Nine Zero Singer Auto Salvage

Singer Auto Salvage was released towards the end of August this year by Michigan-based Nine Zero Lacquer as part of the Men of Letters collection. Creator Jess describes this as a "murky green/brown jelly base with gold holographic microglitter." The color is a translucent dark mossy yellow-green with golden brown overtones, a perfect dark olive. Abundant ultrafine gold holographic microglitters float within and light up as light passes over them, creating an exquisite twinkling effect in ambient light. Direct sun lightens and brightens the color a bit and generates a robust prismatic sparkle, most notably in spring green, orange and red.  

Application was great! The consistency of Singer Auto Salvage is fluid and quite smooth with a medium viscosity and an easy, fluent spread over the nail. The formula gives you a moderate window to finesse the application but if you mess with it after it begins to set up, it will get a little clumpy. Pigmentation is good. It's more translucent that you might expect from looking at it in the bottle, and is sheer and streaky on the first coat. Wearably opaque coverage can be had in two medium coats for shorties, but longer nails will most likely need three for completely even opacity, especially if you paint in thin coats. I did my cleanup as I went along mostly, and had no issues. Singer Auto Salvage dries naturally in very good time to a flat, gently textured finish that is mostly smoothed by a single generous layer of topcoat. 

Photos show three coats of Singer Auto Salvage over basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Nine Zero Singer Auto Salvage

Nine Zero Singer Auto Salvage

Nine Zero Singer Auto Salvage

Nine Zero Singer Auto Salvage

Nine Zero Singer Auto Salvage

Nine Zero Singer Auto Salvage

Nine Zero Singer Auto Salvage

Nine Zero Singer Auto Salvage

Nine Zero Singer Auto Salvage

Nine Zero Singer Auto Salvage

The unexpected juxtaposition of the dense swampy green with the glamorous twinkle of the holographic microglitters is genius! That deep, edgy color is trés chic for fall and winter, and the sparkle makes it really fun to wear. Love it!

xo,
Liz