A Pair of Polishes from Morgan Taylor

When I first came across Morgan Taylor, it was in a beauty supply store. Now both Ulta and Sally Beauty carry the brand, so it's more accessible ... or at least was when I was going into stores regularly. On one of those shopping trips in the Before Time, I picked up a couple shades that called out to me. First up, the smoky purple shimmer called A Girl and Her Curls, a part of the Forever Marilyn collection.



A Girl and Her Curls was opaque in one coat. I added a clear topcoat to my swatch as well because I hadn't used base coat and the ridges on my problem nail (the ring finger) were creating some ripples I didn't like. Not the polish's fault.



I am quite enamored with this polish; the shimmer translates beautifully from the bottle to the nail even in indirect light, and the color is so rich and elegant looking.





I also picked up shifty shimmer I thought would work as a topper and coordinate nicely with the purple: Izzy Wizzy Let's Get Busy. I grabbed this one from the core section of the display at Ulta and don't know if it was originally part of a collection or not. It's a white iridescent shimmer which shows flashes of blue and pink in the bottle.



I put one coat of Izzy Wizzy on top of A Girl and Her Curls, plus clear topcoat for depth and shine. This gave a strong blue shimmer effect, with a hint of a pink shift at some angles.







When I added a second coat of Izzy Wizzy, the pink shift became more noticable, though over the purple base, it was more of a purpley-pink, which I completely am into.









I'm thinking Izzy Wizzy could be worn on its own but wasn't curious enough about that to try it. I think I'm still recovering from the years and years I had to wear very subdued polish in the conservative corporate period of my life ... now I want color and flash!