Cirque Dusky Skies
Like Taos and Palm Springs, Dusky Skies was released earlier this month by NYC-based indie polish maker Cirque Colors as part of the Desert Bloom collection. This polish shares the same vibrant pink shimmer and delicate holographic sparkle as the other two, here in what is described as a deep blue-violet base.
The color is a medium-dark to dark but vibrant modern royal blue, also known as web royal blue. It combines with the pink shimmers to produce a gorgeous, shifty blue-violet melange with aspects of ultramarine, color wheel violet, indigo, electric indigo and Munsell purple that vary in prominence and depth of hue according to viewing circumstances. Running along the axis of light is a broad, dimensional mist of visible shimmers that ranges in appearance from pink in direct light to a rich Munsell purple in low light and shade. Tiny, scattered holographic microglitters with a dainty, unobtrusive prismatic twinkle complete the look.
Application was wonderful. The consistency of Dusky Skies is fluid, light and smooth with a medium viscosity and a fluent, even, self-leveling glide over the nail. Pigmentation is very good. Some sheerness on the first coat builds quickly to a wearable opacity with the second if using medium coats. Thinner coats will require three. Cleanup is easy. Dusky Skies dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, satiny finish that wants a glossy topcoat to look its best.
Photos show three coats of Dusky Skies over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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Beautiful! This my favorite of the three Desert Bloom polishes that I purchased.
My father is getting married on 21 April and I'll be driving up to Charlottesville, VA tomorrow to attend the wedding, staying for the weekend and into next week so I'm not sure exactly when I'll be posting again. Probably not for a week or so. Not to worry, I'll be back!
love,
Liz
Have a great trip, and let me know what polish you wear for the ceremony! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, lasoti! He's 79 and it's his third marriage, so it'll be more of a mellow kind of celebration with just family and a few friends. I like his fiancee very much, she's lively and aware, and she makes him happy. I'm bringing them a large leather-covered keepsake box as a gift. I hope they like it!
DeleteRight now, I'm planning to wear CbL's Lion, Scarecrow, Tinman, very romantic I think! But I'm taking a couple of others as well, including one of Different Dimension's wedding polishes (Others That Broke My Heart They Were Like Northern Stars) in case the bride and I get the chance to squeeze in a manicure for her before the wedding.