Application was great! The consistency of West Wing is fluid and smooth with a thin-to-medium viscosity and a fluent, self-leveling slip over the nail, a lovely, mobile formula that is opaque in two coats. Cleanup is straightforward with a skosh of pigment travel as you might expect from such a dark shade, and some stickiness on the part of the microflake components. West Wing dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, shiny finish.
Photos show two coats of West Wing over basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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One of my readers wondered how West Wing might compare to Picture Polish's Mythical, so I have side-by-side swatch palette comparison shots of the two:
Picture Polish Mythical (left) and ILNP West Wing (right) |
Picture Polish Mythical (left) and ILNP West Wing (right) |
Excellent comparison call! Mythical's violet is not as dark as West Wing's and consequently has a brighter, more accessible look and feel, and the color maintains it's violet-ness even in lower light. West Wing is a profoundly inky shade that looks black in low light and is much more inscrutable and arcane on the nail with a little bit of a gothic quality to it. Mythical's scattered holographic flakies are slightly larger overall than West Wing's, but both put on a sparkly prismatic show in the sun. If I had to pick only one of these two for myself, it would be Mythical -- but I tend to favor brighter, more accessible colors. If vamps are your thing, West Wing definitely wins out. ;)
love,
Liz
Aaaahhhh gorgeous. Think I might have to pop this on next. Thank you for the comparison too :)
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome. Enjoy!
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