After any really dramatic color, I have a tendency to swing back to something on the opposite end of the color spectrum, and the recent spate of sunlight meant that a sparkly holo was called for.
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| indoor, CF lighting |
Femme Fatale released Upon Seafoam as part of a collection inspired by Botticelli's Venus, all of which were beautiful colors true to the painting's palette. Seafoam is exactly that - a soft, cool aqua - packed with a warm metallic pink shimmer and a shimmery scattered holo that stops juuuust short of being linear.
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| outdoor, rainy/overcast daylight |
This polish changed its look in different lighting, appearing a little more pale or a little more saturated depending on the angle (see above). My swatch photos, as with the way it looked IRL were quite soft and pale as compared to the official swatch pics at the time this was launched in 2016. I don't think my bottle is faded, though, because my swatch stick made at the time I bought it are the same shade I'm showing here, and still matches what's in the bottle. In other words, if you're able to find this one, expect it to be a cool soft shade and not a saturated teal.
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| outdoor, overcast daylight |
I'm showing 2 coats here, which was all that was needed for complete coverage. The first coat went on with that perfect spun sugar texture of really shimmery glittery holos, and overall this was quite opaque considering it's a pastel.
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| indoor, bright incandescent lighting |
Though I'd reached for a holo due to the sunny weather the day I painted, we promptly had nothing but rain the whole time I was wearing Upon Seafoam. The holo sparkle isn't at all shy, though, and leapt out even in bright indoor lighting. The overly ruddy skintone my basement incandescent lights produced isn't at all kind, but the holo flare and color is accurate.
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| outdoor, rainy/overcast daylight |
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| indoor, CF lighting |
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars, a yummy spun sugar confection. This is an aqua shade just perfect for my skintone, every so slightly grey and desaturated so that I never had lobster hands (except under lighting conditions that do that regardless of my polish color). This wore decently well, and though the ultra teeny holo glitters give a suggestion of visual texture, they weren't at all difficult to remove.
Where to buy: keep an eye on destashes or blog sales for this slightly older color.
~Michelle
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