Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse stamped with MPolish

I have a new polish from Doctor Lacquer to show you today!  I preordered the Something Spatial: Stars collection, as well as two beauties from Something Spatial: Galaxies collection.  Both sets are thermals and so far they are breathtaking.  Read on for more pics and info!

Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse stamped with MPolish

I started the night off right, with a bottle of Angry Orchard Cinnful Apple.  This was my first experience with Cinnful Apple, which several people suggested for me to try.  Yum.  I was not disappointed.

Cheers!

L-R: OPI Nail Envy, Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse, MPolish Snowberry, MPolish Apricot Delight, KBShimmer Clearly On Top

I was so excited to receive my preorder of these Doctor Lacquer polishes in the mail.  They have since been released, but I just couldn't wait to get my last mani off and use these thermals.

Meet: Betelgeuse!

One coat of Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse

This is a tri-color flakies thermal, woah!  Really neat and like nothing I've seen yet out there.  Oh yeah, these are also my first thermals in my collection!  I've been iffy about taking the jump into thermals since they have a short shelf-life, but I just couldn't pass up these beauties.

Betelgeuse starts out as a medium pink in the bottle and on the nail, but then shifts to a light rosy pink when warm, and a dark brick red when cold.  It has beautiful golden flakies that catch the light and dance on your nails, especially when topcoated.  The polish dries quickly and has a satin finish when completely dry.  You can topcoat and it doesn't affect the thermal effect.  Betelgeuse was hard to control, and I ended up flooding pretty much every cuticle when putting it on.  It was a learning curve for me, but it cleaned up nicely so I wasn't put off by that.

Two coats of Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse

I used three coats for full opacity.  I could have stuck with two coats, and in the future I will when I use this polish again.  When I topped it with KBShimmer Clearly On Top, those flakies showed their shimmery magic.

Three coats of Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse with topcoat

From the first application, Betelgeuse started to shift colors.  It didn't require much to change.  You can see the subtle change between the three colors in the picture below.

Cold to warm transition of Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse thermal polish

I wanted to do some stamping over Betelgeuse, so I paired it with MPolish Apricot Delight for my ring finger, and Snowberry for the rest.  I think I should have used smaller images since it really took away from the color changes in Betelgeuse once they were stamped.  I did leave my thumb unstamped just to be able to admire Betelgeuse, lol.

Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse stamped with MPolish

I stamped with MoYou London Explorer plate 22.  I really enjoy this plate.  There are so many images to choose from and they all leave you with a cohesive mani no matter what combination you choose.  The images are also etched beautifully so I have no trouble picking up images from this plate.

Below you can see the color changes and how they differ from cold to hot.  My middle two fingers in the picture below depict how red Betelgeuse shifts when under icy cold water, and my index and pinky fingers show a medium state of warmth.  In the picture under that you can see how rosy the polish becomes when put in hot water.

Index and Pinky are in the semi-warm state, middle two fingers are the icy cold state

Completely warm state of Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse thermal polish

Here are a few macros of my stamping with MPolish and the golden shimmer in Betelgeuse.

Macro of MPolish Apricot Delight stamped over Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse

Macro of MPolish Snowberry stamped over Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse

Macro of Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse (showing golden flakies)

Do you own any thermals?  If so, what is your favorite thermal polish?

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