June 4, 2014

Picture Polish- Imperial [Swatch]


Today I have Picture Polish- Imperial to show you! This is one of the first Picture Polishes that caught my eye...long before I ever owned any of the brand. It's a collaboration shade by The Swatchaholic (as it says on the packaging!).



Imperial is a medium, royal purple base filled with blue shimmer and gold hex glitter.  It's hard for me to decide whether this is a cool or warm-leaning purple, since the shimmer is definitely cool, and does change the overall temperature of the color, I think.

The blue you see at the bottom of the bottle above is just sunken blue shimmer. You could turn this one upside down for a while prior to use, but I still got enough blue shimmer without doing that...although my swatches don't really show it- gah!

Artificial light, two coats:


Window-filtered daylight:



(I think the weird lines on the nail are from lotion that I failed to completely remove before photos- sorry!)

Outside, shade:




Formula: It is pretty damn nice. There's not much to say.  It glides on in a buttery way, and is opaque in two coats!




What do you think?

8 comments:

  1. Erin OrtizJune 5, 2014 at 8:33 AM

    What a beautiful polish, I have been on such a purple kick lately and this one is gorgeous :)

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  2. June 5, 2014 at 9:42 AM

    That is beaautiful!

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  3. Lisa N.June 5, 2014 at 11:11 AM

    What a pretty purple. I like the bits of glitter floating around it as well.

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  4. EstivaliaJune 6, 2014 at 11:52 AM

    As always, gorgeous pictures! A friend of mine has this one, and it's super pretty! I think I'll need to get me some Picture Polish too :)

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  5. CaitJune 7, 2014 at 12:33 AM

    Thaaank you! You definitely need this one if you get some Picture Polish!

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  6. CaitJune 7, 2014 at 12:34 AM

    I love the mix of glitter in this!

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  7. CaitJune 7, 2014 at 12:34 AM

    I want to wear it again already!

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  8. CaitJune 7, 2014 at 12:34 AM

    Oh man, I am on a purple kick too- it's BAD! Purple solidarity!

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