As a hockey player, and lover of winter, I do have a great affinity for ice. Rink ice has a particular smell- cold, obviously, high and crystalline, but also sweet. No matter where I am, when I walk into the rink and breathe in that scent, it feels like coming home. But of course, that's nothing to stepping onto the sheet and feeling my blades fly, hearing a beautiful low rasp as steel slits into freshly surfaced ice. It is enough to bring tears to my eyes, especially after a long year of waiting for winter to return.
"Frozen Heart" is constituent to the *Be Your Own Heroine* collection, the Disney-inspired inaugural release of wonderful new nail lacquer company, Fair Maiden Polish! And such an impressive young brand it is, too! Based out of Minnesota, best friends & FM creators Adrienne and Sarah will be no strangers to the cold. Just wait until I bring out their holiday creations... *swoon*. Until then...
♥ "Cut through the heart, cold and clear // Strike for love and strike for fear // There's beauty and there's danger here // Split the ice apart // Beware the frozen heart..." ♥
"Frozen Heart" is a muted, medium cerulean blue frosted with holographic shimmer and a subtle flash of the finest silvery gold shimmer. It is the green-based, grayed-out blue of a frozen lake, or the Bering Sea. I find "Frozen Heart" to be such a flattering, coolly serene shade. Here in the land of snow, there is no sun to make that holo really sing, but the fact that we can see a flame indoors indicates how vibrant it is (and indeed, the effect is stronger than pictures are willing to disclose). Frigid, freezing, and oh so fantastically beautiful. Brrrrrrilliant. ❄
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| Just look at that shimmehh!!! |
This polish has an almost gel-like application, gliding on with a thickly viscous, satisfyingly self-leveling jelly grace. As such, it is a tad sheer on the first coat, though completely even, and is quite lovely on the second but to eliminate any glow-through, and to build up the color to full intensity, I used three coats for this manicure. "Frozen Heart" dries quite quickly, and like I say, has a nice gliding formula, so it was no travail. In other news, I absolutely adore this here bottle.
"Frozen Heart" and the ten other polishes of the *Be Your Own Heroine* collection may be found at the Fair Maiden website, retailing for $9 each or $85 as a collection (10 full size polishes, plus a bonus holo topcoat!!).
Can't get enough Frozen?? Well we're only on Day 3, so stay tuned! And in case you missed them, here are some glimpses and links to Days 1 & 2: (P.S. *matching bottles*, yaaaay happy helmer!!! :) )
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| Candy Lacquer "Frozen" |
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| Glam Polish "In Summer" |
When was the last time you took a spin on skates (literally or figuratively)? Any other ice lovers out there??
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XOXO
Marisa + Sprinklepuff
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