Monday 24 February 2014

Cadilacquer Seek the Fire

I am very exited to do a full week of Cadillacquer polishes!!! Madeleine released mid-February her Collection for Spring 2014 named Seek the Fire inspired by a video game.

I give a head start with the name sake polish from this collection - Seek the Fire. This is a mid-tone blue jelly filled with red glitter. Sounds simple - you agree? But then the simplest things can be the most captivating - look:






I applied two coats of Cadillacquer Seek the Fire over my regular base coat. The formula is a true jelly though well pigmented and while the first coat looks sheer (AND even) the second coat provides opacity and still enough see-through for the glitters to remain visible. Dry time is normal. Once dry, the jelly is incredibly shiny though the glitter gives a slightly uneven finish.  Slapping on a "healthy dose" of Glisten&Glow HK Girl Top Coat evened out any bumpiness and maintained the high shine.

And since this high shine was really distracting from the beautiful color combination I mattified the whole thingy - but mind you, I ran out of matte-matte Top Coat so I went for this wax finish which finally grows on me more and more if used over a glitter mani. I applied one coat of Cult Nails Wax That.


Final thoughts: I repeat my statement from the beginning of this post - sometimes the simplest things can look best and since I love blue and red seeing the two of them thrown together Seek the Fire was a clear must-have for me! The dusty blue prevents this polish from shifting into cartoon area and keeps it despite the "loud" color combination safely on classy and mature level. Very work appropriate for me!

I order my Cadillacquer polishes directly from their own Bigcartel site here.

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

9 comments:

  1. This is sooooo unique! I love it so much. Okay...going on my wish list...and I haven't added anything to that in a long time!!!

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    1. Awwwww hi Essie (consider me squealing)!!! Thank you <3!! And awesome that I could tempt you to bring forward your wishlist - but don't yet put it back in that drawer - the week only started ;-)

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  2. OMG, this is totally what I've been looking for! I just love blue polishes filled with red glitter. I'm so happy you decided to show this! :D

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    1. Thank you sweetie xxx!!! This is really a very Gelic color combination and with your beautiful long nails you have so much more room to show it off!!!

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  3. Haha, so interesting! I'm showing the opposite today: a red polish with blue glitters ;)
    This is totally unique!! I love how you've mattified it!

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    1. Hi love - you are RIGHT we show reversed manis!!! I was too thick apparently to realize, I was so exited and smitten by that red of yours ;-). And thank you, indeed I liked the mattified a lot as well <3

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  4. Wow I have NEVER seen a polish like that!!! It looks beautiful on you Christine!!! :) xx

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    1. Thank you dear Em! I cannot get over the simplicity and yet its uniqueness, so we sing that song together ;-)

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    2. I completely agree! There is just something about it!

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