ILNP Arctic Lights

Like Caesar, Arctic Lights was released last month by Nevada-based indie polish maker I Love Nail Polish (ILNP) as part of the New Year's 2016 collection. It's another Ultra Metallic, formulated with loads of ultra thin metallic flakes, here in silver. The base color is a slightly murky, leaden variation of azure along the lines of RAF blue, heavily silvered and considerably brightened to more of a metallic sky blue appearance that's similar in depth and tone to Pantone's sky blue with perhaps a touch more grey to it. Superabundant silver flakes give it a bright, reflective foily finish and tremendous sparkle, augmented by a generous dusting of holographic microflakes, which deliver a gorgeous scattered field of prismatic sparks in the sun. 

Application was fantastic. The consistency of Arctic Lights is fluid, light and very smooth with a medium viscosity and an easy, fluent, self-leveling slip over the nail, exactly the kind of eminently-paintable, user-friendly formula that ILNP is known for. Pigmentation is very good with evenly opaque coverage in two coats. Cleanup is easy save for releasing beaucoup silvery flakes onto the nail environs, most of which will disappear with a good handwashing. Arctic Lights dries naturally in good time to a silky smooth, shiny finish. 

Photos show two coats of Arctic Lights over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

ILNP Arctic Lights

ILNP Arctic Lights

ILNP Arctic Lights

ILNP Arctic Lights

ILNP Arctic Lights

ILNP Arctic Lights

ILNP Arctic Lights

ILNP Arctic Lights

ILNP Arctic Lights

ILNP Arctic Lights

ILNP Arctic Lights

ILNP Arctic Lights

ILNP's Ultra Metallic formula transforms this murky azure to the absolutely perfect dressy light-to-medium blue for winter, icy and sparkling. It's an inherently showy, eye-catching kind of look, and even if you don't generally cotton to semi-metallic polishes, you'll be hard pressed not to admire it! The combination of this particular blue with silver is genius for winter and the foily finish is remarkably dimensional and flattering on the nail. Love it!

xo,
Liz