Different Dimension Ghost of Jupiter

Like Butterfly Nebula, Ghost of Jupiter was released earlier this month by Indiana-based indie polish maker Different Dimension as part of the Intergalactic collection. It is a full-coverage glitterbomb with bazillions of silver holographic glitters and iridescent red-to-green colorshifting glitters suspended in a clear base, reading mostly as a greyish off-white that shifts to a glowy linen shade at certain angles to the light. It looks the snow of your imagination, fluffy and glistening with opalescent glints of flame, aqua, lavender and spring green. Those iridescent colorshifting glitters are deeply cool -- under incandescent light they completely blanket the look with flame-colored sparks. In direct sun, the polish explodes into a dazzling field of prismatic sparkle.

Application was great! The consistency of Ghost of Jupiter is very jelly-like with a thicker viscosity, to which I added a couple of squirts of polish thinner at the outset. Thinned, it had an easily-controlled, fluent, self-leveling spread over the nail with very good glitter payoff that disperses evenly without effort. Coverage is provided by the glitters and three coats will provide wearable opacity on longer nails with a minimum of visible nail line, mostly camouflaged by the bling. I actually think that it is at its most beautiful in one coat, a lovely sheer opalescent falling-snow look. Cleanup is something you'll not want to do a lot of -- those glitters are sticky! Ghost of Jupiter dries naturally in good time to a textured finish that is mostly smoothed by a layer of gel effect topcoat, or you can use two of your favorite quick-dry topcoat. I used a layer of both for a glossy, glitter-under-glass look. 

Photos show three coats of Ghost of Jupiter over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Pretty Serious Plump Up the Volume followed by a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Different Dimension Ghost of Jupiter

Different Dimension Ghost of Jupiter

Different Dimension Ghost of Jupiter

Different Dimension Ghost of Jupiter

Different Dimension Ghost of Jupiter

Different Dimension Ghost of Jupiter

Different Dimension Ghost of Jupiter

Different Dimension Ghost of Jupiter

Different Dimension Ghost of Jupiter

Different Dimension Ghost of Jupiter

My photos make me sad -- no still image can accurately capture the dynamics of this amazing sparkler! The iridescent colorshifting glitters really set this apart from other silvery holographic microglitter bombs. It looks like the sort of polish a snow faerie would wear, and I imagine that it would be spectacular in fire light or by the lights of a Christmas tree. 

love,
Liz