Dollish Polish True Believer

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Still in a blue mood, I reached for another duochrome LE - Dollish Polish True Believer.

Dollish Polish True Believer
window-filtered overcast daylight
True Believer is part of a collab quad with Supernatural Lacquer that had a 90s theme - this one is of course a nod to The X-files.  It's a bright cobalt base with an utterly gorgeous shimmer that shifts from aqua to violet purple, dusted with silver holo flakies.

Dollish Polish True Believer
indoor, bright CF lighting
The shimmer made this polish a real chameleon, shifting easily in all lighting, and looking different as I walked to different rooms at work or home.  The silver flakes were more prominent and more pretty than what the camera captured, but they did tend to look silver more than holo.

Dollish Polish True Believer
window-filtered bright daylight
In the bright lights of my mani table, True Believer was opaque at 2 coats.  IRL and in these photos, though, 2 coats left some thinner patches near my cuticle line, so 3 would probably be a better plan for next time.

Dollish Polish True Believer with stamping nail art
outdoor, bright sunlight
If a polish is gonna go around with a galaxy look and an out-there name, obviously it needs some outer space nail art to go with it.  I've used the planets & stars on strings motif from BM-610 and Emily de Molly silver holo stamping polish for great sparkle.

Dollish Polish True Believer
window-filtered overcast daylight
Rating:  4 out of 5 stars, this is a great color that wore nicely.  I'm really glad I picked up this half of the collab box!

Where to buy:  yeah, again I'm wearing an LE that was one-and-done...stalk those destashes to find a bottle of this one.

~Michelle

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