Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

January 2016 was released, well, in January 2016 by Michigan-based indie polish maker Nine Zero Lacquer as the debut of the brand's ongoing Polish of the Month series. Officially described as "a berry holographic with holographic silver microglitter," this little chameleon is all kinds of yummy purple-berry goodness. Mostly it's a bold, medium-dark red-violet along the lines of fandango with aspects of mulberry and dark magenta. Superabundant finely-milled holographic pigment gives it a gleaming semi-metallic underlay of brighter red-violet with a reddish flash, and nuances the base color with shades of indigo, violet and red in ambient light. In direct sun, the base brightens to almost a Munsell purple with a brilliant linear holographic flare featuring all of the rainbow colors, the whole dotted with brightly twinkling prismatic sparks from the tiny microglitters. 

Application was ok. The consistency of my bottle was fluid but uber thick and I added quite a bit of polish thinner in an effort to get a paintable viscosity. It remained quite dense even so, and I had some difficulty not overloading the brush. I suspect all this is particular to my bottle, as in my experience the brand's typical formula has an eminently-paintable medium-thin to medium viscosity. In any case, it was not all that big of a problem application-wise, just unexpected. Pigmentation is excellent, a one-coater if you want it to be, although I used two. Cleanup is straightforward. January 2016 dries naturally in good time to a very gently textured finish that was easily smoothed to glossy perfection with a layer of Girly Bits Glitter Glaze.

Photos show two coats of January 2016 over treatment and basecoat with topcoat.

Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

Nine Zero Lacquer January 2016

This garnet-colored holo seems to lean a more to purple in certain circumstances and to burgundy in others, but at all times the color is rich and saturated and the holographic effects, especially in the sun, are fantastic. I adore those tiny holographic microglitters, I always love it when Jess puts them in her holos. Here, the base color is densely pigmented enough that they are somewhat reticent until you get the polish into direct light, where they lavish the holographic display with a scattered twinkling field of prismatic sparkle.

love,
Liz