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Present Tense by KBShimmer is a mid-tone, vivid magenta with a multichrome and shimmer finish.
A bold purple nail polish with a warm magenta shimmer. The shade shifts from flirty fuchsia to grape and more, as a glowy shimmer moves through hues of pink and purple. In some lights, the purple takes on blue undertones, making this a shade.
Present Tense is a mid-tone, vivid magenta with a multichrome and shimmer finish. The swatch above is rendered from the color recorded in the Index, so what you see is the shade itself, not studio lighting.
KBShimmer publishes this one as 10-free.
The shade that currently sits nearest to it in the Index is Pep-Plum by Sally Hansen. Each match below is ranked by the color and finish distance, not by name.
Regular
Ethyl Acetate, Butyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol/Trimellitic, Anhydride Copolymer, Isopropyl Alcohol, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Silica, Benzophenone-3, N-Butyl Alcohol, Violet 2 (CI 60725) May Contain: Aluminum (CI 77000), Barium Sulfate (CI 77120), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Black 2 (CI 77266), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Iron Oxides (CI 77489, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Mica (CI 77019), Polyethylene Terephthalate, Red 6 (CI 15850), Red 7 (CI 15850), Red 30 (CI 73360), Red 34 (CI 15880), Synthetic Fluorophlogopite, Tin Oxide (CI 77861), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Ultramarines (CI 77007), Yellow 5 (CI 19140), Yellow 10 (CI 47005)
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The nearest shades to Present Tense across other brands in the Index, ranked by color and finish distance. Not sponsored, not guessed: measured from each polish's recorded color.
Sally Hansen
Pep-Plum
85% match
Zoya
Soraya
92% match
DND Diva
Masquerade DIVA #197
92% match
L.A. Colors
Impatient
91% match
DND
Grape Jelly #581
86% match
Kiara Sky
Dawned on me
85% match
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