Femme Fatale Glass Coffin

Today I have a new-to-me brand on the blog today, Femme Fatale! This is an Australian brand and I would say are pretty highly sought after here in the US; they tend to be beautiful collections with a lot of unique color combinations and finishes. Personally, while I don't own many of these polishes, I do find her collections to be some of the most gorgeous and unique coming out today. But anyway, that's my personal opinion-- quite honestly, the world of indie polishes is full of fantastic, beautiful collections so there's also something to catch your fancy!

Glass Coffin (I took this from the Girly Bits website, which has become a Canadian distributor for Femme Fatale) is described as a "(warm) blue to (cool) purple thermal with an envious green shine." Green shine is a polite way of saying "STRONG ASS AMAZEBALLS GREEN SHIMMER". The shimmer is ridiculously strong; it comes close to overpowering the base color in the warm state. Glass Coffin was definitely a bit on the sheer side and I need three coats to achieve the opacity I wanted. The formula was good, though and it went on easily and smoothly. This dries down to a matte finish so you definitely need a top coat to make it nice and shiny! 

I'm really happy to report that even though I bought this polish over a yesr ago, the thermal pigment hasn't destabilized yet and it still changes color! Hopefully you can tell a difference from the pictures above, but the polish is definitely darker and more purple after dunking my fingers in cold water:

In the end, it's really shameful that I waited so long to wear this because Glass Coffin is so gorgeous. Thermals are so much fun to wear and I love how intense the shimmer is. I think I prefer this in its cold state but the warm state is also pretty. Plus I am really impressed it still changes color even after sitting in a drawer for a year! I was expecting it to have settled into the cold state so I was pretty happy about that. Now I can't wait to try my other Femme Fatales!

May The Fourth Be With You!

Better late than never, right? Most of you will probably see this on May 5th, but whatever. If you are a Star Wars fan, May 4th has become something of a holiday in the fandom-- also known as Star Wars Day. Like most things, I had grand plans for a May the Fourth manicure, but real life (mainly, twin babies) gets in the way. So I took the easy route and used one of my May the Fourth Be With You trio polishes-- Rebel Alliance by Liquid Sky Lacquer. I saw this trio advertised on Instagram and knew I had to have because I'm a huge Star Wars fan and I love polishes based on the movies.

Rebel Alliance is my first Liquid Sky Lacquer and the creator, Carolyn, does a lot of thermal polishes (this is also my first thermal polish as well)! While not a new thing, there seems to be a trend in indies to make thermal polishes and there are a lot of gorgeous ones out there. As the name implies, a thermal polish changes color based on temperature. In this case, Rebel Alliance, changes from a cool gold when warm to a vibrant green when cold. Due to the color changing pigment (I assume), the gold does have a slight green tinge to it, especially at angles. This applies fairly easily, though with the color change (it started changing on my nail) I found it difficult to accurately assess if I had any thin/bald patches. It was a little on the sheer side, so I used three coats here, plus a top coat.

Warm:

Cold:

The green is actually a lot more vibrant in person-- the flash is washing it out, which sucks. It's so so so SO pretty in person. The color change is also pretty quick-- almost as soon as you dunk your hand (or nails) in cold water, green appears. But the change back is also quick; you can see in my photos that the color is already transitioning from green to gold on some nails.

In any case, as my introduction to thermal polishes, I love this one and have been trying to find excuses to dip my hands in cool water just to see the color change. I do wish I hadn't trimmed my nails earlier in the day before apply this, because if I had a little more free edge there might be more green on the tips. Oh well, next time!

What's your verdict on thermal polishes? Yay or nay? I haven't gone out of my way to get anyway, but now that I own one I'm definitely curious to try a few more!