Picture Polish Bardot

Bardot was released in 2015 by Australian boutique polish maker Picture Polish as an addition to PP's Opulence line. Officially described as a French baby pink scattered holographic polish, the color is a desaturated peachy pink nude, a milky, barely-there sort of shade along the lines of the traditional Japanese color shironeri, or unbleached silk. It has PP's traditional scattered holo formula with silvery holographic flakies, which seem to have a more moderate presence here than in other PP scattered holos, perhaps due to the creaminess of the color. But they do give the polish a subtly sparkling shimmer that lights up in delicate, pasteled prismatic hues as light travels over it. 

If you follow Chit Chat Nails, Bardot strikes me as a very Marta kind of color. 

Application was lovely. The consistency of Bardot is fluid, light and creamy with a medium viscosity and a fluent, silky smooth slip over the nail. Self-leveling properties are very good for a white-based shade. Pigmentation is sheer -- translucent and a bit streaky on the first coat but building up and evening out with subsequent coats. I used three, but I suspect that with an even hand and the proper mojo some folks could achieve wearable opacity in two. Cleanup is easy. Bardot dries naturally in average time to a smooth, shiny finish. Topcoat helped to smooth out lingering areas of unevenness.

Photos show three coats of Bardot over basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Picture Polish Bardot

Picture Polish Bardot

Picture Polish Bardot

Picture Polish Bardot

Picture Polish Bardot

Picture Polish Bardot

Picture Polish Bardot

Picture Polish Bardot

Picture Polish Bardot

Picture Polish Bardot

I think my camera skews the color a little cool. In person, there's more warmth to it. 

Picture Polish makes some lovely nudes and near nudes, some with holo and some without. Bardot's slightly peachy beige quality places it right on the line for me in terms of wearability --  almost a little too warm, but not quite. It's a beautiful, "character shoe" kind of shade, delicate, creamy and clean on the nail, making for a very tidy-looking manicure. It makes me want to try Grace, another soft pinky nude Opulence color with a greyer undertone than Bardot. If you'd like to see a side-by-side comparison of these two, Edina of Lakkomlakkom features exactly that in her review of Bardot, here. 

Picture Polish is available through their website and various international stockists. I usually purchase my Picture Polish from Color4Nails, but when I went to place my order recently, Firefox wouldn't let me on the site due to some kind of security issue. I've since discovered that Safari doesn't share Firefox's security scruples, but at the time I just decided to go ahead and buy directly from Picture Polish in Australia, ordering enough polish to take advantage of free international shipping. Incredibly enough, my package arrived in only TWO DAYS via DHL! How amazing is that?

xo,
Liz