Hi everyone! When it comes to indie polishes, I have a special place in my heart for Contrary Polish. I love that Carrie, the maker, focuses on cremes with gorgeous shimmers. While many other indie creators are making glitter bombs, holos, thermals, and neons, Contrary Polish has focused on a type of polish that is often overlooked - that's changing of course, but you get the picture I hope.
When I saw this current collection, I made sure to get it as soon as it became available. It's not too often that I do that! I was really attracted to the vibrant and rich colours, and swatching them only confirmed how awesome they are. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!
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| Contrary Polish Color Context Collection |
About the collection: The Color Context collection is a trio of polishes that are cremes with vibrant shimmers. They play off the idea of simple colour theory: red + yellow = orange, blue + red = purple, and blue + yellow = green. It's possible to place two colours next to each other so that they are optically mixed by the eye. That was the whole idea behind the art movement
Pointillism and the work of artists like Seurat. So basically, the shimmer "optically mixes" with the base colour to change the overall colour of the polish. I'm not sure if I needed to explain all that but I've read other reviews that say this idea is "complicated", but it's not really. Just read on...
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| Contrary Polish Color Context Collection |
Blood Orange has a vibrant red base - a red that leans towards magenta - as well as a gold-orange shimmer. The overall look of the polish is a vivid burnt orange. The shimmer in this one is gorgeous, it has that "lit from within" look when the light catches it. Also, the shimmer really does change the overall look of the polish - it's quite neat actually.
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| Contrary Polish Blood Orange |
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| Contrary Polish Blood Orange |
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| Contrary Polish Blood Orange (direct light) |
Greenhouse is hands down my favourite of the collection. It has a teal blue base with a gold shimmer - the overall look of the polish is a beautiful green, almost an emerald green. It's stunning because you can see the blue base peaking out, especially around the edges. Like Blood Orange it has that "lit from within" look and it just glows when the light hits it - swoon! :)
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| Contrary Polish Greenhouse |
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| Contrary Polish Greenhouse |
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| Contrary Polish Greenhouse (direct light) |
This polish is so gorgeous it deserves and extra picture... :)
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| Contrary Polish Greenhouse (direct light) |
Indigo Rose is a dark blue indigo base with a pink/purple shimmer. Overall, it has a bit of a purple look to it, however, the colour change on this one is not as noticeable as the others. It's still a gorgeous colour and gorgeous shimmer, I just think the shimmer is more vibrant with the other two.
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| Contrary Polish Indigo Rose |
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| Contrary Polish Indigo Rose |
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| Contrary Polish Indigo Rose (direct light) |
About the formula: The formula is the exact same on all three. I used two coats plus top coat for all swatches. I found the formula on these to be a tad thick, but still manageable. I did a thin first coat, and a thicker second coat and that seemed to work out well. But overall they level well and I didn't have any issues with streaking or patches.
What do you think of this collection? Have you tried Contrary Polish?
I bought these from
Llarowe, but check the
Contrary Polish blog for links to other retailers.
I NEVER liked art at all-except for pointilism-that I found so very intriguing and cool as all get out! I am totally lemming this collection~ MUST have!
ReplyDeleteOh no, don't say you don't like art... I'm an art historian, lol! ;-) About the polishes, I totally recommend this collection, I own several Contrary polishes, and these are by far my favourite, and I really love the other ones I have!
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