Femme Fatale Chirp

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The frosty weather certainly has me in a blue polish mood. I mean, if my fingertips are already going to be blue...

Femme Fatale Chirp
indoor, bright CF lighting
Chirp was Femme Fatale's September 2016 color of the month, which tells you that I have a huuuuge pile of untrieds to sift through.  Chirp is a lightly greyed-out lavender with a vibrant aqua-blue shimmer overlay, and a dusting of very tiny holo microglitters.

Femme Fatale Chirp
outdoor, direct bright sunlight
The formula here had a very nice consistency but was a touch sheer, needing 3 coats for total opacity (2 was good, 3 was perfect).  Sales swatches had this color a more vibrant lavender, so it's possible this has faded some in the past year+, but the bottle still matches the swatch stick I made when I got it, so I don't think that's the case. 

Femme Fatale Chirp
indoor, window-filtered daylight
I recently picked up some Marianne stamping plates from an international group buy.  The design here is from Professional No 10, which is a series of brocade-like flowing scrolls etched in broad stripes down the whole plate, with a total area for any one pattern longer than your whole finger and wide enough for any nail.  It's a fantastic way to make each nail clearly be part of the same cloth pattern, yet not symmetrically identical.  The gunmetal pewter of MoYou London Galaxy somehow picked up a pinkish sheen on top of Chirp, totally changing the look of both polishes.

Femme Fatale Chirp
indoor, bright CF lighting
Rating:  3 out of 5 stars.  This lovely winter-spring pastel (and that blue flash!) wore a little too quickly for me, and things have to be utterly amazing to warrant that 3rd coat.

Where to buy:  these monthly colors are usually one batch & done, so hunt blog sales & destashes if Chirp is calling your name.

~Michelle

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