Co-creators Bé and Stephanie describe this one as a greyish sky blue with small metallic shimmer and a holographic veil. I see the color is a variation of powder blue with a bit of grey added -- but not so much that it becomes muddy or that you would mistake it for a grey. It's similar to the Australian standard for powder blue, a gentle, elegant shade. Tiny silvery microflake shimmers and finely-milled holographic pigment give the color a lovely sense of depth and dust it with delicate silvery motes and minute sparks of pale gold in ambient light, and light up in a sparkling, scattered flare of pasteled prismatic hues in the sun.
Application was wonderful. The consistency of Tap Dancing Rain is fluid, light and creamy with a medium viscosity and a nearly effortless, buttery, self-leveling slip over the nail, a fantastic formula that is a joy to manipulate with the brand's flexible, flattened-style brush. Pigmentation is very good, delivering evenly opaque coverage in two coats. Cleanup is easy. Tap Dancing Rain dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, shiny finish. Topcoat does not inhibit the holographic effects in any way.
Photos show three coats of Tap Dancing Rain over basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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This is exactly the kind of beautifully-balanced, sophisticated light blue that that I would expect to see from IEUV, a pan-seasonal shade that's not only excellent for wearing with your winter whites and earth tones during the colder months of the year but will also be absolutely wonderful for spring. The color kind of reminds me a little of some of Essie's older blue-grey shades, Cocktail Bling and Parka Perfect and (to a slightly lesser extent) Maximillian Strass-Her, although the shimmers and holo give this one a much more delicate and dimensional character. So pretty!
love,
Liz
I always adore your colour descriptions! This is a beautiful shade.
ReplyDeleteThanks, lasoti! It really is, and the formula is fantastic.
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