Powder Perfect Ra
Ra was released towards the end of August this year by Australian indie polish maker Powder Perfect as part of the Egyptology Part 3 collection. Inspired by the Ancient Egyptian sun god, it's officially described as a "silver based holo-twist lacquer with a golden hue." Holo-twist is a new glitter-holo hybrid formula designed by creator Jacinta for a dimensional, sparkling finish.
The color is one of those interesting sandy mixes that you get when you combine silver and gold -- I love this kind of polish for an industrial chic neutral, and this one has plenty of sparkle. The base is a light silvery grey that is swimming with tiny yellow gold holographic microglitters for an overall look that reminds me very much of raw linen, kind of a melange of khaki, cement and sand. Veiled by a net of bright prismatic sparks, it's a changeable hue, leaning warmer or cooler depending upon viewing circumstances, with a dimensional, finely-grained visual texture.
Application was fantastic. The consistency of Ra is fluid, light and remarkably smooth for a glitter-laden polish, with a thin-to-medium viscosity and an easy, fluent slip over the nail. It is amenable to thin or thicker coats as preference dictates, and is a pleasure to finesse with Powder Perfect's round flexible brush. Pigmentation is sheer and buildable, reaching wearable opacity in two medium coats for shorter nails or three for longer ones. Cleanup releases a bevy of tiny microglitters to hide out in your sidewalls, but is otherwise trouble free. Ra dries naturally in good time to a flat, slightly sandy texture, smoothed to a glossy finish with a single layer of topcoat.
Photos show three coats of Ra over treatment and basecoat.
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Even thought this natural linen color is not the greatest with my skin tone, I still love it. It's a great neutral with cool visual texture and excellent sparkle, especially in direct light. It goes with everything, and looks particularly amazing with darker, saturated colors.
ttyl,
Liz
When I saw the name Ra, I immediately thought I would be looking at an intense golden yellow polish! My next thought (before I saw it) was that I love the name (lifelong casual interest in Egyptian gods/goddesses) but that golden yellows are not at all a popular polish color so it would be condemned to the 'gorgeous but never worn' category.
ReplyDeleteSo, how surprising to read your review and then see it! One would certainly not expect a polish with the supreme name of Ra to be a neutral! I love it! I am SO drawn to these types of polish. This one is gorgeous! Amongst everything else that it is composed of, I love the minute sparks of golden yellow that are seen. Very nail worthy!
Those sparkling little yellow gold microglitters are the touch of Ra in this polish, for sure. I love that Jacinta kept it simple otherwise. It's a beautifully-applying polish, so smooth for a microglitter and easy to work with. A surprising lacquer in many ways!
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