A-England Puck A Fairy
Pardon my absence! Fuzzy's surgery went very well. The crippled, arthritic knee was replaced without complications and she has a good start on the road to recovery -- they had her up and walking with a walker the day after! She has a lot of pain, perhaps more than she expected, and she's a little cranky because of it but they're giving her meds to help. I'm proud of how determined she is! On Monday she'll be going to short-term rehab for two weeks.
Back to nail polish! Today I have yet another A-England from the Shakespeare's Fairies collection for you: Puck A Fairy, described by Adina as a vivid peacock blue-green with additional iridescent glimmer. The color is a strikingly bright, clean, medium-toned variation of blue-green along the lines of aqua cerulean, a little brighter/less dusky than a true cerulean with a lush, tropical vibe. It has the finely-grained visual texture common to holographic polishes, and a dimensional prismatic bloom of gold and azure with hints of indigo travels up and down the center of the nail in ambient light, shading to a deeper blue-green at the edges. In bright direct light, there's a sparkling scattered holographic display predominated by brilliant hues of azure, spring green and gold.
Application was fantastic. The consistency of Puck is fluid, light and smooth with a medium viscosity and an even, buttery, self-leveling slip over the nail, a gorgeous, eminently-paintable formula that is on par with the best from the brand. Pigmentation is very good, delivering evenly opaque coverage and full bottle color in two coats. Cleanup is surprisingly easy for this kind of color, with just a tiny bit of pigment travel but no trace staining to speak of. Puck dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, shiny finish. Topcoat seems only to enhance the holographically-generated dimensionality of the polish on the nail.
Photos show two coats of Puck A Fairy over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
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Fabulous! It's almost too intense and lush to be called a pool blue but it's definitely of that ilk, kind of like a "bionic pool blue" or a "pool blue to the nth" or something. This sort of bold, bright color is unsual to see from A-England, so all the more welcome by lovers of such shades (ahem!) when we do. Energetic and showy on the nail -- an excellent summer bright and gorgeous scattered holo as only Adina can do. Love!
xo,
Liz
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