Hare Polish Nail Lacquer in Cast in Bronze

As some of you might have noticed, I go through phases with my nails and after going a little overboard with the glitters over last winter, I ended up getting so sick of them that I wore cream finishes for about six months straight afterwards. Enter Hare Polish, an indie brand that makes some of the most unique glitter polishes I've ever seen. I bought six shades from their Etsy shop (their stock is constantly rotating, so they don't always have the same shades for sale) and each one marries a gorgeous base colour with contrasting but complementary shades of glitter. Depending on how stocked their Etsy shop is, I'll likely put in another order in the next couple months, but for now, this is probably going to be the last full-blown glitter I'm going to be featuring before the holiday collections roll out, 'cause I gotta give some love to my other polishes, you know? I feel like after giving this brand a try, though, it's going to be hard for me to find a glitter polish that'll truly impress me.

Cast in Bronze is a dusty red-toned violet base with large bronze square and hexagonal glitter, medium bronze glitter, medium bronze hexagonal glitter, and small bronze glitter. It has a thicker consistency that is common with glitter polishes, but it doesn't hinder the application. It goes on smoothly and evenly, without any pulling, bubbling, or streaking. The glitter goes on evenly dispersed, and I had no problems getting the glitter to stay put, either. It has medium pigmentation, and will reach opacity in three medium coats (I used one coat of Dior's Forget-Me-Not beforehand to darken the base so the glitter stands out more). I cannot think of any dupes for this. This is definitely the most subtle shade of the glitters I picked up from Hare Polish, and therefore the least... obnoxious. I love that the jelly base can look more muted and rose-tinted in a certain light, and then brighter and more violet in another. Though I don't typically associate glitters with this time of year, this one is just so appropriate for autumn — like shimmering leaves falling at dusk.