Parrot Polish Apache Princess

Now that October is up and running, it's time for all Halloween all month on my nails!  First up, a subtle nod to the season in black & purple..

outdoor, bright sunlight

Parrot Polish Apache Princess is a black scattered holo base with rich, royal purple magnetic pigment - the end result is bands of witchy purple across a black starfield after you use the magnet, or a blackened purple if left plain and unmagnetized.

indoor bright CF lighting - NB this is slightly too blue-violet, NOT color corrected

As with some purples, my camera didn't play nice in indoor lighting - the above bottle shot is a hair too blue-tinted, while the below pic with flash is more accurate.  All the hand pics sans bottles are correct to my eyes, though the contrast between purple and black was as boldly obvious as in the flash pic, not as subtle as some of these shots show.

flash to show true color and that holo sparkle

For anyone new to magnetic polishes, the trick is to do one thin coat on all your nails first, and then do clean-up for that coat to get the edges nice before moving along.  Next, paint one medium-thick layer on a single nail, and hold the magnet in place in the direction you want for 20-30 seconds or until the polish is mostly dry.  I'm using the Dance Legend Cat's Eye magnet, a super strong neodymium bar magnet, to create a single diagonal line across the middle of each nail. Once you've done all 10, apply your fave quick-dry top coat to the first nail, and hold the magnet in the same direction you did before - the topcoat will re-wet and "melt" the pattern you've already created, so skipping this step means that topcoat alone will result in a softer more subtle magnet pattern.

window-filtered bright sunlight

Magnetic polishes are usually one-coaters if used alone, but will be too thin on the edges after being magnetized - this is therefore 2 coats like I typically do with all magnetics.  Apache Princess wore well, with only smooth, even edgewear after several days.  It stayed nice enough that I didn't feel the need to change out my polish over my long weekend trip!

window-filtered shady daylight

Rating:  4 out of 5 stars - this polish has a lovely vampy effect and wore nicely, no complaints at all.

Where to buy:  direct from Parrot, or from their storefront on Amazon.

~Michelle