Picture Polish Cosmos

More blue nail polish! Here is another of my very favorite blues, Cosmos by Picture Polish. Picture Polish is an indie Australian brand that sources all of their ingredients in Australia. Awesome! As you would expect from thoughtful and proud formulators, their polishes are of excellent quality and are much sought after here in the US. They aren't cheap, of course, but that's to be expected.

Cosmos is a rich limitless dark blue polish full of holographic flecks. The formula is Perfection with a capital P. I swatched it back before I started this blog, right after I first started getting into nail polish and I remember being absolutely shocked at how smoothly and beautifully it applied. It practically paints itself onto your nails and dries to a silky smooth finish with a bit of squish to it that is just SCRUMPTIOUS. Dark blue is a particularly elegant color for nail polish, I think. The sparkly fleckishness of Cosmos adds complexity and some real big fun to the elegance of the color. This one is totally wearable at all times.

Picture Polish Cosmos bottle shot

Picture Polish Cosmos all sparkly and stuff

Picture Polish Cosmos

Picture Polish Cosmos

Picture Polish Cosmos

Picture Polish Cosmos

Picture Polish Cosmos

Picture Polish Cosmos

Picture Polish Cosmos

Picture Polish Cosmos

Picture Polish Cosmos

How about them apples, eh?

I remember using a basecoat, two coats of Cosmos and no topcoat (I was very enamoured with the finish, which you'll have to experience in person to see what I mean about squishiness -- it doesn't show in my pics or any pics of this polish that I've seen now that I think about it). That's a total of only three layers of polish and probably accounts for the in-your-face nail ridge visibility. But it is TDF even with ridges. 

I've packed two other Picture Polishes to bring with me, one red and one dark purple. Hopefully we'll have time to try one of them!

love,
Aunt Liz