Colores de Carol The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight

Konačno mi je stigla dugo očekivana porudžbina sa Lakodom sajta. U pretprodaji sam uzela svoje prve Colores de Carol lakove i naravno da sam odmah morala da probam neki od njih (i u najboljim danima je bila retkost da blogujem o laku onog dana kada sam ga namazala, ali ovo je jedan od tih izuzetaka). Već godinama sam u potrazi za dobrim jarkim narandžastim holo lakom. Kada sam videla slike The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight pomislila sam da je potraga gotova. Da li je zaista tako?

My long awaited preorder from Lakodom finally arrived this week. I have gotten my first Colores de Carol polishes and I had to try one of them ASAP (even in my best days I seldom blogged about a polish on the day I used it, but this is one of those exceptions). I have been looking for a good bright orange holo polish. When I saw Colores de Carol The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight in photos, I thought my search was over. But was it?

Znam da su topli holosi teži za pravljenje jer holo pigment hoće da zasivi boju, ali The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight uopšte nije narandžast, čak ni zasivljeno narandžast. Ciglast je, što znači da je crven. Ne bunim se protiv boje, samo nije ono što sam očekivala da bude (nisam proverila CdC sajt). Drugi problem kod ovakvih holosa je što bazna boja može da zamaskira holo efekat i to je ovde slučaj. Plavi i zeleni delovi duge se uopšte ne vide, ali ovo mi manje smeta jer je lak toliko svetlucav. Na suncu se ne vidi, ali lak sadrži i crvene ljuspice. One se vide u senci, odnosno na indirektnom svetlu tako da Strašilo izgleda potpuno drugačije na suncu i u senci, a oba izgleda su upečatljiva. Lak je pigmentisan, ali ne gust, tako da na kratkim noktima poput mojih može proći kao jednoslojac. Imam zamerku na četkicu. Pljosnata je i zaobljenog vrha, ali nije ravna već se širi pri vrhu, što otežava nanošenje. Uspela sam nekako da se snađem, ali tokom mazanja sam se zamazala više nego što je uobičajeno.

I know that warm holos are more difficult to make because holo pigment tends to grey-out the base colour, but The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight is not orange at all, not even greyed out. It is brick red. I don't mind the colour, it just isn't what I expected (didn't check CdC website). The other problem these holos tend to have is the base colour masking the holo effect, and that is the case here. You can't see the blue and green parts of the rainbow, but this I don't mind as much because look how sparkly it is. You can't see it in sunlight, but ths polish also contains red flakies. They are visible in shade and indirect light, so Scarecrow looks uite different in direct and indirect light, and both looks are striking. The polish is pigmented, but not thick, so on short nails like mine it can be a one-coater. My only real complaint is the brush. It is flat and rounded at the top, but it is not straight, it tapers towards the end, which makes application difficult. I somehow managed to paint my nails, but I made more mess than usual.

Slike su snimljene na direktnom suncu. Imam dva sloja laka i nemam nadlak. Nosila sam bazu, koju je lak probio i opako mi obojio nokte.

Photos were taken in direct sunlight. I have two coats of polish and no top coat. I wore base coat, which the polish penetrated and severely stained my nails.