A Pink Worth the Patience

I purchased Clarin's 230 on a fluke.

It wasn't cheap, but I wanted it.

No regrets. Ever.

Then someone literally opened up a hidden trove of these and for a while in 2011 and early 2012 the market was flooded.

I ran across a seller who didn't put the name in the title and listed 230 along with a couple of bottles of 220 as a bonus for $27.

I missed the auction, but emailed him and he relisted as a Buy It Now and I grabbed it.

So, this is either a freebie or a $9 polish, depending on how you look at it. Of course it sounds better that I got 230 for $9, but in reality the extra bottle just lowers my "dollar cost averaging" for nail polish purchases.

hehehe.

Clarin's 220 or Patient Pink.

I've not looked on eBay of late so I can't say what the going rate is these days, but this is one of those polishes that's been hovering on the brink of "dump it" for a while.

It's a frosty, glistening iridescent apricot that is thin, slow to dry and rather frustrating to work with: it balds, it doesn't build very well on ridge-y nails like my ring finger.

It does have such a rich, luxurious air about it, it's milky and yet has that glow. I know frost is anathema right now, but this one really is quite gorgeous.

It needs a great base coat, a good deal of time between coats and a quick dry top coat for me.

I will add that a ridge filler and even an aqua base or perhaps a matte top coat as a base wouldn't be amiss.

Is it worth it?

Here's the bonus that is hard to see on the nail:

Golden flakes!!!

I think these are along the line of Essie's As Gold As It Gets.

These are not cut shards, but have that "grown in a lab" feel about them, which is what I adore about flakies.

I think, for me, since this is such a pretty polish, I will try to make it work. It might, as I think about it, be fine as a one coater over something like an Essie apricot creme.

Thanks for reading my little nail polish journal!