Lacquer Slacker Liz: Rescue Beauty Lounge Oliveto

Monday, April 13, 2015

Rescue Beauty Lounge Oliveto

Oliveto was released by indie polish maker Rescue Beauty Lounge as part of the Italian Summer collection in August 2014. This is a creamy medium olive green with subtle hints of grey to it bearing ultrafine particulate shimmers in blue and purple. The olive has a very soft, slightly muted quality that reminds me of French green clay, the kind that's used in skin care. The shimmers are really lovely, and give the polish an ethereal lavender sheen that adds to its softness. I was surprised by how very delicate Oliveto is on the nail. I usually think of olive as a robust, organic color, but this one is almost dainty, especially in indirect light. Direct light brightens the color considerably.

Application was very agreeable. The consistency of Oliveto is fluid, light and creamy with a smooth, self-leveling flow over the nail. I found it to be very user friendly, amenable to ultra thin coats and all of the various finagling I end up doing during application. Pigmentation is good, slightly sheer on the first coat but evening up to wearable coverage on the second. I wasn't quite satisfied with the opacity on my nails at two coats so I added a third, but it didn't alter the color at all. Cleanup was easy and straightforward. Oliveto dries naturally in good time to a smooth, shiny finish. Topcoat seems to enhance the effects of the shimmers, which is a good thing.

Photos show three coats of Oliveto over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. Please excuse the ding!

Rescue Beauty Lounge Oliveto

Oliveto was inspired by the olive trees that Ji experienced during a trip to Italy. I've never been to Italy but I have been to Spain and well remember the rows of olive trees marching over the dusty hills.