Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

Like Weather the Storm, My Sage Advice was released in September 2016 by Indiana-based indie polish maker Pretty & Polished as part of the Dusty Cremes collection, the origin of P&P's Dusty Cremes line of polishes. Officially described as a smoky sage with a blue lean, the color is a light, somewhat murky blue-green, a dusky, greyed cyanic shade along the lines of veiled celeste or a whitened cadet blue. As with all Dusty Cremes, it is formulated with a special large particle pigment, which reads as countless nanoscale grey flecks within the base, visible on close scrutiny, and gives the polish that signature dusty quality.

Mindful of my experience with Weather the Storm, I approached application cautiously. The consistency of My Sage Advice is fluid and creamy with a medium viscosity, thinner than Weather the Storm but still a bit dense for my preferences so I added polish thinner. Thinned, it had a smooth, even glide over the nail that went on best for me in medium to thicker coats from a generously loaded brush. Self-leveling properties are very good as is pigmentation, with evenly opaque coverage delivered in two coats. Cleanup is easy. My Sage Advice dries naturally in good time to a smooth, satiny sort of finish.

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

Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

Pretty & Polished My Sage Advice

One of my readers insightfully observed of Weather the Storm that it had a certain granite-like look, and I think My Sage Advice shares that same organic quality. It's a soft, creamy, muted color with a mellow elegance that is effortlessly pretty, and feels smooth and sleek on the nail. There's a robin's egg-esque vibe to it that is very spring-like! You could even forego topcoat and preserve the attractive satiny shine, which seems to suit the personality of the polish well. Nice!

love,
Liz