Say what, another post today? Why yes it is!! I'm excited to introduce a fellow nail blogger, Lacquer Slacker Liz. Her blog is always a pleasure to read daily because she is incredibly eloquent and has wonderful swatches and layering combinations. She's helping me out by presenting to you the last Hare Polish from The Tropics Are Calling collection, called Mad Chill. This is perfect timing for today's #31DC2013 Blue Challenge.
It's all yours Liz!!
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This is my first guest post ever and I am commensurately thrilled
and proud to be asked. Especially by Thithi, who has been so helpful and
encouraging to me starting out as a polish blogger.
Thithi's
been doing a fabulous job featuring Hare Polish's latest collection,
The Tropics Are Calling, here on pretty tough nails. So far you've seen Neon Palm, Dancing Bird of Paradise, Washed Ashore and Flight of the Flamingos.
Today I have for you the final polish from that collection, Mad Chill.
Mad Chill is a royal blue jelly polish filled with neon blue, ice blue
and white glitters in various shapes and sizes plus silver
microglitters and silvery shimmer. I like to layer glitter polishes so
I set out to pick a royal blue to serve as underwear for Mad Chill.
I decided on Sation Suede Shoes, a medium royal blue shimmer polish with
scattered silvery shimmer flecks. Suede Shoes is a bit sheer with
buildable coverage, and I used two coats plus a topcoat of Seche Vite as
a base for Mad Chill. Were I to wear this by itself, I would definitely
apply a third coat.
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| Sation Suede Shoes By Lacquer Slacker Liz |
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| Sation Suede Shoes By Lacquer Slacker Liz |
I applied two coats of Mad Chill over my Suede Shoes manicure and
added two coats of Seche Vite to smooth the glitters. I did have a few
instances of glitter stacking with Mad Chill, but I attribute this more
to user error (overmanipulating the polish) than to any fault with the
formula of Mad Chill, which I thought was excellent. There were a few
errant glitters wanting to hang on the free edge of a couple of nails.
My remedy was to gently file them away with a glass file and a rounding
motion like the one used to seal the free edge of the nail after filing.
I did this in between the two coats of Seche Vite, so that with the
second any tiny scrapes would be coated and camouflaged. It worked quite
well.
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| Hare Mad Chill By Lacquer Slacker Liz |
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| Hare Mad Chill By Lacquer Slacker Liz |
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| Hare Mad Chill By Lacquer Slacker Liz |
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| Hare Mad Chill By Lacquer Slacker Liz |
Mad Chill is a gorgeous highly decorative polish. On the nail it is
a brilliant saturated sapphire, the kind of color that makes you hold
your hand out at arm's length and waggle your fingers while gazing at
them in blissful fascination. I love Nikole's ability to
combine analogous colors, and she does it beautifully here. The blues
she uses in Mad Chill give the impression of an iced Blue Curaçao
liqueur cocktail, exotic and maybe a little dangerous. The glitters and
shimmer appear to float over the blue pigmented base. This polish
has amazing depth, reminding me of tissue paper collage. The silver
microglitter is very reflective and sparkly in direct light and plays
very well with the opacity of the colored glitters.
All
in all a beautiful and engaging polish as you'd expect from Hare, and
such fun to wear. I especially love those square glitters, they really
hit my sweet spot!
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Wow! Fantastic job Liz!! I really love your choice of base color and your pics of Mad Chill really show off its multifaceted sparkling gorgeousness.
Hopefully you've enjoyed this post, and if all goes well, we'll be seeing more of Liz from Lacquer Slacker Liz. Big thanks to Liz for helping me out!!
