Monday, February 27, 2017

Dreamland Everything I Do

Like The Search is Over, Everything I Do was released for pre-order in January by Missouri-based indie polish maker Dreamland Artisan Nail Lacquer as part of the Power Ballads collection. The name of this polish comes from the 1991 song "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" by Canadian singer/songwriter Bryan Adams.

Everything I Do is a pink microglitter bomb with a pink jelly base that is packed with holographic microglitters. The color immediately reminded me of one of my favorite pinks, Baker-Miller pink, but it's slightly cooler and rosier in tone, more of a Persian pink, a bright, fresh medium-light pink with a creamy aspect. The holographic microglitters give it a delicately stippled look and display a scintillating twinkle even in low light, tiny sparks in rainbow colors. In the sun they explode into a dazzling field of full prismatic sparkle.

Application was fantastic. The consistency of Everything I Do is fluid, light and smooth with a medium consistency and a fluent, even, self-leveling glide over the nail that is very easy to work with and has none of the stickiness that I often associate with jelly-ish polishes. Coverage is provided in some part by the microglitters, and I'd rate it at very good to excellent. Hints of sheerness on the first coat build easily to wearable opacity and full bottle color with the second. Cleanup is easy. Everything I Do dries naturally in very good time to a flat finish with a gentle sandy texture that is easily smoothed by a single layer of topcoat, which also serves to enhance the presence and prismatic sparkle of the microglitters.

Photos show two coats of Everything I Do over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.


Dreamland Everything I Do


Dreamland Everything I Do


Dreamland Everything I Do (so sparkly that my camera wouldn't focus!)


Dreamland Everything I Do


Dreamland Everything I Do


Dreamland Everything I Do


Dreamland Everything I Do


Dreamland Everything I Do


Dreamland Everything I Do


Dreamland Everything I Do


Dreamland Everything I Do


Dreamland Everything I Do


Dreamland Everything I Do

A wonderful sparkly springtime pink, so girly and fresh! I've been a fan of Noelie's microglitters from early in her Smitten Polish days, they are always superbly formulated and so easy to work with -- as is this polish. I love the creaminess of the color, it reminds me of petunias and makes me want to go out and plant container gardens full of blooming annuals.



Spring feels like it has pretty much arrived here in central NC. Now that I've said that, see if we don't have some kind of freak snow in March....

love,
Liz

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