Girly Bits Freeze Frame

Like Glittertini and Takes One to Snow One, Freeze Frame is also part of the January 2017 edition of Indies Outside the Box. Created exclusively for the collection by Pam of Canadian indie polish maker Girly Bits, it is officially described as a dusty violet purple holo with a pink sheen, blue glass fleck shimmers, blue multichrome flakes, and a scattering of silver holo glitter. The base color is indeed a softened, dusky violet, similar to but a touch deeper than African violet, an elegant, medium-toned shade with aspects of thistle. Finely-milled holographic pigment gives it heathery appearance and a dimensional prismatic bloom on the nail, and abundant tiny blue multichrome flakies gleam in bright, tropical sea hues as light hits them. Scattered holographic microglitters cast a fine, twinkling net of prismatic sparkle over the look, and together with the multichrome flakies create a rich, tapestried visual texture that is alive with light play. 

Application was splendid. The consistency of Freeze Frame is fluid, smooth and dense with components, with a medium viscosity and an easy, even, self-leveling glide over the nail that is a pleasure to work with. Pigmentation is very good. Two coats deliver evenly opaque coverage and full, rich color. Cleanup is straightforward, although some of the components, the microglitters especially, can be a little sticky. Freeze Frame dries naturally in very good time to a mostly smooth, shiny finish with just the tiniest amount of texture, barely perceptible to the touch, that is easily smoothed with topcoat. Topcoat also brings the pink sheen to life.

Photos show two coats of Freeze Frame over KBShimmer Love You Strong Time treatment and KBShimmer Fillin' Groovy basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Girly Bits Freeze Frame

Girly Bits Freeze Frame

Girly Bits Freeze Frame

Girly Bits Freeze Frame

Girly Bits Freeze Frame

Girly Bits Freeze Frame

Girly Bits Freeze Frame

Girly Bits Freeze Frame

Girly Bits Freeze Frame

Girly Bits Freeze Frame

Girly Bits Freeze Frame

Here's the photo, selected by member of the Indies Outside the Box Fan-tastic Customs Facebook group, that Pam used as creative inspiration for Freeze Frame:

There's a lot going on in this polish, and as beautiful as it is in the bottle, it really didn't come together for me on the nail until I added topcoat, which accentuates the presence of all of those components and enlivens the purpley-pink sheen. The look is elegant and glamorous, and the closer you get to it the more there is to see and the more gorgeous it becomes. It really does remind me of some kind of sumptuous, shimmering, richly-woven textile, laced with bits of brightly gleaming blue and embedded with sparkling gems. 

We are clouded up and rainy here today but the rich, sophisticated beauty of this polish in the diffused light of an overcast sky is such that I hardly even miss the sun!

love,
Liz