Application was most agreeable! The consistency of Alcohol You Later is fluid, full-bodied and very creamy with a medium viscosity and a fluent, buttery glide over the nail. Like yesterday's Take Life One Sip at a Time, it self-levels as it sets up. Pigmentation is very good, with a little streakiness on the first coat that evens out well with the second. I'm convinced that if my hands weren't so shaky and my application more even, I could have gotten it evenly opaque with two coats -- it was almost there! The streaks I had after two coats were minimal and mostly due to nail ridges, and all was well after a third coat. Cleanup is easy. Alcohol You Later dries naturally in very good time to a lovely glossy finish.
Photos show three coats of Alcohol You Later over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. As I mentioned, the color in the photos is slightly cooler than it is in person. The second photo down is the closest my camera was able to get to the real color.
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| Top Shelf Lacquer Alcohol You Later |
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| Top Shelf Lacquer Alcohol You Later |
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| Top Shelf Lacquer Alcohol You Later |
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| Top Shelf Lacquer Alcohol You Later |
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| Top Shelf Lacquer Alcohol You Later |
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| Top Shelf Lacquer Alcohol You Later |
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| Top Shelf Lacquer Alcohol You Later |
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| Top Shelf Lacquer Alcohol You Later |
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| Top Shelf Lacquer Alcohol You Later |
If I wasn't convinced that Alcohol You Later had the oomph to produce the look of a neon coral pastel in the bottle (and I have to admit I wasn't), where it looks deceptively like a dainty, demure pink, two seconds on my nails proved me wrong. It's luminous, as Fuzzy said when she first saw it, with that eye-catching glow that neons have but in a soft, sun-bleached coral shade. I'm wearing an earthy, washed blue-grey linen top with equally earthy soft olive linen pants and this polish is a fantastic counterpoint -- it looks fabulous! Love it!
xo,
Liz
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