Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Razzle Dazzle was released by Deborah Lippmann as part of its All That Jazz Trio collection for fall 2010. It's described on DeborahLippmann.com as a "darkened raspberry sizzle," which is a cool visceral sort of descriptor plus it rhymes with fo' shizzle, which gets bonus donuts as a point of humor and ditty generator. Hey, it's all good! Razzle Dazzle is a deep almost blackened raspberry jelly bursting with tiny red hex glitters and microglitters that shimmer through the dark berry layers like a carpet of infinitesimal rubies. Thanks to the darkened coloring and tone on tone glitters, this is a discreet glitter polish that is also glamorous, dramatic and breathtakingly beautiful. In shade, a slight glimmer here and there hints at the potential of this polish. Take it into direct light, especially direct sunlight, and you'll have all the rococo grandeur of a sequined gown.

Application was a study. My bottle has been marinating in my collection for some time now and possibly I should have added a bit of polish thinner to it. The consistency is dense and slightly oily. Applying the first coat had all the niceties of smearing raspberry jam onto my finger nails with a tiny flexible brush and looked like it too. Taking a cue, I loaded the brush more copiously for the second coat, which was rewarded by a surprisingly decent opacity. A third coat made it even better, better opacity, better depth of sparkles and more of them. Cleanup was a pain and I had to stop taking pictures in mid-session and go back to it because, you know, the macro sees all. Most of the trouble had to do with escape artist microglitters that just seemed to fling themselves out of the polish and onto my skin.

Razzle Dazzle dries naturally in very good time to a fairly smooth, flat finish that definitely wants a topcoat to pop the color, provide the glossy finish this beauty deserves and protect the composition of the polish. Without topcoat, the glitters at the surface of the polish will wear to silver over time. 

Photos show three coats of Razzle Dazzle over treatment and basecoat with a nice thick topcoat of Seche le Vite.

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Oh Razzle Dazzle, shall I compare thee to a darkened raspberry sizzle? Thou art more chic and seductive, fo' shizzle. Umm, yeah. Dark charmer, poetry in motion, Shakespeare would love this polish. And so would John Keats. I know I do! And it wears pretty well also, as I've scrubbed out the dog's water bucket in the pen and three concrete birdbaths and it didn't break a sweat. I've read that it stains upon removal, but I had no problems with staining. It isn't at easy to remove as regular polish, but I didn't have to break out the foil or anything. Hooray!

xo,
Liz