![]() Officially described as a "deep-sea indigo," this is a very deep pthalo or ultramarine blue bearing abundant pearly microfine particulate shimmers in red and dark blue. In the bottle, where the shimmers tend to adhere to the glass, it does indeed have a shimmery indigo purple appearance, but transforms on the nail to an inky ultramarine. The shimmers give it a silky "creme rinse" look in direct light, where it brightens to a deep blue-violet, but in low light and shade it reads as near black. Sleek and sophisticated, this is a gorgeous polish! The shimmers, which are a little secret squirrel on the nail, work within the polish to produce a subtle glowing dimensionality that is just understated enough to be profoundly glamorous.Īpplication was lovely. My bottle of Russian Navy is not vintage, but the formula has a certain pre-toxin-free vibe, an oily well-balanced viscosity that makes it eminently paintable. It has a velvety, self-leveling glide over the nail and is easy to manipulate with OPI's flattened pro-wide brush. ![]() Pigmentation is very good with completely even opaque coverage in two coats. Cleanup is easy and straightforward, with a bit of pigment travel and some residual staining as you'd expect from dark blue polish. Russian Navy dries naturally in average time to such a glossy finish that it feels redundant to apply topcoat over it. Photos show two coats of Russian Navy over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. Apologies for my cuticles, which look like they've been rode hard and put up wet. They're a little the worse for being manhandled with an orange stick. My intentions were good - my execution not so much. Hard to believe it will be a decade old in a couple of years - it's as beautiful and relevant now as it's ever been. I remember hearing about this polish from my first days of polish enthusiasm. It was one of those lacquers held up as paragons of what a nail polish should be, and someone was always mentioning it in a blog post or a comment. Hard to believe it took me so many years to actually get my hands on it, but I think its reputation was and is still well-deserved, even if it doesn't come up in conversation as much as it used to. Outrageous! Unnatural! And yet, I cannot look away.
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