The first polish from this box that I'll be showing you is Glittertini from Ohio-based polish maker Top Shelf Lacquer, a microglitter bomb bearing a mix of gold, bronze, purple and teal microglitters as well as silver holographic microglitters, all suspended in a clear base. On the nail, the general impression is of an utterly sparkle-iscious bronze metallic with gold and silver highlights. I don't usually care for gold glitters, but here they are softened by the bronze and silver and read as pale rather than yellow gold, a lovely and rather delicate effect. I love the charisma of the teal/turquoise and purple glitters, which stand out beautifully in this colorway and give it tons of Vegas-style glamor! And of course there is copious prismatic sparkle from those wonderful holographic microglitters, which pretty much takes over the look in the sun.
Application went very well. The consistency of Glittertini is fluid, full-bodied and smooth with a thicker viscosity to which I added polish thinner as is my habit with thicker polishes. Thinned to a medium viscosity, it had an easy glide over the nail, preferring a light touch for most evenly random glitter payoff, especially on the first coat. Coverage is excellent for a microglitter bomb, delivering a wearably opaque look in two medium coats. I added a thin third coat to minimize the appearance of my nail ridges, which were noticeable for some reason -- perhaps because of the added polish thinner -- and did my cleanup as I went along. Glittertini dries naturally in very good time to a shiny, textured finish that pretty much laughs at the surface-smoothing efforts of a single layer of topcoat. To get a glossy, glitter-under-glass look, I applied a layer of gel-effect topcoat followed by quick-dry.
Photos show three coats of Glittertini over UNT Ready for Takeoff peel-off basecoat topped with a layer of Pretty Serious Plum Up the Volume and a layer of Seche Vite.
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| Top Shelf Lacquer Gittertini |
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| Top Shelf Lacquer Gittertini |
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| Top Shelf Lacquer Gittertini |
All of the polishes in Indies Outside the Box collections are based on inspiration photos selected by members of the Indies Outside the Box Fan-tastic Customs Facebook group. I find this inspired-by-a-photo approach to the creative process immensely appealing, and it's always exciting to see what polish makers come up with. The photo that inspired Glittertini is out of this world! Check it out:
Amy did an awesome job with this polish, no? It really hit the spot for me today!
love,
Liz
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