KBShimmer Color Me Rad

Color Me Rad was released during the first week of this month by Indiana-based indie polish maker KBShimmer as part of the All The Bright Moves collection, a series of six super bright polishes inspired by the late 80s and early 90s of creator Christy's childhood. This polish is described as a "bright watermelon color, a neon red with warm pink undertones." In the bottle, it has a decidedly pink look that evolves on the nail into a neon variation of carmine along the lines of a very saturated version of Crayola's fluorescent shade wild watermelon, with aspects of orange-red and electric crimson. Intensely radiant with a creamy quality, it's definitely one of those neons that plays sly appearance tricks on your eyes -- is it red? orange? coral? what? --  and leans strongly to orange in low and incandescent light and to more of a crimson or cerise shade in the sun.

Application was fantastic. The consistency of Color Me Rad is fluid, light and silky smooth with a medium viscosity and an easy, even, self-leveling slip over the nail, a beautiful creme/jelly hybrid sort of formula that all but paints itself onto your nails. Pigmentation is very good, delivering evenly opaque coverage in two medium coats. Cleanup is easy. Color Me Rad dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, flat finish that wants a glossy topcoat to look its very best and make the most of its neon properties.

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

KBShimmer Color Me Rad

KBShimmer Color Me Rad

KBShimmer Color Me Rad

KBShimmer Color Me Rad

KBShimmer Color Me Rad

KBShimmer Color Me Rad

KBShimmer Color Me Rad

KBShimmer Color Me Rad

KBShimmer Color Me Rad

You can see this coming from across the room, and it's glorious! 

love,
Liz