Lacquer Slacker Liz: Chirality Fuchs' Crypt

Friday, June 16, 2017

Chirality Fuchs' Crypt

Fuchs' Crypt was created by Amanda of Arizona-based indie polish maker Chirality Polish for the science-themed May 2017 edition of Polish Pickup. In the iris of the eye, the crypts of Fuchs are a series of edged openings in the collarette, the thickest portion of the iris, that allow tissues to be bathed in aqueous humor as the volume of the eye changes due to dilation and contraction. Amanda's inspiration photo for this polish was a macro of a blue iris in which the Fuchs' crypts can be seen.

This polish is a sky blue bearing what looks like a mixture of holographic microglitters in silver and blue as well as tiny microflakes in a light bronzey color. The base color is a light, creamy variation of azure with aspects of powder blue that is very close to Pantone's sky blue, duskier and leaning slightly more to azure than regular sky blue. The components give it a dappled, somewhat muted quality in ambient light, but in direct light they create a delicate veil of infinitesimal, twinkling prismatic sparks.

Application was great! The consistency of Fuchs' Crypt is fluid with a slightly graininess from the components, a medium-to-thinner viscosity and a fluid, biddable, self-leveling glide over the nail. It sets up fairly quickly, does not like to be overworked and went on best for me in medium coats from a well-loaded brush. Pigmentation is good. With a generous, even hand, wearable opacity can be had in two coats, but I thought that three provided the most uniform coverage. Cleanup is easy. Fuchs' Crypt dries naturally in very good time to a shiny, lightly textured finish that is easily smoothed with topcoat.

Photos show three coats of Fuchs' Crypt over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.