Finally! A good duo-chrome!

Let me introduce you to Orly's "Space Cadet":

...I know, right!?

Space Cadet is a peacock (purple w/ green flash) duo-chrome micro-glitter in a transparant terquoise base. So not only is this the duo-chrome to end all duo-chomes, it is also a metallic foil! I know! Check it out!

Maybe it's the run of disappointing duo-chromes I've tried lately, OPI's "Not Like the Movies", Wet n' Wild's dupe "Gray's Anatomy", and Zoya's "Ki" all want to be "Space Cadet" when they grow up. Pun intended!

Here's the best part; not only is the flash evident even in soft white light and office florecents, but the whole nail flashes at the right angle! More importantly, you can see all colors in this polish's spectrum just by looking at the nail, without movement. This might be less noticable on people with a flatter nail-bed than mine, but most of the time the sides appear mossy-green, the dead center of the nail is a deep purple, and everything in-between is a pinkish-copper. On top of that is a light sparkle from the micro-glitter.

This is also the first duo-chrome I've seen that is able to portray really vibrant hues instead of muted pastels. Just look at this purple!

Unfortunatly it does have it's drawbacks. The turquoise jelly Orly uses for the suspension base dyed my nails through 2 coats of Nailtien base coat, which was even more annoying since I had just sanded off the stains left from Wet n' Wild's "Teal of Fortune". It was also a huge pain in the ass to get off, and wound up using the soaking method (with pure acetone) to remove it, and still had copper microglitter in every microscopic imperfection of my hands.

Ratings:

Application: 8 out of 10. Kinda blotchy during application, but a coat of Sally Hansen's "Megashine" evened it out.
Color: 10 out of 10. Everything a peacock duo-chrome should be.
Clean-up: 5 out of 10. Pure hell.
Appearance: 10 out of 10. The end product is just beautiful.

I would say that the result is well worth the few drawbacks. Congrats to Orly on making one of my new favs!