Lacquer Slacker Liz: Lavish Polish Pumpkin Patch

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Lavish Polish Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Patch was just released this month by California-based indie polish maker Lavish Polish as part of the Fall 2016 collection. While creator Emely describes this a burnt orange holo, the color is a little brighter and cleaner than what I usually think of for burnt orange. I'd call it a medium-toned Spanish orange, a beautiful, robust, grounded shade with enough red to it to make it perfectly resonant for fall. Abundant finely-milled holographic pigment reads as pale gold within the base and creates a shimmering effect in certain viewing circumstances, with a demi-flare of misty marigold, flame and delicate hints of violet in ambient light. In the sun, there's a sparkling linear prismatic display that has a whisper-thin inner arc of azure and spring green mixed edged by a sparkling ribbon of orange and red, the whole floating over a glistening lick of semi-metallic silvery orange.

Application was fantastic. The consistency of Pumpkin Patch is fluid, light and super smooth with a medium viscosity and a fluent, silky, self-leveling slip over the nail -- a user-friendly creme/jelly hybrid sort of formula that is a pleasure to work with. Pigmentation is excellent for a formula with a degree of translucence built into it. It's actually wearably opaque in one coat. Adding a second deepens the color and gives it a denser look, and that's what I recommend. Cleanup is easy. Pumpkin Patch dries naturally in very good time to a smooth, shiny finish. Topcoat does not affect the holographic properties in any way.

Photos show two coats of Pumpkin Patch over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Lavish Polish Pumpkin Patch

Lavish is new to me and I'm loving this gorgeous autumnal orange holo! I was enticed to explore the brand for myself by Amy McG.'s review of the Fall 2016 collection on Polish Etc., here. Based on my experience with Pumpkin Patch, I totally agree with her praise. I'm looking forward to trying the others that I purchased!

xo,
Liz

2 comments:

AnonymousOctober 28, 2016 at 9:34 AM
I have seen several holo orange polishes that have come out this Autumn and this is one of the prettiest! Your photos of it showing off its holo-ness are superb. It makes me want to clear out all my crème polishes and textures and glitters and all - and replace it all with holos, lol. Well, that won't happen, but still! I do appreciate most of the different finishes / styles of polish, but, wow, holos like this one are mesmerizing.
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