Tonic Polish Poison Rose
Poison Rose was released in October 2016 by Iowa-based indie polish maker Tonic Polish as part of the Halloween collection. Officially described as "a sophisticated mauve-leaning blush pink with metallic pink shimmers and fine scattered holo," the color is a muted, creamy, medium to medium-dark pink similar to opera mauve, but richer, with aspects of rose clay and plum. Finely-milled metallic shimmers read as luminous steel pink within the base and shift to gold and then green at oblique angles. These shimmers create a dimensionalizing flush of steel pink along the axis of light that sparkles in direct light, where there's a slightly dispersed, delicate linear prismatic display, a shimmering, misty bloom of gradated rainbow colors that travels up and down the nail as you move your fingers.
Application was profoundly gratifying. The consistency of Poison Rose is fluid and creamy with a medium viscosity and an effortless, buttery, self-leveling slip over the nail, a superb, eminently-paintable formula that is an absolute pleasure to manipulate with Tonic's flexible, flattened-style brush. Pigmentation is very good, netting completely even, opaque coverage in two coats. Cleanup is easy. Poison Rose dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, shiny finish.
Photos show two coats of Poison Rose over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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This polish gave me an almost completely clean manicure for the first time in forever, and I would love it for that reason alone but it's also got that rose clay quality that I love, which gives it a flattering, near-neutral sensibility on the nail. So wearable! Understated but complex, it's so much prettier than I usually think of for mauve, with the pink-to-gold shimmers adding a bit of youthful effervescence. A delicious indie take on a classic, timeless shade with an impeccable formula.
love,
Liz
Totally romantic but not sickly-sweet. Adore.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it, lasoti! Definitely not one of those ubiquitous grandma mauves, right? Under incandescent light, it transforms to a warm caramel color!
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