, but it always finds a way to remind me that I wouldn't ever want to be without it.
DeleteThank you, m'dear!