Girly Bits Chrysalis

Chrysalis was created by Pam of Canadian indie polish maker Girly Bits exclusively for the "Fall Foliage and Fun" September 2017 edition of Polish Pickup. It's a shimmery light green polish containing "an array of green, lime, gold and holographic particles, multichrome flakes in blue, purple, green and gold, iridescent colour shifting flakes and a sprinkling of sparkly holographic flakes."

The look of this polish is created solely by the components, with a clear or lightly tinted transparent base. Superabundant shimmers in lime give the polish its prominent color and texture, a pale, shimmering, silvery green shade that's something like a mix of celadon and Crayola's sea foam with a minty aspect and hints of French lime, and a sandy-textured, semi-metallic finish that displays a subtle duochrome-like shift to shadowy azure edged with indigo. Tiny holographic microglitters and fine holographic microflakes mix with iridescent and multichrome flakies to create a look that is all light play, all the time: a lavish, glistening field of twinkling shimmers flecked with gleaming metallic bits and bright prismatic sparks.

Application was wonderful! The consistency of Chrysalis is fluid, light and amazingly smooth for such a component-laden polish, with a medium viscosity and a remarkably fluent, easy, self-leveling glide over the nail, a superb formula that is easy to control and finesse with Girly Bits' somewhat bushy, flattened-style brush. Coverage is provided by the components, which are dense enough to deliver even opacity in two coats. I did my cleanup as I went along and had no issues. Chrysalis dries naturally in very good time to a gently textured finish, easily smoothed with topcoat.

Photos show two coats of Chrysalis over KBShimmer Fillin' Groovy basecoat with a topcoat of Girly Bits Glitter Glaze.

Girly Bits Chrysalis

Girly Bits Chrysalis

Girly Bits Chrysalis

Girly Bits Chrysalis

Girly Bits Chrysalis

Girly Bits Chrysalis

Girly Bits Chrysalis

Girly Bits Chrysalis

All of that light play gives this polish an airy, ethereal, almost otherworldly presence on the nail. It's a tour de force of creativity and composition, inspired by Pam's own photo of the chrysalis of a monarch butterfly.

Very cool! 

love,
Liz