Ink Soak-Off Gel Polish Purple Swatches

I’m working through a few more of the untried polishes on my shelf.  Today I have four purple shades from the Ink Soak-Off Gel Polish line.  Some of these polishes sat on my shelf untouched for so long that they were very separated, so I gave them all a really good shake by hand and with my Robart paint shaker before applying.  I’m going to try to work through some more of my untried polishes soon, especially the spring/summer shades.

Alter Ego is a light blue/grey-ish purple with a cream finish.  I would say this has a very periwinkle feel to it.  It went on a bit thin, so I applied three coats to get the coverage that you see here.  The swatch stick that I created for this color is a couple years old and now has a brown-ish tint to it.  That’s an indication that this color may fade with exposure to sunlight, though I haven’t conducted an official fade test to confirm.

Scarlet Empress is a beautiful shimmery light purple.  It looks like it has some pink-ish tones when it’s next to these other purples, but it’s a pretty classic lilac shade.  Ink does these shimmery finishes so well.  This polish came out a little sheer, so I applied three coats for better coverage.

Capitvate is indeed a very captivating glittery dark purple with blue tones.  It has scattered flecks of blue in it that make it really pop.  I also applied three coats of this color for best coverage.

Vivid Violet doesn’t look anything like the label on the bottle, and doesn’t appear very vivid to me.  It’s is a very vampy, dark reddish purple that appears dark burgundy in some lights.  This color was opaque in just two coats and applied nicely, but just wasn’t the shade I was anticipating to come out of the bottle!