Officially described as a "sparkling sapphire blue crelly with a subtle pink shimmer," the base is a semi-translucent medium-dark sapphire or dark cornflower hue with a certain silvery, smoky quality that I can't quite put my finger on and and a stealthy violet aspect that reminds me of Elizabeth Taylor's eyes. It is absolutely packed with components: pink shimmers and glass flecks, tiny iridescent pink flakies, silvery microflakes and infinitesimal holographic microglitters. In ambient light it has a luxe, tapestried look with a finely-grained visual texture, a subtle, transparent pink sheen and a vitreous luster liberally dusted with dainty twinkling sparks, interspersed with the occasional gleam of pink or turquoise or violet when the light hits a flakie just right. In the sun, the look is transformed by a dense blanket of delicate sparkle in every rainbow color, finer than a holo, as though it were made of crushed gemstones.
Application went well. The consistency of The Happy Prince is fluid, dense and slightly loamy with a thicker viscosity that I added several squirts of polish thinner to at the outset. Thinned, it had a plush glide over the nail with a bit of component tumbling that resulted in a few stickups, nothing major though. Pigmentation is very good, delivering wearable opacity in two liberal coats or three thinner ones. I did my cleanup as I went along and had no issues. I should note, though, that this polish is full of potentially sticky bits -- cuidado! The Happy Prince dries naturally in very good time to a textured finish, mostly smoothed by a dedicated glitter-smoothing or gel-effect topcoat, which accentuates the presence of the pink shimmers especially.
Photos show three coats of The Happy Prince over basecoat with a layer of Girly Bits Glitter Glaze followed by a layer of Seche Vite for extra gloss -- definitely worth the trouble.
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Oh, this is such a gorgeous, classy polish, definitely a keeper! I'm afraid my photos don't do its complexity and character justice, and I don't think words can either. You have to see it in person. It's sleek and twinkly on the nail, quite glamorous actually, with a distinct artisanal, crafted quality that makes it profoundly gratifying to wear. The look really doesn't come together until you get topcoat on it, so if you have this polish and haven't tried it yet, or if you're contemplating getting it, have patience as you apply and do use a double topcoat, a glassy finish makes the most of this marvelous creation.
love,
Liz
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