Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Where You Lead was released in May 2016 by Australian indie polish maker Grace-full Nail Polish as part of the Oy With The Poodles Already collection, a series of eight polishes inspired by a specific episode of Gilmore Girls. Based on the character of Loralei, the name of the polish comes from the show's theme song, "Where You Lead" by Carole King.

Described by creator Theresa as a "chromaflair multichrome that shifts from purple to pink to red and to orange," the most prominent color of Where You Lead is a regal medium-dark patriarch purple. At oblique angles to the light, it displays aspects of dark magenta before segueing into a rich flame color edged by deep firebrick. A beautiful sunset multichrome! It has the shimmering, streak-free, semi-metallic finish common to multichromes, with the most prominent shifts occurring along the axis of light. 

Application was a little messy, no fault of the polish's -- it was a shaky hands, recovering from a cold kind of day. The consistency of Where You Lead is fluid, full-bodied and smooth with a slightly thicker viscosity to which I added polish thinner for a density better suited to my skills. Thinned, it had a lush, velvety, self-leveling glide over the nail with a little bit of pull to it. Pigmentation is sheerish on the first coat but builds easily to wearably opaque coverage with the second. I added a third for richest possible color and to maximize the colorshifting effects, and I think it did make a slight difference. Cleanup, thankfully, is easy. Where you lead dries naturally in good time to a smooth, ever-so-slightly flat finish that wants a glossy topcoat to look its best. 

Photos show three coats of Where You Lead over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. Please pardon the flaky nail surrounds. I must be dehydrated from this cold.

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

Grace-full Nail Polish Where You Lead

This sunset-colored, purple/pink/red/orange kind of spectrum is my favorite among multichromes. It reminds me of Elevation Polish Taylor Glacier and CrowsToes Indian Summer. The colors are so rich and evocative!

love,
Liz