Hey everyone! Today I have a swatch and some nail art featuring Picture Polish- Ornate for you!




This is a newly-released blogger collaboration shade created by A Lacquered Affair!



Ornate is a muted, dusty warm purple (soft plum?) base with soft scattered holo in classic PP formulation, as well as bright, magenta pink small hex and a couple sizes of gold/bronze hexagonal glitter.

Here's what the Picture Polish website has to say:

"From Baroque majestic to Indian grandeur to Italian splendour, the centuries-old marriage of purple and intricate gold motif is as resplendent on royalty and the wealthy as it is on your nails."

Artificial light, two coats: 



Closer!




Of course a polish named "Ornate" demands some adornment, and this was the result!

The stamping is from MoYou London- Fashionista 08, stamped with Essie- Penny Talk. I can't remember where those particular studs comes from since I've had them so long, but they are pretty small- and a beautiful coppery rose gold color!



It's a lovely polish! I have to say, though, that I found the holo to be super subtle, even in sunlight. There's plenty of other gorgeousness going on here, though, so I'm really not bothered by it!


Formula: It's great- exactly what I've grown to expect from this Picture Polish scattered holo finish. It was nearly opaque and smooth in one buttery, leveling coat, and two coats were perfectly opaque.

It is slightly a bit top coat hungry, I found. It was smooth-ish, but not as glossy as it could be, with one coat of Glisten & Glow- HK Girl. So, I added another coat after the stamping and stud work. It's easy to forget that this has glitter since it's not a glitter-bomb, but it is hard to remove unless you use a peel base. Just a note!