Tuesday 22 October 2013

Picture Polish Imperial

Lately I did not follow the news of Picture Polish closely so I was totally surprised to find a new collaboration shade released - this time round created with the famous Swatchaholic. It is a vivid nearly glowing purple filled with small golden glitter and infused with bright ultraviolet shimmer.



the above picture is taken indoors in daylight, all others outside in the sun






I applied three coats of Imperial over Essence Hardening Nail Base. Now to be honest, you easily can get away with two coats but yours truly messed up the second coat (no idea how this could happen) hence a third coat was needed to cover my clumsiness. The formula is the impeccable Picture Polish formula I am loving so much. What you see above is how my nails looked like without any clean-up!!! Dry time was also quick and it dried (as expected with all that glitter and shimmer) not entirely dull but "satine". I added Essence Better Than Gel Nails Top Sealer to get that glossy high shine finish.

Final thought: what a unique stunner!!!  Once more Picture Polish teamed up with one great Blogger (I admire the Swatchaholic since my days before blogging) to release a seasonless, out of the box beauty!!! 

I ordered Picture Polish Imperiale with Pshiiit Boutique.

I look forward to reading your comments - thanks for visiting!!!
Christine

12 comments:

  1. Beautiful! I love this shade of purple. Your photo stood out in the sea of photos on my blogger dashboard:)

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    1. Hi Essie, thank you :-)!! Imperial also stood out on my hands, people were mesmerized by the purple force - LOL xxx

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  2. I agree with you! what a total unique and beautiful polish! :D

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    1. Thank you dear Gelic, sometimes I think we get a bit spoiled with what a polish needs to perform but Imperial beats them all ;-)

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  3. Wowza !! This is VERY pretty!!

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  4. Ohhh this is so beautiful! It reminds me of that week you featured a bunch of gorgeous orchid purples. I've been hoping you'd swatch this and it looks amazing on you! And that twinkle in that last photo... <3<3<3

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    1. Hi sis - thank you so much - once more it shows great minds think alike - when swatching this I did think I should embark on another purple week!!! So decision taken - next week will be purple!! <3

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  5. Now that is one impressive purple! Makes me think you aren't shy?? :P Definitely an attention-getter. <3

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    1. Hi Melissa - thank you xxx!!! Well to be very honest, nope I am not shy, in the contrary which has caused me my fair share of trouble in its own right, I tell you.... some restraint would have been in order on more than one occasion ;-P

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  6. This looks like such a fun, wacky polish! I love the golden glitters!

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  7. Thank you so much for your gorgeous swatches! :) I am so happy that you love Imperial and thank you so much for your kind words! <3 :)

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