Officially described as an "army green linear holo with added contrasting shimmers," the color here is a fantastic medium-toned olive green, rich and round with a slightly mossy aspect. Superabundant finely-milled holographic pigment nuances the base with shifting dimensional hues of cerulean blue, apple and turtle green and pale misty azure in ambient light, and copious bronze microflake shimmers add a burnished quality to the look, pairing beautifully with a gleaming semi-metallic mossy olive underlay and creating a warm, golden green flash. In the sun there's a brilliant linear holographic flare predominated by sparkling bands of bright azure and spring green with a trailing corona of gold, orange and red sparks that frames the semi-metallic mossy olive underlay.
Application was luscious. The consistency of Fernweh is fluid, creamy and dense with a medium viscosity and a plush, velvety, self-leveling glide over the nail that has a bit of pull to it. It's an eminently-paintable, user-friendly formula that goes right where you put it and stays there, a real pleasure to work with. Pigmentation is excellent -- it's very nearly opaque in one medium coat, but you'll want two to maximize the rich color and holographic effects. Cleanup is easy. Fernweh dries naturally in very good time to a smooth shiny finish. Topcoat does not in any way affect the holographic properties of the polish.
Photos show two coats of Fernweh over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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As a fervent lover of yellow-greens, this polish is a shoo-in! With its rich olivine color, burnished glow and athletic holographic effects, it's everything you want to see in a yellow-green holo. The luxurious warm color, touched by bronze, is especially nice for this time of year, when you're looking for a more full-bodied green to pair with other earthy shades.
As soon as I saw the first review, I fell love with the whole idea of this collection, particularly Missi's use of unusual travel-related names, and ended up ordering four of the six. They're all linear holos in evocative, autumnal colors, totally in my wheelhouse. How about yours?
hasta,
Liz
Stunning! I am loving this polish! Your swatches/photos have me drooling!
ReplyDeleteDrool-bib worthy... I like that! I love yellow-green holos, the blues that incorporate themselves into the prismatics make my eyes happy, and this one has the added je ne sais quoi of the bronze flakies, really splendid.
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