Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

One in a Brazil-ion was released in July 2016 by Texas-based indie polish maker Cupcake Polish as part of the Olympics collection. Officially described as a "strawberry red" creme-based linear holographic polish, the color is a soft, weathered medium-toned red, a sort of Indian red/watermelony shade. It has a pinkish cast that leans it toward something like tango pink with aspects of terra cotta and coral, but may appear cooler or warmer depending upon the amount and kind of light in which it's viewed. On the nail, it is enriched and dimensionalized by holographically-generated, analogous hues of red violet, misty brink pink and soft crimson in ambient light. Direct sun generates a shimmering linear prismatic display featuring shifting arcs in all of the rainbow colors that frame a lick of semi-metallic, silvery Indian red and shade to  creamy crimson at the sidewalls of the nail. 

Application was great! The consistency of One in a Brazil-ion is fluid, full-bodied and creamy with a thicker viscosity to which I added a few squirts of polish thinner at the outset. Thinned, it had a plush, velvety, self-leveling glide over the nail with a little bit of pull to it. If you prefer thicker viscosities, you will enjoy working with this polish. Pigmentation is excellent, generating completely opaque coverage in one to two coats. Cleanup is fairly straightforward, with a touch of trace staining to dryer areas. One in a Brazil-ion dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, shiny finish. Topcoat adds a becoming gloss and does not appear to affect the holographic properties in any way.

Photos show two coats of One in a Brazil-ion over KBShimmer Fillin' Groovy basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. 

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

Cupcake Polish One in a Brazil-ion

I love this kind of soft, watermelony red for summer. There's an easy-going, sunburned quality to the way it looks on the nail that sets it apart from brighter/sharper shades of red and just seems perfect for these long, hot days. Abundantly holographic, it's a little difficult to capture the true nature of the color on camera. Of the Olympics collection reviews that I've seen, my favorite One in a Brazil-ion photos, the photos that I think give the most accurate sense of how it appears in person, are Babi's on Color Sutraa, here.

love,
Liz