Cirque Lolly Lips

Lolly Lips was released at the end of April/beginning of May this year by NYC-based indie polish maker Cirque Colors as a limited edition part of the Kawaii collection. Constructed similarly to its stablemate QT Kitty and officially described as a raspberry pink holographic flake polish, the color is a medium to medium-dark cool vibrant pink with a rosy, floral quality along the lines of Mexican pink or Pantone's pink, slightly cooler and sharper than what I generally think of as raspberry. Superabundant holographic flakes create a silver-flecked visual texture, add a slight semi-metallic sensibility to the finish, and generate a warm, sparkling prismatic flush in ambient light that increases in intensity in the sun.

Application was most agreeable! The consistency of Lolly Lips is fluid, smooth and dense with a medium-to-thicker viscosity to which I added a bit of polish thinner at the outset. Thinned, it had a fluent, even, self-leveling glide over the nail that went on best for me in medium coats from a well-loaded brush. Pigmentation is excellent, with near one-coat coverage. A second coat deepens the look to full bottle color. Cleanup is easy, although those holographic flakes do like to stick to the nail a little bit. Lolly Lips dries naturally in very good time to a fairly shiny finish with a tiny bit of discernible texture that is easily smoothed by topcoat.

Photos show two coats of Lolly Lips over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Cirque Lolly Lips

Cirque Lolly Lips

Cirque Lolly Lips

Cirque Lolly Lips

Cirque Lolly Lips

Cirque Lolly Lips

Cirque Lolly Lips

Cirque Lolly Lips

Cirque Lolly Lips

Cirque Lolly Lips

Cirque Lolly Lips

Cirque Lolly Lips

Cirque Lolly Lips

This is a beautiful, bold, pan-seasonal shade, equally at home with the jewel-tones of winter as the brights of summer. The semi-metallic aspect of the finish gives it a bit of that festive, gift-wrap ribbon quality that I love, and the prismatic properties of the holographic flakes add loads of visual interest and a flush of warmth to the coolness of the base color. There a certain voguishness to it also that speaks to feminine confidence and strength. A power pink!

love,
Liz