Painted Polish Orangeade Obsession

Orangeade Obsession was released in June 2017 by California-based indie polish maker Painted Polish as part of the Summer Citrus Trio, and is described as "orange ultra holo with added silver holographic glitter." The color is a bright, expansive medium-light orange peel hue that lies about halfway between amber and orange. Holographic pigment nuances it with shimmering shades of gold, amber and carrot in ambient light and gives the polish an effervescent, finely-grained visual texture as well as a flashy, semi-metallic underlay. The glitters emit tiny, twinkling sparks in gold, orange and spring green as light travels over them and blanket the look with prismatic sparkle in the sun, where there's a fully linear, gradated holographic flare in red, orange, gold and spring green that frames a lick of semi-metallic ambery-orange and shades to a deep carrot hue at the sidewalls of the nail.

Application was lovely. The silvery glitters had sunk in my bottle, but reintegrated beautifully after letting the bottle stand upside down for a little while and giving it a brisk shake. The consistency of Orangeade Obsession is fluid and creamy with a medium viscosity and an even, smooth, self-leveling glide over the nail, an excellent, eminently-paintable formula. Glitter payoff is excellent and evenly dispersed. Pigmentation is very good -- two coats delivers evenly opaque coverage and full bottle color. Cleanup is easy, even with the glitters. Orangeade Obsession dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, shiny finish. Topcoat does not interfere with the holographic properties of the polish in any way.

Photos show two coats of Orangeade Obsession over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Painted Polish Orangeade Obsession

Painted Polish Orangeade Obsession

Painted Polish Orangeade Obsession

Painted Polish Orangeade Obsession

Painted Polish Orangeade Obsession

Painted Polish Orangeade Obsession

Painted Polish Orangeade Obsession

Painted Polish Orangeade Obsession

Painted Polish Orangeade Obsession

Painted Polish Orangeade Obsession

Painted Polish Orangeade Obsession

A wonderful amber-leaning orange! It's got such a sunny, confident, social disposition on the nail, extroverted in the manner of all oranges but not loud or overly flamboyant. Very wearable! I love it when Lexi adds those dainty, twinkling holographic glitters to her holos, it really ups the glamour and charisma of the look and adds that extra bit of panache.

xo,
Liz