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?
What a beautiful polish, I have been on such a purple kick lately and this one is gorgeous :)
ReplyThat is beaautiful!
ReplyWhat a pretty purple. I like the bits of glitter floating around it as well.
ReplyAs 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 :)
ReplyThaaank you! You definitely need this one if you get some Picture Polish!
ReplyI love the mix of glitter in this!
ReplyI want to wear it again already!
ReplyOh man, I am on a purple kick too- it's BAD! Purple solidarity!
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