Colors by Llarowe Topaz Fire

Like Plum Ready for Summer, Topaz Fire was released earlier this month by Colorado-based indie polish maker Colors by Llarowe (CbL) as part of the Winter 2017 collection. Officially described as a "deep blurple prismatic glowing holographic with lavender flame," the color is a gorgeous, bold, saturated, medium-dark Byzantine blue with strong indigo aspects, especially in low light, and a Spanish violet look under incandescent light. Abundant finely-milled holographic pigment gives it a shimmering, luminous, dimensional appearance in ambient light, and in the sun there's a lovely sparkling prismatic flush along the axis of light.

Application was wonderful. The consistency of Topaz Fire is fluid and silky smooth with a medium viscosity and a fluent, even, self-leveling slip over the nail, so nice! Pigmentation is excellent. I used two coats for the pics but it's evenly opaque at one. Cleanup is straightforward with a skosh of pigment travel. Topaz Fire dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, shiny finish that loves a glossy topcoat to really bring out the dimensional nature of the polish on the nail.

Photos show two coats of Topaz Fire over basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Colors by Llarowe Topaz Fire

Colors by Llarowe Topaz Fire

Colors by Llarowe Topaz Fire

Colors by Llarowe Topaz Fire

Colors by Llarowe Topaz Fire

Colors by Llarowe Topaz Fire

Colors by Llarowe Topaz Fire

Colors by Llarowe Topaz Fire

Colors by Llarowe Topaz Fire

Colors by Llarowe Topaz Fire

Colors by Llarowe Topaz Fire

Only Leah Ann could do a blue holo like this. The color reminds me of CbL's Independence Day from the Summer 2015 collection: dark enough to be grounded but vibrant and animated enough to make your spirit soar -- so brilliant and saturated that the color almost leaps off your nails! An exuberant, celebratory shade that makes for an eye-catching manicure, especially if you love blue on your nails like I do. This polish makes my eyes happy. Highly recommended!

Topaz Fire and the rest of the Winter 2017 collection will be restocked and available when the CbL shop opens for a week beginning 1 December. 

xo,
Liz