The base color is a cool, taupey kind of shade, medium-dark in tone, similar to coyote brown. It is considerably lightened by superabundant, highly reflective metallic flakes in what appears to me to be silver, creating a look that is more along the lines of beaver in color, with aspects of champagne, bronze and café au lait and a brilliant foily metallic finish with tremendous sparkle. There's a sprinkling of holographic particles in there also, which are kind of lost amidst all of the reflectivity and sparkle until you get the polish into the sun. There, the piecey, foil-like visual texture of the flakes seems to smooth out a bit and a loose net of brilliant rainbow-colored sparks adorns the finish.
Interestingly, there's a surprising purple aspect to the color that comes out under LED lighting.
Application was fantastic. The consistency of On The Rocks is fluid, light and smooth with a medium viscosity and a fluent, easy, self-leveling slip over the nail that went on best for me in medium coats from a moderately-loaded brush. There is no discernible texture from the flakes, which go on flat to the nail without tumbling, stickups or protrusions over the free edge. Pigmentation is very good. Two coats nets completely even opacity and full bottle color. Cleanup frees countless tiny reflective flakes to ensconce themselves happily over the nail environs, difficult if not impossible to sweep away completely. I did my cleanup as I went along and still had sparkly nail surrounds -- best to go for as clean a manicure as possible from the outset with this one. On The Rocks dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, reflective finish.
Photos show two coats of On The Rocks over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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This polish is much more stunning in person than it is in a still image -- you really need to see it on the move to appreciate the wonderful dynamics of the light play. It's a dazzling foily metallic look that just radiates elegance and glamour. The cool, metallic champagne-taupe color acts as a particularly stylish neutral, more interesting and, I think, even classier than gold or silver. I'm telling you, this polish is money! Dressy enough for black-tie but not in the least over-the-top or pretentious. Love it!
A clutch would be killer in this look, and shoes! Some graceful, pointy-toe kitten heels -- OMG!
xo,
Liz
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