Besides producing an excellent resource for polish lovers, Liz is full to bursting with vibrant enthusiasm and golden-hearted generosity, and it has been my greatest pleasure in blogging to get to know this fellow color lover and lacquer loony. (Sorry not sorry for all the sappy sap... sometimes you just gotta get down with your feels ;) ) Behold, and enjoy!!
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Thanks so much, Marisa, for welcoming me to Tiny Twinklings!
I'm
totally psyched to be guesting here as I'm a huge fan! I'm afraid I
won't be able to duplicate Marisa's engaging, whimsical style or her
beautiful prose, but we share a serious enthusiasm for color as a
replenishing source of joy that feeds the soul as well as the eyes. The
featured polish for my post is one that I purchased specifically with
Marisa in mind, long before she asked me to guest post, because it does
exactly that.
An Edgy Ocean Dream was created by indie polish maker CrowsToes exclusively for international etailer Edgy Polish in Sweden. I came across this beauty on Be Happy and Buy Polish and
was immediately smitten. Sending away for a polish from Sweden is a bit
of an extravagance, but as Jessica said in her review, this one is
worth it. Described very simply as a "mid-tone aqua holo with a
highlight of golden flecks," this is a gorgeous complex holographic
polish in a vibrant medium-light aqua enriched by superabundant golden
flakes. The reflective flakes take on a gleaming pale sea green look
from the base color, giving the polish a lush tropical south sea vibe,
and add a beautiful burnished foily speckled look to the polish in
indirect light and shade. In direct sun there is a magnificent linear
prismatic display with a blazing central flame of cerulean blue edged by
sparkling bands of aqua, green, yellow and red, all floating over a
semi-metallic flash of pale sea green. So gorgeous!
Application
was a pleasure. The consistency of An Edgy Ocean Dream is fluid,
full-bodied and dense with flakes. It has a certain thickness because of
that, but nevertheless goes on with a creamy, self-leveling flow over
the nail. Pigmentation is very good, with completely even opaque
coverage in two medium coats, which is what I used for this manicure.
Cleanup is fairly straightforward with a little bit of stickiness on the
part of the golden flakes. An Edgy Ocean Dream dries naturally in very
good time to a silky smooth, shiny finish. Topcoat does not diminish the
holographic effects in any way.
Photos show
two coats of An Edgy Ocean Dream over Seche Rebuild treatment and Pretty
Serious All Your Base basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.
What did I tell you? Just wonderful and totally worth the postage
from Sweden. It got here really quickly, too. I love the complexity of
greens and blues and the semi-tarnished foily finish that is created by
the inclusion of the gold flakes with the holographic formula -- they
play together so very well. And the name is perfect, no?
Thanks for reading!
love,
Liz
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I just want to thank our lovely Liz again for guest posting during this insane time of my life. An angel, indeed!!! And how gorgeous is this polish?! I sometimes think Liz might be clairvoyant; really, it was like she premeditated me when she proposed this lacquer as our guest star. She'd already known I'd love it when I didn't even know it existed, haha! I, too, am enthralled with this inspiring name, its physical manifestation, and of course the permeating Swedish-ness of it all... I'm a fourth Swedish myself, and the fact that this polish comes exclusive from the charming city of Malmö is quite compelling to the imagination. How luxurious!
I see I have disappointingly few personal photos of Malmö, but voilà, here I am with Santiago Calatrava's infamous Turning Torso. I had just graduated high school and was excited to be starting architecture school; now, five years later, I am about to graduate college, and am excited to be soon starting out in the profession for realsies. Funny how things come full circle, isn't it?
XOXO
Marisa + Sprinklepuff
