Designed to be worn as a topper or on its own as you'll see here, it has a clear base in which are suspended about a bazillion of the teeniest, finest holographic glitters I've ever seen in black, gold and silver, along with beaucoup blue particulate shimmers in a medium azure hue. The shimmer color mixes with the black and metallic microglitters to give the polish the general appearance of a shadow blue with shimmering highlights of blue-grey, a stormy neutral sort of shade that with the abundance of sparkle is transformed to something much more dramatic and decorative. The prismatic sparkle is ubiquitous, twinkling like mad in even the lowest light and exploding into a field of pinpoint rainbow sparks in the sun.
The consistency of Batter Up is fluid and dense with components, with a thicker viscosity that I added polish thinner to at the outset. It maintained a medium-to-thicker viscosity even so, but was easier for me to manipulate. I had some trouble getting it to go where I wanted it to, specifically to what I think of as the "shoulders" of my nails, those areas where the sidewall ends and free edge begins, an issue I often have with thicker polishes. Coverage is provided solely by the components, and I reached an opacity I was happy with in three coats without any undue bulkiness once the polish had dried down. Cleanup is a bear! Even though I did mine as I went along, those tiny microglitters like to scatter. Batter Up dries naturally in very good time to a flat, textured finish that honestly looks very like gravel until you get some topcoat on it. For a glassy smooth finish, I used a layer of gel-effect topcoat plus a layer of quick-dry.
Note to self: Try harder to remember not to cuddle the cat if you're fixing to apply nail polish.
Question: Am I the only one who laments the absence of a stainless steel mixing ball or two in a polish? I realize that they take up space that would otherwise be filled with polish, but I like using the sound of them to gauge the thickness of the contents. Also, when they aren't there, I never quite trust that added polish thinner is properly distributed throughout. Maybe its just me, but I do miss them when they aren't included... ok, I'm done now!
Photos show three coats of Batter Up over ÜNT peel-off basecoat topped with a layer of Pretty Serious Plump Up the Volume gel-effect topcoat and finished with a layer of Seche Vite. This manicure does not win any prizes for precision -- bear with me!
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| Blush Lacquers Batter Up! |
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| Blush Lacquers Batter Up! |
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| Blush Lacquers Batter Up! |
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| Blush Lacquers Batter Up! |
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| Blush Lacquers Batter Up! |
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| Blush Lacquers Batter Up! |
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| Blush Lacquers Batter Up! |
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| Blush Lacquers Batter Up! |
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| Blush Lacquers Batter Up! |
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| Blush Lacquers Batter Up! |
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Although it doesn't translate all that well to a still image, I find this look deeply cool in person. I'm always up for a sparklefest and this polish delivers in style -- love those tiny twinkling holographic microglitters and the speckled blue-grey color is awesome. I doubt I'd ever have an even enough hand to use this properly as a topper (although I suspect it would be interesting to try it over black or grey), but that's ok because I much prefer the look on its own. Fun polish!
love,
Liz
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