ILNP Nexus
Like Avalon, Nexus was released earlier this month by Nevada-based indie polish maker ILNP as part of the Spring 2018 collection. It's officially described as a raspberry holo with red/pink/gold color-shifting shimmers.
The color is a translucent but vibrant, medium-dark variation of red-violet with a strong magenta lean, similar to red-purple or Crayola's cerise, with aspects of rose and Mexican pink. It has an intense, energetic quality on the nail with a lively semi-metallic flash. Luminous, tiny color-shifting microflake shimmers read mostly as a bright pinkish-red or deep pink within the base, shifting through flame to gold as you turn your fingers into the light and giving the look a fiery red sheen at certain angles. Holographic microflakes create a loose net of silvery flecks in ambient light that ignites into a scattered field of bright prismatic sparkle in the sun.
Application was great! The consistency of Nexus is fluid, light and smooth with a medium consistency and a silky, self-leveling glide over the nail. Pigmentation is sheer and requires three coats for most evenly opaque coverage and best color presentation. Cleanup is easy with minimal scattering of the holographic microflakes. Nexus dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, shiny finish.
Photos show three coats of Nexus over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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This brilliant raspberry pink lacquer with it's twinkling shimmers and bright, semi-metallic flash has a jewel-tone quality that I usually associate with winter polishes. It is highly animated, bold and showy on the nail, and the flash gives it a little of that decorative, "gift wrap ribbon" sensibility that I love. The scattered prismatic sparkle in the sun is a perfect accompaniment.
love,
Liz
What a delectable color! ILNP never ceases to impress :O The need of 3 coats is strange, though. This type of color generally is pretty opaque, what gives? Stunning anyway!
ReplyDeleteIt's delicious, isn't it? While not quite as sheer as Avalon, the formula here is just very translucent, which is good for shimmer visibility but does mean that it takes that extra third coat to get the most out of the color. Sheer formulas can be a little disappointing initially, but the amount of light penetration that they allow usually makes for a more luminous, glowy kind of look -- case in point! :) Don't let it deter you from a purchase, though, because it really is worth it.
DeleteIt's a jelly polish, not a metallic. It takes 3 coats, but it gives a unique dimension to it. "The world wasn't created in one day"; it takes layers to build beauty. I love jellies, they are a favorite of mine.
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