Flourish and blossom, you animal of joy! Bloom defiantly. Bloom irreverently.
Florissant is a magnetic polish that moves from a mellow sage green to a Tyrian purple, like a little spiderwort or coleus for your fingers.
Best in 2-3 layers. 15 ml. 10 free, vegan and handmade.
Swatch video by Ami K
Florissant is French for "flourishing" and it's also the English name for a petrified forest and town in a mountain valley west of Pikes Peak. This grassy, open space has been an important hunting area for at least 10,000 years for the Mountain and Southern Ute, Jicarilla Apache, Navajo, Sioux, Kiowa and Cheyenne peoples (full list below).
It's also home to a majestic, ancient petrified redwood forest. During the Eocene-Oligocene transition, a series of violent volcanic eruptions covered the area in heavy ash and mud flows. Like Pompeii, the eruptions captured a moment in time down to smallest details.
I would be remiss to not mention that all the places I have lived here in Colorado are the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples. What we now call Colorado was also a site of trade, gathering, and healing for numerous other Native tribes. These lands were stolen by through broken treaties, massacres and forced expulsions. If you would like to know more, please check out historycolorado.org.
Current and ancestral caretakers of the Florissant area:
Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Jicarilla Apache Nation
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Navajo Nation
Assiniboine & Sioux Tribe
Kiowa
Comanche
Northern Cheyenne
Ohkay Owingeh
Pueblo of Acoma
Pueblo of Cochiti
Pueblo of San Ildefonso
Pueblo of Santa Clara
Pueblo of Taos
White Mesa Ute
Zuni Tribe
Arapaho of the Wind River Reservation
Ute Tribe Uintah and Ouray Reservations
Product Color Disclaimer:
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This listing is for one full sized (15ml) hand-mixed bottle of polish. Each polish is made to order. Some settling may occur during shipping. Shake the bottle well before using.
Every 15ml polish comes with a premium, round tip fan brush and two stainless steel mixing balls.
Ingredients: Butyl Acetate, Ethyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol/Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymer, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Stearalkonium Bentonite, Acrylates Copolymer, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Silica, Benzophenone-1, Trimethylpentanediyl Dibenzoate
May also contain: Black Oxide, Titanium Oxide, Red Oxide, Orange Oxide, Yellow Oxide, Hydrated Chromium Oxide, Chromium Oxide, Brown Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Blue 1, Red 6, Red 7, Red 30, Red 33, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Yellow 10, Ferric Ferrocyanide, Ultramarine Blue, Ultramarine Violet, Ultramarine Pink, Manganese Violet