Sweet Baby Octopolish!

Apparently, it's blue week around here, because one just wasn't enough.  This round went darker but still sparkly with Blue-Eyed Girl Bound to the City Life. indoor, bright CF lighting Bound to the City Life is a rich, deep blue with just a touch of teal.  The jelly formula builds quickly, opaque enough in 2 coats, but with a matte finish that absolutely needs topcoating.  The ultra tiny holo microglitters were unusually topcoat hungry, drying down to a slightly gritty texture and needing a 2nd layer of topcoat the next morning. window-filtered overcast daylight This shade of blue is right up my alley and looks great with my skintone. outdoor, bright afternoon sunlight The holo-y twinkles were shy in all but the brightest lighting, otherwise looking like dim stars in a midnight background.  Here's a blurred-out shot to show the overall quantity of rainbows: indoor, bright CF lighting, blurry for holo (is that like kookoo for cocoa puffs??) I w...

Dear whoever blogger recently aimed me toward Blue-Eyed Girl's lovely polishes, thanks, you rock. bright sunlight Together Dead and Lonely (named for a lyric from the Phoenix song 'Rome' that I hadn't heard until now ) is described by the maker as "a black jelly with silver and red holographic microglitters."  I found this to be more of a crelly - this gorgeously glossy melted glass black was almost fully opaque after one coat, and it needed a layer of topcoat to get that devastating shine. TDL dried down to a satiny matte finish that still had a very subtle texture with one layer of topcoat; 2 layers was needed for it to be smooth to the touch. bright CF lighting Though some of the microglitters were indeed definitely red, to my eye the rest appeared green, sort of christmas in a bottle until the sun hit and broke all the colors to tiny rainbows. direct sunlight.  sooooooooooo shiny! shady, overcast daylight Rating: 5 out of 5 stars...