Colors by Llarowe I Skis With My Knees

I Skis With My Knees was released at the beginning of this month by Colorado-based indie polish maker Colors by Llarowe as part of the Late Summer 2017 collection. Described as a turquoise holographic polish, this one has turned out to be the fan favorite of the collection -- with good reason! The color is a bright, vibrant, medium-toned variation of blue-green along the lines of Pacific blue, a particularly lush and resonant shade. The intensity of the color is dimensionalized and magnified by abundant finely-milled holographic pigment, which creates a mobile, golden green prismatic flush in ambient light and gives the polish an effervescent, delicately-grained visual texture. In the sun, there's a beautiful, smoothly-gradated prismatic flare of gold, sea green and bright turquoise.

Application was wonderful. The consistency of I Skis With My Knees is fluid and smooth with a medium viscosity and a fluent, self-leveling glide over the nail, a gorgeous, user-friendly formula that's just what you'd expect from Llarowe. Pigmentation is excellent, delivering one-coat coverage although I used two for this manicure. Cleanup is straightforward. There's a tiny bit of pigment travel and a skosh of trace staining as you might expect from an intense blue-green like this. I Skis With My Knees dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, slightly flat finish.

Photos show two coats of I Skis With My Knees over basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Colors by Llarowe I Skis With My Knees

Colors by Llarowe I Skis With My Knees

Colors by Llarowe I Skis With My Knees

Colors by Llarowe I Skis With My Knees

Colors by Llarowe I Skis With My Knees

Colors by Llarowe I Skis With My Knees

Colors by Llarowe I Skis With My Knees

Colors by Llarowe I Skis With My Knees

Colors by Llarowe I Skis With My Knees

This brilliant jewel-tone with it's smooth, lush prismatic radiance feels seems especially fitting for this time of year as we begin to look to fall, but it's definitely a wearable color year round.

For my friends in southeast Texas, I am thinking of you and hoping that you made it safely through hurricane Harvey, and I will continue to think of you as you deal with the cleanup and flooding, wishing you fortitude. Take care of yourselves!

love,
Liz